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From the Ambassador

,\ltheturn otthe century, H.N4. KingChu la longkorn t rave l led to severa lEuropean countries and also visiledDenmark. H.M. lhe King was received asguest ofthe Danish King, Christian lX, anddur ing the v is i t a warm f r iendsh ipb lossomed between H. lv l K ingChulalongkorn and the members ol lheDanish Royal Family.

Atter H.lvl. King Chulalongkorn relurnedhome, correspondence followed betweenthe two royal families. One ot the youngDanish princesses, Princess Marie, sent anotetotheir Maiesties, the Kingand Queen,and enclosed a four clover leaf, which inDenmark is regarded as bringing goodtucK.

H.M. King Chulalongkorn replied mostgraciouslylhal "lhe lovely leat, the emblemof good luck, whlch you were so good asloenclose...is now always attached to mywatch-chain."

As the Danish Ambassadorto Thailand,I feel lhat this "emblem of good luck" slillcharaclerised lhe Thai-Danish relationship.Our countries have interacted for almost400 years. lt began with trade in variousforms, grew into close cooperation about120 years ago, when numerous Daneswere given the opportuniiy to assistThailand in shaping her own in{rastructure;later again it branched out into developmentcooperalion, and now we see it taking anew torm as numerous successJul iointventures be tween Tha i and Dan ishenterprises get underway.

On the occasion oflhe birthday of H.Nr.Queen Margrethe l l, i t is therefore apleasurefor me, as a representative oftheDanish community in Thailand, to expressthe wish - and the conviction -that 'the

emblem ol good luck" wil l conlinue tocharacterise our relationship.

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The original EC wasconceived aroundtwo common policies: First lhe commonagricultural policy, and second the freetrade in industrial goods combined with acommon external tariff protection. Theorgan lsa l ton was an ap t match fo rDenmark's economic and commercialstruclure and, by enension, an eminentysuitable framework forthe resolution oftheproblems with which Denmark had so longbeen conlronted and whose basic issuewas the necessity of boosting exporttrade.Later, when the UK decided to ioin theEuropean Communities, Denmark in areferendum held in October 1972, opted loto l low su i t . Bo th count r ies becamemembers ofthe EC as ol 1 January 1973.

The membership ofthe EC turned outto be extremely important for both theagricultural and industrial export lrade

Denmark's generalEuropean pol icy

The basic feature ot Denmark,s ECpolicyhas been consistent continuity. Eversince 1973, Denmark has endeavoured tobolster and assertthe EC andthe commonpolcies and activit ies. At the same time,Denmark has stuck to the principle ofhav ing the Communi ty evo lve in thed rect on oJ continued integration ot theEuropean cooperation so that newcc rc es wou ld be added to a l ready:slab shed common policies.

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During the negot at ors o. the Jir cnDenmark p layed a very posr l ve andcoTrs l ruc l rve ro e . Th is was poss ib leoecalse we set our sights on assuming aco-responsibi ity for the future EuropeDenmark rnade it crystai-clear that nolonger would we make do wilh and act on

Denmatk is a membet ol lhe EuropeanCommunities. Ptime Ministet poul Schlutet(left) and Forcign Ministet lJfle Eltemann-Jensen arc shown herc al one ol lheCommunity's half yearly meetings.

the proposal and ideas of other memberstates We, too, wanted to present olrrdeas and proposals on which the olhermember states could take their sland. TheDanish memorandum of October 1990 isthe clearest example of this policy. Thehighly active way o{ working during thenegot ra t tons on the Un ion was mostbeneflcial. The Treaty contains numerousDanish fingerprints.

Christiansbotg Palace and govenmentquader in the heatl of the capital issuftounded by canals.

Denmark takesover EC

Presidency

-A,s ot 1 January 1993, Denmarkhas taken overthe EC presidency lromthe United Kingdom.

The governments of theCommunity's Member States each actas President olthe Councilof Ministersol six months in rotation. The Danishgovernment will be in charge duringthefirst hatf of 1993.

On 13 January 1993, Mr. JacquesDelors and members ot the ECCommission visited Copenfi agenlorthecustomary discussions with the incomingPresidency of the Community,s agendafor the next six months.

After the meeting, Prime l\riniste.Poul Schluter underlinedthatthe DanishPresidency'swork programme was qlrileambitious, encompassing as it didtastsboth enormous and urgent In thjscontext, he quoted the follow-up or'lCouncil decisions concerning sobsidiaryand transparency, the aim otwhich is tcmake everything going on in theCommunity more comprehensible arcmore accessible for its citizens.

