Singapore, 28 July 2011 ASEAN has taken progressive and aggressive criminal justice response, to counter the threat of trafficking in persons. And these responses have taken place at national and regional levels. Following the publication of the ASEAN Handbook on International Cooperation in Trafficking in Persons Cases last year, the ASEAN Progress Report on the [...]
Bali, Indonesia, 27 July 2011 Financial experts from nine ASEAN Member States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea, recently gathered in Bali to exchange views, lessons learnt and good practices to help Small- and Medium-Enterprises (SMEs) gain better access to finance. The two-day "Workshop on Financing for ASEAN Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the [...]
Jakarta, 27 July 2011 ASEAN integration took another step forward, as delegates met for the First ASEAN Regulatory Reform Dialogue (ARRD) in Jakarta today. The Dialogue - chaired by Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei Darussalam -is an important avenue to exchange views and information on regulatory [...]
Jakarta, 25 July 2011 Dialogue partnership, security cooperation and the engagement of the people of ASEAN continue to be central in the discussions among the stakeholders of ASEAN – academia, business representatives, civil society organisations, diplomatic community, media persons and think tanks – when they gathered virtually to discuss the 44th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting [...]
Bali, Indonesia, 22 July 2011 The agreement on the Guidelines on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea is a "momentous and historic" landmark, and a reflection that the ASEAN Regional Forum works, said the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr Surin Pitsuwan. This sentiment was shared by Chinese [...]
Bali, Indonesia, 20 July 2011 ASEAN will seek to finalise the Guidelines on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea. In its Joint Communiqué, ASEAN stressed the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea, and the continued exercise of self-restraint by all parties [...]