ASEAN Secretariat News

Permanent Under-Secretary at the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Sir Simon McDonald, and British Ambassadors from ASEAN Member States, met with H.E. Hoang Anh Tuan, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community Department and H.E Aladdin D. Rillo, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Economic Community Department, to discuss ASEAN-UK cooperation, 10 January 2019 [...]

BANGKOK, 5 December 2018 - The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened the 2018 Dialogue to mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in the ASEAN Community from 3 to 5 December in Bangkok. It was the fourth annual dialogue conducted with a view to fostering the realisation of the rights of persons [...]

NAY PYI TAW, 19 December 2018 – The ASEAN Secretary-General Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Kung Phoak, and AHA Center Executive Director Adelina Kamal, met with high-ranking officials of key Myanmar and Rakhine State ministries on repatriation plans for displaced people in the state yesterday. The coordination meeting discussed [...]

BANGKOK, 18 December 2018 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) held the AICHR Forum on Access to Justice in Bangkok, Thailand on 17 to 18 December. It was the first event of the AICHR that focused on the broad theme of access to justice, combining interrelated topics that have been the subject [...]

SIEM REAP, 18 December 2018 – Around 100 young entrepreneurs from ASEAN and China convened at the 2nd ASEAN-China Young Entrepreneur Forum on 17-18 December in Siem Reap, Cambodia, to discuss the challenges of technology and innovation in business. In the forum themed  “Harnessing Technology and Innovation for Resilient SMEs Development,” the participants, about a [...]

“ASEAN Today” highlights the new car produced by Malaysia and China who teamed up to target Southeast Asia’s drivers in the December 2018 edition. Raissa Chentami, who anchors the programme from the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, also reports on how Singapore’s green belt bloomed, and the new Miss Universe from the Philippines. This is the [...]