408 Part One: Political and security questions the participation of Sri Lanka in the discussion and In a 10 August response [A/64/892-S/2010/427], the Group’s agreed actions to be taken. The Group Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva informed the agreed to address a message to all stakeholders who Secretary-General and the Security Council Presi- had responsibility to cease and refrain from violations dent that his remarks had been taken out of context and abuses committed against children in Sri Lanka, and misunderstood, and said that Thailand remained through a statement by the Chairman, urging them committed to working closely and in good faith with to establish the whereabouts of all children who had Cambodia to achieve a peaceful resolution of differ- been recruited and whose fate remained unknown. ences between the two countries. A message to the leaders of Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal urged it to track and release any children United Arab Emirates–Iran remaining within it and to refrain from any new recruitments or re-recruitment of children. The Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa Communication. On 16 September [S/2010/487], the Council President transmitted to the Secretary- On 4 January [S/2010/18], the United Arab Emir- General a letter from the Group’s Chairman request- ates requested that the Security Council retain on ing the Secretary-General to call upon the interna- its agenda for 2010 the item entitled “Letter dated tional community to continue to allocate funding 3 December 1971 from the Permanent Representa- for capacity-building in Sri Lanka for the protection tives of Algeria, Iraq, the Libyan Arab Republic and of children, and to request various UN entities, in the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen to the cooperation with the Government, to address socio- United Nations addressed to the President of the Se- economic issues that would contribute to addressing curity Council” [YUN 1971, p. 209] concerning Iran’s the welfare of children and provide further assistance occupation of “the Greater Tunb, the Lesser Tunb in the implementation of rehabilitation and reintegra- and Abu Musa, three islands belonging to the United tion programmes. Arab Emirates”, until such time as the dispute was resolved by peaceful means through direct negotia- Thailand–Cambodia tions or through the International Court of Justice. The League of Arab States las( ), in letters trans- In 8 August letters [A/64/891-S/2010/426] to the mitted on 12 March [S/2010/144], 19 April [S/2010/204] Secretary-General and the Security Council Presi- and 5 October [S/2010/516], informed the Security dent, Cambodia transmitted a letter from Prime Council of the adoption of two resolutions denounc- Minister Hun Sen concerning the memorandum ing and one resolution rejecting the Iranian Govern- of understanding signed on 14 June 2000 between ment’s continued consolidation of its occupation of the Government of Cambodia and the Government the three islands. Las also informed the Secretary- of Thailand for the demarcation of the border, and General and the Council President of the importance the alleged threat of the use of military force against of the Council’s remaining seized of the issue un- Cambodia to settle the border demarcation problem til Iran ended its occupation of the islands and the by the Thai Prime Minister during a public meeting United Arab Emirates regained its full sovereignty with the People’s Alliance for Democracy on 7 August. over them.