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., -^enauissin DE: ^^i^^vj'''^^.:;:^': : ••: .':' ' •• •' {J?acm/N». — No de bureau ', A k ( 1 ' , -J FOR ACTION POUR SUITE. A DQNNER FOR APPROVAL PO'UR, APPROBATION' ' •' FOR, SIGNATURE POU^ SIGNATURE "l / J FOR COMMENTS POUR OBSERVATIONS / MAY WE DISCUSS?. POURRIONS-NOLTS EN PARLER •> YOUR ATTENTION 1 VOTRE ATTENTION AS DISCUSSED COMME CONVENU AS REQUESTED SUITE A YOTRE DEMANDS , .•.;...:; Ndr;E:ANP RETURN NOTERfET RETOURNER: ••";"• FORvlNlORMATION * POUR INFOftHATION \ The season of country team annual \ reports has begun! > ' f As I have been doing in the p'ast couple of years; Fwill forward these to UNFIP^ m case .your programme officers are interested to • looking at the output of any particular country team. If not, feel free to discard. - J * ^ vs tv 'A W ^ ' COM.6 ,12-^7 IdenUCosordinator-ok the UNITED NATIONS United Nations System's Operational Activities for Development in Thailand File: Annual Report 2001 g g H 8 W II M/T^ JAN -9 20 December 2002 Dear Mr. Secretary-General, SECRETARY-GENERAL UN Resident Coordinator for Thailand Annual Report 2001 I am pleased to share with you a copy of the Annual Report of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Thailand for the year 2001. The report outlines the achievements made by the UN-wide system in Thailand during the past year in which the UN collaborative structure and joint activities were further enhanced through the quarterly Heads of Agency Meetings as well as the meetings and activities of the various inter-agency committees and the thematic working groups. The report provides an overview of the Thai development scene in year 2001 and focuses on the development cooperation as well as humanitarian activities undertaken by the UN agencies in Thailand, both jointly and individually. It also reports on the initiatives taken by the UN in the following areas: - the UNDAF, the MDGs and special cross-cutting issues like HIV/AIDS, Gender, Governance and Human Rights and Trafficking of Women and Children. It further describes the structure of collaboration among the UN agencies present, which is rather unique as Bangkok serves as a regional center for most of the UN agencies operating in this part of the world. I hope that the report will serve as a useful reference document on the work of the UN system in Thailand, not only for the UN family but also for our partners in the field of development. I would be honored to receive any comments you may have. With best regards, Yours sincerely, J. K. Robert England UN Resident Coordinator Mr. Kofi Annan Secretary-General United Nations New York, USA JAM 1 0 STREET ADD: UNDP, 12th Floor UN Building, Rajdamnern Nok Ave., Bangkok 10200 : MAIL ADD: UNDP, GPO Box 618, Bangkok 10501, Thailand TEL: (662) 288-1810, (662) 280-0550; FAX: (662) 280-0556; TELEX: TH 82392, TH 82315; CABLE: UNDEVPRO BANGKOK Distribution List for Annual Report 2001 Distribution list for Thailand Resident Coordinator Annual Report 2000 United Nations Mr. Nitin Desai, Under-Secretary-General, DESA, UN, New York Mr. Kenzo Oshima, Under-Secretary-General, OCHA, UN, New York Ms. Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF, New York Mr. Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General, UNCTAD, Geneva, Switzerland Mr. Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director, UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya Dr. Thoraya A. Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA, New York Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, UNDCP, Vienna, Austria Mr. James T. Morris, Executive Director, WFP, Rome, Italy Ms. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director, UNCHS, Nairobi, Kenya Mr. Ruud Lubbers, High Commissioner, UNHCR, Geneva, Switzerland Mr. Sergio Vieire de Mello, High Commissioner, UNHCHR, Geneva, Switzerland Mr. Peter Hansen, Commissioner-General, UNRWA, Gaza Mr. Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator, UNDP, New York Ms. Sally Fegan-Wyles, Director, United Nations Development Group Office, DGO Mr. Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General, DPI, New York Mr. Reinhart Helmke, Executive Director, UNOPS, New York Ms. Noeleen Heyzer, Director, UNIFEM, New York Mr. Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General, Department of Political Affairs, New York Mr. Jean-Marie Guehenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peace-keeping Affairs, New York Regional Commission Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, EGA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ms. Brigita Schmognerova, Executive Secretary, ECE, Geneva, Switzerland Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo, Executive Secretary, ECLAC, Santiago, Chile Mr. Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary, ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand Ms. Mervat M. Tallawy, Executive Secretary, ESCWA, Beirut, Lebanon Distribution List for Annual Report 2001 Specialized agencies and related bodies Mr. Juan Somavia, Director-General, ILO, Geneva, Switzerland Mr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General, FAO, Rome, Italy Mr. Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General, UNESCO, Paris, France Dr. Renato Claudio Costa Pereira, Secretary-General, ICAO, Montreal, Canada Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland Mr. Thomas E. Leavey, Director-General, UPU, Berne, Switzerland Mr. Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary-General, ITU, Geneva, Switzerland Mr. William A. O'Neil, Secretary-General, IMO, London, England Dr. Kamil Idris, Director-General, WIPO, Geneva, Switzerland Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Director-General, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland Mr. Lennart Bage, President, IF AD, Rome, Italy Mr. Carlos Alfredo Magarinos, Director-General, UNIDO, Vienna, Austria Mr. Mohamed El Baradei, Director-General, IAEA, Vienna, Austria Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, President, the World Bank Group, Washington, DC Mr. Horst Kohler, Managing Director, IMF, Washington, DC Ms. Eleni Stamiris, Director, INSTRAW, EPS-A314, Box 52-4121, Miami, F1.33152 Dr. Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland Mr. Marcel A. Boisard, Executive Director, UNITAR, Geneva, Switzerland Mr. Hans van Ginkel, Rector, UNU, Tokyo, Japan Mr. J. 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