Economic Ministers in Manila for Annual Meeting, 23-27 August 2007
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The Economic Ministers from the ten ASEAN Member Countries convene in Manila for the 39th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM), and related annual meetings, from 23 to 27 August 2007. At their meeting, the Economic Ministers endorsed the text of the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint and its Strategic Schedule and the text of the Declaration on the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint for signing by the ASEAN Leaders at the 13th ASEAN Summit in November 2007 in Singapore. In addition, the Ministers have endorsed the Roadmap for ASEAN Integration of the Logistics Services Sector as the twelfth priority sector for ASEAN integration, and signed the ASEAN Sectoral Integration Protocol for Logistic Services Sector and the Protocol to Amend Article 3 of the ASEAN Framework (Amendment) Agreement for the Integration of Priority Sectors. Following the 39th AEM, the ASEAN Economic Ministers will meet with their counterparts from Australia, China, the Republic of Korea (as part of the AEM Plus Three along with China and Japan), Japan and New Zealand over two days on 25-26 August 2007. The ASEAN Ministers will also convene a meeting of the ASEAN Mekong Basin Development Cooperation (AMBDC) on 27 August 2007. Prior to the 39th AEM, the ASEAN Investment Area (AIA) Council and the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) Council held their meetings on 23 August 2007. Outcome Documents from the 39th AEM Meeting and Related Meetings are below: Joint Media Statement of the Tenth ASEAN Investment Area (AIA) Council Meeting Joint Media Statement, Makati City, Philippines, 23 August 2007 Joint Media Statement of the Twenty-First Meeting of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) Council, Makati City, Philippines, 23 August 2007 Joint Media Statement of the Thirty-Ninth ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Meeting, Makati City, Philippines, 24 August 2007 Joint Media Statement of the Twelfth AEM-CER Consultations, Makati City, Philippines. 26 August 2007 Joint Media Statement of the Fourteenth Consultation between the ASEAN Economic Ministers and the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (AEM-METI), Makati City, Philippines, 25 August 2007 Joint Media Statement of the Tenth Consultations between the ASEAN Economic Ministers and the Ministers of People’s Republic of China, Japan and Republic Korea (AEM Plus Three), Makati City, Philippines, 25 August 2007 Joint Press Statement of the Sixth Consultations between the ASEAN Economic Ministers and the Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, Makati City, Philippines, 25 August 2007 (ASEAN Bulletin, ASEAN Official Website) | Latest News: Programmes worth Euro 10-M launched to enhance ASEAN-EU cooperation
Jakarta, Indonesia (16 July) -- Two new programmes to enhance ASEAN-EU Cooperation in the fields of Statistics and Border Management were agreed through the signing of Financing Agreements amounting to 6-million euros and 4.7-million euros respectively, by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Commission on 1 July 2008.
The EU-ASEAN Statistical Capacity Building Programme, a four-year programme, will support ASEAN integration by facilitating enhanced production of more accurate and relevant statistics for more evidence-based decision-making. (+) |
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