Nearly five months into the post disaster response in Myanmar, more than 33,000 metric tonnes of food have reached over 733,000 people affected by Cyclone Nargis. There has been successful prevention of outbreaks of waterborne diseases, as well as dengue, in the cyclone affected areas. The Tripartite Core Group (TCG) recognises that the needs of [...]
New York: The UN Secretary-General and his “Group of Friends on Myanmar” praised the ASEAN-led humanitarian operations to assist the survivors of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar as a creative modality to mobilise international resources and goodwill to provide the emergency relief and facilitate recovery. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon chaired a meeting of the “Group of [...]
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr Surin Pitsuwan, today welcomed the news that Thailand can soon complete its ratification of the ASEAN Charter. The legislation to enable the Thai Government to follow up on the implementation of and compliance with the ASEAN Charter has been endorsed by the Thai Senate and it is now being sent to [...]
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr Surin Pitsuwan, has welcomed the appointment of Ms Gillian Bird as Australia’s first Ambassador to ASEAN. Dr Surin said, “Ms Bird’s appointment will strengthen and deepen the longstanding partnership between ASEAN and Australia. We look forward to working with her to bring about closer cooperation between the two sides in all [...]
ASEAN and the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, commonly known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), have agreed to institutionalize their cooperation and elevate their relationship to a ministerial level. ASEAN and GCC have had informal periodical consultations since the 1990s on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in [...]
Russia has contributed another US$ 500,000.00 to the ASEAN-Russian Federation Dialogue Partnership Financial Fund (DPFF), bringing the total amount of funds it has contributed to the DPFF to US$1 million. The DPFF was set up by the Government of the Russian Federation to facilitate cooperation between ASEAN and the Russian Federation in the areas of [...]