Special Meeting of the Executive Committee on Draft AIT Charter
The special meeting of the AIT Executive Committee held on 14 May 2007 agreed to a reformulation of Article 3 on Contributions in the draft AIT Charter, taking into account the comments and suggestions from members of the Board. The revised version of the draft AIT Charter will now be presented at the special meeting of the Board of Trustees on 28 May 2007 for approval, following final consultation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand, on some of the latest changes.
The meeting was chaired by the Chairman of the Executive Committee, H.E. Mr. Jonas Hafstrom, and was also attend by Dr. Tej Bunnag, Chairman of the Board. Some new members who joined the meeting for the first time were H.E. Mr. Pieter Marres, Ambassador of Netherlands, Dr. Jean-Pierre Verbiest, ADB Country Director, Thailand, and Professor Prida Wibulswas, President, Shinawatra University. The AIT Vice Presidents together with the AIT Legal Advisor Dr. Prajit Rojanaphruk (former Director General of the Treaties and Legal Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand) also participated in the deliberations.