2014 - ASEAN | ONE VISION ONE IDENTITY ONE COMMUNITY

H.E. Le Luong Minh,the Secretary-General of ASEAN, in a letter to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, expressed his deep concern over the disappearance of Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501

JAKARTA, 31 December 2014 – Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Le Luong Minh expressed his deep concern over the recent tragedy of Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501. In a letter addressed to Indonesia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno L. P. Marsudi, Secretary-General Minh expressed confidence in the on-going search and rescue operations led by the Government of Indonesia, [...]

December 31st, 2014|ASEAN Secretariat News|

Chairman’s Statement of 17th ASEAN-China Summit

NAY PYI DAW, 13 November 2014 -The 17th ASEAN-China Summit chaired by President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, H.E. U Thein Sein, was held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on 13 November 2014. The Summit was attended by all Heads of State Government of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian [...]

December 29th, 2014|Statement & Communiques|

Chairman’s Statement of the 17th ASEAN-Japan Summit

NAY PYI TAW, 12 November 2014 - The 17th ASEAN-Japan Summit, chaired by the President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, H.E. U Thein Sein, was held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on 12 November 2014. The Summit was attended by all Heads of State Government of ASEAN Member States and H.E. Shinzo Abe, [...]

December 29th, 2014|Statement & Communiques|

ASEAN Moves Forward with Public-Private Partnership

MANILA, 17 December 2014 – As ASEAN approaches the crucial 2015 milestone of realising the ASEAN Community, the ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee (ACCC) has convened the ASEAN Public–Private Partnership (PPP) Networking Forum on 16–17 December in Manila to discuss PPP as an innovative financing mechanism to realise the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC). The [...]

December 17th, 2014|ASEAN Secretariat News|

ASEAN Welcomes New Master Trainers and Assessors for Food & Beverage Service

MANILA, 16 December 2014 – Twenty-two Master Trainers and 20 Master Assessors celebrated their graduation day this week after weeks of comprehensive training programmes of Master Trainers and Master Assessors for Food and Beverages (F&B) Service Division conducted by the William Angliss Institute at the Diamond Hotel Philippines. This training is part of the programme [...]

December 16th, 2014|ASEAN Secretariat News|

ASEAN Plus Three to Heighten the Ebola Preparedness and Response

BANGKOK, 16 December 2014 - The ASEAN Plus Three Health Ministers gathered for the Special Meeting on Ebola Preparedness and Response yesterday. They discussed the ways forward of strengthening regional mechanisms and increasing national capacity to prevent the Ebola as well as other emerging infectious diseases pandemics. The opening ceremony was graced by H.E. General [...]