The ASEAN Economic Ministers met on 8 December 2006 in Cebu and signed the following ASEAN Economic Integration Agreements: i. the Protocol on ASEAN Framework (Amendments) Agreement for the Integration of Priority Sectors; ii. the Protocol on ASEAN Sectoral Integration (Amendments) Protocols for the Integration of Priority Sectors; iii.Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) [...]
The ASEAN Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministers of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea held their sixth meeting in Singapore on 17 November 2006, under the chairmanship of H.E. Mr. Mah Bow Tan, Minister for National Development of Singapore. 2. The Ministers were pleased with [...]
ASEAN Member Countries and the United States of America have agreed to continue to advance the ASEAN-U.S. Enhanced Partnership and the Plan of Action to Implement the Enhanced Partnership. Our cooperation also builds upon the ASEAN-U.S. Trade and Investment Framework Arrangement. In the coming year, ASEAN and the United States have resolved to focus our [...]
JOINT PRESS STATEMENT 1. The 28th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) was held in Singapore on 16 November 2006. H. E. Mr. Mah Bow Tan, Minister for National Development of Singapore chaired the 28th AMAF, with H.E. Professor Dr. Thira Sutabutra, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand as Vice-Chairman. [...]
Mr. Chairman Excellencies, 1. On behalf of the Secretary General of ASEAN, let me first congratulate Viet Nam for the successful hosting of the many APEC Meetings to date. Secondly, we at the ASEAN Secretariat would like to thank Viet Nam for the warm friendship and hospitality extended to ASEAN throughout this APEC year. We [...]
The 16th ASEAN Banking Conference and 36th ASEAN Banking Council Meeting were held in Singapore from 16th to 18th November 2006 at Parkroyal on Coleman Street, Singapore. The Association of Banks in Singapore hosted the meetings in accordance with the tradition of rotation of venue. With a total of 180 bankers from 10 ASEAN countries [...]