Monthly Archives: August 2018

SINGAPORE, 19 August 2018 – ASEAN called for stronger multi-stakeholder collaboration and deeper exploration on innovation and new technologies to enhance disaster management capabilities and resilience at the fourth ASEAN Strategic Policy Dialogue on Disaster Management in Singapore on 17 August. ASEAN Secretariat organised the annual dialogue in cooperation with the Singapore Civil Defence Force [...]

Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to ASEAN, Abdul Salik Khan, presented his Letter of Credence to Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dato Lim Jock Hoi, at the ASEAN Secretariat, 16 August 2018 View all photos here.

Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to ASEAN, Prof. Admasu Tsegaye, presented his Letter of Credence to Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dato Lim Jock Hoi, at the ASEAN Secretariat, 15 August 2018 View all photos here.

JAKARTA, 14 August 2018 – ASEAN updated the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2025 Consolidated Strategic Action Plan (CSAP) to include action lines from sectoral work plans. Following its first publication on 6 February 2017, and as mandated by the AEC Council, the AEC 2025 CSAP was updated to include the Strategic Action Plan 2016-2025 for ASEAN [...]

JAKARTA, 8 August 2018 – ASEAN celebrated its 51st anniversary at the ASEAN Secretariat today with a series of community and youth engagement events, celebrating solidarity and continued unity and integration across borders. The celebration was highlighted by a commemorative ceremony in the morning attended by Foreign Minister of Indonesia Retno Marsudi, Minister of Agrarian [...]

Interface Meeting between the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) and Rt Hon Mark Field MP, Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office,  on 14 August 2018