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Flouting Slip Fiche De Transmission FLOUTING SLIP FICHE DE TRANSMISSION FROM: E ^_ DE: T "C. Room No. — No de bureau Extension — Poste Date FOR ACTION POUR SUITE A DONNER FOR APPROVAL POUR APPROBATION FOR SIGNATURE POUR SIGNATURE FOR COMMENTS POUR OBSERVATIONS MAY WE DISCUSS? POURRIONS-NOUS EN PARLER ? YOUR ATTENTION VOTRE ATTENTION AS DISCUSSED COMME CONVENU AS REQUESTED SUITE A VOTRE DEMANDE NOTE AND RETURN NOTER ET RETOURNER FOR INFORMATION POUR INFORMATION COM.6 (2-7B) ROUTING SLIP FICHE DE TRANSMISSION FROM: DE: Room No. — No de bureau Extension -Posts Date y / / fZ2 nWT' FOR ACTION POUR SUITE A DONNPR FOR APPROVAL POUR APPROBATION FOR SIGNATURE POUR SIGNATURE FOR COMMENTS POUR OBSERVATIONS MAY WE DISCUSS? POURRIONS-NOUS EN PARLER ? YOUR ATTENTION VOTRE ATTENTION AS DISCUSSED COMME CONVENU AS REQUESTED SUITE A VOTRE DEMANDE NOTE AND RETURN NOTER ET RETOURNER FOR INFORMATION POUR INFORMATION I _ -. K. .A A - --* COM.6 (2-78) OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR United Nations Children's Fumi lljjitu ':,_• 212 j^6 'I'l.'iS Til ee UnHeii N^'Oi's P'fl/d 2123267758 •Mew York. Mfiw York. 10017 26 August 2003 Mr. Iqbal Riza Chef de Cabinet Under-Secretary-General Executive Office of the Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York 10017 (/ff/^^ Dear Mr. Riza, On thejpccasion of the UNJCEF_j^xe£unVe..Bpard meeting on 15 September 2003, H.E. Khun Anand ""Panyarachun, former Prime Minister of Thailand, wijl be in New York to receive special recognition for his "extraordinary contribution as Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. It would be very much appreciated if on "thafoccasion we could arrange a brief meeting and photo-opportunity for H.E. Khun^nand^vyith^the ""Secretary- GeneraJL As you know, during H.E. Khun Anand's time as Prime Minister, Thailand was one of the very few countries, and certainly the first in the world, to dramatically slow down the progress of the epidemic of HIV/AIDS. Without his drive and personal leadership at such a critically early period, Thailand would not be the great success story that the Secretary-General and others cite in our global campaign aginst HIV/AIDS. In addition, H.E Khun Anand, who was a former Permanent Representative to the UN, has been a great leader and champion of democracy, human rights and good governance in Thailand and Asia. As Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, he has helped mobilize significant amount of funds as well as public opinion and awareness in favour of the work of UNICEF and the United Nations in Thailand and throughout the region. Please find attached a short^biography and a recent speech H.E. Khun Anand gave at UN ESCAP on _Hiy/AIDS which provides more information on his work. Given the Secretary-General's'own commitment to HIV/AIDS this might be of considerable interest to him. 1 look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely. Kul CTGautam Deputy Executive Director cc: M. Mauras. Director, Office of the Deputy Secretary-General H>f si-ary child Health, Education. Equality, Protection ADVANCE HUMANITY unscensff H.E. Mr. Anand Panyarachun Biography Mr. Anand Panyarachun was born in Bangkok in 1932. He was educated at Bangkok Christian College and Dulwich College, United Kingdom. He obtained his BA (Honours) at Cambridge University. Upon his graduation in 1955, he served at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Thailand. From 1959 to 1964, he acted as Secretary to Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 1964, he was appointed First Secretary of the Royal Thai Diplomatic Mission to the United Nations, New York. In 1967, he was appointed Ambassador to the United Nations and Canada. In 1972 he served as Ambassador to the United States in Washington D.C. as well as to the UN in New York. In 1976, Mr. Panyarachun returned to Thailand to resume the position of Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His last government post was Ambassador to Germany, from 1977-1978. In 1979, he left the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to run Saha Union Group, a large Thai corporation. Mr. Panyarachun was appointed Vice President of the Thai Industry Association, in 1980, Vice President of the Thai Industry Council in 1987 and President of this Council in 1990. From 1982-1984, Mr. Panyarachun was the President of the ASEAN Chamber of Commerce and Industry and from 1988-1989, he was President of ASEAN Task Force, in charge of ASEAN co- operation. From 1986 to 1990, he was President of the ASEAN Committee in the ASEAN-USA Council. Mr. Panyarachun has also held important posts in many academic institutions including: National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand Development Research Institute, Science and Technology Development Council, Sasin Business Administration Institute, Chulalongkom University Council, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and ASEAN-USA Technology