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	Surakiart Sathirathai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Surakiart Sathirathai (Thai: สุรเกียรติ์ เสถียรไทย, born June 7, 1958, Bangkok) was, until September 19 2006, a Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand overseeing Foreign Affairs, Education and Culture.
		Surakiart's supporters maintain that although he inherited a national economy beset by structural challenges that ultimately exposed it to the Thai financial crisis, Dr. Surakiart designed and implemented reforms that, while deeply unpopular, moved the economy in the right direction and have become an essential part of Thailand's economic policy.
		Surakiart's candidature may be adversely affected by the controversial policies of Thaksin Shinawatra, who's relations with the military junta in Myanmar and handling of unrest in the predominantly Muslim south of the country are particularly contentious.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Surakiart_Sathirathai (1319 words)

	MaximsNews Network
		Surakiart was born in 1958 in Bangkok, Thailand.
		Of crucial importance, Dr. Surakiart was instrumental in convincing Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to attend, in what became his first trip abroad as Prime Minister, thus defusing potential tensions between China and ASEAN nations over the epidemic, and permitting construction of cooperative networks that helped head off a potential global health crisis.
		Surakiart is fluent in Thai and English, and proficient in French.
	www.maximsnews.com /1006sgsathirathaibio.htm (1187 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
		The irony is that Surakiart Sathirathai, Thailand’s deputy Prime Minister, who is at the moment technically out of the contest because of this faux pas, was the first to enter the race.
		Sathirathai, for his part, was campaigning elsewhere this week on the assumption that all is well with his candidature until it became obvious from Sabli?re’s news conference that he was not a candidate after all.
		Sathirathai further complicated his campaign by filing a defamation case against Asda Jayanama, the former envoy to the UN, who called him a “third rate politician”.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1060708/asp/nation/story_6452670.asp (495 words)

	Tufts E-News -- Tufts Grad Looks To Lead U.N.
		Surakiart Sathirathai is ready to take over the reins of the United Nations, should he be selected to replace current Secretary-General Kofi Annan next year.
		Sathirathai, who received his MALD from The Fletcher School, served as Thailand’s foreign minister before becoming the country’s prime minister in March.
		Sathirathai is a likely candidate for the position because the U.N. traditionally rotates the secretary-general position by region every 10 years.
	enews.tufts.edu /stories/092705TuftsGradLooksToLeadUN.htm (403 words)

	ABC News: Thai U.N. Candidate Dropping Bid for Job
		Surakiart, 48, a former deputy prime minister and foreign minister, could not immediately be reached for comment.
		Surakiart's bid for secretary-general was heavily promoted by the government of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted from power in a Sept. 19 coup d'etat.
		Surakiart was the first prospect for the position to formally announce his candidacy, and was shifted from his position as foreign minister while staying as deputy prime minister to campaign more or less full-time for the U.N. job.
	www.abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=2530186 (346 words)

	Thai leader says country's candidate to lead UN is dropping bid - iht,asia,Thailand UN Chief - Asia - Pacific - ...
		Surakiart, 48, a former deputy prime minister and foreign minister, could not be contacted Thursday.
		Surakiart's bid for secretary-general had been heavily promoted by the government of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted from power by a Sept. 19 coup d'etat.
		Surakiart was the first prospect for the position to formally announce his candidacy, and was shifted from his position as foreign minister — while staying as deputy prime minister — to campaign more or less full-time for the U.N. job.
	www.iht.com /articles/ap/2006/10/05/asia/AS_GEN_Thailand_UN_Chief.php (498 words)

	ASEAN Backs Thai for UN Chief
		Surakiart met with the ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign in Kuala Lumpur to boost his campaign, briefing them on his efforts so far.
		The ministers reaffirmed their endorsement of Surakiart as ASEAN's candidate and "discussed and agreed on a coordinated campaign strategy to be pursued in the next critical months," a statement released after the meeting said.
		Surakiart explained after the meeting why he wanted to head the world body, which is sometimes criticised as ineffectual.
	www.aseansec.org /afp/151.htm (394 words)

	Dr. Surakiart Sathirathai
		SURAKIART SATHIRATHAI is Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, where he oversees foreign affairs, education, and culture.
		Surakiart also gained international recognition for his efforts to strengthen Asian cooperation through the ASEAN Free Trade Area Council, as well as in the framework of the IMF and the World Bank, in particular through his proposals for the establishment of ASEAN and ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Finance Ministers' Meetings.
		Dr. Surakiart's term as Foreign Minister was marked by the December 2004 Tsunami disaster, in Thailand and throughout the region.
	www.surakiart.com /bio_e2.asp (2909 words)

	Mr. Surakiart,Thai candidate withdraws bid for top UN post --> Pattaya Daily News : pattaya daily update news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Surakiart, deputy to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra who was deposed in a military coup last month, met newly-appointed interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont at Government House Thursday to officially inform the premier of his decision to leave the race.
		Surakiart told him it was a tradition for final-round candidates with less support in the race to withdraw their bids.
		Surakiart was among four contenders trailing behind in the final informal poll.
	www.pattayadailynews.com /shownews.php?IDNEWS=0000001556 (299 words)

