Program Ruang Bicara bersama Tan Sri KSN

ASEAN and UN Reaffirm Strong Institutional Cooperation

sumber: www.asean.org

 

JAKARTA, 30 June 2015- The UN and ASEAN will continue to strengthen cooperation and institutional ties within the framework of the Joint Declaration on Comprehensive Partnership between the two organisations signed in 2011. The importance of the ASEAN-UN relations was reaffirmed during the meeting of the recently appointed UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, H.E. Miroslav Jenča and H.E. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN, on 26 June at the ASEAN Secretariat. Both sides agreed to work towards realising the full potential of the Partnership.

SG Minh warmly welcomed Assistant Secretary-General Jenča and thanked him for visiting the ASEAN Secretariat soon after assuming office in May 2015. This reflected the importance the UN accorded to ASEAN, and in particular, Mr Jenca's commitment to work with the ASEAN Secretariat to further expand and deepen ASEAN-UN cooperation.

SG Minh and Mr Jenča had a good exchange of views on the way forward to further strengthen ASEAN-UN relations, including a review of the Comprehensive Partnership and streamlining the various cooperation mechanisms. Both sides agreed to consider formulating a long-term plan for ASEAN-UN cooperation, taking into account ASEAN Community Building Post-2015 and the UN's Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Recognising ASEAN's important role in promoting regional peace and stability, Mr Jenča looked forward to further collaborating with ASEAN in various areas of mutual interest under the political-security pillar, including strengthening cooperation to address transnational threats such as maritime security, violent extremism and international terrorism, trafficking in persons and people smuggling.

Secretary-General Minh expressed appreciation to the UN and its Agencies for the valuable experience and expertise extended to the ASEAN Secretariat over the past years. Noting that institutional collaboration is an important pillar of ASEAN-UN cooperation, SG Minh and Mr Jenča discussed several initiatives to further strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of the ASEAN Secretariat to meet new responsibilities and future challenges.

ASEAN-UN cooperation started in the 1970s and has since expanded rapidly. ASEAN and its Sectoral Bodies now have working relationships with more than 50 UN Agencies. The Joint Declaration on Comprehensive Partnership between ASEAN and the UN, signed in 2011, serves as an overarching framework for cooperation between the two organisations.

Pameran ASEAN di Perpustakaan Negara

TAHNIAH PARA PEMENANG KUIZ ASEAN 2015!!!!

Akhirnya, Pertandingan Kuiz ASEAN Khas 2015 telah menemui pemenangnya!!!

Tahniah kepada para pemenang!!!

Johan : Amirah Ahmad Lotfi

Naib Johan : Mohd Khaidzir Farhan Abidin

Ketiga : Lee Jun Xin

RUJUKAN PESERTA KUIZ ASEAN 2015

 Untuk rujukan informasi ASEAN, antara laman web yang boleh dilayari adalah seperti berikut:

1. http://www.asean.org/archive/publications/ASEAN-Charter.pdf
2. www.asean.org
3.  http://asean2015.gov.my/

Hadiah menarik menanti para pemenang Kuiz ASEAN Khas 2015

KUIZ ASEAN KHAS BELIA 2015

Assalamualaikum dan salam 1Malaysia,

Jabatan Penerangan dengan kerjasama Majlis Belia Malaysia akan menganjurkan program Kuiz ASEAN khas untuk Belia 2015. Pendaftaran akan dibuka mulai 1 -21 Mac 2015 secara atas talian di www.penerangan.gov.my. 

Syarat-syarat penyertaan:

1.   Warganegara Malaysia.

2.   Penyertaan dibuka kepada semua BELIA yang berumur 18 hingga 30 tahun.  

3.   Tiada had maksimum jumlah penyertaan bagi setiap negeri. 

4.   Pendaftaran mesti dibuat secara atas talian di Laman Web Jabatan Penerangan Malaysia iaitu www.penerangan.gov.my bermula pada 1 Mac 2015 - 21 Mac 2015.

5. Peserta wajib mempunyai emel sendiri.Link untuk menjawab soalan akan diberikan melalui emel yang berjaya didaftarkan.

6.   Semua peserta bertanding atas nama individu.

7. Peserta adalah digalakkan menjawab soalan menggunakan PC atau laptop.  Penggunaan telefon pintar adalah dibenarkan.  Walaubagaimanapun, semasa menjawab soalan peserta dinasihatkan supaya tidak menjawab panggilan kerana ia akan menyebabkan talian terputus dan peserta perlu menjawab semula soalan bermula dari nombor 1. Penganjur TIDAK bertanggungjawab jika perkara ini berlaku.

