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THAILAND / FAO DIRECTOR-GENERAL VISIT HIGHLIGHTS

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu visit to Thailand (8-10 January 2024) highlights video.

Duration 6m40s

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Video Type Video News Release (VNR)

Date 01/10/2024 12:00 AM

File size 969.57 MB

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Shotlist STORY: THAILAND / FAO DIRECTOR-GENERAL VISIT HIGHLIGHTS
TRT: 6’:40’’
SOURCE: FAO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT FAO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: 8-9-10 JANUARY 2024, BANGKOK, THAILAND

SHOTLIST:

8 JANUARY 2024, BANGKOK, THAILANDIA
1. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu being welcomed by Thammanat Prompao, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of the Kingdom of Thailand with a handshake
2. Wide shot, Thamanat Prompao giving a welcome speech
3. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu speaking about the Four Betters
4. Wide shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu receiving a gift from Thamanat Prompao and taking pictures together
5. Wide shot, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu visiting a Royal Forestry Department site in Bang Kachao
6. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu planting a Magnolia Champaca Baill tree
7. Close up, of the Magnolia Champaca Baill tree being planted
8. Close up, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero planting the Magnolia Champaca Baill
9. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu placing a wooden tag
10. Close up, wooden tag written in Thai and English reading “Magnolia Champaca Baill” and “Dr. QU Dongyu Director-General of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
11. Pan right, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Royal Forestry Department staff clapping hands
12. Wide shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu visiting the Royal Forestry Department site in Bang Kachao
13. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu collecting a soil sample
14. Pan up, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu placing the soil into the plastic bag
15. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu arriving and greeting the staff of the Land Development Department located at Thailand’s Soil Museum
16. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu visiting the Thailand’s Soil Museum
17. Tilt down, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu decorating pieces of art made with soil
18. Close up, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu hands
19. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu at Thailand’s Land Development Department (LDD) testing soil in a laboratory
20. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu talking about soil
21. Close up, of soil
22. Close up, soil being tested
23. Med shot, Land Development Department staff showing the soil test sample result to FAO Director-General QU Dongyu
24. Med shot, of compost and bio-extract
25. Close up, of different types of biofertilizer

9 JANUARY 2024, BANGKOK, THAILANDIA
26. Pan right, H.E. Srettha Thavisin, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand entering the room and greeting FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and the FAO delegation
27. Pan left, from H.E. Srettha Thavisin, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand to FAO Director-General QU Dongyu
28. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu discussing H.E. Srettha Thavisin, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand
29. Close up, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu speaking
30. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu receives a gift from H.E. Srettha Thavisin, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand
31. Close up, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu showing a Chinese calligraphy he donated to H.E. Srettha Thavisin, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand
32. Wide shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, and H.E. Srettha Thavisin, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand holding the Chinese calligraphy
33. Med shot, Professor Bundhit Eua-arporn, President of Chulalongkorn University welcoming FAO Director-General QU Dongyu
34. Med shot, university students listening
35. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu speaking
36. Tilt down, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu talking
37. Close up, sign reading “Salmonella Isolation and identification” at the Faculty of Veterinary Science at Chulalongkorn University that which hosts the FAO Reference Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
38. Med shot, collecting a sample of chicken meat
39. Med shot, Researcher taking a bag with chicken meat out of a testing machine
40. Wide shot, group photo of FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Chula University students and staff
41. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu greeting the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific staff
42. Close up, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu greeting the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific staff
43. Med shot, Mr Jong-Jin Kim Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific welcoming FAO Director-General QU Dongyu
44. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu giving a speech
45. Close up, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu giving a speech
46. Wide shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu giving a speech and staff clapping

10 JANUARY 2024, BANGKOK, THAILANDIA
47. Med shot, Talaad Thai wholesale food market owner Pradit Phataraprasit, and President of the Thai Agricultural Wholesale Market Association giving a welcome speech
48. Close up, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu talking
49. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu visiting the Talaad Thai wholesale food market
50. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu picking up a pineapple
51. Close up, apples
52. Med shot, food counter with apples and other fruits
53. Wide shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu holding an orange and talking at a food stand
54. Wide shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu picking up a cabbage
55. Med shot, of vegetables with a QR code sign (left) for food traceability
56. Wide shot, Talaad Thai wholesale food market staff showing to FAO Director-General QU Dongyu how the QR code for food traceability works
57. Wide shot, Talaad Thai wholesale food market staff talking to customers
58. Wide shot, people working at Talaad Thai wholesale food market
59. Close up, of red chili in a food stand
60. Med shot, sign of Contamination Laboratory at Talaad Thai market
61. Med shot, Lab staff checking samples
62. Close up, Lab staff checking samples
63. Wide shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu arriving at Thailand's Fisheries Monitoring Center (FMC)
64. Close up, Carp fish in the pound
65. Med shot, Mr.Buncha Sukkaew Deputy Director General, Department of Fisheries welcoming FAO Director-General QU Dongyu
66. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu speaking
67. Med shot, sign of Fisheries Monitoring Center
68. Close up, computer monitor showing a map
69. Pan right, Fisheries Monitoring Center staff showing the map to FAO Director-General QU Dongyu
70. Med shot, Fisheries Monitoring Center staff monitoring a map
71. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu signing visiting book at Fisheries Monitoring Center
72. Close up, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu signing
73. Med shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu receiving a gift from Mr.Buncha Sukkaew Deputy Director General, Department of Fisheries
74. Wide shot, group photo

