Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand

02/03/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/03/2026 01:12

Director-General of the International Organizations Department meets with the Director of Division for Operations, UNODC

Director-General of the International Organizations Department meets with the Director of Division for Operations, UNODC

On 30 January 2026, Ms. Pinsuda Jayanama, Director-General of the Department of International Organizations, had a discussion with Mr. Bo Mathiasen, Director of Division for Operations, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), on the occasion of the latter's visit to Thailand.

The Director-General expressed Thailand's appreciation to UNODC for co-hosting the International Conference on the Global Partnership against Online Scams (IC-GPOS) on

17 - 18 December 2025 in Bangkok. Both sides discussed ways to further build on the outcomes of the Conference in other international fora, including the Global Fraud Summit on 16 - 17 March 2026 in Vienna and the 15th United Nations Crime Congress, which is the UN's most important meeting on crime prevention and criminal justice, on 25 - 30 April 2026 in Abu Dhabi. They also exchanged views on other areas of cooperation, such as drug control and border management. Mr. Mathiasen commended and expressed appreciation for Thailand's longstanding partnership with UNODC.

Thailand is the host of the UNODC Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and maintains a strong partnership with UNODC on drug control and combatting transnational crimes.

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