On 7 January 2025, Ms. Pinsuda Jayanama, Director-General of the Department of International Organizations, had a discussion with General Saksit Sangchanintra, Director General of Thailand Mine Action Center (TMAC), about Thailand’s obligations under Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC). Representatives from the TMAC, the Department of East Asian Affairs and the Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs were also in attendance.

The Meeting exchanged views on work plans and approaches to implement the outcome of the Fifth Review Conference of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (RevCon5) during 25 – 29 November 2024 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, including the adoption of the Siem Reap-Angkor Action Plan 2025 - 2029.

At present, there are 164 State Parties to the Convention. Thailand was the first country in Southeast Asia to become a State Party to the Convention on 3 December 1997. Thailand’s obligations as a State Party to the Convention are to never under any circumstance use, develop, produce, acquire, stockpile, retain, or transfer anti-personnel mines, to clear and destroy all stockpiled mines, to provide assistance to mine victims, and to provide Mine Risk Education to affected population.