JAKARTA, 31 May 2019 – The May edition of “ASEAN Today” highlights the discovery of fossils of a new human species in the Philippines. Raissa Chentami, who anchors the programme from the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, also reports on election results in Thailand and Indonesia, with the victory speech of President Joko Widodo. This is [...]
NAY PYI TAW, 27 May 2019 – ASEAN and the Myanmar government agreed to immediately commence practical measures to alleviate the situation in Rakhine State following a high-level coordination meeting today in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Secretary-General of ASEAN Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Executive Director of the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster [...]
JAKARTA, 25 May 2019 – ASEAN and Australia discussed a range of initiatives and activities to further deepen their strategic partnership during the 9th ASEAN-Australia Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) Meeting held at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta on 24 May. The meeting took stock of the Plan of Action to Implement the Joint Statement for [...]
1. The Eighth Meeting of the Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution in the Mekong Sub-Region (8 MSC Mekong) was held on 24 May 2019 in Siem Reap, Cambodia and opened by H.E. Say Samal, Minister of Environment of Cambodia. The Meeting was attended by Ministers/representatives responsible for land, forest fires and haze [...]
LUANG PRABANG, 23 May 2019 – The ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework (AQRF) Committee completed its review and endorsed the referencing reports submitted by Malaysia and the Philippines at its Sixth AQRF Meeting held on 21-23 May 2019 in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR. The referencing reports from Malaysia and the Philippines are the first among AMS [...]
CHIANG MAI, 18 May 2019 – The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council extended its full support for Thailand’s 2019 ASEAN Chairmanship and priorities at a meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on 17 May. Thailand’s Chairmanship’s theme “Advancing Partnerships for Sustainability” emphasises the promotion of future-oriented actions for human security, people-to-people connectivity and partnerships, and socio-cultural [...]