The Danish Council president als.mentioned the coming enlargement :.the Communjty, where negotiations !r".i.Austria, Finland and Sweden will stal -February. He hopedthat Norway wou€rapidly ioin these countries, and that r€new members would be able to 1*eplace at the table" as ot 199S.

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.A,s early as in 1 971 , Denmark realisedthat the imooverishment of nature and theenvironment called lor special etfortsto be made.This is why Denmark took the lead byestablishing, as thefirst industdalised country, aministry which was to deal exclusively withenvironmemal maltersandlhe inlereslsof nature.

A number ol institutions and areas olresponsittlity, \4hich had prs,/iously been spreadoier a num ber of m inislries, were amalgamatedinto lhe Danish Minidry ol Environment.

The amalgamation into one body was apolitical manifestation of the Danish society'swish lor more vigorous protection ot nature andthe environment.

Today,lhe Ministry otlhe Environment andits five agencies employ about 3,000 men andwomen who are engaged in virtually everything.

Ha[ the ministry's staff work in lhe -according to Danish standards- ralher largeforest districts, which are within the purview oflhe NalionalForest and Nature Agency.

Environmental protection is under thejurisdiction ol the National Agency ofEnvironmental Protection, which i.a. is alsoresponsible tor the anti-marine pollutionmeasures. The Geological Survey ol Denmarkand the National Environmental Researchlnstitute build up knowledgeof the Danish subsoil,nature andtheenvironment. The NationalAgencylorPhysical Planning ensuresthat, withouttallingfoultothe environment, physical planoing is alsoelfected with creativity and ingenlity.

International cooperation -important to Deninark

Not least the reDort'Our Common Future'prepared by the World Conmission onEnvironment and Developmenl, the so-calledBrundtland report has drawn attention to lhelncreasing international isat ion of lheenvironmental problems. Thus, ihe increasedaclivity level manifests itself not onv in theenvironmertal cooperation akeady establishedwithin lhe Nordic countries. the EEC. and theUnited Nations environmenlal organisalion.UNEP, but also in new fora for internationalenvironmental cooperation.

A case in point isthe cooperation establishedbetweenthe Baltic and lhe Nodh Sea countrieson limitation ol marine pollulion. Furthermore, itis beyond doubt that the democratic processtaking place in Eastern Europe opens neworosoecls of lurther intensilication of theinternational coooeration.

Export of know-howBecause Denmark al an earlystage became

aware of the environment's importance to thesuNivalof mankind, and because ol Denmark'searly etlorts to conserve and improve theenvjronment, we have today accumulated an

In addition to national authorities,, theAgency's clienl have in particular includedDANI DA, the Danish lnternational DevelopmcntAgency, the Ministry of Foreign Atlairs, theWoddBank, the Asiatic Development Bank, the EEC-Phare Programme, the UNDP and the EEC.

Furthermore. the Agency takes part in thescrutiny and evaluation of existing admin istrationetlorts and the Agency preparesguidelines andstandards for the environm ental protectidn effort.i.a. by stipulating recommended immission andemission standards-

The Agency's expertise enables it locompute the fi nancial aspects of environmentalproteclion elforts, and to a wide enenlthe Agencyalso sel ls know-how on economic controlmeasures as part ot protection efforts.

The National Agency ot EnvironmentalProtection also has a wide knowledge ofemergency measures for oil and chenicalpollution ol lhe marine environmenl, wastemanagement, including hazardous wasle, aswell as ol the use ol chemical substances andtheir impacl on the environment in general.

extensive exoerlise and know-how inenvircnmental matters.

Each olthelive agencies underthe Ministerot the Environment thus exports expertise andknow-howwhich can help others in their efionslo orotect our common basis of existence.

For morethan ten years, the Danish NationalAqency of Environmental Protection hasparlicipated in a vast nunber ol consultancyassignments in most ol the world.

The speclrum of the Agency's exportproducts is wide. TheAgency has,lor example,padicipated in the preparation and lormulationot overall guidelines and objectives for Danishand international environmental policies,includjng the sening of priorities in connectionwith environmental investments.

has a high Fidily in De nad<. fr{'caop'etaliori wilk ldnneBtdwwawy &psd to thbfilE.

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reigning queens, the position is molded andgiven subslance bythe personwho is placed inone oJ the nation's most dilticult positions byhistoric tradition and the constitution. But afierconsidering lhe way Dennark,s eueenMargrethe ll has ruled the nation, most Daneswould agree with the intormal compliment thatthe Queen of Denmark is the world chamDDnamong Queens.

