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Disabled need rights enforced, not just help, says UN panel's new recruit
News, Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 23/09/2012
» A blind senator, Monthian Buntan, also the former president of the Thailand Association of the Blind, has been elected as one of the nine members of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from 2013 to 2016. The senator talks about his mission and the benefits Thailand will get from having him sitting on the committee.
Envoys to get coup briefing
News, Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 10/06/2014
» Thai ambassadors and consulate-generals to 23 countries have been flown home for a meeting about improving Thailand’s international image with junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha.
Sihasak urges cooperation on confronting trafficking
News, Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 01/07/2014
» Asean and its Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) should step up efforts to fight human trafficking and alien labourer’s rights, a senior Foreign Ministry official said yesterday.
Sihasak to laud Thai role in Asia
News, Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 08/07/2014
» NEW YORK: Thailand will reaffirm its pivotal role in driving the economy in Asia during the United Nations' Economic and Social Council meeting which begins today.
Coup PR bid targets Africa, Latin America
News, Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 14/07/2014
» Thailand claims international concern over its coup has eased, but vows to put more effort into selling the idea further in Latin America and Africa.
UN’s goals ‘out of reach’
News, Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 21/07/2014
» The United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will remain "unfinished agendas", even though the UN has set next year as its deadline, Thailand said.
Poor trafficking record 'inaccurate'
News, Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 05/05/2014
» Thailand has defended itself against an American professor's allegations that the kingdom has a poor human trafficking record, saying the information presented to the United States' House Committee on Foreign Affairs late last month was incomplete and out of date.
140,000 Thais living abroad register for advance voting
News, Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 07/01/2014
» More than 140,000 Thais living abroad have registered to vote in the Feb 2 general election, caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul says.
Political unrest 'threatens to derail diplomatic gains'
News, Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 04/01/2014
» The ongoing political chaos in Thailand may lead to a decreasing level of confidence in the country among Asean members, despite Thailand's increasing role in driving the region's economy.
US highlights Thai child labour
News, Thanida Tansubhapol, Published on 07/10/2013
» Thailand has made significant progress toward resolving its child labour problem, according to a US study released last week.