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H.E. Phan Wannamethee, President of The WFB, assigned Mrs. Kanchana Soonsawad (Executive Council Member) and Dr. Thanes Sucharikul (Advisor of The WFB) of The WFB attended the Joint Public Meetings of the Extraordinary Session of the IBC

On 28 January B.E. 2564 (2021) Mr. Phallop Thaiarry, Secretary-General of The WFB, led the group of The WFB, WFBY, WBU, and its Regional Centres in Thailand extended their well wishes to H.E. Phan Wannamethee, President of The WFB, for his 30 January birthday of 98-year gracious age.

Venerable Phra Dharma Bodhiwongse, Abbot of Thai Bodhgaya Temple and the Head Priest of India-Nepal Thai Dhammaduta, organized the recitation of the Tripitaka on 10 December B.E. 2563 (2020) at Suvarnabhumi Buddha Jayanti Temple in Samutprakarn Province.  The recitation was to make up to Buddhists who could not make their pilgrimage to the Bodhgaya in India resulted from widespread of COVID-19.

H.E. Phan Wannamethee, President of The WFB, and the Headquarters of The WFB organized the Merit Making Ceremony in Commemoration and Dedication to H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great, who was the Patron of The WFB, at The WFB Headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand.

n 17 November B.E.2563 (2020) H.E. Phan Wannamethee, President of The WFB, chaired the 95th Executive Council Meeting of The WFB that was held via ZOOM conferencing.  The Meeting was held at Meeting Room I of The WFB Headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand.

H.E. Phan Wannamethee, President of The WFB, assigned Mr. Phallop Thaiarry, Vice-President and Secretary-General of The WFB, attended the funeral of the late Most Ven. Phra Sudhammadhipati, Honorary President of Sirindhornrajavithyalai Foundation under the Royal Patronage on 24 November B.E. 2563 (2020) at Wat Thep Sirintharawat, Bangkok.  The funeral was chaired by His Holiness Somdej Phra Ariyawongsakhatayan, Supreme Patriarch of Thailand and was under the royal patronage of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun of Thailand.

On 7 November B.E. 2563 (2020) H.E. Phan Wannamethee, President of The World Fellowship of Buddhists (The WFB), its sub-organizations – the World Fellowship of Buddhist Youth (WFBY), the World Buddhist University (WBU) - its Regional Centres, and networking organizations in cooperation with Sirindhorn Rajvidyalai Foundation under Royal Patronage and On the Path of the Buddha Foundation which President of The WFB, as Chairman of Thai Humanitarian Relief Project, and was funded by The WFB and its Regional Centres in Thailand;

The World Fellowship of Buddhists (The WFB), its sub-organizations – the World Fellowship of Buddhist Youth, the World Buddhist University - its Regional Centres, and networking organizations in cooperation with Sirindhorn Rajvidyalai Foundation under Royal Patronage and On the Path of the Buddha Foundation which H.E. Phan Wannamethee, President of The WFB, as Chairman of Thai Humanitarian Relief Project, that was funded by The WFB and its Regional Centres in Thailand;

Most Venerable Phra Sudhammadhipati was a revered monk who dedicated his life for social welfare and child education.  His passing away on 15 August brought a deep sense of sadness to all Buddhists in Thailand and abroad.

It is with deep sense of sadness when we have received news of the sudden pass away of Mr. Pramatha Barua on 15 August B.E. 2563 (2020).