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The foreign relations of Thailand are handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand.
Thailand participates fully in international and regional organizations. It has developed close ties with other ASEAN members—Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Laos,and Vietnam—whose foreign and economic ministers hold annual meetings. Regional cooperation is progressing in economic, trade, banking, political, and cultural matters. In 2003, Thailand served as APEC host. Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, served as Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) from 2005 until 31 August 2013. In 2005 Thailand attended the inaugural East Asia Summit.
Since the military coup of May 2014, Thailand's global reputation has plunged, according to Professor Thitinan Pongsudhirak of Chulalongkorn University. He maintains that, "When the fourth anniversary of Thailand's coup comes to pass later this month [May 2018], Thailand's foreign relations will be one of the many costs to be counted from the military government....Instead of moving ahead in its relations with the outside world, Thailand has regressed to a standstill.[1]
Parts of the border with Laos are undefined. A maritime boundary dispute with Vietnam was resolved, August 1997. Parts of maritime border with Cambodia are disputed.[2] Sporadic conflict with Myanmar over alignment of border.[3]
List of countries which Thailand maintains diplomatic relations with:[4][5][6]
# | Country | Date |
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1 | United Kingdom | 18 April 1855 |
2 | France | 15 August 1856 |
3 | Denmark | 21 May 1858 |
4 | Portugal | 10 February 1859 |
5 | Netherlands | 17 December 1860 |
6 | Germany | 7 February 1862[5] |
7 | Sweden | 18 May 1868 |
8 | Italy | 3 October 1868 |
9 | Austria | 17 May 1869[7] |
10 | Spain | 23 February 1870 |
11 | United States | 23 October 1882[8] |
12 | Belgium | 21 July 1883 |
13 | Japan | 26 September 1887 |
14 | Russia | 3 July 1897[6] |
15 | Norway | 30 November 1905 |
16 | Switzerland | 28 May 1931 |
17 | India | 1 August 1947 |
18 | Myanmar | 24 August 1948 |
19 | Philippines | 14 June 1949 |
20 | Indonesia | 7 March 1950 |
21 | Cambodia | 19 December 1950 |
22 | Laos | 19 December 1950 |
23 | Pakistan | 10 October 1951 |
24 | Australia | 19 December 1952 |
25 | Afghanistan | 23 April 1953 |
26 | Finland | 17 June 1954 |
27 | Israel | 23 June 1954[9] |
28 | Egypt | 27 September 1954 |
29 | Serbia | 12 November 1954[10] |
30 | Argentina | 2 February 1955 |
31 | Iran | 9 November 1955[11] |
32 | Sri Lanka | 20 November 1955 |
33 | Syria | 10 January 1956 |
34 | New Zealand | 26 March 1956 |
35 | Iraq | 24 May 1956 |
36 | Guatemala | 7 March 1957 |
37 | Malaysia | 31 August 1957 |
38 | Saudi Arabia | 1 October 1957 |
39 | Lebanon | 3 February 1958 |
40 | Turkey | 12 May 1958 |
41 | Cuba | 15 May 1958 |
42 | Greece | 26 May 1958 |
43 | South Korea | 1 October 1958 |
44 | Brazil | 17 April 1959 |
45 | Luxembourg | 16 June 1959 |
46 | Nepal | 30 November 1959 |
47 | Canada | 8 November 1961 |
48 | Chile | 29 October 1962 |
49 | Nigeria | 1 November 1962 |
50 | Paraguay | 17 December 1962 |
51 | Bolivia | 1 February 1963 |
52 | Kuwait | 14 June 1963 |
53 | Ethiopia | 10 April 1964 |
54 | Cameroon | 20 July 1965 |
55 | Singapore | 20 September 1965 |
56 | Peru | 10 November 1965 |
57 | Ivory Coast | 30 June 1966 |
58 | Jordan | 10 November 1966 |
59 | Liberia | 2 February 1967 |
60 | Tunisia | 2 February 1967 |
61 | Kenya | 25 July 1967 |
62 | Dominican Republic | 18 September 1967 |
63 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 14 February 1969 |
— | Holy See | 26 April 1969 |
64 | Bangladesh | 5 October 1972 |
65 | Poland | 14 November 1972 |
66 | Fiji | 15 December 1972 |
67 | Romania | 1 June 1973 |
68 | Hungary | 24 October 1973 |
69 | Costa Rica | 14 December 1973 |
70 | Mongolia | 5 March 1974 |
71 | Czech Republic | 15 June 1974[6] |
72 | Bulgaria | 10 August 1974 |
73 | Ireland | 27 January 1975 |
