ULAANBAATAR, 4 July 2018 – ASEAN’s Deputy Secretary-General for Socio-Cultural Community, H.E. Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee , reaffirmed ASEAN strong commitment to reduce and prevent disaster risks, through various engagements at the 2018 Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) held on 3 – 6 July 2018 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. In his official statement, the Deputy [...]
Women are crucial to the development of ASEAN. Recognizing the needs to incorporate gender perspectives across ASEAN communities and sectoral bodies, , more than 100 representatives from fifteen sectoral bodies came together at the ASEAN Senior Officials Conference on Gender Mainstreaming for the ASEAN Socio-Culture Community, organized by the ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW, Philippines) [...]
The male senior officials attending the ASEAN Senior Officials Conference on Gender Mainstreaming for the ASEAN Socio-Culture Community organized by the ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW, Philippines) on 27-29 June 2018 in Manila, the Philippines, affirmed their commitment and support for the global and ASEAN HeForShe campaign, a movement seeking to involve men and boys [...]
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, H.E. Stef Blok paid a courtesy call on Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dato Lim Jock Hoi on 3 July 2018 at the ASEAN Secretariat
JAKARTA, 3 July 2018 – ASEAN and New Zealand reaffirmed their commitment to further expand and deepen cooperation as strategic partners at the 6th ASEAN-New Zealand Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) Meeting held at the ASEAN Secretariat on 2 July 2018. In the meeting, both sides reviewed the implementation of the Plan of Action to Implement [...]
MONTREAL, 2 July 2018 – Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) parties—including ASEAN Member States—discussed importance efforts in implementing biodiversity conservation commitments at the national level at an ongoing meeting in Montreal. The CBD held the 22nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 22) from 2 to 7 July 2018 to prepare recommendations [...]
