Kingdom of Thailand
Pravit Chaimongkol
Thailand’s only term as an elected member of the Security Council was in 1985_86. Pravit Chaimongkol is Thailand’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations. The following is excerpted from Chaimongkol’s address to the United Nations General Assembly on October 15, 2003. Thailand is pleased that, once again, these two related items namely, "Report of the Security Council" and "Question of the equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters," including the report of the Open-ended Working Group, are being considered in tandem as part of our efforts to rationalize the work…