Sub-Regional Representation for South-East Asia

In 1997, WOAH (then the OIE) and the Kingdom of Thailand signed an agreement to establish a WOAH Regional Coordination Unit (RCU) for the South-East Asia Foot-and-Mouth Disease (SEAFMD) Campaign in Bangkok. The SEAFMD Campaign has been coordinating the sub-regional efforts on FMD control since its establishment in 1994. With increasing activities beyond what would be renamed the SEACFMD programme, WOAH and the Government of Thailand signed a Memorandum of Understanding for establishing the WOAH Sub-Regional Representation for South-East Asia (SRR-SEA) in Bangkok, Thailand in July 2010.

The WOAH SRR-SEA has further expanded its mandate as a WOAH Representation to support and collaborate with WOAH Members in South-East Asia, and works in close collaboration with WOAH Headquarters, the Regional Representation for Asia and the Pacific (RRAP), and the Regional Commission for Asia and the Pacific to facilitate the practical implementation of a mission to improve animal health and welfare in the region.

The staff responsibilities chart of WOAH SRR-SEA is available here.