MANILA, 18 August 2015 – The Philippines’ National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council – Office of Civil Defense (NDRRMC-OCD) together with the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre) conducted the “One ASEAN, One Response” Roadshow from 11 – 13 August 2015 in Manila. The event aimed to promote the [...]
The ASEAN Community Vision 2025 Process 1. What is the ASEAN Community Vision 2025? What is the background and purpose of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025? ASEAN Leaders took the decision at the 23rd ASEAN Summit in November 2013 to develop a Post-2015 Vision to realise a politically cohesive, economically integrated, socially responsible, and a [...]
The Holy See expressed its interest to cooperate with ASEAN in promoting inter-religious tolerance and understanding. His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, conveyed this message to H.E. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN, when he called on the latter at the ASEAN Secretariat on 10 August. Cardinal Parolin commended [...]
In response to the flood situation in Myanmar, the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre) deployed a team of experts to Nay Pyi Taw last week to support Myanmar's emergency operations centre. AHA Centre also deployed the ASEAN Emergency Response and Assessment Team (ASEAN-ERAT) with trained personnel from ASEAN countries [...]
On this special day, we are happy to announce the top three prizes of the 2015 ASEAN Youth Video Contest! The winners were selected on the basis of their video's originality, content, and production quality. We would like to thank all contest participants for their creative visions about what the ASEAN Community means to youth. [...]
A key discovery in the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jet is the top story in the August 2015 edition of 'ASEAN Today.' Prisma Kinanti of The Indonesia Channel anchors the program from Jakarta. She also reports on Cambodia's fight to stop illegal hunting, a poignant father-son story from the Viet Nam War and [...]