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Script 8 JANUARY 2024

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and HE. Mr Thammanat Prompao, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of the Kingdom of Thailand, met on January 8th during the Director-General’s first of a three-day visit to Bangkok.

The Director-General thanked the Thai Government for its long-standing commitment and strong support to FAO. Particularly, the Director-General expressed his appreciation to Thailand for hosting the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific over the past 70 years.

The Director-General emphasized the importance of working jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives as the window ministry to FAO, in supporting farmers, promoting rural development, boosting well-being, and protecting the environment.

After the meeting QU planted a tree at a Royal Forestry Department site in Bang Kachao, a green space within Bangkok and sometimes referred to as the city’s green lung given its mangroves and canals. The tree, called Magnolia Champaca Baill, is a high-value species which grows mainly in wet tropical biomes. QU also took a soil sample from the area, which has mangroves and other plants interspersed with canals.

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu then visited Thailand’s Land Development Department (LDD) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, underlining the country’s key role as a proponent of sustainable soil management in the Asia and Pacific region.

At the Land Development Department, steward of Thailand’s Soil Museum, the Director-General examined various types of soil. Among those receiving him were Pramote Yajai, Director-General of LDD, Arthit Sukhkasem, Deputy Director-General for Academic Affairs and Anuwat Pothinam, Deputy Director-General for Operations at LDD.

9 JANUARY 2024

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and H.E. Srettha Thavisin, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, met on January 9th during the Director-General’s second of three-day visit to Bangkok.

The Director-General expressed his sincere appreciation to the Thai government for hosting the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific since 1953, and the pair agreed to continue working together on joint actions to ensure effective delivery and to further strengthen collaboration in the future.

The Director-General provided an overview of the flagship FAO Hand-in-Hand Initiative and the FAO Green Cities Initiative, and highlighted the important support provided by the late King of Thailand for the establishment of World Soil Day celebrated annually since 5 December 2014, to commemorate the birthday of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej – a renowned soil scientist, as well the International Year of Soil held in 2015.

After the meeting, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu visited the FAO Reference Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) hosted by the Faculty of Veterinary Science at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand’s oldest higher education institution.

During QU’s visit, the Faculty of Veterinary Science was formally renewed as FAO Reference Center for AMR for another four years.

In his welcoming remarks, Professor Bundhit Eua-arporn, President of Chulalongkorn University, described the global rise in Antimicrobial Resistance as posing a significant threat, with drug resistant infections impacting the health of animals and plants, reducing agricultural productivity and threatening food security.

During his visit, QU participated in the collection of specimen samples, the preparation of samples for testing, and the analysis of laboratory results.

The centre hosted by Chulalongkorn University currently serves as the only FAO Reference Centre on AMR in Asia and the Pacific region, and one of only nine worldwide.

The Director-General then visited the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, where he met with staff and visited the facilities.

In the evening of the second day of his official visit to the country, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu had a Royal Audience with His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun and Her Majesty Queen Suthida Bajarasudha Bimollaksana of the Kingdom of Thailand. FAO Director-General QU Dongyu is the first UN Principal to have an Audience with Their Majesties since His Majesty the King ascended to the throne in 2016.

10 JANUARY 2024

On January 10th, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu visited the Talaad Thai wholesale food market, the biggest in Southeast Asia, and Thailand's Fisheries Monitoring Center (FMC) as he wrapped up his three-day trip to Thailand.

The Talaad Thai wholesale food market outside Bangkok is the biggest in Southeast Asia. Here the FAO Director-General was welcomed by the owner Pradit Phataraprasit, who is also President of the Thai Agricultural Wholesale Market Association.

The FAO Director-General toured the market areas devoted to export and import of fruit and vegetables and observed the functioning of produce certification and the use of QR codes for traceability. He also visited the quality testing lab for fruit and vegetables.

Concluding his official visit to the country, the Director-General toured the Thailand's Fisheries Monitoring Center (FMC). In response to welcoming remarks by Mr Bancha Sukkaew, Deputy Director of the Department of Fisheries of Thailand, QU paid tribute to Thailand’s achievements in regulating its fisheries in recent years, and also emphasized the crucial role of aquaculture in meeting the region’s food needs.

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