The 16th Meeting of the ASEAN Commission on The Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) was held from 26th-28th March 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Meeting was hosted by the ASEAN Secretariat. The Meeting discussed the follow-up from the 15th Meeting in Phuket, Thailand, and reviewed the status of implementation [...]
JAKARTA, 28 March 2018 - Senior officials from relevant ASEAN sectoral bodies who have a stake in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief gathered in Jakarta today to deliberate on ASEAN’s future direction in disaster management and emergency response amidst the rise of complex emergencies and human-induced disasters in the region. Secretary-General of ASEAN Dato’ Lim Jock [...]
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, 27 March 2018 - A Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) on intellectual property was signed by the Heads of the ASEAN Intellectual Property Offices and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) today in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. The MOC will establish an institutional framework for structured cooperation between both sides. Under the [...]
JAKARTA, 26 March 2018 - Dr. Aladdin D. Rillo took office today as the new Deputy Secretary-General (DSG) for ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) from 2018 to 2021 . Guided by the ASEAN Charter, DSG Rillo will support the Secretary-General of ASEAN by providing leadership in the implementation of the AEC Blueprint 2025 and will lead the [...]
Ambassador of Ecuador to ASEAN, H.E. Fabián Valdivieso Eguiguren, presented his Letter of Credence to Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dato Lim Jock Hoi, at the ASEAN Secretariat, 26 March 2018 View all photos here.
JAKARTA, 24 March 2018 - The 16th Meeting of the ASEAN-Russia Joint Cooperation Committee (ARJCC) took place at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta on 23 March. It was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Phongsavanh Sisoulath, Director General of ASEAN Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR, and H.E. Mr. Alexander Ivanov, Ambassador of Russia [...]
