1. The Twelfth Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) was convened on 29 July 2005 in Vientiane, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Somsavat LENGSAVAD, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR. 2. The Meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers of all ARF [...]
1. The ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference (PMC) 10+1 Sessions with its Dialogue Partners, Australia, Canada, the European Union, New Zealand, the Russian Federation, and the United States; and the ASEAN PMC 10+10 Retreat were held on 28 July 2005 in Vientiane, Lao PDR. 2. The ASEAN PMC 10+1 Session with Australia was co-chaired by the Minister of [...]
The Governments of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Member Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Republic of [...]
1. The Sixth ASEAN+3 Foreign Ministers Meeting was held on 27 July 2005 in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Mr. Somsavat Lengsavad, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lao PDR. 2. The Ministers expressed their appreciation to Japan for the successful hosting of the Informal ASEAN+3 Foreign Ministers Meeting and [...]
at the Opening Ceremony of the 38th ASEAN Ministerial MeetingDon Chan Palace Hotel, Vientiane, 26 July 2005 Your Royal Highness,Excellencies,Distinguished Guests,Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the Government and the Lao people as well as on my own behalf, I would like to extend the most cordial greetings and warmest welcome to the Foreign Ministers [...]
ASEAN Foreign Ministers discussed the reform of the UN. They expressed dissatisfaction at the way the issue of the UN Security Council expansion has overshadowed other issues connected to the comprehensive reform of the UN, which are of no less importance. They were concerned that individual member countries of the UN were being made to [...]