กรุงเทพฯ--25 ต.ค.--กระทรวงการต่างประเทศ
OSCE และ UN/ODCCP เชิญให้รัฐบาลไทยเข้าร่วมการประชุมระหว่างประเทศว่าด้วยการเสริมสร้างความมั่นคงและเสถียรภาพของภูมิภาคเอเชียกลาง โดยการต่อต้านยาเสพติด กระบวนการอาชญากรรม และการก่อการร้าย ระหว่างวันที่ 19 — 20 ตุลาคม 2543 ที่กรุงทาชเคนท์ ประเทศอุซเบกิซถาน
Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, The International Congress was concluded but what have been left for ASEAN and China and the international community are the two “alive ” documents which stand a test of time. We will never loose hope to fight for a better future and we are certain that where there is a will, there is always a way. We sincerely think that the results of the International Congress will be useful inputs for not only our deliberations during the two-day meeting, but also inputs for future cooperation on drug issues between ASEAN and Central Asia and beyond. Comprehensive human security: A Thai perspective My mission will not be completed, if I do not mention one of the widely debated issues in the new millennium which is comprehensive human security which is reflected in the theme of this international conference. Looking around this hall and the audience, I do not dare to lecture you the concept and evolution of human security, rather I will share with you Thailand ’s perspective on human security. Thailand attaches great importance to human security issues. Freedom from fear and freedom from want are both the goals of Thailand ’s human security policy. The ultimate goal is a society where peace, security and sustained economic growth and sustainable development prevail. The means to achieve this end lie in sound political and socio-economic policies. Intersectoral approach involving, right from the beginning, the formulation, planning and implementation of political, economic and social policies in an integrated manner are fundamental factors that will lead to human sustainable development. When security is shifted from “state ” to “human ” security, the task to overcome the threats of “fear ” and “want ” is increasingly complicated and pronounced since it relates to the very nature of human both physically and mentally. Non-traditional human security threats, be they transnational organized crime, drugs and human trafficking, money laundering, infectious diseases are becoming prominent. In my view, these threats are much more serious than traditional threat of state security -nuclear weapons. You may ask the question why? The response is what kind of a nation would it be if its people are deprived from their rights, gradually damaged by dangerous drugs, died away from infectious disease, feared from hunger and being trafficked? The visibility of these threats can be unrecognized until their consequences become widely spread and therefore, difficult to contain. It is, therefore, important that preventive measures should be installed into the society and system, rather than curative measures. In Thailand, democracy, human rights, good governance and the rule of law have been injected into the society to ensure that people enjoy their basic human rights and free to choose available political, economic and social choices. This is the heart of the preventive measures. We are vigorously implementing national and international human rights instruments which we are party to in the domestic context, especially at the local and grass root level. At the regional and international level, Thailand remains actively engaged in strengthening regional and international cooperation to prevent and combat organized criminal activities. In this regard, Thailand and the UN/ODCCP jointly organized the Asia and Pacific Ministerial Seminar on Building Capacity for Fighting Transnational Organized Crime in March this year. The ASEAN Ad- Hoc High Level Experts Meeting on the Draft Convention against Transnational Organized Crime was also convened in May in Bangkok to follow up the March Ministerial Seminar. Moreover, we will join other nations in signing the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime in the city of Palermo, Italy in this coming December. We already signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 2 October 2000. Cooperation frameworks towards the advancement of human security As I have mentioned earlier that the jigsaw needs to be completed. ASEAN and China cooperative framework in response to dangerous drugs has been established. However, we will keep exploring our strategic partnership with other organizations within the region and outside to fill in the missing pieces of the jigsaw. The challenges are great, the tasks ahead are tremendous. But we will keep our strong determination alive to overcome challenges, with friends and colleagues from governmental and non-governmental organizations, private sector as well as civil society. In this context, forging strategic partnership with OSCE is placed high on our foreign policy agenda towards the achievement of comprehensive human security. We are pleased to receive high level delegation from OSCE in Bangkok to the Workshop “Thailand and OSCE: The Way Towards a Future Cooperation ” on 28 September 2000. The results of which were fruitful and helped to bridge closer understanding and better cooperation between OSCE and Thailand on human security agenda. We are of the view that this event is another chapter in the series of exchanging views and sharing best practices in the pursuit of our common goals. After Bangkok, we responded to your call to come to Uzbekistan, we will then follow closely with great interests the outcome of the OSCE Ministerial Meeting in Vienna this coming November. We would like to reaffirm, once again, our continued commitment and coordinated actions with OSCE and UN/ODCCP in the advancement of human security goals- freeing people from want and fear in the name of our generation and next generations to come. Thank you
กองการสื่อมวลชน กรมสารนิเทศ กระทรวงการต่างประเทศ โทร. 643-5105 โทรสาร. 643-5106-7Press Division, Department of Information Tel. 643-5105 Fax. 643-5106-7 E-mail : div0704@mfa.go.th-- จบ--