74 | North Korea | 8 May 1975 |
75 | Iceland | 18 June 1975 |
76 | China | 1 July 1975 |
77 | Mexico | 28 August 1975 |
78 | Nicaragua | 24 November 1975 |
79 | Algeria | 6 December 1975 |
80 | United Arab Emirates | 12 December 1975 |
81 | Gabon | 1 April 1976 |
82 | Papua New Guinea | 19 May 1976 |
83 | Uruguay | 15 June 1976 |
84 | Vietnam | 6 August 1976 |
85 | Mauritania | 24 August 1976 |
86 | Bahrain | 17 January 1977 |
87 | Libya | 16 March 1977 |
88 | Samoa | 15 May 1978 |
89 | Mauritius | 22 January 1979 |
90 | Colombia | 20 April 1979 |
91 | Grenada | 16 May 1979 |
92 | Maldives | 21 June 1979 |
93 | Ecuador | 15 January 1980 |
94 | Cyprus | 5 May 1980 |
95 | Oman | 30 July 1980 |
96 | Qatar | 7 August 1980 |
97 | Senegal | 9 August 1980 |
98 | Benin | 5 October 1980 |
99 | Tanzania | 30 December 1980 |
100 | Mali | 15 September 1981 |
101 | Sudan | 15 June 1982 |
102 | Niger | 30 July 1982 |
103 | Panama | 20 August 1982 |
104 | Venezuela | 27 August 1982 |
105 | Vanuatu | 21 September 1982 |
106 | Albania | 30 September 1982 |
107 | Sierra Leone | 12 February 1983 |
108 | Yemen | 5 April 1983[12] |
109 | Guinea | 15 April 1983 |
110 | Guinea-Bissau | 6 December 1983 |
111 | Brunei | 1 January 1984 |
— | Sovereign Military Order of Malta | 4 September 1984[13] |
112 | Jamaica | 10 September 1984 |
113 | Somalia | 1 November 1984 |
114 | Malta | 17 December 1984 |
115 | Gambia | 15 February 1985 |
116 | Uganda | 15 February 1985 |
117 | Zimbabwe | 4 April 1985 |
118 | Burkina Faso | 12 July 1985 |
119 | Morocco | 4 October 1985[14] |
120 | Ghana | 25 October 1985 |
121 | Botswana | 29 November 1985 |
122 | Honduras | 16 December 1985 |
123 | Trinidad and Tobago | 22 January 1986 |
124 | Djibouti | 1 April 1986 |
125 | Solomon Islands | 2 May 1986 |
126 | Togo | 7 May 1986 |
127 | Comoros | 15 July 1986 |
128 | Haiti | 30 October 1986 |
129 | Cape Verde | 2 December 1986 |
130 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9 December 1986 |
131 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 16 January 1987 |
132 | Suriname | 24 February 1987 |
133 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 7 May 1987 |
134 | Malawi | 1 June 1987 |
135 | El Salvador | 24 September 1987 |
136 | Central African Republic | 30 October 1987 |
137 | Rwanda | 30 October 1987 |
138 | Zambia | 9 November 1987 |
139 | Guyana | 17 December 1987 |
140 | Seychelles | 19 July 1988 |
141 | Burundi | 20 July 1988 |
142 | Republic of the Congo | 25 August 1988 |
143 | Barbados | 22 November 1988 |
144 | Saint Lucia | 4 April 1989 |
145 | Lesotho | 17 April 1989 |
146 | Mozambique | 19 April 1989 |
147 | Bhutan | 14 November 1989 |
148 | Chad | 28 September 1990 |
149 | Namibia | 6 November 1990 |
150 | Madagascar | 30 November 1990 |
151 | Eswatini | 17 January 1991 |
152 | Equatorial Guinea | 15 February 1991 |
153 | Latvia | 19 March 1992 |
154 | Federated States of Micronesia | 20 March 1992 |
155 | Estonia | 27 April 1992 |
156 | Ukraine | 6 May 1992 |
157 | Uzbekistan | 6 May 1992 |
158 | Kazakhstan | 6 July 1992 |
159 | Turkmenistan | 6 July 1992 |
160 | Armenia | 7 July 1992 |
161 | Azerbaijan | 7 July 1992 |
162 | Belarus | 21 July 1992[15] |
163 | Georgia | 21 July 1992 |
164 | Moldova | 5 August 1992 |
165 | Tajikistan | 5 August 1992 |
166 | Kyrgyzstan | 6 August 1992 |
167 | Angola | 24 August 1992 |
168 | Croatia | 9 September 1992 |
169 | Slovenia | 9 September 1992[16] |
170 | Slovakia | 1 January 1993[17] |
171 | Lithuania | 9 April 1993 |
172 | Marshall Islands | 29 October 1993 |
173 | Eritrea | 7 December 1993 |
174 | South Africa | 9 December 1993 |
175 | Tonga | 27 January 1994 |
176 | Palau | 13 May 1997 |
177 | Liechtenstein | 14 August 1997 |
178 | Belize | 11 June 1999 |
179 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14 February 2000 |
180 | Andorra | 28 April 2000 |
181 | East Timor | 20 May 2002 |
182 | San Marino | 25 March 2003[18] |
183 | Nauru | 14 January 2005 |
184 | North Macedonia | 25 February 2005 |
— | Cook Islands | 24 May 2005 |
185 | Kiribati | 29 June 2005 |
186 | Tuvalu | 29 August 2005 |
