Joint Statement of Cambodian and Thai Civil Society Organizations

In the occasion of gathering of ASEAN People Forum, Cambodian and Thai Civil Society Organizations have viewed as follows:

The simmering tensions at the Cambodian-Thailand border have erupted, as soldiers from both sides have been exchanging shells and bullets. With continued fighting, villagers from border communities in both countries face great risks and are being displaced. As bilateral talks have proven ineffective, it is crucial for ASEAN leaders to play a leading role in ending the conflict.

The current border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand has seriously caused the displacement of both Cambodian and Thai people, especially women and children who are living along the borders. Their human rights have been violated e.g. right to food,security, and education and so on. The degree of violence has continued to increase constantly since the early of February 2011. A number of civilian people of both countries have lost their lives and severely injured amongst whom are men, women and children. These people are facing their displacement because of this conflict that impedes their stability, health and especially right to safety. ASEAN member states and the rest of the world have a grave concerns on this armed conflict.

Cambodian and Thai Civil Society Organizations who participated in the ASEAN People Forum feel deeply sorrowful for those affected, injured and lost of their lives by the clash over the border dispute. Therefore, we, the undersigned Cambodian and Thai and other Civil Society Organizations from ASEAN region strongly urge the necessary actions to be taken by ASEAN leaders as follows:

–         ASEAN should pay more attention to the current suffering and worse situation of those displaced persons of both countries.

–          ASEANshould make the cease-fire happened immediately.

–          ASEAN should deploy observers along the Cambodian-Thai border disputed area as soon as possible and promote ASEAN’s role to maintain the permanent cease-fire along the border of the two countries.

–          We call ASEAN to support CSOs initiative activities in peace-building in our region.

Cambodian-Thai and other International Civil Society Organizations who endorsed the statement as follows:

No.	Name	Organization	Country
1	Dave	Arus Pelangi	Indonesia
2	Ipunk	AP	Indonesia
3	Mega	AP	Indonesia
4	Fitri	AP	Indonesia
5	Dud	AP	Indonesia
6	Joni S.	Jjiwe	Indonesia
7	Puri	Peace Women Across the Globe	Indonesia
8	Reny	Peace Women Across the Globe	Indonesia
9	Sukma	Pergerakan Indonesia	Indonesia
10	Pen Somony	Cambodian Volunteers for Society	Cambodia
11	Nguyen	PACCOM	Vietnam
12	Lus Pham	VCASAALA	Vietnam
13	DodiYun Iaiz	ICTJ	Indonesia
14	Erwim	YPSEA	Indonesia
15	Maxine Carr	Institute for Global Justice	Indonesia
16	Anwar	PERGERAKAN Indonesia	Indonesia
17	Ambar	PUSDEP-Indonesia	Indonesia
18	Arum	ELSAM	Indonesia
19	NavuthYa	CARAM	Cambodia
20	Ngin Saorath	CDPO	Cambodia
21	Valentine Merrita Sari	Q-Munity	Indonesia
22	Farhanah	Yayasan Jurnal Perempuar	Indonesia
23	Rina Udi Ridwan	Jurnal Perem Puan	Indonesia
24	Dian Noeswantari	CHRS UBAYA	Indonesia
25	Hening	Yayasan Setara	Indonesia
26	Yani	Yanyasan Kusvma Buana	Indonesia
27	Bya	UMJ	Indonesia
28	Pham Thi Hong Ven	Mekong School, Thailand	Vietnam
29	Dian Fadjarwati	Mitra	Indonesia
30	Dwi Word	UNJ	Indonesia
31	Mutiara Ika P	Pembebasan	Indonesia
32	Ranses D Arvan	SBMI	Indonesia
33	Ismi Barzanah	SBMI	Indonesia
34	Sar Jan	SBMI	Indonesia
35	Uman	Fahmina	Indonesia
36	Wawan Kadir	SBMI	Indonesia
37	Astrid	HRWG	Indonesia
38	Mareta Manihuruk	Trisakh University	Indonesia
39	Sureeporn Yupa	Disabled Peoples’ International	Indonesia
40	Heni Lestari	Aliansi Nasional Chinneka Tunggal Ika	Indonesia
41	Nickey D Diamond	Youth for Social Change	Myanmar
42	BusaninLertchavalitsalaul	TVS	Thailand
43	Tomi	ArusPerangi	Indonesia
44	Eoho	Mekong School	Thailand
45	OmsinBoonlert	Mekong Volunteer	Thailand
46	SumonmarnSingua	RRAFA	Thailand
47	Widya Maharani	PWAG	Indonesia
48	DiahFarhan	KeppahPerempuan	Indonesia
49	B. WannyAly Khan	KeppahPerempuan	Indonesia
50	Mardiyah	KeppahPerempuan	Indonesia
51	PhornRathnak	Cambodian Volunteers for Society	Cambodia
52	Grayoon Back	Forum-Asia	Thailand
53	Hasna w	Paramadina ASEAN	Indonesia
54	Randy. J	Arma Jaya	Indonesia
55	Yunda	LBLP Jakarta	Indonesia
56	Rina Monika	University of Indonesia	Indonesia
57	Abdul Salim	PKBH Bewokulu	Indonesia
58	Dian Lestari	AKSARA	Indonesia
59	Michelli Wong	Altxan Burma	Newtherlands
60	Nur H Handayani	Independent youth Alliance	Indonesia
61	AdiCandra U	Migrant Institute	Indonesia
62	Amel	Gerak Aceh	Indonesia
63	SekPhary	Cambodian Volunteers for Society	Cambodia
64	PrumSocheat	Star Kampuchea	Cambodia
65	ChormLeng	Shan Women’s action Network	Thailand
66	SrikaewKuntuen	MAP	Thailand
67	BunditPanwiset	FOW-Thailand	Thailand
68	Sothasinee	Thai Labor Campaign	Thailand
69	Ah Noh	Pattiro	Indonesia
70	EviePermata sari	SAPA-Indonesia	Indonesia
71	LuhDebornmurry	Mahashofameya	Indonesia
72	Alfan	Pattiro	Indonesia
73	Wahye	Alcar	Indonesia
74	TendiAmalia	Indonesia for Humanity	Indonesia
75	Kensana	KeppakPerempuan	Indonesia
76	AumBorany	SILAKA	Cambodia
77	ChhounniSynan	Youth for Peace	Cambodia
78	Sean Sreymom	RHAC	Cambodia
79	RosmiJulitasari	VHR media	Indonesia
80	NinokHariyani	Antara-TV	Indonesia
81	Evany	KoalisiPerempuan	Indonesia
82	ThunSaray	ADHOC	Cambodia
83	Nay Vannda	ADHOC	Cambodia
84	SiaPhearum	HRTF-S	Cambodia
85	An Sokkab	Medicam	Cambodia
86	SimSokuntevy	YRDP	Cambodia
87	ChhanSokunthea	ADHOC	Cambodia
88	Krate	TVS	Thailand
89	SounSareth	CHRAC	Cambodia
90	Sun Thary		Thailand
91	Hang Chhaya	KID	Cambodia
92	YaNavuth	Caram	Cambodia
93	EangVuthy	CLEC	Cambodia
94	MeasSaneth	Caram	Cambodia
95	Huy Sochivany	Positive Change for Cambodia-PCC	Cambodia
96	Sin Theary	YFP	Cambodia
97	Synan Chounni	YFP	Cambodia