On 7 May 2021, Ms.Christine Schraner Burgener, United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar, met Mr. Tej Bunnag, Secretary General of the Thai Red Cross Society, accompanied by Dr. Apichart Shinwanno, Assistant Secretary General for External Relations, at Terd Prakiat Building, the Thai Red Cross Society. The purpose of meeting was to seek…
The Thai Red Cross Society has sent a condolences letter and donated 10,000 US dollars (314,700 Baht) to Timor-Leste Red Cross Society on 22 April 2021 due to the devastating flooding and landslides Cyclone Seroja in Dili, capital city of Timor-Leste. The severe storm was starting in early April 2021. It caused 42 lives lost…
On 26 April 2021, the Thai Red Cross Society donated 1,000,000 Baht to the Myanmar Red Cross Society via the Royal Thai Embassy, Yangon, to support the latter’s humanitarian operations during the situations which have been taking place in Myanmar since February 2021. The donation was handed over to Prof. Dr. Htin Zaw Soe, Secretary…
On 15 March 2021, Professor Emeritus Visit Sitpreecha, M.D., Director of Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute (QSMI) of the Thai Red Cross Society (TRCS), presided over the 21st anniversary merit making ceremony of the Horse Farm and Laboratory Animal Station in commemoration of the King Rama IX’s 72nd Birthday Anniversary in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province. The…
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Executive Vice President of the Thai Red Cross Society (TRCS), presided over the opening ceremony of the 54th Diplomatic Red Cross Bazaar at Siam Paragon Department Store. The Bazaar was organized by the TRCS and spouses of diplomats in Thailand on 27-29 March 2021. Mr. Phan Wannamethee, Secretary…
On 19 April 2021, Mr. Michael Heath, Chargé d’Affaires, the U.S. Embassy, Bangkok, accompanied Dr. Steven G. Olive, Mission Director, U.S. Agency for International Development Regional Development Mission/Asia, and Mr. David Muehlke, Regional Refugee Coordinator for East Asia, U.S. Embassy, paid a courtesy call on Mr. Tej Bunnag, Assistant Secretary General for Administration of the…
On 9 March 2021, Prof.Visith Sitprija, Assistant Secretary General and Director of Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute (QSMI), the Thai Red Cross Society (TRCS), along with other TRCS Council members, visited BioNet-Asia Company Limited’s vaccine production plant at Bang Pa-In District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province. This visit was part of the TRCS strategic project on…
As the crisis in Syria enters its second decade, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has surveyed 1,400 Syrians aged 18-25 living in Syria, Lebanon and Germany. The survey shows that important issues that young people mentioned are being torn apart from families and friends, economic hardship, anxiety, aimlessness, and psychological impacts of…
On 15 March 2021, the Meeting of Southeast Asia Red Cross and Red Crescent Leadership and the Timor-Leste Red Cross Society was briefed by the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) about the situation in Republic of the Union of Myanmar and discussed ways to aid the MRCS. The MRCS provides 246 first aid units nationwide…
On 12 March 2021, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Executive Vice President of the Thai Red Cross Society, proceeded to the meeting room at Sra Pathum Palace, to chair the 340th Virtual Thai Red Cross Council Meeting, while other TRCS Council members also participated in the meeting at Terd Prakiat Building, the Thai…
