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ASEAN Steering Committee holds meet
- Subject: ASEAN Steering Committee holds meet
- From: OKKAR66129@xxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 21:47:00
Subject: ASEAN Steering Committee holds meeting
ASEAN Steering Committee holds meeting
YANGON, 12 July-Meeting No 2/99 of ASEAN Steering Committee was held in the
meeting hall of Commander-in-Chief (Army) of the Ministry of Defence this
evening, attended by Chairman of ASEAN Steering committee Secretary-l of the
State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt.
Then, Minister U Win Aung reported on matters related to 32nd meeting of
ASEAN foreign ministers and other related meetings, the ASEAN news bulletin
and the meetings which officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attended.
Afterwards, Minister Brig-Gen Abel reported on ASEAN economic cooperation and
meetings.
Then, ministers, the auditor-general and deputy ministers reported on ASEAN
meetings which officials of the respective departments attended.
Deputy Minister for Energy U Tin Tun also reported on energy matters related
to ASEAN.
Later, Deputy Minister U Khin Maung Win reported on appointment of staff at
the ASEAN Secretariat.
Deputy Minister U Tin Tun then reported on formation of a national committee
on cooperation in the energy sector with BIMST-EC.
In his address, the Secretary-l said after becoming a member of ASEAN,
Myanmar is actively participating and cooperating in activities of ASEAN.
Therefore, not long after becoming an ASEAN member, Myanmar is actively
attending the ASEAN meetings; so also did it manage to host ministerial
meetings, senior officers meetings and ASEAN meetings of NGOs.
As Myanmar managed to host ASEAN meetings, the international community can
know the objective condition of Myanmar through those who attended such
meetings, and it accentuates Myanmar?s skilful performance of hosting
international-level meetings.
Furthermore, intellectuals and intelligentsia of Myanmar could acquire
knowledge and experience of international-level meetings.
In conclusion, the Secretary-l urged all to cooperate with respective
ministries with a view to enabling Myanmar to speed up the momentum of active
participation in the ASEAN and to actively take part in ministerial and
senior officers meetings as well as ASEAN summit to be held soon.
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