ASEAN officials today concluded the Terms of Reference for a cross-agency, cross-border network that will target criminals and syndicates involved in the lucrative illegal wildlife trade.

After senior environmental officials launched the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN) in December

1.  The Nineteenth ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue was held on 23 May 2006 in Bangkok.  Delegates from the Governments of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam and the United States attended the Meeting.  Representatives of

1. The Ministers of Defence of the Member Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN held their inaugural meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 9 May 2006.  The Meeting was chaired by the Hon. Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister