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Asean's Timor response shows way
News, Surin Pitsuwan, Published on 06/09/2017
» As the number of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state continues to rise, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) remains at a loss as to how to help "douse the fire of communal strife".
Education itself must learn some lessons
News, Surin Pitsuwan, Published on 04/07/2017
» As debates rage on about how to move national education reform forwards, globalisation has been transforming Thailand's learning landscape without the experts and administrators in charge noticing much.
How to start the post-poll healing process
News, Surin Pitsuwan, Published on 10/08/2016
» Thus spoke the people. We have all been anxiously awaiting the verdict of the people for the past several weeks. Despite a less-than-free electoral environment leading up to the constitutional referendum last Sunday, the result shows a large enough margin for us to have some confidence that this represents the "general will" of the true depository of our national sovereignty, the people of Thailand.
Open referendum debate a positive sign
News, Surin Pitsuwan, Published on 23/07/2016
» The decision by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to allow a wider space for debate and exchange of opinions among the referendum electorate is a positive development that generates more confidence among the Thai public about the prospect of a return to a fuller democracy.
UN knockback shows Thai parochialism
News, Surin Pitsuwan, Published on 04/07/2016
» Thailand's failure to win a United Nations Security Council non-permanent seat last week was a big disappointment, but not totally unexpected. My first advice, as a senior member of Team Thailand to the UN Security Council, is that we must have a secondary objective, an alternative goal for ourselves: "Win or lose, Thailand will come out of this campaign with our profile higher and our responsible presence in the community better appreciated than before."
What Thailand needs to learn from Brexit
News, Surin Pitsuwan, Published on 28/06/2016
» What happened on Thursday when the people of the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU) was equivalent to a political seismic movement and an economic tectonic catastrophe that will have far-reaching implications on the global community long into the future.
Thai sufficiency economy paves way for progress
News, Surin Pitsuwan, Published on 21/07/2015
» I recently had the opportunity to speak about Thailand's sufficiency economy philosophy, a development model conceived by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad), in Geneva, and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in Paris.