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Thailand

Official Name: 
Kingdom of Thailand
ISO2 Code: 
TH
ISO3 Code: 
THA
Longitude: 
15 00 N
Latitude: 
100 00 E
Geolocation: 
POINT (100 15)
Attended Meeting: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Belgium GFMD 2007
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 

No Participation

Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 2
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Philippines GFMD 2008
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 
  • Co-Chair in RT 2.2 "Managing Migration and Minimizing the Negative Impacts of Irregular Migration"
  • Team Member in RT 3.2 "Policy and Institutional Coherence on Migration and Development within Government"
  • Team Member in RT 3.3 *Regional Consultative Processes, Inter-regional Consultative Fora and Regional Organizations and Economic Integration Processes at the Interface of Migration and Development"
Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 2
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Greece GFMD 2009
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 
  • Co-Chair in RT 3.2 "Regional and Inter-regional Processes and Fora"
Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 3
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Mexico GFMD 2010
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 
  • Team Member in RT 3.3 *How can RCPs and Inter-regional better include the migration and development nexus?"
Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 3
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Switzerland GFMD 2011
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 

No Participation

Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 3
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Mauritius GFMD 2012
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 

No Participation

Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 3
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Sweden GFMD 2013-2014
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 
  • Team Member in RT 2.1 "Enhancing the development impacts of labour migratiion and circular mobility through more systematic labour market and skills matching"
  • Team Member in RT 3.1 "Empowering migrants, their households and communities for improved protection of rights and social development outcomes"
Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 3
Attended Summit: 
Thematic Meetings: 
- Attended Thematic Meeting on "Operationalizing Mainstreaming of Migration in Development Policy and Integrating Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda" on 22 May 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Turkey GFMD 2014-2015
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 
  • Team Member in RT 1.1 "Partnerships to promote inclusion and protect the human rights of all migrants in order to achieve the full benefits of migration"
Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 4
Prep Meeting 5
Attended Summit: 
Thematic Meetings: 
- Participated in Thematic Meeting on "Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda" on 5 February 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland. - Attended Thematic Meeting on "Recognizing the contributions of women migrants to economic and social development in countries of origin and destination and addressing their specific needs, particularly concerning respect for their human rights" on 8 September 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Bangladesh GFMD 2016
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 
  • Team Member in RT 1.2 "Connectivity and migration"
Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 3
Attended Summit: 
Thematic Meetings: 
- Attended the Thematic Workshop on "Migration, Connectivity and Business" on 29 March 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. - Attended the GFMD Thematic Workshop on "Migration for Harmonious Societies" on 18 May 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland. - Attended the GFMD Thematic Workshop on "Migration for Peace, Stability and Growth" on 19 July 2016 in New York, United States.
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Germany-Morocco GFMD 2017-2018 (Berlin Summit)
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 
  • Team Member in RT 1.2 "From Global Agenda to Implementation - National Action Plans for migration-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)"
Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 3
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Germany-Morocco GFMD 2017-2018 (Marrakech Summit)
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 

Government Team Member in RT 1.2 "Migrants' engagement with public services: from basic access to co-production"

Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 5
Prep Meeting 6
Prep Meeting 7
Attended Summit: 
Thematic Meetings: 
-Participated in the Thematic Workshop "Migration for Development: a roadmap to achieving the SDGs" 18-19 April 2018, Morocco -Participated in the Thematic Workshop "Labour Migration and Skills" 3 May 2018, Geneva -Participated in the Thematic Workshop "Children and Youth on the Move: Implementing Sustainable Solutions" 21-22 June 2018, Morocco
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Ecuador GFMD 2019
Financial Contribution: 

Financial contribution of USD 25,000

RT Participation: 

RT Co-Chair in RT 1.2 "Facilitating social and economic inclusion"

Government Team Member in RT 2.1 "Shaping public narratives on migration and migrants"

Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 3
Attended Summit: 
Thematic Meetings: 
-Participated in the Thematic Workshop "Implementation of the Global Compact for Migration at the National Level" 21-22 March 2019, Geneva -Participated in the Thematic Workshop "Facilitating social and economic inclusion" 24-25 July 2019, San José

Wannamethee

Sek Wannamethee was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary/ Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva in March 2017. Prior to his assignment in Geneva, he was Director-General of the Department of Information and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand from 2013-2017 and Director-General of the Department of American and South Pacific Affairs from 2012-2013.