MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) launches the first--ever Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Youth Sessions in Jakarta, Indonesia. In partnership with BINUS University International, this dynamic initiative brings together 25 MTV EXIT Youth Ambassadors ages 19-‐25 from the ASEAN member states of Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The five-‐day event will [...]
Dr. Hans Christian Hagman, Director, Office for Strategic Analysis of the Prime Minister’s Office of Sweden, paid a courtesy call on H.E. Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General of ASEAN in the latter’s Office at the ASEAN Secretariat this week. Dr. Hans Christian Hagman was accompanied by H.E. Ms. Ewa Polano, Swedish Ambassador to ASEAN and [...]
Highlights of the 21st ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, are the focus of the November 2012 edition of “ASEAN Today.” Dalton Tanonaka of Indonesia’s Metro TV and Sam Sivinna of Cambodia’s TVK report from the Peace Palace summit site. Included in the coverage are plans for a super trading bloc, signing of the ASEAN [...]
The progress made by the ASEAN Community Statistical System Committee and ASEANstats – the ASEAN Secretariat Division in charge of the collection, production, and dissemination of regional statistics – over the last four years of cooperation with the European Union (EU) is highlighted at a closing conference of the EU-funded EU-ASEAN Statistical Capacity Building (EASCAB) [...]
H.E. Dr Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General of ASEAN warmly welcomed H.E. Mr. Marc Thill, Ambassador designate of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, into the Non-ASEAN Ambassadors to ASEAN (NAAA) circle and expressed appreciation to the EU for its continued support towards the building of the ASEAN Community by 2015. Dr Surin also explained the outcomes and [...]
The Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dr. Surin Pisuwan received Letter of Credence as Ambassador to ASEAN from H.E. Zekeriya Akcam, the current Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Turkey to the Republic of Indonesia, yesterday at ASEAN Secretariat. Dr Surin extended his warm welcome to Ambassador Akcam’s official assumption of his role as [...]