Joint Communique of the Twentieth ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting, Bangkok
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Press Release – Inaugural Best of ASEAN Performing Arts: The Mosaic Archipelago, Jakarta
ASEAN will hold its first Best of ASEAN Performing Arts on 6-7 May 2008. The aim is to showcase ASEAN’s best arts and cultural performances on a regular basis to promote the region’s rich and diverse cultures. The Best of ASEAN Performing Arts series was proposed by the Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, [...]
Media Release Secretary-General of ASEAN welcomes Economic Ministers’ Determination to Press Ahead with Economic Integration and to Continue Fair Trade Practices in Rice, ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN Economic Ministers met for their Retreat in Bali on 2-3 May 2008. They discussed the implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint adopted by the ASEAN Leaders last November. In particular, they deliberated on the AEC scorecard system and endorsed the AEC communications plan that will engage all the stakeholders of the economic [...]
Press Release ASEAN Members Urged to Support International Emergency Relief for Cyclone Victims in Myanmar, ASEAN Secretariat
The Secretary-General of ASEAN calls on all other ASEAN Member States to provide urgent relief assistance to victims of Cyclone Nargis, which wreaked havoc on Yangon and the Ayeyawady delta and coastal areas of Myanmar last Friday. “I heard the news of the cyclone with deep concern,” said Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, the Secretary-General. “I am [...]
Joint Ministerial Statement of the 11th ASEAN Plus Three ASEAN Ministers Meeting, Madrid, Spain,
Introduction 1. We, the Finance Ministers of ASEAN, China, Japan and Korea (ASEAN+3), convened our eleventh meeting in Madrid, Spain, under the co-chairmanship of H.E. Vu Van Ninh, Minister of Finance of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and H.E. Fukushiro Nukaga, Minister of Finance of Japan. 2. We exchanged views on regional and economic and financial [...]
ASEAN Economic Ministers Statement on the Doha Development Agenda, Bali, Indonesia
We, the ASEAN Economic Ministers, gathering for our 14th Retreat in Bali, Indonesia, strongly reaffirm ASEAN’s commitment to concluding the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations by the end of 2008. At a critical time when the global economy is encountering serious turbulence and uncertainty with rising inflationary pressures, increases in food and oil prices, and [...]