thailand's decision was made during a unesco meeting in paris over the weekend. it came after the u.n. body agreed to consider cambodia's management plan of the disputed pravahear temple. thailand believes that plan would threaten its sovereignty. in bangkok, the prime minister abhisit vejjajiva stood firm on the issue. >> reaffirming that it simply doesn't make sense to accept the idea. it clearly will have an effect on the dispute that is ongoing, and it will only contribute to further tension and greater risk of violence. >> in 1962, the international court of justice ruled that the 11th century pravahear temple belonged to cambodia that both claimed sovereignty over the surrounding area. thai and cambodian troops had flashed several times since unesco had a temple as a cambodian world heritage site in 2008 in the face of opposition from thailand. following thailand's latest move, both thai and cambodian troops have reportedly been placed on alert. and that wraps up our asia bulletin. i'm dhra dhirakaosal reporting from bangkok. >>> as we just heard from bong

. >> picture this, a scenic village enlisted as a unesco world heritage sight. now it seems they like it so much they decided to build a replica in the guanzon province and the austrians have not too happy about it. >> it's easy to see why people like this place. majestic mountains nestling on an alpine lake. some of these buildings are thousands of years old. >> asian and chinese visitors inundate the streets of the village all year round drawn by its history and stunning scenery. but the chinese love it so much they decided to build an exact replica thousands of miles away in guan dong province. needless to say, some residents were angry and shocked that the chinese had kept their intentions secret. >> i saw these pictures, the most indepth documents with the most detail plans of houses, balconies, gables, win doughs, -- windows, and even the trinity statute behind. >> in guan dong province, construction is already underway. the bulldozers have moved in. and buildings are springing up. but the views at the chinese version at the unesco world heritage sight bea

quarter to nine pm moscow time catch up with unesco the latest sport for. it's. great to have you with us this is sports today i mean really let's take a look at the stories we're covering this are. trying hard it's tough slog time for the russian rugby team as they begin three months training up ahead of their first ever world cup. but man steps down one of the most recognizable faces in world sport shakil o'neal says goodbye to basketball after nineteen years for n.b.a. titles a look pick all the a world cup winners. take your pick the russian premier league takes a breather for international action this week but not so feel we've got your reminder of last weekend's action which broke records for most schools scored this . spirit he will not seek revenge on those who attempted to stop him being reelected a feat for president the seventy five year old swiss won a fourth straight term and weddin state despite being. calling for a delay to the vote following recent corruption allegations i do not expect any more battles why should we expect that now we're going in

disabilities in 2006 and declared on april the 2nd world autism day and so many times there is and actually unesco has really move forward none of addressing the problems with the framework for action to meet basic learning needs which calls on governments to pay special attention to the learning needs of the disabled and to take steps to provide equal access to education for every category of disabled persons as an integral part of the educational system kept of equal education for mentally and physically disabled people had been endorsed by several countries by the ratification of several international and regional agreements. so although we do hear criticism of the united nations, i think that many issues would have gone unspoken throughout the world if not for the united nations going back 40 years ago recognizing that countries, especially, in low and middle incomed countries would not raise the issue of disability when they had so many basic issues like clean water or malaria, so i do commend them for that. there are certainly, as i mentioned a lot of private resources available for impacted

unesco has add japan's islands to the world heritage sites. the world heche taj committee agreed the islands should be registered as a national hur teenage site during a friday session of its meeting in paris. the islands are locate 1,000 kilometers south of tokyo but are still technically part of the capital. they're known for their abun a dense of rare plants and animal. last month the international union for the conservation of nature recommended the i lands to be included on the world heritage list. until now japan had 14 world heritage sites. three of them are national locations including peninsula in hoe kai do. 11 are cultural sites such as the atomic bomb dm hhiroshima. . >>> the japanese government has launched a protest with china over the incursion of a chi sneeze research vessel into seas off of northeastern japan. the government says the chinese ship was spotted navigating in waters 330 kilometers from kinkasan island off miyagi prefecture thursday morning. the ship left japan's exclusive economic zone in the afternoon. chief cabi

taken up their cause, it's for this work he was recently awarded the title of goodwill ambassador for unescoce. we caught up with whitaker this week to discuss "a place of peace" that's become a safe haven for these kids. we asked him what it means to become a part of this united nations mission. >> and for his dedication to the ideals of the organization. >> i feel fortunate to work with unesco on some endeavors i would like to try to do. my first will be training young youths, male and female in communication, peace and reconciliation, conflict negotiation. i want to promise you this will be a government of action. >> i was working with a guy an orphanage in the north called hope north and asked me if i would go up and visit. i knew about the historical issues around the north with the nra, north resistance army but this is the first time i spent time with the children soldiers, raised money for them and helped them to build their dormitories and schools. it's more like a village. it's more like a community, where these children soldiers have no families, in some ways adopted by the commun