April 2021 | International Law Alerts | ASEAN

 

For the fourth consecutive year, leading global life insurer Manulife is one of the recipients of the Asean Corporate Governance (ACGS) Golden Arrow Awards by The Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), a non-profit organization dedicated to the professionalization of corporate directorship.

The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened its 33rd Meeting on 6-8 April 2021 via videoconference. The Meeting was chaired by H.E Hajah Nor Hashimah Haji Mohammed Taib, Representative of Brunei Darussalam to AICHR, and was attended by Representatives/Alternate Representatives of AICHR, and the ASEAN Secretariat.

SEN. Ana Theresia Hontiveros has urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to seek the cooperation of the Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) amid continued Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

ASEAN and Italy convened the inaugural ASEAN-Italy Development Partnership Committee (AI-DPC) meeting today. The meeting took place online, marking the launch of ASEAN-Italy formal partnership. where both sides identified a number of mutually beneficial projects and programmes of cooperation.

President Rodrigo Duterte will not attend the summit of leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in Jakarta, Indonesia this weekend, Malacañang announced on Thursday.

The Philippines and other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) countries must take immediate action against climate change to avoid economic risks in the long run, according to banking giant HSBC.

A panel of regional experts at a recent webinar on Resilient Global Value Chains in the post-pandemic “new normal” reiterated the call for more globalization, not less. It comes on the heels of a major realization the post-pandemic world will most likely lead to reconfiguration of global value chains and tech tensions as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) prepares to be more competitive and resilient.

The leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have agreed to use their common fund to procure vaccines for their constituents and hasten the region’s recovery from the effects of Covid-19.

The 2nd EU-ASEAN Workshop on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) took place virtually over two days with speakers and participants including transport officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States (AMS) and the European Union (EU), ASEAN Secretariat, ITS experts and practitioners from Europe and ASEAN regions.

The Second ASEAN Sectoral Bodies and the Stakeholders Consultative Workshops on the Consolidated Strategy on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) for ASEAN took place on 27 and 29 April, respectively, via videoconference.