1. The Seventeenth ASEAN-US Dialogue was held on 30 January 2004 in Bangkok. Delegates from the governments of the ten ASEAN Member Countries and the United States and from the ASEAN Secretariat attended the Meeting. 2. In his welcoming remarks, H.E. Tej Bunnag, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Thailand, stated that with uncertainties in the international [...]
Distinguished members of the press, We have just concluded the Bangkok Ministerial Meeting on Combating the Spread of Avian Influenza and I am pleased to inform you that our two hours and a half of deliberations have been substantive, constructive and most fruitful. The fact that this meeting was convened in three working days underscores [...]
We, the Agriculture and Health Ministers and senior officials of Cambodia, China, Republic of Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the United States, and Viet Nam, with the European Commission represented as an observer, met today in Bangkok, Thailand. We exchanged views and shared experiences on our respective country practices and found [...]
JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT 1. The ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) and the European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner met on 20 January 2004 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. H.E. Mr. Cham Prasidh, Minister of Commerce of Cambodia, and H.E. Mr. Pascal Lamy, European Union Trade Commissioner, co-chaired the Consultation. ASEAN-EU TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS 2. The Ministers exchanged views on the [...]
MEDIA STATEMENT The Informal ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Meeting was held on 19-20 January 2004 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia to further discuss the measures for the integration of the eleven (11) priority sectors and to follow-up the decisions of the 9th ASEAN Summit in Bali, in particular those relating to the establishment of the ASEAN Economic [...]
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF RICE VITAL FOR ASEAN JAKARTA (13 Jan 2004) – Indonesia’s Minister for Agriculture Dr. Bungaran Saragih, said increasing public awareness of the importance of rice to food security, better nutrition, poverty alleviation and livelihood improvement will promote sustainable development of this food source. In a keynote address delivered by a representative at [...]
