ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM MEETINGS
AND ACTIVITIES (1994 - 1999)

Fifth ASEAN Regional Forum (May 1998 - April 1999)

Fifth ARF

20-22 May 1998 5th ARF SOM (Senior Officials Meeting) Manila,
PHILIPPINES
26-27 July 1998 5th ARF (Foreign Ministers Meeting) Manila,
PHILIPPINES

First Track
4-7 November 1998 Intersessional Support Group (ISG) on Confidence Building Measures (CBMS)
(Thailand and US)
Honolulu, HAWAII
3-5 March 1999 ISG on CBMS: Second Meeting
(Thailand and USA)
Bangkok,
THAILAND
11-14 April 1999 Intersessional Meeting (ISM) on Disaster Relief
(Russia and Viet Nam)
Moscow, RUSSIA
25-28 April 1999 ARF Track II Conference on Comprehensive Security and Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Vladivostok, RUSSIA

Expert Level
31 August - 3 September 1998 Seminar on the Production of Defence Policy Documents
(Australia and Malaysia)
Canberra,
AUSTRALIA
8-10 September 1998 Second Meeting of Heads of National Defence Colleges and Institutions
(Republic of Korea)
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Last half 1998 Disaster Relief Experts Group
(TBC)
TBC
19-23 October 1998 Workshop on Approaches to Training for Peacekeeping
(EU and Thailand)
Dublin, IRELAND
25-27 November 1998 Military Medicine Symposium on Tropical Medicine and Epidemic Control in Tropical Regions
(China)
Beijing, CHINA
November 1998 Meeting of Specialist Officials on Maritime Issues
(USA and Thailand)
Honolulu, HAWAII
22-26 March 1999 Peacekeeping Training Course
(Japan, Canada and Malaysia)
Tokyo, JAPAN
Northern Spring 1999 Regional Security Training Seminar for Foreign Affairs and Defence Officials
(USA)
Vladivastok,
RUSSIA
Last half 1998 ADPC Workshop on Common Principles of Disaster Management
(USA)
Bangkok, THAILAND