On 15 August 2016, Mrs. Suphatra Srimaitreephithak, Director - General of Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA), along with Mr. Paisan Rupanichkij, Deputy Director-General of TICA, welcomed Mr. Denis Nkala, Regional Coordinator (Asia-Pacific) of United Nations Office for South - South Cooperation (UNOSSC) to pay a courtesy call on an occasion of his new term of office in Bangkok in the beginning of 2017.
Both sides had also discussed to prepare a UNOSSC Publication based on the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP) and on the Global South - South Development (GSSD) Expo arranged in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, including other related issues, as joined by officials concerned at TICA.