September 2021 | International Law Alerts | ASEAN

France and the United Kingdom are seeking the support of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to protect at least 30 percent of the world’s terrestrial and marine habitat by 2030 amid the unprecedented rate of biodiversity loss facing the planet.

The Indo-Pacific security pact between the United States, United Kingdom and Australia (AUKUS) does not change Canberra’s commitment to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), Australia’s envoy to the regional bloc said on Monday.

Saving the planet starts with the protection of marine ecosystems and as a region that covers almost half of the world’s water, countries in Southeast Asia play an important role in realizing this goal.

The Brunei diplomat appointed by a Southeast Asian regional bloc as its special envoy to Myanmar said on Saturday, September 4, he is still negotiating with the military on the terms of a visit and has sought access to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Malaysia on Saturday, September 18, expressed concerns that Australia’s plan to build nuclear-powered submarines under a new pact with Britain and the United States could catalyze a nuclear arms race in the Indo-Pacific region.

Economic Ministers from the 10-member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meet for the 53rd ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting through a virtual conference

The virtual Interface between the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) and the United Nations (UN) Delegation on 1 September 2021 was co-chaired by the Permanent Representative of Brunei Darussalam to ASEAN, H.E. Hairani Tajuddin, and the UN Assistant Secretary-General of Department for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations (DPPA-DPO), H.E. Khaled Khiari

The virtual ASEAN-United Nations (UN) Secretariat-to-Secretariat (S2S) Meeting on 3 September 2021 was co-chaired by the Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dato Lim Jock Hoi, and the UN Assistant Secretary-General of Department for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations (DPPA-DPO), H.E. Khaled Khiari

Today, ASEAN Member States and the United Kingdom (UK) met for the first AEM-UK Consultations and endorsed the Joint Ministerial Declaration on Future Economic Cooperation between ASEAN and the UK.

Senior officials from ASEAN and the EU gathered virtually today for the third EU-ASEAN High-Level Dialogue (HLD) on Environment and Climate Change, which was hosted by Brunei Darussalam.

Bandar Seri Begawan, 8 September 2021 – Today, the “ASEAN Investment Report 2020-2021: Investing in Industry 4.0” was launched during the Virtual Meeting of the ASEAN Economic Ministers – 24th ASEAN Investment Area Council (AEM – 24th AIAC) Meeting.

The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, hosted the ASEAN Human Rights Dialogue 2021 on 21 September 2021 via video conference.