JAKARTA, 20 December 2017 – The ASEAN Secretariat convened the inaugural ASEAN Seminar on the Promotion of Paralympic Movement towards ASEAN Community 2025 on 18 December at the ASEAN Secretariat. The seminar discussed developments and issues on needs and opportunities of differently-abled athletes, and identified innovative initiatives to support development of ASEAN Paralympic athletes for [...]
JAKARTA, 20 December 2017 - Seventy youth leaders and alumni of various ASEAN youth programmes including the Japan East-Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS) gathered at the ASEAN Secretariat on 19 December to reflect on their experiences and most pressing issues in ASEAN and the world today. They also shared their insights [...]
JAKARTA, 15 December 2017 - The impact of an eruption from Bali's Mount Agung tops the December 2017 edition of "ASEAN Today." Raissa Chentami of The Indonesia Channel anchors the program from Jakarta, home of the ASEAN Secretariat. She also reports on the health concerns of a recalled vaccine in the Philippines, and Singapore's push [...]
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN,13 December 2017 - The ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting for Culture and Arts (SOMCA) committed to strengthen cooperation in pursuit of the ASEAN Strategic Plan for Culture and Arts 2016-2025. The meeting was held on 11-13 December in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. “This meeting is very important in our efforts to strengthen [...]
JAKARTA, 15 December 2017 – ASEAN and Switzerland reaffirmed their commitment to enhance and deepen their Sectoral Dialogue Relations through practical and concrete cooperation activities. This was emphasised at the 2nd Meeting of the ASEAN-Switzerland Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee (AS-JSCC) held in Jakarta today. Both sides adopted the ASEAN-Switzerland Practical Cooperation Areas for the period [...]
DA NANG, 15 December 2017 - The joint initiative by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), the Senior Officials Meeting on Social Welfare Development (SOMSWD) and the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) towards the advancement of the rights of persons with disabilities continued [...]
