UN's deputy chief in Thailand
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Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations will arrive in Thailand on Sunday April 28 April to participate in the 69th Commission Session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
As part of his visit to Thailand, Eliasson will participate in two field visits. The first will be to the Klong Bang Bua urban resettlement project in Bangkok where he will be briefed on the urban resettlement programme, implemented by the Community Organizations Development Institute (CODI), which assists poor communities to develop their upgrading plans in close
collaboration with their local governments, professionals, universities and NGOs.
The second site visit will be to the Historic City of Ayutthaya World Heritage Site. Eliasson will be briefed on Historic City of Ayutthaya World Heritage Site, the 2011 flood in Thailand and the Project “Development of a Flood Risk Mitigation Plan for Ayutthaya World Heritage Site”.
