On 14 August 2025, the RC joined the closing session of the capacity building and training program organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok, Thailand, on the theme “Strengthening Digital Agriculture Ecosystem and Developing E-Agriculture Solutions.” The program saw the participation of an official delegation from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Pyongyang, accompanied by the Permanent Representative of the DPRK Mission to ESCAP.
In remarks delivered at the session, the RC expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to meet in person, while looking forward to returning to Pyongyang after 5 years of absence of the UNCT. He underscored the importance of direct dialogue and exchanges, especially at a time of profound divisions of the international community and challenges to multilateralism, and called for a renewed and reinvigorated partnership between the UN and DPRK, one based on trust and mutual respect, in line with international norms and standards, and in pursuit of shared objectives.