8.  Peserta wajib mematuhi peraturan-peraturan pertandingan yang ditetapkan oleh urus setia dari semasa ke semasa.

9. Kakitangan Jabatan Penerangan Malaysia adalah tidak dibenarkan menyertai pertandingan ini.            

10. Keputusan panel Juri adalah MUKTAMAD.

KONSEP PERTANDINGAN

Kaedah Pertandingan:

1.1       Peringkat Saringan (seluruh negara)

i.              Kuiz ASEAN secara atas talian

ii.            30 soalan aneka pilihan, 10 soalan betul/salah, 1 slogan (tidak melebihi 25 patah perkataan), masa diberi 30 minit untuk menjawab semua soalan. Soalan disediakan di dalam Bahasa Malaysia.

iii.           Peserta boleh akses soalan melalui URL yang akan diberi melalui emel.

iv.           30 Peserta dengan markah tertinggi dan slogan terbaik akan mara ke peringkat separuh akhir.

2             Peringkat Separuh Akhir

i.              Tiga Puluh (30) peserta terbaik peringkat saringan akan bertanding di peringkat separuh akhir berkonsepkan TED Talks (Pengucapan awam)

ii.            Tajuk akan diberi lebih awal, masa menyampaikan pidato sekitar 10 minit. Sesi Ted Talks dijalankan dalam Bahasa Malaysia.

iii.           Pertandingan akan diadakan di Putrajaya (cadangan).

iv.           10 Peserta dengan markah tertinggi akan mara ke peringkat akhir.
 

3     Peringkat Akhir

i.              Sepuluh (10) peserta terbaik peringkat separuh akhir akan bertanding di peringkat  akhir berkonsepkan TED Talks (pengucapan awam)

ii.            Tajuk akan diberi lebih awal, masa menyampaikan pidato sekitar 10 - 15 minit. Sesi Ted Talks dijalankan dalam Bahasa Malaysia.

iii.           Pertandingan akhir akan diadakan di Putrajaya (cadangan).

Malaysia’s ASEAN chairmanship priorities all in order

Author: Daniel Wu, Pacific Forum CSIS

ASEAN needs a ready and capable steward in 2015 and Malaysia looks to be in the right place at the right time. Malaysia has made clear that realising the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by the end of the year will be its main goal for its 2015 chairmanship of ASEAN. In this regard, a recent essay by Malaysia’s Minister of International Trade and Industry Mustapa Mohamed provides subtle but significant indicators of the government’s leadership objectives and the approach to accomplish this. While the essay by no means represents a definitive official policy statement, it provides an encouraging affirmation of the growing need to address non-tariff measures (NTMs) and to galvanise the concept of an ASEAN identity.

First, Minister Mustapa makes clear that Malaysia will not avoid the crucial and politically sensitive task of addressing protectionist measures imposed by other ASEAN members. If successful here, Malaysia’s effort could help set expectations for a new standard of behaviour. This would help mitigate and nullify the most significant challenge that stands in ASEAN’s way to realising a region characterised by ‘free movement of goods, services, investment, skilled labour, and freer flow of capital’.
Protectionism in ASEAN — such as local content requirements, mandatory product standards and import restrictions — is rampant, and this is most remarkable for the trade in goods. Binding tariff elimination commitments under the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) has resulted in duty-free treatment for more than 90 percent of tariff lines. ASEAN members generally have little recourse to shield unprepared or nascent local manufacturing industries from exposure towards the AEC.
Consequently, the number of NTMs imposed has grown even though they contravene the goals of the AEC and distort intra-regional trade. Despite commitments under the ATIGA to identify and eliminate NTMs, little to no progress has been made. Malaysia’s plans to prioritise this issue can help set the tone and momentum for ASEAN to conduct a serious and honest examination on NTMs.
Second, as Minister Mustapa rightly highlights, misinformation means there is persistent scepticism — especially from industry — about the tangible benefits (and costs) of liberalisation measures under the AEC. Consequently, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has stated that under Malaysia’s leadership, ‘the people must understand what actually ASEAN is and what ASEAN is doing’.
There has already been an effort to address the information gap. In November 2014, ASEAN foreign ministers launched the ASEAN Communication Master Plan (ACMP) to provide a framework for communicating the character, structure and overall vision of ASEAN to its stakeholders. While the publication sets a useful baseline, Malaysia’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) could help upgrade this effort. It could push for precise and actionable information to all of ASEAN, particularly concerning market access opportunities and preferential treatment from the AEC. Leading by example, MITI’s ‘Promoting Trade’ webpage is arguably one of the most updated and comprehensive sources of public information on trade agreements available today.
Malaysia will also seek to lead ASEAN in overcoming the rising backlash of nationalism against liberalisation under the AEC. The AEC has a public relations problem that has arisen not from the nature of free trade but from the way ASEAN member states have packaged it. Citizens feel disenfranchised and overlooked by the AEC.
Governments need to apply narrative that registers with the public and leads to a sense of ownership. In the near term, ASEAN will need to carefully assess and methodically build popular support for the next phase of the ASEAN integration process. Success will be essential for the ASEAN members to build support for greater economic integration under AEC 2025, which envisions an emphasis on a green economy, greater connectivity and common positions on global issues.
Finally, referring to the institution’s longstanding consensus-based and non-confrontational working style, Minister Mustapa stresses that the ASEAN processes will continue in the ‘ASEAN way’. This principle, which effectively grants veto power to each ASEAN member state, has met numerous criticisms. But it has helped ASEAN pursue regional liberalisation and integration, while ensuring that less-developed economies have an equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from them.
It is worth noting that Article 21(2) of the ASEAN Charter allows a sub-group of ASEAN member states to move forward on a regional effort if there is consensus to do so. While applications have been limited, the risk of creating a fragmented two-track, two-speed system remains. Certain ASEAN member states have continually lagged behind and have no capacity to participate in or debate different approaches. Malaysia’s back-to-basics approach through the ‘ASEAN way’ may reflect the interest in ensuring all ASEAN members are fully on board for future major regional integration efforts. More importantly, they will have the roadmap and resources to do so at the outset.
It would be unrealistic to expect Malaysia to overcome several years’ worth of delays and disagreements over non-compliance in the AEC implementation process. But MITI’s clear perspective on the leadership ASEAN needs provides a basis for optimism that ASEAN can focus its will and resources to implement the ‘last mile’ integration measures the region needs in 2015.
Daniel Wu is an international trade analyst based in Bangkok and a Non-Resident WSD-Handa fellow with Pacific Forum CSIS. All views expressed here are his own. 

