Thailand has acknowledged the harm caused by the use of explosive weapons in populated areas (EWIPA) as part of the Human Security Network and committed to action on the issue. 

Statements

As part of the Human Security Network, Thailand endorsed two statements addressing the risk of EWIPA at the UN Security Council Open Debate on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in 2013[1] and 2014.[2] The statements called for data collection and to refrain from the use of EWIPA. 

Thailand participated in the Conference on the Protection of Civilians in Urban Warfare in October 2019 in Vienna[3] but it did not issue any statement on the subject.

[1]  Human Security Network (2013). ‘Statement to the August UN Security Council Open Debate on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict’. http://www.peacewomen.org/sites/default/files/chile_poc_august_2013_debate__0.pdf

[2] Human Security Network (2014). Statement to the February UN Security Council Open Debate on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict’. http://www.peacewomen.org/sites/default/files/statement_-_slovenia__human_security_network__0.pdf. 

[3] “Vienna Conference marks turning point as states support negotiation of an international political declaration on explosive weapons”, International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW), October 2019, https://dev.inew.org/vienna-conference-marks-turning-point-as-states-support-negotiation-of-an-international-political-declaration-on-explosive-weapons/.