ASEAN Secretariat
During the year under review, the
ASEAN Secretariat was actively involved in the
preparation for the Third ASEAN Summit.
Attendance at ASEAN Meetings
The Secretary-General and officers of
the ASEAN Secretariat took part in the various
meetings of the High Level Steering Committee
(HLSC) and its Issues Committees. They prepared
relevant working papers for the consideration of
the Issues Committees and assisted member countries
in finalizing the papers of some of the Issues
Committees.
The staff of the ASEAN Secretariat also
attended Ministerial Meetings, annual dialogues,
meetings of the ASEAN Standing Committee,
ASEAN functional committees and some of their
subsidiary bodies. They acted as resource persons,
provided relevant inputs as well as assisted in the
meetings hosted by the respective countries.
Venue of ASEAN Meetings
The ASEAN Secretariat hosted the
following ASEAN meetings during the year:
a) 12th Meeting of the ASEAN Audit
Committee, 11 - 14 January 1988;
b) 8th Meeting of the Advisory Group of
the ASEAN Cultural Fund, 1 - 2
March 1988; and
c) 11th Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on Budget, 11 - 14 April 1988
The Secretariat was the venue of the
Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment
held on 29 - 30 October 1987, during which
the Jakarta Resolution on Sustainable Development was adopted.
Administration of ASEAN Trust Funds
The ASEAN Secretariat continued to manage and administer the following funds:
a) ASEAN Cultural Fund Operational Account;
b) Japan Scholarship Fund for ASEAN Youth;
c) ASEAN Regional Studies Promotion Programme (ARSPP);
d) Japan - ASEAN Cooperation Promotion Programme (JACPP);
e) Canadian Technical Assistance (Library Fund).
Commemoration of 20th Anniversary of ASEAN
To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of ASEAN,
ASEAN Day celebrations featured various events
of significance. A flag-raising ceremony was held
on 8 August 1987 at the premises of the ASEAN
Secretariat. The Secretary-General hosted a reception
in the same evening.
For the occasion, the Secretary-General
of the ASEAN Secretariat issued an ASEAN Day
Message on 8 August 1987. The; message was
featured prominently in the local news media in
Indonesia as well as the other ASEAN member
countries.
Information Services
Dissemination of information on the
activities of ASEAN to the general public has
been done mainly through publications of the
ASEAN Secretariat. The members of the staff at
the Secretariat also gave talks and briefings to
visitors, journalists, researchers and groups of
university students. Discussions and briefings
were also held for politicians and members of
national defence colleges from various countries.
Over 200 university students from
Indonesia, Japan and the U.S.A. visited the
ASEAN Secretariat on several occasions. They
were briefed on ASEAN background and various
aspects of ASEAN cooperation by the Public
Information Officer. Films about ASEAN were
sometimes presented to them. Publications on
ASEAN were also distributed to the students and
their universities during these visits. Briefings and
discussions also took place among the ASEAN
Secretariat staff and scholars or academics
conducting research on ASEAN.
A number of publications were produced
to mark the 20th anniversary of ASEAN. One of
the publications was "ASEAN: The First 20
Years" which was first released during the Third
Meeting of ASEAN Heads of Government in
Manila.
Other publications produced by the
ASEAN Secretariat included:
a) The Annual Report of the ASEAN
Standing Committee, 1986 - 1987;
b) Statements of the 20th ASEAN
Ministerial Meeting and Post Ministerial
Conferences with the Dialogue
Partners, Singapore 1987;
c) ASEAN Newsletter - six bimonthly
issues;
d) ASEAN Information Series
(occasional publication) - one issue
on: An Overview of ASEAN;
e) Statements by ASEAN Foreign
Ministers at ASEAN Ministerial
Meeting 1967 - 1987 (20th anniversary publication);
f) Meeting of the ASEAN Heads of
Government and Meeting of the
ASEAN Heads of Government and the
Prime Minister of Japan, Manila,
December 1987;
g) ASEAN Documents Series, 3rd
Edition, 1967 - 1988 (20th
anniversary publication);
h) Monthly Calendar of ASEAN
Meetings;
i) Monthly Selected Press Clippings on
ASEAN News and Views - 12 issues
(only for selective distribution).