World TB Day is observed on the 24th of March annually. Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s deadliest infectious killer. Every day, almost 30,000 people fall ill due to TB and over 4,000 people lose their lives to TB. Global efforts to combat TB have save an estimated 58 million lives since TB is a preventable and [...]
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) convened a video conference on Friday, 20 March 2020 to discuss the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The video conference was co-chaired by Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan and Senior Minister of State for Health and Transport Dr Lam Pin Min, [...]
WE, the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM), gathered in Da Nang, Viet Nam, on 10 March 2020 for the 26th AEM Retreat: EXPRESS our deep concern over the outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has affected the lives of peoples as well as economies around the world; Download the full statement here. [...]
The Special Meeting of the Senior Officials’ Committee for the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council (SOCA) on the Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the ASCC Blueprint 2025 was successfully convened back-to-back with the SOCA Retreat in Da Lat City, Viet Nam on 24-25 February 2020. The Meeting was chaired by Dr. Ha Thi Minh Duc, as [...]
1. The ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) held a Special Meeting on 20 February 2020 in Vientiane, Lao PDR to discuss follow-up actions to the ASEAN Chairman’s Statement on ASEAN collective response to the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). 2. The Ministers emphasized the importance of ASEAN solidarity and unity to effectively respond to challenges from the outbreak [...]
We, the Foreign Ministers of ASEAN and the People’s Republic of China, met in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, on 20 February 2020 for the Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19); NOTING the ASEAN Chairman’s Statement on ASEAN collective response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 issued on 14 February 2020, [...]
