Author: Surin Pitsuwan, ASEAN Secretary-General

During his visit to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat in Jakarta on 4 March 2010, Kofi Anan, former United Nations Secretary General, commended ASEAN for having regained its profile in the international arena. This profile is something that needs to be nurtured further.

The world wants ASEAN to achieve, and become even more successful, so that it has one less region to worry about. Last October there was an appeal for China and East Asia to pull the world away from the economic crisis. Read more…