New York, USA, 26 September 2011 The 11th ASEAN-Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Ministerial Meeting, convened here on Saturday at the sidelines of the 66th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), discussed the latest developments in both regions and reviewed the progress on the implementation of its decisions taken at the last Meeting. This year's Meeting highlighted [...]
Washington DC, 24 September 2011 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is creating a new fund to finance major infrastructure projects across the region. The ASEAN Infrastructure Fund is being set up with an initial equity contribution of $485.2 million, of which $335.2 million will come from nine ASEAN members. The remaining $150 million [...]
New York, USA, 24 September 2011 The Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) held their 11th Joint Ministerial Meeting on 24 September, 2011, in New York, on the margins of the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The Meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers/Representatives of [...]
Ha Noi, 23 September 2011 Innovative technology is at the heart of improving access to education and health services in rural communities in the lower Mekong region and throughout ASEAN. That was the message that emerged during the first ever ASEAN Rural Connectivity Conference for Education and Development in Viet Nam this week. Over 200 [...]
Bangkok, 23 September 2011 1. Ministers responsible for the environment from Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia and Singapore, Deputy Minister of the Environment from Indonesia and Vice Minister of Natural Resources and Environment from Thailand and the Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Socio-Cultural Community met at the Twelfth Meeting of the Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee (MSC) on [...]
Jakarta, 23 September 2011 The Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Economic Community, Mr S. Pushpanathan, today signed an implementation agreement with the Country Director of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Ms Sabine Markert, to address food security and impact of climate change in ASEAN Member States. The "ASEAN-German Programme on Response to Climate [...]