Monday, March 26, 2012

Cambodia releases agenda of upcoming 20th ASEAN Summit

PHNOM PENH, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Foreign Ministry on Monday unveiled the agenda of the 20th ASEAN Summit and related ministerial meetings to be held here from March 30 to April 4.
It said the 20th ASEAN Summit will be chaired by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.
During the summit, the ASEAN leaders are expected to adopt documents including the Phnom Penh Declaration on ASEAN: One Community, One Destiny; the ASEAN Leaders' Declaration on Drug Free ASEAN 2015; and the Concept Paper on Global Movement of the Moderates.
In order to celebrate the 45th anniversary of ASEAN, the ASEAN leaders will also issue "Chairman's Statement on the 45th anniversary of ASEAN: The Way Forward".
In addition to the 20th ASEAN Summit, Cambodia will also host other related ministerial meetings including ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting; ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting with ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights; Meeting of Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Commission; 7th meeting of the ASEAN Political-Security Council; 7th meeting of the ASEAN Economic Community Council; 7th meeting of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council, and 10th meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council.
At the same time, the ASEAN Foreign Ministers will sign documents including ASEAN Statement on the Protocol to the Treaty on Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone, and Instrument of Incorporation of the Rules for Reference of Non-Compliance to the ASEAN Summit to the Protocol to the ASEAN Charter on Dispute Settlement Mechanisms.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

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