Monthly Archives: June 2020

1. Thailand and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) jointly organised the 4th High-Level Brainstorming Dialogue on Enhancing Complementarities between the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (HLBD) via video conference on Thursday, 4 June 2020. The Meeting provided a platform [...]

We, the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council Ministers and Heads of Delegation, joined the 23rd ASCC Council Meeting organised via video conference on 23 June 2020, under the chairmanship of Viet Nam. We extend our full support to the Viet Nam ASEAN Chairmanship’s areas of focus, including Labour and Human Resources Development; Social Welfare, Health [...]

1. We, the Ministers of State/Government of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia, China, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand, gathered on 23 June 2020 on the occasion of the virtual 10th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Inter-sessional Ministerial Meeting. 2. We acknowledged that the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes an [...]

We, the Foreign Ministers of ASEAN Member States and the Russian Federation, held the Special ASEAN-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on COVID-19 via video conference on 17 June 2020 to discuss ASEAN-Russia cooperation in countering COVID-19 and other areas of mutual concern in this challenging time, Expressing our deep concerns over the continued spread and severity of [...]

WE, the ASEAN Ministers responsible for social welfare and development have convened the Special Meeting on Mitigating Impacts of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on Vulnerable Groups in ASEAN on 10 June 2020. EXPRESS our deepest concern over the pandemic caused by COVID-19 and its adverse impacts on the poor and vulnerable groups in ASEAN;

The Economic Ministers from ASEAN, the People’s Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea express serious concern over the COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to affect the lives of  peoplein the region and around the world. They also express their deepest sympathies to the loss of lives and the suffering caused by the pandemic. They [...]