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OSCE และ UN/ODCCP เชิญให้รัฐบาลไทยเข้าร่วมการประชุมระหว่างประเทศว่าด้วยการเสริมสร้างความมั่นคงและเสถียรภาพของภูมิภาคเอเชียกลาง โดยการต่อต้านยาเสพติด กระบวนการอาชญากรรม และการก่อการร้าย ระหว่างวันที่ 19 — 20 ตุลาคม 2543 ที่กรุงทาชเคนท์ ประเทศอุซเบกิซถาน
Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, The International Congress was concluded but what have been left for ASEAN and China and the international community are the two “alive ” documents which stand a test of time. We will never loose hope to fight for a better future and we are certain that where there is a will, there is always a way. We sincerely think that the results of the International Congress will be useful inputs for not only our deliberations during the two-day meeting, but also inputs for future cooperation on drug issues between ASEAN and Central Asia and beyond. Comprehensive human security: A Thai perspective My mission will not be completed, if I do not mention one of the widely debated issues in the new millennium which is comprehensive human security which is reflected in the theme of this international conference. Looking around this hall and the audience, I do not dare to lecture you the concept and evolution of human security, rather I will share with you Thailand ’s perspective on human security. Thailand attaches great importance to human security issues. Freedom from fear and freedom from want are both the goals of Thailand ’s human security policy. The ultimate goal is a society where peace, security and sustained economic growth and sustainable development prevail. The means to achieve this end lie in sound political and socio-economic policies. Intersectoral approach involving, right from the beginning, the formulation, planning and implementation of political, economic and social policies in an integrated manner are fundamental factors that will lead to human sustainable development. When security is shifted from “state ” to “human ” security, the task to overcome the threats of “fear ” and “want ” is increasingly complicated and pronounced since it relates to the very nature of human both physically and mentally. Non-traditional human security threats, be they transnational organized crime, drugs and human trafficking, money laundering, infectious diseases are becoming prominent. In my view, these threats are much more serious than traditional threat of state security -nuclear weapons. You may ask the question why? The response is what kind of a nation would it be if its people are deprived from their rights, gradually damaged by dangerous drugs, died away from infectious disease, feared from hunger and being trafficked? The visibility of these threats can be unrecognized until their consequences become widely spread and therefore, difficult to contain. It is, therefore, important that preventive measures should be installed into the society and system, rather than curative measures. In Thailand, democracy, human rights, good governance and the rule of law have been injected into the society to ensure that people enjoy their basic human rights and free to choose available political, economic and social choices. This is the heart of the preventive measures. We are vigorously implementing national and international human rights instruments which we are party to in the domestic context, especially at the local and grass root level. At the regional and international level, Thailand remains actively engaged in strengthening regional and international cooperation to prevent and combat organized criminal activities. In this regard, Thailand and the UN/ODCCP jointly organized the Asia and Pacific Ministerial Seminar on Building Capacity for Fighting Transnational Organized Crime in March this year. The ASEAN Ad- Hoc High Level Experts Meeting on the Draft Convention against Transnational Organized Crime was also convened in May in Bangkok to follow up the March Ministerial Seminar. Moreover, we will join other nations in signing the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime in the city of Palermo, Italy in this coming December. We already signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 2 October 2000. Cooperation frameworks towards the advancement of human security As I have mentioned earlier that the jigsaw needs to be completed. ASEAN and China cooperative framework in response to dangerous drugs has been established. However, we will keep exploring our strategic partnership with other organizations within the region and outside to fill in the missing pieces of the jigsaw. The challenges are great, the tasks ahead are tremendous. But we will keep our strong determination alive to overcome challenges, with friends and colleagues from governmental and non-governmental organizations, private sector as well as civil society. In this context, forging strategic partnership with OSCE is placed high on our foreign policy agenda towards the achievement of comprehensive human security. We are pleased to receive high level delegation from OSCE in Bangkok to the Workshop “Thailand and OSCE: The Way Towards a Future Cooperation ” on 28 September 2000. The results of which were fruitful and helped to bridge closer understanding and better cooperation between OSCE and Thailand on human security agenda. We are of the view that this event is another chapter in the series of exchanging views and sharing best practices in the pursuit of our common goals. After Bangkok, we responded to your call to come to Uzbekistan, we will then follow closely with great interests the outcome of the OSCE Ministerial Meeting in Vienna this coming November. We would like to reaffirm, once again, our continued commitment and coordinated actions with OSCE and UN/ODCCP in the advancement of human security goals- freeing people from want and fear in the name of our generation and next generations to come. Thank you
กองการสื่อมวลชน กรมสารนิเทศ กระทรวงการต่างประเทศ โทร. 643-5105 โทรสาร. 643-5106-7Press Division, Department of Information Tel. 643-5105 Fax. 643-5106-7 E-mail : div0704@mfa.go.th-- จบ--
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