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New threats in regional drugs fight
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 16/12/2024
» Cross-border and multisectoral cooperation among countries in the greater Mekong subregion (GMS) is needed to mitigate illicit drugs, says the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
UN envoy urges soil, water action
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 10/12/2024
» The United Nations Special Envoy on Water has said constructive action to ensure sustainable soil and water management should be a high political priority for all member states.
Unesco lists tom yum kung as humanity’s intangible cultural heritage
Online Reporters, Published on 04/12/2024
» The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) early Wednesday morning listed tom yum kung, a Thai spicy prawn soup, as one of Thailand’s intangible cultural heritages.
HRC term off to shaky start
News, Editorial, Published on 04/12/2024
» Winning a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in October is one thing. But walking the line of good human rights protection seems to be a different issue for the Thai government, which starts its three-year term with the body on Jan 1.
Fighting maternal mortality's toll
News, Anne-Marie Slaughter & Mary-Ann Etiebet, Published on 02/12/2024
» No mother should give her own life to give life to another. Unfortunately, preventing maternal mortality remains a persistent global challenge. The third United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) commits countries to reduce their maternal mortality rate to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030. At the current pace, the world is projected to fall far short of this target, resulting in more than one million additional, overwhelmingly preventable deaths.
Thailand in drive to promote AI ethics
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 27/11/2024
» Thailand wants to be a regional artificial intelligence (AI) training centre to support developing countries' adoption of AI ethics rules by collaborating with the UN agency Unesco.
Climate action must rise above political fray
News, Nadia Calviño, Published on 18/11/2024
» This year's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku is taking place against a tumultuous geopolitical backdrop. In addition to shifting strategic alliances, trade tensions, and violent conflict, the "year of elections" has ushered in a period of heated political rhetoric and led to changes of government.
Thailand has human rights role to play
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 04/11/2024
» The recent election of Thailand to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) is, in a sense, a cause for elation. Yet it also comes with the responsibility of proving to the global/local community that the country can set an example for good practices and propel the HRC to take effective action on key matters based on international standards. This is daunting in a world of multi-and-mini polarities and poly-crises.
Bridging the needs of communities
News, Regan Pairojmahakij, Published on 30/10/2024
» The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of Parties (COP) in Cali, Colombia, COP16, provides an opportunity to move closer to achieving the world's biodiversity conservation goals. From Oct 21 to this Friday, this year's CBD COP follows both the UN Climate Change and Desertification COPs as the last in a triad of "super" COP events taking place in close succession. It follows from the watershed CBD COP15, where the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted.
Thai House panel to submit ‘no-cane’ bill
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 27/10/2024
» A committee will propose a “no-cane” bill for the House's approval. If it succeeds, Thailand will become the second country in the Asean region to outlaw corporal punishment.