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The United Nations is seeking expressions of interest for a two-year contract to supply its internet and phone operations in Thailand.

Policymakers urged to drive vegetables as national agenda to curb non-communicable diseases killing 400,000 Thais every year.

• Global Compact Network Thailand joins hands with three CEOs of its leading members to share their visions for global sustainability during the UN Global Compact Virtual Leaders Summit 2021, hoping to drive the private sector to implement UN Sustainable Development Goals along with their business plans. Specifically, the business are urged to set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emission.

The United Nations warned on Wednesday that Asia must ramp up regional cooperation to build resilience to the Covid-19 pandemic and the climate emergency – “the twin crises that threaten our future the most”.

UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has received two letters that conflict with each other concerning the position of Myanmar's permanent representative to the United Nations, said his spokesman on Tuesday.

Military commander General Chalermpol Srisawat confirmed that a Thai Army doctor administered fake vaccines to UN peacekeeping troops in South Sudan, claiming it was a flu inoculation that could protect them from Covid-19. The vaccine was actually just water. The medic injected 273 soldiers, charging each one US$20 (Bt607) for the fake vaccination.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will field for the first time a female candidate for election to the United Nations’ International Law Commission ( ILC) for the period 2023-2027.

The Cabinet has approved a notification on the nuclear weapons prohibition treaty, deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul said.

Thai national Vitit Muntarbhorn is set to be the replacement for Briton Rhona Smith when the latter completes her five-year mandate as UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Cambodia, according to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

Asean on Monday called for the return to dialogue and reconciliation in Myanmar after the military staged a coup on Monday morning.