If climate change is considered to be fast approaching red-alert status and the Sustainable Development Goals are seen as fast requiring intensive care, then the current crisis in food security, if unaddressed, may ultimately require cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. The latest data should keep us awa…
Thailand supports the ongoing efforts to enhance transparency in the United Nations, whether in the General Assembly or the Security Council. In our view, resolution 76/262, which we just adopted, reflects a well-intentioned effort that seeks to promote greater transparency in the work of the Securi…
Thailand has been following developments in Ukraine with deep concern, especially the escalation of tensions threatening international peace and security. We support ongoing efforts to find a peaceful settlement to the situation through dialogue in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations a…
In July 1999, the United Nations held its Third Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III), which set out a series of important and far-reaching recommendations. Having participated in that Conference, Thailand subsequently joined some of the action teams establish…
Two years ago, the global war against international terrorism was first waged in Afghanistan. Today, Afghanistan not only serves as a front line in this global war, but also as a test case as to whether democracy and freedom can thrive in a land once controlled by an intolerant regime. It is therefo…
Although my delegation joined in the consensus on draft resolution
To require United Nations personnel to have a command of two of the six official languages of the United Nations places at a great disadvantage those individuals whose mother tongue is not one of those six languages. For these Unite…
