Tag: ASEAN Community
This is a make or break year for Myanmar
The world will be watching Myanmar more closely in 2015 as economic and political reforms launched in 2012 enter their third year. The past two years confirmed the enormity of the challenges as the nation embraces democracy. In 2015 as the bumpy road will only get bumpier. But Myanmar...
Myanmar refugees in Malaysia to attend ASEAN People’s Forum
Refugees from Myanmar staying in Malaysia plan to attend the ASEAN People’s Forum to be held in Malaysia from April 22 to 25, according to Salai Isaac Khen, a member of the Myanmar Civil Society Working Group, speaking at a press conference in Yangon on January 6.
7 January 2014...
Motion to hold Asean Youth Assembly passed
The Malaysian Youth Parliament (MYP) on Saturday passed a motion to hold the Asean Youth Assembly (AYA) to expand the role of youths in Asean countries.
Published on: Sunday, January 11, 2015
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Youth Parliament (MYP) on Saturday passed a motion to hold the Asean Youth Assembly (AYA)...
Vietnam Ready For Asean People Forum 2015
More than 30 delegates from Vietnam's civil society organisations gathered at a conference, the second of its kind, in Hanoi on Friday to get prepared for the Asean Civil Society Conference/Asean People Forum 2015, slated for April 22-25 in Malaysia, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.
HANOI, Jan 10 (Bernama) --...
Asean unveils plans for formal declaration of AEC
THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) for 2015 will focus on bringing down the remaining barriers to trade, face up to nontariff barriers and rising protectionism, and lay out a decade-long plan for economic growth in the sub-region.
Monday, January 12, 2015
THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) for...
Asean Community without Asean identity
The Asean Charter came into effect at the end of 2008, and now Asean leaders are talking about how to build a people-centered community to benefit all its 630 million residents. Their promise is being tested every single day as the deadline for the Asean Community (AC) approaches rapidly.
Kavi...
ASEAN’s Post-2015 Vision: Inclusive And Non-Elitist? – Analysis
2015 is the marker year for the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) to be realised. Whilst the focus will invariably be on the AEC, the formulation of a post-2015 ASEAN vision requires equal care and attention. It should be more inclusive and grass-roots driven.
January 15, 2015 RSIS
By RSIS
2015 is the...
Can Malaysia Shape ASEAN Beyond 2015?
As ASEAN chair, Malaysia can help make the group a truly people-centered community.
By Benny Teh Cheng Guan | January 22, 2015
Last month, Malaysia officially assumed the ASEAN chairmanship when the chairman’s gavel ceremoniously changed hands from Myanmar’s President Thein Sein to Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak in Myanmar’s capital...
Whither ASEAN Centrality?
The South China Sea dispute has been the main focus of this year’s ASEAN summit, which was held twice under Myanmar’s leadership. In a joint statement at the 24th and 25th ASEAN Summit, ASEAN leaders have expressed concerns over increased tension in South China Sea and further urged all...
Malaysia Confident ASEAN Will Be Economic Community in 2015
The 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, will be able to declare itself an economic community by the end of the year even though some thorny issues mostly about services are unlikely to be resolved, a top Malaysian minister said Thursday.
DAVOS, Switzerland — Jan 22, 2015, 11:01...