She was onv 31 years old when herfather,King Frederik lX, died. The tollowing day, January15, 1972, shewas proclaimed eueen, ind in Iheyears which have followed she has lirnv andcaretully adapted the constitutional monarchyromake it more up{o-date. At the more oersonallevel the Queen has developed as an activeartist and highly respected cultural personality.who has promoted a lively dialogue with thepeople of Denmark, and expressed lhe valuesand attiludes which unite the nation.

The dualfoles as head ot state and adisthave won the Oueen great respect, anostimulated the special atlectionaie relationshipwhich exists between the Danes and theirmonarch, and which is asdifficultto explajntoanoutsider as lhe concepls behind Grundtvia's fothhigh school movement.

It demands both talent and intelliqence tobethe Queen ol a conslitutionalmonarc-hv whrcnhas lost most of its content. Beyond doubt, andoprnron surveys have contirmed the oojntrepeatedly, the Oueen would be a clear winnerin a presidential election - if itwere decidedtoend Europe's oldest monarchv. The eueen ofDenmark has inherited an unbroken traditionbuilt up over athousand years, and she is not amere igurehead. Queen Margrethe once sao

The Chamber,s primary mission is rnepfomotion of trade whether it be industnat,agricultural, or shipping and transport. Mr.Miller says the Chamber devote! specrara t t en t i on t o ass i s l j ng sma l l e r Dan rsncompanies and individuals qet starleo tnThailand. The Chamber provid;s inlormauonand guidance on how to acquire al l thenecessary permils, registration documentsand so on. lt also provides information lo Thaicompanres who wanl lo do business jnDenmark.

The Chamberhasadopted an open polcyloward membership. Thereare no restriclionswilh regard to national i ty. Companies andindividuals trom any country are welcome tolorn. funhermore. prospective members drenot required lo reside or have an of i ice inei lher Thailand or Denmark.

- As Denmark is a member ollhe EuropeanUommunity the Dantsh Chamber has becrlaccorded membership in lheioint Chamber ol

Queen Mar$ethe tt td< Frt in ereating n settings and costumes tor the ballet.EtMKesagn-.(t na Legend), whbh was dirccted by tE wite ot the prtme Minisbt Anne MatbVessel g tteL head ot Tt|p- Royal Theatre's ba et schr{lt,

that morethan anything she feared b€coming,aspectator to lite{. So she hasdeliberatelysharedn the counlry's everyday living, almosl olr anequalfooting with her tellow citizens.

Marg.ethe Alexandrine Torhildur Ingrid,eldestdaughterotKing Frederik lX (i099-i 972)and Oueen Ingrid (born in Sweden t91O), wasborn on April 16, 1940, precisely one we€k afterrne uetman occupalion ol Denmark. Her birthwas "a ray of hope in a dark time. but theConstilution gave no indication that a luturequeen of Denmafk had been born. Femalesuccession in the monarchywas not inlroduceduntil 1953 by a referendum on constitutionalchanoes.

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intensive preparationsthe Danish Chamber ofCommercewasformallylaunched on June 30,1992.

A l t hough theChamber is slill abouttwo months shy of ils

firsl anniversary, Danish,Thai relalions goback over 300 hundred years with majorcommercjanies begjnning jn the tatter half ofthe 1gth cent!ry.

Establ ishing the Chamberwas a "naturalstep" accordinglo its president peler K. Miller."lls long overdue really. The Danes have hadaslrongbase In Thailand for over a tOOyears.rne economjc oul look tor Thailand is verygooo anowe expect more companiesto investhere eitherdirecfly and indireclly. And weseerremendous growthtaking place inthe pacilicbasin in the future_,,

Commerce ofthe EC. In addit ion, the DantsnChamber wil l sponsor and parl icipale lnfunctions with other foreiqn Chambers olCommerce in Bangkok.

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"ln establishing lhe Chamber we,ve hadexcel lent cooperation from the Danrsnembassy and t he Dan i sh bus inesscommunity. ' observes Mr. Mrl ler who isl \ .4anaging Director ot Maersh. the shjppingarm ol Denmark's larqest companv Ap:Moller

'The Chamber now has 42 very acttvemembers , a l l f r om we l l - es tab l i shedcompanies, which gives Lrs a strong base towotk lrom. In lhe nexl month or so we dregorng to send apackage listing the benejits ofmembershjp in the Chamber.

The Chamberis off io such asuccessfulstarl Mr. l\,4iller expects lhe membership todouble in about a year. The otfices of theChamber are located on Sukhumvil 39. Foraddit ional information cal l 261-9907.

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