BANGKOK, 21 November 2017 - The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened the AICHR Training Programme on Business and Human Rights on 13-16 November in Bangkok, Thailand. The participants discussed the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles (UNGP) on Business and Human Rights in ASEAN. The Minister of Justice of Thailand, Mr. [...]
Working with Myanmar… ASEAN Secretariat team with H.E. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, at the 13th ASEM Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held on 20-21 November 2017 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
BANGKOK, 20 November 2017 - “We look forward to enhancing cooperation with the EU in sustainable development, including through promoting complementarities between the ASEAN Vision 2025 and SDGs,” stated Secretary-General of ASEAN Le Luong Minh, in his policy statement at the Inaugural High-Level ASEAN-EU Dialogue on Sustainable Development: Towards Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [...]
JAKARTA, 20 November 2017 - The ASEAN gavel was handed to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Manila last week to symbolize Singapore’s assumption of ASEAN chairmanship in 2018. That story is part of the November 2017 edition of "ASEAN Today." Raissa Chentami of The Indonesia Channel anchors the program from Jakarta, home of the [...]
Your Majesty, Excellencies, distinguished guests, friends, ladies and gentlemen: It is my distinct honor and pleasure to welcome you to the 31st ASEAN Summit and Related Summits. Less than a month ago, Philippine government forces liberated the City of Marawi from terrorist groups who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. We are now in the [...]
PHNOM PENH, 17 November 2017 - The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened the AICHR Regional Dialogue on Mainstreaming of the Right to Education in the ASEAN Community. The three-day dialogue aims at raising awareness of the right to education as a cross-cutting issue in ASEAN and to garner inputs from ASEAN Sectoral [...]
