ASEAN will continue to engage with all segments of the ASEAN people, including the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Malaysia’s Foreign Ministry said.
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 17 (Bernama) –– ASEAN will continue to engage with all segments of the ASEAN people, including the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Malaysia’s Foreign Ministry said.
It said in a statement that the commitment was in line with the ASEAN desire to create a people-centred and people-oriented ASEAN.
“ASEAN appreciates the contribution of the CSOs in the ASEAN community-building process,” it said.
It said ministry secretary-general Datuk Othman Hashim on Tuesday received a Statement of the ASEAN Civil Society Conference and ASEAN People’s Forum 2015 (ACSC/APF), referred to as the CSOs Statement.
The statement from the ACSC/APF 2015 National Organising Committee was handed over to Malaysia as the Chairman of ASEAN on behalf of the ASEAN member states.
ACSC/APF is an annual forum of CSOs of ASEAN countries organised by the CSOs to discuss broad issues such as human rights, development, trade, environment, youth and culture affecting the ASEAN countries.
— BERNAMA