NEW YORK – Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General to Myanmar, requested a meeting today with the ASEAN Secretary-General, Dr Surin Pitsuwan, to express his sincere appreciation on behalf of the UN Secretary-General and the UN leadership at all levels for the leadership ASEAN has provided in the humanitarian mission in [...]
NEW YORK – ASEAN remains ready to further cooperate with the UN and its agencies such as the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the ongoing humanitarian efforts for the victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, said the ASEAN Secretary-General, Dr Surin Pitsuwan in New York today. After talks with Mr [...]
The Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr Surin Pitsuwan, launched the inaugural ASEC Brown Bag Series today at the ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta. The ASEC Brown Bag Series is a forum provided by the ASEAN Secretariat to raise awareness of ASEAN’s initiatives among its staff, government officials and the public at large. It also serves as a venue [...]
The Tripartite Core Group (TCG) of ASEAN, Government of the Union of Myanmar, and the United Nations has been meeting regularly to monitor, coordinate and facilitate the flow of international relief aid into the cyclone-hit areas. On 25 June 2008 in Yangon, the TCG presented to the 3rd Meeting of the ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force [...]
The Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr Surin Pitsuwan, has followed with great concern the news about the loss of lives and property damage caused by Typhoon Feng Shen (Frank), and the more recent capsizing of ferry M/V Princess of the Stars in the Philippines. Dr Surin expressed his sincere condolences to the families of the typhoon [...]