ASEAN Secretariat News

1. The ASEAN Coordinating Council Working Group on Public Health Emergencies and United States interagency officials held a video conference on 01 April 2020 to discuss ASEAN-United States cooperation in public health emergencies and countering the COVID-19 pandemic. 2. ASEAN Member States and the United States (collectively “We”) expressed deep condolences on the tragic loss of [...]

JAKARTA, 31 MARCH 2020 - Health experts and officials from ASEAN Member States (AMS) and China reconvened through a special video conference to further discuss areas of cooperation in enhanced response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ASEAN Health Sector, through the current ASEAN Senior Health Official Chair – Indonesia, presented the progress of its [...]

  JAKARTA, 1 April 2020 – ASEAN today launched the call for nominations for ASEAN Prize 2020. Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-General of ASEAN said “At a time when the world is facing an unprecedented challenge in COVID-19, we see the best of humanity through the sacrificial efforts of frontline medical and health workers, and [...]

JAKARTA, 31 March 2020 - How ASEAN countries are fighting the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is the focus of the March 2020 edition of "ASEAN Today." Sary Latief of The Indonesia Channel anchors the program from Jakarta. She also reports on one hotel in Thailand struggling without Chinese tourists, and a remembrance of Indonesia's [...]

JAKARTA, 30 March 2020 – Secretary-General of ASEAN Dato Lim Jock Hoi held a video conference with the Minister for Trade of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Yoo Myung Hee on Thursday, 26 March. Both parties exchanged information on the COVID-19 situation and measures that have been taken by ASEAN Member States and ROK. They [...]

1. The 27th Meeting of the ASEAN-EU Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) was held on Thursday,19 March 2020, in Jakarta. 2. At the meeting, ASEAN and EU officials recalled the depth of their partnership dating back to 1972, exemplified by the EU’s status as ASEAN's largest source of foreign investment, its second-largest trading partner, and ASEAN's [...]