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People Daily (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will not intervene into the diplomatic tension between Thailand and Cambodia as this is an internal matter, ASEAN secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan said Wednesday. The diplomatic problem has occurred after Cambodia appointed ousted former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic advisor to Cambodia's government and Prime Minister...
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PalaungNLD (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... release Suu Kyi and Burma’s other 2,100 political prisoners. The ASEAN general secretary, Surin Pitsuwan, quoted Thein Sein as saying that Washington’s new era of engagement with Burma "will be a new chapter in the relationship to all the countries in the region". However, the lack of a mention for Burma’s political prisoners in the ASEAN statement has...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... with Myanmar,” Mr. Lee, who hosted Sunday’s U.S.-Asean Summit, said. Asean Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan told The Hindu that the summit marked “a very positive movement forward.” On Myanmar’s presence at the meeting co-chaired by Mr. Obama and Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Mr. Surin said, “the U.S., for the first time, does not make it an issue.”
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Sky News (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
"It will be a new chapter in the relationship with all the countries in the region," Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General of the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean), quoted him as saying.
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The Association of the Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) supports Asia as the agent of change for the climate, the top official of the body said on Monday. "It will be catastrophe if we do nothing," the ASEAN's Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan told ambassadors for the body in a briefing. According to Surin, sea level has increased 70 percent compared to years ago while at...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The Secretary-General of ASEAN, Surin Pitsuwan, has appealed Cambodia and Thailand to exercise maximum restraint and asked ASEAN foreign ministers to assist the two countries to end the dispute. Surin informed the ministers that he has received many inquiries and expressions of concern from ASEAN's Dialogue Partners and friends over the apparent deterioration of relations between...
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The Morningside Post (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... — require institutions, leadership, policies that promote collaboration and shared solutions. Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), asked how to build and sustain institutions to deal with these emerging challenges and called for the young generation to start thinking and start adopting a “global awareness” that recognizes our shared...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... where free flow of goods is one of its major objectives," said the body's Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan before ambassadors for the organization in a b ...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The Association of the Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) said on Monday that conflict between two of its members, Thailand and Cambodia, has triggered anxiety in the organization. "This is not just a border dispute anymore because it has caused anxiety in ASEAN and could affect the image and profile of the body," the Secretary-General of ASEAN Surin Pitsuwan told ambassadors for...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The Association of the Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) can increase its profile before the world's eye by playing a leading role for global and regional communities, the top official of the body said here on Monday. The ASEAN's Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan said that to gain the achievement could only conducted by hard work in promoting full integration and unity. "Five of G20...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... we have many natural disasters recently in our territory," said the ASEAN's Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan told ambassadors for the body in a briefing. ...
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Business Week (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... that he wants to listen to the regional states, and work with the regional organizations," says Surin Pitsuwan, the ASEAN Secretary General.The U.S. is just as keen to have a successful meeting. Closer U.S.-ASEAN coordination matters more now than ever, as keeps growing. The mainland has replaced the U.S. as the largest trading partner for several Asian countries. Next year, ASEAN...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
The Secretary General of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat Dr. Surin Pitsuwan said that the secretariat can provide platform for researchers, scholars and policy makers to work together in seeking solutions to climate change, the Antara news agency reported here on Saturday. "Our task is to translate all these policies and strategies into actions. Seeking...
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Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... of the APEC symposium, Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo said that ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan had called him on the subject two days ago. Dr Surin had also written to ASEAN foreign ministers urging both parties to find a way to resolve their problems. Mr Yeo said member countries are concerned about the bilateral issue and hope they would exercise restraint....
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... hopes to engage it to push for change. ASEAN encourages that new policy.ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan says improved U.S. engagement with not only Burma but all of Asia is infusing a new energy into the region."The last eight years or the last nine years, we haven't seen much willingness on the part of the U.S.," said Pitsuwan, "Maybe because the U.S. has been preoccupied...