187 | Dominica | 25 November 2005 |
188 | Monaco | 26 June 2006 |
189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7 July 2006 |
190 | Montenegro | 6 June 2007[19] |
— | State of Palestine | 1 August 2012[20] |
— | Niue | 27 August 2013 |
— | Kosovo | 22 November 2013[21] |
191 | South Sudan | 5 December 2013 |
192 | Bahamas | 21 September 2016 |
Country | Formal relations began | Notes |
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Brunei | 1 January 1984 | See Brunei–Thailand relations
|
Cambodia | 19 December 1950 | See Cambodia–Thailand relations
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Indonesia | 7 March 1950[27] | See Indonesia–Thailand relations
|
Laos | 19 December 1950 | See Laos–Thailand relations
|
Malaysia | 31 August 1957 | See Malaysia–Thailand relations
|
Myanmar | 24 August 1948 | See Myanmar–Thailand relations
Myanmar has an embassy in Bangkok and a consulate-general in Chiang Mai. Thailand has an embassy in Yangon.[33][34] |
Philippines | 14 June 1949 | See Philippines–Thailand relations
|
Singapore | 20 September 1965 | See Singapore–Thailand relations
|
Vietnam | 6 August 1976 | See Thailand–Vietnam relations
|
Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
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Bahrain | 17 January 1977 | See Bahrain–Thailand relations
|
Bangladesh | 5 October 1972 | See Bangladesh–Thailand relations
|
Bhutan | 14 November 1989[43] | See Bhutan–Thailand relations
|
China | 1 July 1975[45] | See China–Thailand relations
|
Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) | See Hong Kong–Thailand relations
| |
India | 1 August 1947 | See India–Thailand relations
|
Iran | 9 November 1955 | See Iran–Thailand relations
|
Israel | 23 June 1954[54] | See Israel–Thailand relations
Israel and Thailand have had official relations since June 1954. The Israeli embassy in Bangkok was established in 1958.[55] Since 1996, Thailand has had an embassy in Tel Aviv.[56] After the floods in 2011, Israel sent water management experts to Thailand. Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol is involved in advancing scientific cooperation between the two countries. The Thai ambassador to Israel is Jukr Boon-Long.[57] |
Japan | 26 September 1887 | See Japan–Thailand relations
|
Jordan | 10 November 1966 | |
Kazakhstan | 6 July 1992 | See Kazakhstan–Thailand relations
|
North Korea | 8 May 1975 |
|
South Korea | 1 October 1958 | See South Korea–Thailand relations
|
Kuwait | 14 June 1963 |
|
Mongolia | 5 March 1974 | See Mongolia–Thailand relations
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Nepal | 30 November 1959 | |
Oman | 30 July 1980 | See Oman–Thailand relations
|
Pakistan | 10 October 1951 | See Pakistan–Thailand relations
|
Palestine | 1 August 2012 | See Palestine–Thailand relations
|
Qatar | 7 August 1980 | See Qatar–Thailand relations
|
Saudi Arabia | 1 October 1957 | See Saudi Arabia–Thailand relations
|
Sri Lanka | 20 November 1955 | See Sri Lanka–Thailand relations |
Taiwan | No formal diplomatic relations | See Taiwan–Thailand relations
|
Turkey | 12 May 1958 | See Thailand–Turkey relations
|
United Arab Emirates | 12 December 1975[73] | See Thailand–United Arab Emirates relations |
Uzbekistan | 6 May 1992 |
|
Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
---|---|---|
Belize | 11 June 1999 |
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 11 June 1999.[74] |
Brazil | 17 April 1959 | |
Canada | 8 November 1961 | |
Colombia | 20 April 1979 | |
Mexico | 28 August 1975 |
|
Peru | 10 November 1965 | In 2009, Thailand and Peru signed a free trade agreement calling for elimination of tariffs on 70% of 5,000 items listed in the agreement. Thailand imports tin and fish from Peru. Peru imports auto parts, electrical appliances, and clothes from Thailand.[82] |
United States | 20 March 1833 | Thailand has had relations with the United States since 1833. In 2003, the United States designated Thailand as a major non-NATO ally, which grants Thailand many financial and military benefits derived from the United States.
