On 29 March 2012, Ambassador Apichart Chinwanno hosted a lunch in honour of Dr. Supachai Panichpakdi, former Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce and the current Secretary General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development or UNCTAD on the occasion of Dr. Supachai’s visit to Brussels at the invitation of the European Parliament (EP) to attend a special EP’s Workshop on Trade and Investment for Development. The lunch was also attended by Minister Sarun Charoensuwan and Head of Office of Commerce, Ms. Pimchanok Vonkhorporn.