CIREBON, 31 August 2018 – The Indonesian government hosted a training on ASEAN project proposal writing for its officials in Cirebon, West Java, on 30-31 August. The Directorate for ASEAN External Cooperation under the Directorate General of ASEAN Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia hosted the training in coordination with the ASEAN [...]
JAKARTA, 30 August 2018 – The August edition of “ASEAN Today” is out and it highlights the spectacular opening of the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia. The first time Indonesia hosted Asian Games was in 1962. Raissa Chentami of The Indonesia Channel anchors the program from the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta. She also reports on [...]
The Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) met the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Jin Liqun on 29 August 2018 at the ASEAN Secretariat. Both sides discussed possible avenues of cooperation on infrastructure-related initiatives in the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025, and agreed to [...]
JAKARTA, 15 August 2018 – Representatives of ASEAN law enforcement authorities and correctional facilities participated in a workshop to promote prevention of and fight against torture on 14-15 August in Semarang, Indonesia. Article 14 of ASEAN Human Rights Declaration states that “no person shall be subject to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment [...]
SINGAPORE, 29 August 2018 – The ASEAN Forum on Women’s Economic Empowerment was held on 27-28 August in Singapore. Jointly organised by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC), the forum was supported by the Ministry of [...]
The Seventh Meeting of the Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution in the Mekong Sub-Region (7th MSC Mekong) was held on 29 August 2018 in Da Nang City, Viet Nam and attended by Ministers/representatives responsible for land, forest fires and haze from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam, and the Deputy Secretary-General [...]
