Bangkok--28 Sep--AIT
The Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia has ratified the new Charter of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and will become a member of the Governing Council of Intergovernmental AIT.
Cambodia deposited the Instrument of Acceptance to AIT Charter with the Royal Thai Government on 3 September 2012, the institute was informed in a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand. In accordance with Article 14(3) of the Charter, the Charter will come into force for Cambodia on October 3.
Cambodia will become the ninth member of the AIT Council and second member from the Southeast Asian region. AIT Council membership currently includes Bangladesh, India, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sweden and Vietnam.
“AIT is delighted that the Government of Cambodia has joined our governing body,” AIT President Prof. Said Irandoust said. “It is significant that the AIT Council will soon have two countries from the region in which AIT is based.”
Cambodia’s decision underscores the country’s long-standing engagement with the international higher learning institute located north of Bangkok, Thailand. Of AIT’s more than 19,000 graduate-level alumni, 387 are from Cambodia.