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Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
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Armenia | 7 July 1992 | |
Austria | ||
Azerbaijan | 7 July 1992 |
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Bulgaria | 10 August 1974 | |
Croatia | 9 September 1992 | |
Cyprus | 5 May 1980 | |
Denmark | 21 May 1858 | See Denmark–Thailand relations
|
Estonia | 22 October 1921 | See Foreign relations of Estonia
|
Finland | ||
France | 15 August 1856 | See France–Thailand relations
|
Germany | 7 February 1862 | See Germany–Thailand relations
|
Greece | 26 May 1958 | |
Hungary | 24 October 1973 | |
Kosovo | 22 November 2013 | See Kosovo–Thailand relations |
Netherlands | 1604 |
|
Poland | ||
Portugal | 10 February 1859 | See Portugal-Thailand relations
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Romania | 1 June 1973 | |
Russia | See Thailand-Russia relations
The Soviet Union and Thailand established diplomatic relations with each other on 12 March 1941; Thailand recognised Russian Federation as the successor to Soviet Union on 28 December 1991. Russia has an embassy in Bangkok and two honorary consulates in Phuket and Pattaya. Thailand has an embassy in Moscow and two honorary consulates in Saint Petersburg and Vladivostok. | |
Spain | 23 February 1870 | See Spain-Thailand relations |
Sweden | 18 May 1868 |
|
Ukraine | 6 May 1992 | |
United Kingdom | 18 April 1855 |
After Burma lost the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–26) relations opened between the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Siam and the United Kingdom with a treaty of alliance in February 1826 and another treaty in June negotiated by East India Company emissary Henry Burney. This was followed by the Bowring Treaty of 1855 to liberalise trade. In 1893, Lord Lansdowne of the British Raj finalized the border between Burma and Siam; the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 then dissected the northern Malay states.
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Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
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Australia |
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New Zealand |
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Country | Official name | City | Type | Accredited to... |
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Argentina | Argentine Republic | Buenos Aires | Embassy | Paraguay Uruguay |
Australia | Commonwealth of Australia | Canberra | Embassy | Nauru Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Vanuatu |
Sydney | Consulate | |||
Austria | Republic of Austria | Vienna | Embassy | Slovakia Slovenia |
Bahrain | Kingdom of Bahrain | Manama | Embassy | |
Bangladesh | People's Republic of Bangladesh | Dhaka | Embassy | Bhutan |
Belgium | Kingdom of Belgium | Brussels | Embassy | Luxembourg |
Brazil | Federative Republic of Brazil | Brasilia | Embassy | Barbados Grenada Guyana Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago |
Brunei | Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace | Bandar Seri Begawan | Embassy | |
Cambodia | Kingdom of Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Embassy | |
Canada | Canada | Ottawa | Embassy | Antigua and Barbuda Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Jamaica Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Vancouver | Consulate | |||
Chile | Republic of Chile | Santiago | Embassy | Costa Rica El Salvador Panama |
China | People's Republic of China | Beijing | Embassy | Mongolia North Korea |
Chengdu | Consulate | |||
Guangzhou | Consulate | |||
Hong Kong | Consulate | |||
Kunming | Consulate | |||
Nanning | Consulate | |||
Qingdao | Consulate | |||
Shanghai | Consulate | |||
Xi'an | Consulate | |||
Xiamen | Consulate | |||
Czech Republic | Czech Republic | Prague | Embassy | |
Denmark | Kingdom of Denmark | Copenhagen | Embassy | Iceland |
East Timor | Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste | Dili | Embassy | |
Egypt | Arab Republic of Egypt | Cairo | Embassy | Djibouti Eritrea Sudan |
Finland | Republic of Finland | Helsinki | Embassy | Estonia Latvia Lithuania |
France | French Republic | Paris | Embassy | Algeria Monaco |
Germany | Federal Republic of Germany | Berlin | Embassy | |
Frankfurt | Consulate | |||
Greece | Hellenic Republic | Athens | Embassy | Albania Malta Montenegro Serbia |
Hungary | Hungary | Budapest | Embassy | Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia North Macedonia |
