Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at the ASEAN-EC Regional Symposium Bandar Seri Begawan, 28 November 2005 1. I would like to thank the organisers for this kind invitation to me to address this year's ASEAN-EC Regional Symposium. The concept and practice of governance 2. Governance has recently become a buzzword both in [...]
GLOBAL ENTREPOLIS @ SINGAPORE 2004 SINGAPORE, 11 OCTOBER 2004 COMPETITIVENESS: THE ASEAN WAY 1. I am honoured by this invitation to address such a gathering of distinguished participants. As you can see from the map, ASEAN covers a big geographical space. Recently, there are many news reports on ASEAN, especially about the FTAs ASEAN is [...]
India-ASEAN Eminent Persons Lecture delivered by Rodolfo C. Severino, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Research and Information System for the Non-Aligned and Other Devoping Countries New Delhi, 9 January 2001 I feel deeply honored to give today the eleventh India-ASEAN Eminent Persons Lecture, to follow in the footsteps of such distinguished statesmen [...]
Statement of Rodolfo C. Severino, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at the AFTA Roundtable Discussion sponsored by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the ASEAN Secretariat Bangkok, 21 November 2000 I wish to thank you all for joining us in this roundtable discussion. I thank the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for its valuable support [...]
At the Opening of the ASEAN Forum on Trade in Services Ha Noi, Viet Nam, 5 July 2005 His Excellency Vu Khoan, Deputy Prime Minister of Viet Nam Excellencies, Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to address the distinguished participants of this important ASEAN Forum on Trade in Services today. I [...]
Speech of ASEAN Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong Inaugural Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit Honolulu, USA 20 November 2003 I would like to thank the organizers of this Summit for this opportunity to share with you the efforts of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in responding to the challenge posed by international terrorism. Southeast Asia [...]