KUALA LUMPUR, 31 July 2015 –The ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (the AHA Centre) has officially concluded the second batch of its signature programme – the AHA Centre Executive Programme (ACE Programme) today in Kuala Lumpur. Sixteen disaster management officers from ASEAN Member States' National Disaster Management Offices (NDMOs) from Cambodia, [...]
1. Ministers responsible for the environment from Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand met on the occasion of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee (MSC) on Transboundary Haze Pollution on 28 July 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. 2. The Ministers noted the ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre's (ASMC's) weather outlook of drier than [...]
JAKARTA, 28 July 2015 - Prime Minister David Cameron made a historic visit to the ASEAN Secretariat yesterday, pledging to deepen the UK's economic ties with the region. In welcoming the Prime Minister, H.E. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN, said the visit reflected the UK's commitment and political will to deepen its relations with [...]
We, the Health Ministers/Heads of Delegations of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, China, Japan and Republic of Korea conducted a Special Video Conference on 27 July 2015, to discuss ways forward in enhancing preparedness and response to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)in the Region. RECALLING [...]
JAKARTA, 24 July 2015 - Iran will intensify its relations and cooperation with ASEAN as well as with ASEAN Member States, according to the country’s new Ambassador to ASEAN, H.E. Valiollah Mohammadi Nasrabadi. Ambassador Nasrabadi presented his Letter of Credence to Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Le Luong Minh yesterday. Ambassador Nasrabadisaid that based on the [...]
The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is envisioned to be the realization of ASEAN economic integration by 2015. In this series of articles, the various initiatives undertaken as well as the progress made towards achieving the AEC by the end of 2015 will be highlighted. The articles will touch on the different aspects of the wide-ranging [...]
