The “ASEAN Rickshaw Run 2012” reached its final destination this afternoon at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta. Thanks to success of last year’s first Run, this second run flagged off on 11 March 2012, from Krabi, Thailand, to Jakarta. Seventy-three adrenaline seekers, divided into 24 bemos, started their journey using the least vehicle that comes [...]
More than 500 business leaders from ASEAN and EU gathered in Phnom Penh at the 2nd ASEAN-EU Business Summit (AEBS). The AEBS follows the ASEAN model of private sector engagement that provides for dialogues between business-to-business (B2B), government-to-government (G2G) and business-to-government (B2G) – all within the day. Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General of ASEAN, in his welcoming [...]
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Surin Pitsuwan and Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Giulio Terzi this week exchanged views on major aspects of cooperation between ASEAN and Italy and the EU. Italy expressed its strong interest in furthering economic linkages with ASEAN in areas it has expertise and advantages in machineries, food, fashion and furniture. [...]
A public lecture on “The U.S. Multilateralism and Asia” was held last week at The ASEAN Secretariat, celebrating the 35th Anniversary of ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue Relations. Mr. Nirav Patel, The United States Deputy Assistant of State for Strategy and Multilateral Affairs, delivered the lecture. Mr. Patel shared his views on the United States multilateral diplomacy in [...]
H.E. Ms. Emaleen Abd Rahman Teo presented her letter of credentials, as the new Permanent Representative (PR) to ASEAN of Brunei Darussalam, to the Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, at a ceremony held at the ASEAN Secretariat early this week. The ceremony was attended by Deputy Secretaries-General (DSG) of ASEAN: H.E. Nyan Lynn, [...]
By Danny Lee Director, Community Affairs Development, the ASEAN Secretariat Mother came to vote with her son We were back at the very first polling station we observed this morning. The time was 7 minutes to 5 PM and close to a hundred people were gathered outside. All of them had already voted in the [...]