Thai mission forging strong ties in the UN with the ‘Thaiphoons’

As part of this musical |diplomacy, the mission has formed “Thaiphoons”, a band that plays every Friday during |a Thai Break event in the UN headquarters in New York. Members of other bands, including the “UN Rocks” |comprised of UN members from different countries, including the United States’ Permanent representative at |the UN, Samantha Power, often jam with the Thaiphoons, Orgrob Amarachgul said in the post.
In the post, which has won over 1,200 likes and nearly |500 shares since it was posted on Saturday, he said that Power had become close with Thailand’s Permanent UN Mission, especially after Ambassador Virachai Plasai took up the position as the Kingdom’s representative early last year. 
Virachai has been given the task of campaigning for Thailand in a bid to win the seat of a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council and he decided to adopt “musical diplomacy” as a means to strengthen ties between Thailand and other members, Orgrob said. 

Thanks to this musical diplomacy, he said that Thailand had a great reputation at the UN, adding that everybody was friendly towards the Kingdom including its rival for the Security Council seat Kazakhstan. 
He said photographs of |US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha shaking hands |during the last two UN General Assembly meetings also showed the success of musical diplomatic efforts. 
Ambassador Power and other US officials had also asked the Thai delegation to hold a “Thai Break Halloween Edition” last year and this year. However, the event had to be cancelled this year due to the passing of His Majesty. 
In the post, he also thanked Power, for her heartfelt eulogy to His Majesty the King. 
He said her speech showed the close and warm relation-ship that Thailand and the US have.