JAKARTA, 7 December 2015 - Coverage of the 27th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur and impending economic integration top the December 2015 edition of "ASEAN Today." Political and business leaders speak out on the launch of the ASEAN Economic Community in 2016. Raissa Chentami of The Indonesia Channel anchors the program from Jakarta. She also [...]
JAKARTA, 3 December 2015 – The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) expressed its strong commitment to work closely with ASEAN through the Secretariat-to-Secretariat level and beyond. This was conveyed by H.E. Dmitry Mezentsev, Secretary-General of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to H.E. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN yesterday. Secretary-General Minh welcomed Secretary-General Mezentsev and highlighted the importance [...]
BANGKOK, 3 December, 2015 – Twenty-five established women entrepreneurs gathered in Bangkok for a two-day meeting on Nov. 30-Dec. 1 to discuss ways and means to formalise the GREAT Women in ASEAN Initiative (GWAI) as a regional entity and platform. It aims to further benefit small businesses especially those that are women-owned and/or managed by [...]
JAKARTA, 1 December 2015 - Ambassador Emaleen Abdul Rahman Teo, the outgoing Permanent Representative of Brunei Darussalam to ASEAN, called on the Secretary-General of ASEAN H.E. Le Luong Minh today to bid farewell. She completed her term in November. SG Minh thanked Ambassador Emaleen for her dedication, initiatives, contribution and service towards the work of [...]
"The world has delivered on halting and reversing the AIDS epidemic. Now we must commit to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals." UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon (UNGA 2015) The global AIDS epidemic has been halted and reversed however AIDS is not over. AIDS is an unfinished business. [...]
JAKARTA, 27 November 2015 - H.E. M'hammed Ezzine Chelaifa, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Tunisia, visited the ASEAN Secretariat yesterday and met with the Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN Political-Security Community Department H.E. Hirubalan V P. DSG Hirubalan expressed condolences on behalf of the ASEAN Secretariat to the victims of the recent terrorist attacks [...]
