Monthly Archives: August 2008

ASEAN celebrates its 41st Anniversary today and to mark the occasion, a flag hoisting ceremony was held in the morning at the ASEAN Secretariat. The 8th of August is observed as ASEAN Day. It was on this day forty-one years ago that ASEAN’s founding fathers signed the ASEAN Declaration in Bangkok, setting up the Association [...]

ASEAN’s humanitarian profile has been strengthened with Norway’s contribution of US$ 1 million. Noting that natural disasters appear to be occurring more frequently in Asia, the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr Surin Pitsuwan, said the contribution will help ASEAN to enlarge its humanitarian profile in natural disasters in the region. In his letter to the Foreign [...]