The ASEAN Secretariat had the rare honour of hosting the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Norway. Reflecting the warm and substantial ties between Norway and ASEAN, HRH Crown Prince Haakon Magnus and HRH Princess Mette-Maritwere accompanied by the Norwegian Minister for Trade and Industry; Minister for Environment; the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs; the [...]
Issues such as activities for 2013, implementation of the ASEAN Political Security Community Blueprint, ASEAN centrality, as well as cross-sectoral coordination were center to the discussion themes during the ASEAN Defence Ministers and the Minister representing the Defence Minister retreat. The session took place in the historical city of Siem Reap on 16 November 2012. [...]
Leaders, delegates, journalists, thousands of them descended in Phnom Penh and congregated at the Peace Palace over the past week. Under the scrutiny of the local, regional and global media, leaders from ASEAN Member States – supported by their Ministers and Senior Officials, met their counterparts from Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, the United States, [...]
The ASEAN Secretariat has every reason to cheer today, as Cambodia award one of the highest honours on some of its senior staff. Leading the list is ASEAN Secretary-General, Dr Surin Pitsuwan, who was awarded the “Grand Cross of the Sahakmetrey Order, a Class 5 award. Officially known as the Kroeung Essariyakyuos Sahakmetrey Order, this [...]
by Danny Lee Director for Community Affairs Development ASEAN Secretariat Many Asian cultures believe that leaders and important people are stars – as in constellations re-born on earth. Based on that, Phnom Penh – and in particular, the Peace Palace - could well be the Milky Way. For the past week, some of the most [...]
The ASEAN Heads of Investment Agencies (AHIA) have agreed to work out a common theme to promote and encourage investments that would benefit the region - specifically investments with potential for supply chain. They highlighted ASEAN’s diversity which makes it seemly for such investments and therefore should capitalize on it. Further, they recognized that promotion [...]
