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ASEAN moving toward achieving goal: Thai PM
PHUKET, July 20 (TNA) - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries, through joint effort and collective action, are reaching their goals to create better future for a community of diverse nations and peoples, according to Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
Mr. Abhisit, in his keynote speech opening the 42th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Phuket, said when Thailand assumed the chairmanship of ASEAN last July, the country set three important goals to achieve, and it is attaining them.
The three goals were implementing the ASEAN Charter, building ASEAN as a people-oriented organisation, and making it an effective organisation to meet challenges at regional and international levels, he said.
In implementing the ASEAN Charter, making the regional pact a more rules-based organisation, the Thai premier said "ASEAN is creating dispute settlement mechanisms, developing new organs including a Committee of Permanent Representatives, setting in motion various Community Councils that will drive (its) community-building forward under the Cha-am Hua Hin Roadmap for an ASEAN Community (inspired by the example of the European economic community)".
Meanwhile, he said ASEAN is also “on track and on time” to launch the ASEAN human rights body at the upcoming summit in October.
Mr. Abhisit said in the past year, ASEAN has done much collectively to ensure human security and safeguard the welfare of the peoples of the region, including multilateralising the Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI) against protectionism; and to work closely with the international community, such as the G-20 economic grouping, to bring about global economic recovery.
In response to the outbreak of Influenza A (H1N1), he said, the organisation quickly convened an ASEAN Plus Three Health Ministers’ Special Meeting in Bangkok.
ASEAN will continue moving toward becoming an economic community by 2015, the Thai prime minister said, adding that in Thailand's view, “the ASEAN Community should be a community of action, connectivity and peoples.”
Thailand is hosting the 42nd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM), the Post Ministerial Conferences (PMC) and the 16th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) from last Friday and through Thursday.
In October, he said, Thailand will host the 15th ASEAN and related summits and in December, Thailand will pass on its chairmanship to Vietnam. (TNA)
Mr. Abhisit, in his keynote speech opening the 42th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Phuket, said when Thailand assumed the chairmanship of ASEAN last July, the country set three important goals to achieve, and it is attaining them.
The three goals were implementing the ASEAN Charter, building ASEAN as a people-oriented organisation, and making it an effective organisation to meet challenges at regional and international levels, he said.
In implementing the ASEAN Charter, making the regional pact a more rules-based organisation, the Thai premier said "ASEAN is creating dispute settlement mechanisms, developing new organs including a Committee of Permanent Representatives, setting in motion various Community Councils that will drive (its) community-building forward under the Cha-am Hua Hin Roadmap for an ASEAN Community (inspired by the example of the European economic community)".
Meanwhile, he said ASEAN is also “on track and on time” to launch the ASEAN human rights body at the upcoming summit in October.
Mr. Abhisit said in the past year, ASEAN has done much collectively to ensure human security and safeguard the welfare of the peoples of the region, including multilateralising the Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI) against protectionism; and to work closely with the international community, such as the G-20 economic grouping, to bring about global economic recovery.
In response to the outbreak of Influenza A (H1N1), he said, the organisation quickly convened an ASEAN Plus Three Health Ministers’ Special Meeting in Bangkok.
ASEAN will continue moving toward becoming an economic community by 2015, the Thai prime minister said, adding that in Thailand's view, “the ASEAN Community should be a community of action, connectivity and peoples.”
Thailand is hosting the 42nd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM), the Post Ministerial Conferences (PMC) and the 16th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) from last Friday and through Thursday.
In October, he said, Thailand will host the 15th ASEAN and related summits and in December, Thailand will pass on its chairmanship to Vietnam. (TNA)
