• News & article

  The long wait for Asean is reaching its limits

  Oped, Published on 06/08/2021

  » Even though Asean may now get a mediation effort started in Myanmar, others who can play a role in helping to address immediate humanitarian needs, particularly related to Covid-19, must go ahead and assist where they can.

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  Asean speaks out on coup

  News, Editorial, Published on 26/04/2021

  » The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has reached another important milestone after the bloc's leaders reached a consensus on Saturday to end the crisis and violence in Myanmar.

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  Asean opting out of Rakhine efforts

  News, Published on 25/10/2019

  » When Asean foreign ministers last met in Bangkok on July 31 and discussed the Rakhine crisis, their conclusions reflected the lowest common denominator of the bloc's membership. Two years after the enforced mass exodus of more than 700,000 Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh, Asean is at risk of becoming irrelevant to the search for solutions.

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  Time to step up for the Rohingya

  News, Published on 16/09/2019

  » As world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly next week, it can be expected that the intractable Rakhine situation, along with the equally intractable South China Sea situation, will feature as prominent issues that define Southeast Asia.

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  Asean needs a viable Rakhine agenda

  News, Published on 19/08/2019

  » When Asean's Foreign Ministers met in Bangkok on July 31, they "reaffirmed their support for a more visible and enhanced role of Asean to support Myanmar in providing humanitarian assistance, facilitating the repatriation process [of the Rohingya] and promoting sustainable development".

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  No quick Asean fix for Rakhine state

  News, Published on 11/06/2019

  » When Asean's leaders meet in Bangkok for their summit on June 22-23, they will discuss a preliminary report about Myanmar by the Asean Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre).

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  OIC will push Myanmar to halt Rohingya crisis

  Published on 18/01/2017

  » KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's foreign minister said Wednesday that the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is expected to call for a halt to violence against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority and for the safe return of refugees.

• News & article

  Government claims OIC support

  News, Published on 13/01/2016

  » The secretary-general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed his appreciation for the Thai government's efforts to bring an end to the southern unrest, a junta spokesman said.

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  Japan promotes high-speed rail in Malaysia

  Published on 06/11/2015

  » KUALA LUMPUR — Japan's Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Keiichi Ishii has pitched his country's shinkansen bullet train system in his meeting with Malaysian regulators in Kuala Lumpur.

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  Myanmar needs Asean, UN help to fix Rohingya crisis

  News, Published on 18/05/2015

  » As every crisis unfolds, the true nature of its players is inevitably revealed in the choices made and the actions taken. A large number of people fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh to Southeast Asia presents governments and people of the region with an intricately complex problem, but we must choose to take responsible actions that will shape the legacies of this generation of leaders.  

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