Monthly Archives: October 2008

Singapore hosted the 6th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication (SOMRDPE) and the 1st SOMRDPE + 3 from 13 – 15 October 2008, at the Carlton Hotel, Singapore.  The 6th SOMRDPE was attended by delegates from Brunei Darussalam, Kingdom of Cambodia, Republic of Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Union of [...]

The Ministers of Health of the ASEAN Member States and the People’s Republic of China, Japan and Republic of Korea, convened the Third ASEAN Plus Three Health Ministers Meeting on 10 October 2008 in Manila, Philippines. The Health Ministers exchanged views on the 9th AHMM theme on “Trade Liberalisation: Its Adverse Impact on our Borderless [...]

Bangkok (UN/ESCAP Information Services) – Raising awareness of the need for safer communities in the Asia-Pacific region was the aim of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during their joint observance of the International Day for Disaster Reduction and the ASEAN Day for Disaster [...]

We, the Ministers of Health of the ASEAN Member States and People’s Republic of China, Japan and Republic of Korea, convened the Third ASEAN Plus Three Health Ministers Meeting on 10 October 2008 in Manila, Philippines. United by the common aim of improving the health situation in the region, we discussed progress in implementing joint [...]

1. The Inaugural East Asia Summit (EAS) Environment Ministers Meeting was held in Ha Noi, Viet Nam on 9 October 2008. The Meeting was attended by the Environment Ministers or their representatives of the 10 ASEAN Member States, namely Brunei Darussalam, Kingdom of Cambodia, Republic of Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Union of Myanmar, Republic [...]

The 6th Meeting of the ASEAN-Russia Joint Planning and Management Committee (ARJPMC) and the 7th Meeting of the ASEAN-Russia Joint Cooperation Committee (ARJCC) was held in the Smolny Palace, Saint-Petersburg, the Russian Federation on 9 October 2008 and was attended by representatives from the Russian Federation, ASEAN Member States, and the ASEAN Secretariat. The Meeting [...]