Inter Press ServicePrime Minister of Thailand visits Group of 77 Suite of Offices at UN Headquarters https://www.ipsnews.net/2016/10/prime-minister-of-thailand-visits-group-of-77-suite-of-offices-at-un-headquarters/ News and Views from the Global South Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:19:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Prime Minister of Thailand visits Group of 77 Suite of Offices at UN Headquarters https://www.ipsnews.net/2016/10/prime-minister-of-thailand-visits-group-of-77-suite-of-offices-at-un-headquarters/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2016/10/prime-minister-of-thailand-visits-group-of-77-suite-of-offices-at-un-headquarters/#respond Mon, 10 Oct 2016 16:18:51 +0000 an IPS Correspondent http://www.ipsnews.net/?p=147279

Prime Minister Chan-o-cha (centre) speaks with Ambassador Virachai Plasai, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Thailand to the UN (left) and Mourad Ahmia, Executive Secretary of the Group of 77 (right). Credit: Tharanga Yakupitiyage / IPS.

By an IPS Correspondent
Oct 10 2016 (IPS)

General Prayuth Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand visited the suite of offices of the Group of 77 on September 21 during the 71st session of the UN General Assembly.

Prime Minister Chan-o-cha (right) speaks with Ambassador Virachai Plasai, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Thailand to the UN (left) and Mourad Ahmia, Executive Secretary of the Group of 77 (centre). Credit: Tharanga Yakupitiyage / IPS.

Prime Minister Chan-o-cha (right) speaks with Ambassador Virachai Plasai, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Thailand to the UN (left) and Mourad Ahmia, Executive Secretary of the Group of 77 (centre). Credit: Tharanga Yakupitiyage / IPS.

Thailand holds the position of Chair of the Group of 77 for the year 2016, a role which involves representing the 133 members of the group at UN meetings in New York.

Left to right: Wilas Aroonsri , Secretary-General to the Prime Minister ; Ambassador Virachai Plasai, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Thailand to the UN; Mourad Ahmia, Executive Secretary of the Group of 77; Prime Minister Chan-o-cha; Don Pramudwinai, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand; and Pornprapai Ganjanarintr, Director-General of the Department of International Organisations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand. Credit: Tharanga Yakupitiyage / IPS.

Left to right: Wilas Aroonsri, Secretary-General to the Prime Minister; Ambassador Virachai Plasai, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Thailand to the UN; Mourad Ahmia, Executive Secretary of the Group of 77; Prime Minister Chan-o-cha; Don Pramudwinai, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand; and Pornprapai Ganjanarintr, Director-General of the Department of International Organisations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand. Credit: Tharanga Yakupitiyage / IPS.

During Prime Minister Chan-o-cha’s time in New York, he chaired the Fortieth Annual Meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 as well as an interactive dialogue on Sufficiency Economy Philosophy.

Prime Minister Chan-o-cha (right) speaks with Ambassador Virachai Plasai, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Thailand to the UN (left) and Mourad Ahmia, Executive Secretary of the Group of 77 (centre). Credit: Tharanga Yakupitiyage / IPS.

Prime Minister Chan-o-cha (right) speaks with Ambassador Virachai Plasai, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Thailand to the UN (left) and Mourad Ahmia, Executive Secretary of the Group of 77 (centre). Credit: Tharanga Yakupitiyage / IPS.

 

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