ASEAN officials today concluded the Terms of Reference for a cross-agency, cross-border network that will target criminals and syndicates involved in the lucrative illegal wildlife trade. After senior environmental officials launched the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN) in December 2005, Police and Customs officials joined them for the first time this week in Bangkok to [...]
1. The Nineteenth ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue was held on 23 May 2006 in Bangkok. Delegates from the Governments of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam and the United States attended the Meeting. Representatives of the ASEAN Secretariat also participated. 2. In his welcoming remarks, Mr. Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn, Permanent Secretary, [...]
1. The 2nd Brunei Darussalam – Indonesia – Malaysia – The Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) and Darwin Dialogue was held in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia on 23 - 24 May, 2006. The Dialogue was attended by delegates from the BIMP-EAGA member countries, BIMP-EAGA Business Council (BEBC), BIMP-EAGA Facilitation Center (BIMP-FC), Asian Development Bank (ADB), [...]
ASEAN has designated the year 2006 as ASEAN Environment Year (AEY) with the theme, “Biodiversity: Our Life, Our Future”. The official launch of AEY 2006 was held at the Bogor Botanical Gardens, Bogor, Indonesia, on 18 May 2006 in conjunction with the 189th Anniversary of the Bogor Botanical Gardens. The launch of AEY 2006 aims [...]
1. The Ministers of Defence of the Member Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN held their inaugural meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 9 May 2006. The Meeting was chaired by the Hon. Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of Malaysia. 2. The Ministers exchanged [...]
Representatives from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the Asia-Pacific region are participating in the “ASEAN Regional NGO Consultation on Regional Follow-Up on Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support” at the ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta from 9 – 10 May, 2006. The participants comprise the Coalition of Asia Pacific Regional Networks on HIV/AIDS whose main [...]