“The ASEAN Foreign Ministers discussed strategic and political-security issues that are critical to the resilience and relevance of ASEAN, as well as issues of common concern and interest to the region,” said H.E. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN, at the Post-46th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) / Post Ministerial Conference (PMC) / 20th ASEAN [...]
The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) Expert Meeting brought together the ACWC Representatives and experts on economics, social and cultural rights, as well as on women’s human rights to develop a study framework on women’s economic rights to land and property ownership in ten ASEAN [...]
Norway, keen to further its engagement with ASEAN, has announced the establishment of a Norwegian ASEAN Regional Initiatives Fund (NARIF) to complement its existing efforts in the region. The Fund, with an initial amount of USD 7 million, will support selected cross-cutting activities of regional importance in-line with ASEAN's Roadmap, said Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen [...]
The Third ASEAN Competition Conference with the theme “Moving towards Regional Integration of Competition Policy and Law” taking place in Singapore on 4-5 July is looking into benefits, possible approaches and challenges in fostering greater regional cooperation and integration of competition policy and law among ASEAN Member States. The Conference is a key platform for [...]
The Foreign Ministers of the Lower Mekong Countries and the U.S. Secretary of State, met at the Sixth Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Ministerial Meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan on 1 July 2013. The meeting was also attended for the first time by H.E. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN. The Ministers discussed the several challenges [...]
Japan pledged its continued strong support to ASEAN Community building efforts today. Foreign Minister of Japan, H.E. Fumio Kishida, said that Japan would also consider the needs of ASEAN beyond 2015 to support the continued integration of ASEAN to ensure the region remained competitive and promote equitable development. H.E. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN, [...]