	Al Azhar to Offer Courses in Thailand
		Surakiart said Al Azhar's launch in Thailand was not to counter the latest wave of Islamic insurgencies in southern Thailand, but to allow Thai Muslims who could not afford to go abroad to further their Islamic education at university level.
		Surakiart told an audience at the Asia Society in Washington, DC on Monday that the violence in the deep South, which has claimed more than 300 lives since the beginning of the year, was the result of false teachings by some "foreign Muslim teachers" who lured young men to take up arms.
		Surakiart is leading a Thai delegation to the UN General Assembly, for bilateral talks with a number of countries, including Peru, Belgium, France, Russia, Greece and Bulgaria.
	yaleglobal.yale.edu /display.article?id=4562 (557 words)

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		Then came the chairmanship of Surakiart Sathirathai, who cut a sharply different personality and style from his predecessor.
		A lawyer by profession, Surakiart lacked the depth of understanding of the capital market, nor did he attempt to give it a renewed impetus as a regulatory body of the capital market.
		Surakiart's motive was political, yet the SEC board sought to become a passive witness to an act of pure injustice.
	members.tripod.com /thanong/sec.htm (986 words)

	Interview with Thai Candidate: "Reform will not be painless and requires unpopular decisions" \| Center for UN ...
		Surakiart is one of three candidates openly running for the post of the United Nations secretary general.
		Surakiart believes that the role of the secretary general should be to broker peaceful resolutions to problems through frequent consultations and steady accumulation of trust.
		Surakiart’s drive for intra-Asian cooperation was a result of his hallmark policy of “prosper thy neighbor’.
	www.centerforunreform.org /node/53 (2369 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Thailand and Cambodia to jointly develop offshore oil and gas resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Surakiart began a two day official visit to impoverished Cambodia, which he hoped would consolidate bilateral relations and herald a new era of economic ties, especially in tourism and energy.
		Surakiart said he would forward the proposals to the Thai government and was optimistic that they would be approved.
		Surakiart later met with Prime Minister Hun Sen and was to have an audience with King Norodom Sihanouk before departing.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/company/cns12799.htm (335 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Thailand : : In focus
		Surakiart Sathirathai, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Thailand held a bilateral meeting with Mr.
		Surakiart Sathirathai, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand delivered a statement during General Debate, UNCTAD XI on 14 June 2004.
		Surakiart Sathirathai, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand delivered a statement during the Opening Meeting of the Eleventh Session of the Conference on 14 June 2004
	www.mfa.go.th /web/157.php?page=35 (538 words)

	The race to get UN top post - Orient Expat
		Surakiart Sathirathai (left), then Foreign Minister of Thailand, and Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) briefing the press in the lobby of the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok on 11 July 2004.
		Surakiart was apparently baffled at a note reportedly earlier written by a former Thai ambassador to the United States, suggesting that he give up on next year's race to the top post of the United Nations and vowed to contest it as he had planned.
		Surakiart said the note from the former top Thai envoy to Washington, which claimed that the American government would not endorse his candidacy for the post of United Nations Secretary General, might have been 'leaked' with malicious intent because while it was written three months ago, nothing had been known about it until recently.
	www.orientexpat.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=4346 (5502 words)

	UNSG.org » Blog Archive » Surakiart’s struggling campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Surakiart Sathirathai conducted perhaps the most public campaign for UNSG in the history of the office, bucking almost every tradition associated with the selection.
		The Bangkok papers point out his many flaws, including his lack of multilateral experience.” Recently, Surakiart has even been pushed to the point of threatening a libel suit against a former ambassador of his own country for dismissing his qualifications for the office.
		Surakiart’s view that the ASEAN endorsement “obliges” him to continue his campaign may be the out they need if his struggling campaign does not turn around soon. If he recognizes this, everyone might be able to “agree” that his more important interest is helping his party’s fix the political mess in Thailand.
	www.unsg.org /wordpress/archives/60 (422 words)

	Asia Times - News and analysis from throughout Southeast Asia
		Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai hailed the three-hour session on Monday as a "breakthrough", calling the attendance of Myanmar Foreign Minister Wing Aung "testimony that Myanmar is ready to participate in a transparent manner".
		Surakiart told a news conference on Monday that the Yangon government had promised to hold a national convention to draw up a new constitution next year.
		According to Surakiart, Win Aung told participants at the meeting that Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt was maintaining "good communications and good contact" with the imprisoned Suu Kyi.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Southeast_Asia/EL18Ae01.html (828 words)

	UNSG.org » Blog Archive » Surakiart bows out (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		“He said he would not continue to be in the race,” Surayud told reporters after a brief meeting with Surakiart Sathirathai, a deputy prime minister in the government of Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a September 19 military coup.
		Surakiart announced his candidacy in 2004, and was the only candidate to secure the backing of a intergovernmental group until the last weeks of the campaign when Jordan’s Prince Zeid was backed by the Arab League. Despite this, his campaign never attracted the necessary support outside the region.
		But it was the results of the latest straw poll that prompted Surakiart’s decision to withdraw.
	www.unsg.org /wordpress/archives/172 (356 words)