source: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2015/02/12/malaysias-asean-chairmanship-priorities-all-in-order/ 

Malaysia, Indonesia to pursue single time zone for ASEAN

Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/malaysia-indonesia-to/1641214.html

The plan to bring all of ASEAN under one common time zone instead of three has been supported in a joint news conference with the leaders of Malaysia and Indonesia.

Map showing different colours for different time zones across Asia. (Image: GraphicMaps.com)

KUALA LUMPUR: The leaders of Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to pursue a single time zone for countries in the ASEAN region.
Speaking to reporters in Kuala Lumpur, Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said the idea would "enhance the spirit of ASEAN solidarity".
There are currently three different time zones spanning ASEAN – a 90-minute time difference between Myanmar in the west and Singapore and Malaysia in the east.
Indonesia is divided over the three time zones despite previous plans to implement a single zone for the country.
Singapore Foreign Minister K Shanmugam has previously indicated support for the idea, which was also discussed at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat in Kota Kinabalu on Jan 28.
Supporters say a single time zone would make regional banking more efficient, with coordinated opening times for banks and stock markets.

LAMAN WEB RASMI ASEAN MALAYSIA 2015

 Laman web rasmi kepengerusian ASEAN oleh Malaysia boleh dilayari di:

http://asean2015.gov.my/

Malaysia to establish Asean Community by end of the year

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 21 — Malaysia as the chairman of Asean 2015 is set to create the Asean Community by December 31 this year, said Asean-Malaysia National Secretariat (AMNS) deputy director-general, Mohd Zamruni Khalid.

He said establishing the ........
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/malaysia-to-establish-asean-community-by-end-of-the-year#sthash.Q0EC4cgY

ASEAN COMMUNITY 2015

MALAYSIA - CHAIRMAN OF ASEAN 2015

Malaysia Pengerusi ASEAN 2015

6th ASEAN QUIZ PREPARATORY MEETING : 22 - 25 JUNE 2014, HANOI, VIET NAM

Officers from International Relations Division, Information Department Malaysia attended 2 days meeting on ASEAN Quiz Regional Level in Candle Hotel, Ha Noi, Vietnam.

Mr Trieu Minh Long, Chairman of  ASEAN-COCI SCI Viet Nam.

Vice President of Viet Nam Television

AMRI Meeting in Myanmar attended by Deputy Minister of KKMM : 12 June 2014

Penyerahan tugas kepengerusian AMRI kepada Myanmar selepas Malaysia memegang peranan pengerusi AMRI selama 2 tahun. 

ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information Meeting in Myanmar - 10 Jun 2014

YBhg Dato' Haji Ibrahim Abdul Rahman, Director General of Information Dept Malaysia is attending the 12th SOMRI AMRI Meeting in Myanmar.

pictures * taken from FB Ybhg Dato' Haji Ibrahim Abdul Rahman

Tahniah Dato' Hj Ibrahim Abdul Rahman, Ketua Pengarah Penerangan Malaysia!

*Taken from fb Dato' Ibrahim Abdul Rahman*

Being awarded the Best ASEAN Member Countries Public Relations Practitioners by the Lembaga Akredetasi Indonesia and London School of Public Relations Jakarta.

ASEAN YOUTH COMPETITION ON ARTS & HUMAN RIGHTS