INTRODUCTION 1 We, the Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), met at the 41st ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) from 20-21 July 2008 in Singapore. His Excellency George Yeo, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore and Chairman of the 41st ASEAN Standing Committee (ASC), chaired the Meeting. We had wide-ranging and productive [...]
The ASEAN-UN-Myanmar Tripartite Core Group (TCG) is an ASEAN-led mechanism to facilitate trust, confidence and cooperation between Myanmar and the international community in the urgent post-Cyclone Nargis humanitarian relief and recovery work. Following the launching of a revised humanitarian appeal for US$482 million by Sir John Holmes, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator in New York [...]
In a landmark commitment, the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have agreed to cooperate as partners in realising the goal of ASEAN integration including "alleviating poverty and narrowing the development gap within ASEAN". Dr Sadako Ogata, President of JICA and Dr Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General of ASEAN, recently exchanged letters of [...]
The ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force, who held their fourth meeting in Singapore on 12 July 2008, was briefed on the preparations for the launch of the Post-Nargis Joint Assessment (PONJA) Report. The PONJA Report will be presented to the ASEAN Foreign Ministers when they meet in Singapore on 20-21 July 2008. The ASEAN Chair, Singapore [...]
Two new programmes to enhance ASEAN-EU Cooperation in the fields of Statistics and Border Management were agreed through the signing of Financing Agreements amounting to 6-million euros and 4.7-million euros respectively, by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Commission on 1 July 2008. The EU-ASEAN Statistical Capacity Building Programme, a four-year [...]
NEW YORK – A Revised Appeal of US$481.8 million was launched today for the victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. The launch, by the United Nations, was participated by the ASEAN Secretary-General, Dr Surin Pitsuwan, at the invitation of the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Sir John Holmes. The Revised Appeal expands the [...]