	The Seoul Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Surakiart, 46, became the front-runner after the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations, known as Asean, endorsed his candidacy on Wednesday in a meeting on the fringes of the opening of this year's General Assembly session.
		Surakiart would be his country's candidate, and the Thais have lobbied hard since then to gain wider recognition for the relatively unknown foreign minister.
		Surakiart has law degrees from both Harvard and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts and a doctorate in law from Harvard.
	theseoultimes.com /ST/db/read.php?idx=1071 (607 words)

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		Surakiart said sharing information had also led to the arrest of several drug traffickers in the Andaman Sea, off the Myanmar coast.
		Surakiart said the meeting agreed the drugs issue was becoming greatly related to the HIV/AIDS, illegal migration and terrorism problems.
		Surakiart said the Myanmar junta was committed to the eradication of drugs and was active in intelligence exchange.
	www.aegis.com /NEWS/AFP/2001/AF011122.html (844 words)

	Surakiart concedes defeat at UN
		Surakiart Sathirathai leaves Government House yesterday after telling Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont of his decision to drop out of the race for UN secretary-general.
		Former deputy premier Surakiart Sathirathai yesterday informed Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont that he was withdrawing his candidacy for the post of United Nations secretary-general.
		Surakiart had campaigned to replace outgoing UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan of Ghana.
	www.nationmultimedia.com /2006/10/06/politics/politics_30015527.php (280 words)

	Tufts E-News -- Tufts Grad Eyed For Top UN Post
		Among the early favorites is Thai foreign minister Surakiart Sathirathai – a Fletcher-educated diplomat who could become the first Asian to head the U.N. in more than three decades.
		For awhile now, Thailand has been quietly lobbying to establish Sathirathai as a strong candidate to replace Annan when he steps down in 2006.
		“Surakiart's endorsement effectively cuts off the rumored candidacies of a number of distinguished applicants from the region, including Singapore's former U.N. ambassador and author Kishore Mahbubani, former Philippine Foreign Minister Domingo Siazon, and former Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas,” reported the Times.
	enews.tufts.edu /stories/092904GradEyedForUNPost.htm (568 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Thai PM says Surakiart has chance to win UN top post
		Speaking of his lobbying for support for Surakiart's bid to become the UN Secretary-General, Thaksin said he had talked to leaders of France and the United Kingdom, two of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.
		Surakiart's chance of being nominated for the position are about fifty-fifty, he said.
		Surakiart's candidacy has been endorsed by the 10-member ASEAN, and the 48-year-old Thai deputy premier has been campaigning for the UN top post since 2004.
	english.people.com.cn /200609/11/eng20060911_301707.html (289 words)

	Promoting Surakiart labeled 'immoral' - Orient Expat
		The Thai government is “immoral and dishonest” for promoting Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai as the next UN secretary-general while continuing to enforce emergency rule across the Muslim South, a leading human rights group said.
		Surakiart’s bid “should be rejected by all countries with a genuine concern for human rights,” AHRC said in a statement.
		Surakiart will attend an ASEAN meeting in Kuala Lumpur next week where he will try to court the support of China, India and Japan, which are also attending.
	www.orientexpat.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=8841 (435 words)

	Bangkok Post Breaking News
		Ousted deputy prime minister Surakiart Sathirathai has officially quit the race to succeed Kofi Annan as secretary-general of the United Nations, the new Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont confirmed.
		Mr Surakiart, who was a dark horse from the time he became the first official candidate, lost his last chance for the UN post on Tuesday, when at least two of the five permanent members of the Security Council flballed him in an important straw poll.
		Mr Surakiart was the official nominee of Thailand and was backed by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, but his candidacy attracted no other important support.
	www.bangkokpost.com /breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=113386 (170 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		DEPUTY Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai has never ceased to amaze me with his clumsy, eager-beaver diplomacy.
		Surakiart succeeded in receiving Asean's support for his quest about one and a half years before Kofi Annan's term ends by running a pushy campaign, particularly in regards to how he went about gaining support from Singapore, the last Asean member to give in.
		And just before he lost the foreign affairs portfolio, Surakiart made a major bungle when he tried to force our ambassador in Washington to retain the services of two firms providing lobbying services, which had ties to US Vice President Dick Cheney.
	www.dailynews.lk /2005/12/24/news16.htm (330 words)

	Asean News Network: Should Khun Surakiart Sathirathai be the next United Nations Secretary General? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Therefore, Khun Surakiart must be judged by his service in this government and under the past governments.
		Where was Mr Surakiart's voice when an effective style of diplomacy was needed to deal with the ruthless generals in Burma while he was the foreign minister of the Kingdom of Thailand?
		It is clear that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations wants Khun Surakiart to become the next Secretary General but as the past years have shown, what is good for the ASEAN does not need to be good for the International community.
	aseannewsnetwork.com /2005/10/should-khun-surakiart-sathirathai-be.html (872 words)

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