Deputy Director-General of the Department of International Organizations meets with UN-Habitat Regional Programme Director

วันที่นำเข้าข้อมูล 4 Jun 2026

วันที่ปรับปรุงข้อมูล 4 Jun 2026

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On 2 June 2026, Ms. Cataleya Phatoomros, Deputy Director-General of the Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, welcomed Mr. Patrick Canagasingham, Director of the Regional Programmes Division of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), on the occasion of his working visit to Thailand.

The Deputy Director-General reaffirmed Thailand’s readiness to work with UN-Habitat to drive forward urban development, strengthen Thailand’s role as a development partner and a knowledge hub for sustainable urban and housing development in the region and among developing countries. Both sides exchanged views on ways to strengthen cooperation on housing, sustainable urban development and localization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) between Thailand and UN-Habitat. The Director highlighted Thailand’s role as a strategic partner in the Asia-Pacific region, noting that Thailand’s concrete experiences in community-centred housing development, particularly the Baan Mankong Programme, could be shared with other developing countries and serve as useful examples. The Programme drew significant interest at the thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum, held in May 2026 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Both sides also discussed opportunities to expand cooperation through Thailand’s development cooperation mechanisms, including South-South and triangular cooperation, to share Thailand’s knowledge and good practices with other countries.

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