On 28 June 2024, Ms. Pinsuda Jayanama, Director-General of the Department of International Organizations, chaired the first meeting in 2024 of the Subcommittee on Thailand’s candidatures and candidatures of Thai nationals to international organizations.

The meeting explored ways to support Thailand’s candidatures to international organisations and discussed Thailand’s future candidatures and candidatures of Thai nationals to international organizations. The preparation and planning will ensure Thailand’s success in elections to international organizations and assist in the promotion of Thailand’s role in international fora.

Currently, the key elections, for which Thailand has presented its candidatures in the near future, are the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) for the term 2025-2027 and the Executive Board of UNESCO (UNESCO EB) for the term 2025-2029 at the elections to be held in October 2024 and November 2025, respectively.

The Subcommittee on Thailand’s candidatures and candidatures of Thai nationals to international organizations was established by the decision of the Coordinating Committee on Issues Related to the UN, Other International Organizations and Foreign Organizations, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs serving as the secretariat. At present, the Subcommittee comprises 38 government agencies and is chaired by the Director-General of the Department of International Organizations. Its main task is to provide policy and strategy recommendations on Thailand’s candidatures and candidatures of Thai nationals to the United Nations and other international organizations.