Exchange Institute. In October 1990, he was appointed Member of The World Management Council (CLOS) and in January 1991, he was appointed Member of The Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD). On 2 March 1991, Mr. Panyarachun was sworn in as Thailand's 18th Prime Minister since the establishment of the constitutional monarchy in 1932. The Panyarachun cabinet, made up of talented and respected technocrats with a reform agenda, is still seen as one of the country's most capable governments. Mr. Panyarachun was the first Asian leader to launch a comprehensive nation-wide HIV/AIDS prevention programme in the early 90s. He made tough and bold decisions to combat the epidemic. He publicly acknowledged that the epidemic in Thailand was being driven by practices in the country that no one wanted to admit, namely the use of commercial sex workers by Thai men, injecting drug use and gender inequity, including the sale of children into sex work. His government's efforts resulted in behavioural changes that reduced significantly the number of new HIV infections in the country. The percentage of Thai men visiting sex workers has fallen annually and condom use has increased drastically. Thailand's programme under Mr. Panyarachun's administration is being showcased by UNAIDS as one of three "best practices" in the world (the other two being in Africa - Uganda and Senegal). Panyarachun's government broke new ground also on educational reforms and environmental protection. These are issues which Mr. Panyarachun continues to promote throughout the country and the region. The government was also a leader for children. On March 12, Prime Minister Panyarachun, on behalf of Thailand, signed the Declaration and Plan of Action of the 1990 World Summit for Children. And he was involved in promoting Thailand's accession to the Convention on the Rights of the Child in March 1992. In 1997, Mr. Panyarachun served as Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee. The 99- member committee of political, business and academic leaders, drew up a charter which goes a long way towards establishing a strong democracy that will ensure civil and political rights in Thailand. In the same year, Mr, Panyarachun received the prestigious Ramon Magsaysayi Award for service to the state. UNICEF Ambassador for Thailand Mr. Panyarachun was appointed UNICEF Ambassador for Thailand on 17 January, 1996. Since then he has been an outstanding advocate for children, speaking on child rights issues, child abuse, HIV/AIDS and education reform. He has been actively involved in fund raising bringing in more than US$9.5 million. Personal interests Though Mr. Panyarachun devotes considerable time to business and public affairs, he and his wife M.R. Sodsee, their two married daughters and their families, see each other often and travel together frequently. Mr. Panyarachun also enjoys watching TV sports' programmes and reading Winston Churchill's books, good English prose, speeches by world leaders and political and economic publications. A music lover, his favourite composers are Rachmaninov, Chopin, Brahms and Puccini. Mr. Panyarachun continues to play squash. He played on Cambridge tennis and squash teams. Keynote address by H.E. Mr. Anand Panyarachun Delivered at the opening of the 57th session of the United Nations ESCAP, Bangkok Published in the Bangkok Post - April 24, 2001 I assumed leadership of Thailand at a time when an incurable virus, HIV, leading to a fatal disease, AIDS, was running rampant throughout the country. We had to accept the fact that this epidemic had arrived in Thailand and was not going to go away. To deal with the problem, I had to find out the exact situation by demanding facts and figures, and projections for the future. HIV/AIDS was threatening the entire country and had spread to all sections of Thai society. There were 143,000 new infections in 1991 alone. And it was predicted that over the next 20 years, up to 10% of Thais would die from AIDS. We had to accept that the traditional and punitive public health measures which had been practised to combat the epidemic had not worked. Tough and bold decisions were needed if the spread of the disease was to be curbed. Only governments and political leadership at the highest level could make a difference in the fight against HIV/AIDS on a national scale. We had to accept that this epidemic was being driven by socio-cultural practices, which no government wanted to admit existed. They included: commercial sex, intravenous drug use, and cultural practices such as the sale of children and young women into sex work. The fact that all these activities are illegal makes people want to deny that they exist in our societies. Not only did we have to accept the existence of these practices, we had to also accept that they occurred on a large scale in Thai society. For example, over 20% of Thai men were visiting sex workers every year.
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