New Permanent Representative of Thailand Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

Benjamin Sukanjanajtee, the new Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Sukanjanajtee had been serving as Director-General of the Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand since 2025.

After working as a legal counsel for a private law firm in Bangkok, he joined the Ministry in 1995 and has since held several high-level positions, including Deputy Director-General of the Department of Consular Affairs in 2024 and Director of the Diplomatic Privilege and Immunity Division within the Department of Protocol in 2019.

He served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Royal Thai Embassy in Beijing, China, from 2020 to 2024, and has also held positions at the State’s missions in Ottawa, Canada; Tokyo, Japan; and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Mr. Sukanjanajtee obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) and a Master of Laws from the University of Warwick (United Kingdom).  He is married and has three children.

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