India | Republic of India | New Delhi | Embassy | |
Chennai | Consulate | |||
Kolkata | Consulate | |||
Mumbai | Consulate | |||
Indonesia | Republic of Indonesia | Jakarta | Embassy | |
Iran | Islamic Republic of Iran | Tehran | Embassy | Turkmenistan |
Israel | State of Israel | Tel Aviv | Embassy | |
Italy | Italian Republic | Rome | Embassy | Cyprus Kosovo Libya San Marino Tunisia |
Japan | Japan | Tokyo | Embassy | Marshall Islands |
Osaka | Consulate | |||
Jordan | Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | Amman | Embassy | Iraq Lebanon Palestine Syria |
Kazakhstan | Republic of Kazakhstan | Astana | Embassy | Kyrgyzstan |
Kenya | Republic of Kenya | Nairobi | Embassy | Burundi Ethiopia Madagascar Rwanda Seychelles Somalia South Sudan Tanzania Uganda |
Kuwait | State of Kuwait | Kuwait City | Embassy | |
Laos | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Vientiane | Embassy | |
Savannakhet | Consulate | |||
Madagascar | Republic of Madagascar | Antananarivo | Consulate | |
Malaysia | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Embassy | |
George Town | Consulate | |||
Kota Bharu | Consulate | |||
Mexico | United Mexican States | Mexico City | Embassy | Belize Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua |
Morocco | Kingdom of Morocco | Rabat | Embassy | Mauritania |
Mozambique | Republic of Mozambique | Maputo | Embassy | Comoros Malawi Mauritius |
Myanmar | Republic of the Union of Myanmar | Yangon | Embassy | |
Nepal | Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal | Kathmandu | Embassy | |
Netherlands | Kingdom of the Netherlands | The Hague | Embassy | |
New Zealand | New Zealand | Wellington | Embassy | Fiji Kiribati Samoa Tonga |
Nigeria | Federal Republic of Nigeria | Abuja | Embassy | Benin Cameroon Central African Republic Congo-Brazzaville Congo-Kinshasa Equatorial Guinea Gabon Ghana São Tomé and Príncipe Togo |
Norway | Kingdom of Norway | Oslo | Embassy | |
Oman | Sultanate of Oman | Muscat | Embassy | |
Pakistan | Islamic Republic of Pakistan | Islamabad | Embassy | Afghanistan Tajikistan |
Karachi | Consulate | |||
Peru | Republic of Peru | Lima | Embassy | Bolivia Colombia Ecuador Venezuela |
Philippines | Republic of the Philippines | Manila | Embassy | Federated States of Micronesia Palau |
Poland | Republic of Poland | Warsaw | Embassy | Ukraine |
Portugal | Portuguese Republic | Lisbon | Embassy | |
Qatar | State of Qatar | Doha | Embassy | |
Romania | Romania | Bucharest | Embassy | Bulgaria |
Russia | Russian Federation | Moscow | Embassy | Armenia Belarus Moldova Uzbekistan |
Saudi Arabia | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Embassy | Yemen |
Jeddah | Consulate | |||
Senegal | Republic of Senegal | Dakar | Embassy | Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Niger Sierra Leone |
Singapore | Republic of Singapore | Singapore | Embassy | |
South Africa | Republic of South Africa | Pretoria | Embassy | Angola Botswana Eswatini Lesotho Namibia Zambia Zimbabwe |
South Korea | Republic of Korea | Seoul | Embassy | |
Spain | Kingdom of Spain | Madrid | Embassy | Andorra |
Sri Lanka | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | Colombo | Embassy | Maldives |
Sweden | Kingdom of Sweden | Stockholm | Embassy | |
Switzerland | Swiss Confederation | Bern | Embassy | Liechtenstein |
Turkey | Republic of Türkiye | Ankara | Embassy | Azerbaijan Georgia |
United Arab Emirates | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Embassy | |
Dubai | Consulate | |||
United Kingdom | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | London | Embassy | Ireland |
United States | United States of America | Washington | Embassy | Bahamas |
Chicago | Consulate | |||
Los Angeles | Consulate | |||
New York City | Consulate | |||
Vietnam | Socialist Republic of Vietnam | Hanoi | Embassy | |
Ho Chi Minh City | Consulate | |||
Organization | Official name | City and Country | Accredited to... |
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ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations | Jakarta, Indonesia | |
UN | United Nations | Geneva, Switzerland | |
New York City, United States | Haiti Tuvalu | ||
APEC, AsDB, ASEAN, BIMSTEC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAS (observer), OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMIBH, UNTAET, UNU, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO[citation needed]
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