H.E. Virachai Plaisai

H.E. Virachai Plaisai

Virachai Plaisai is the ambassador and permanent representative of Thailand to the United Nations, having been appointed to his post in 2015. From 2009 to 2015, he served as ambassador of Thailand to the Netherlands, having previously held a variety of international economic, legal, and diplomatic roles for the Thai government. A career diplomat, Mr. Plasai began his diplomatic service in 1987 in his country’s department of political affairs, serving in posts in the department of treaties and legal affairs, eventually becoming director-general of the department of international economic affairs in 2007.

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Opinion: Drowning is responsible for more deaths than malnutrition. It's time for change.

Opinion: Drowning is responsible for more deaths than malnutrition. It's time for change.

almost 8 years ago // Safe Access to Water

Nearly all of the 360,000 drowning deaths that occur each year happen in low- and middle-income countries. Four United Nations ambassadors call on the president of the U.N. General Assembly "to recognize the importance of safe access to water alongside access to safe water."

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