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OPENING ADDRESS |
Opening address by His Excellency Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand
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On behalf of the Royal Thai Government and the people of Thailand, I would like to say that it is a great pleasure and honour to welcome all of you to this Sixth Global Conference on Health Promotion.
It is clear that good health is a key to progress. In those societies where people are healthy, such communities are sure to progress in many ways. Building health has thus become a priority on national and global agendas. As a key instrument to foster healthy well-being, health promotion received a major boost during the years from the First International Conference on Health Promotion held at Ottawa in 1986 through