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REPUBLIK INDONESIAke ASEAN Leaders’ Interface with Representatives

of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA)During the 34th ASEAN Summit

21 - 23 Juni 2019 di Bangkok, Thailand

BKSAP 2019

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LAPORAN DELEGASI DPR-RI KE

ASEAN LEADERS’ INTERFACE WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ASEAN INTER- PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY (AIPA)

DURING THE 34TH ASEAN SUMMIT

Tanggal 21 – 23 April 2017 di Bangkok, Kerajaan Thailand

I. PENDAHULUAN

ASEAN Leaders’ Interface with Representatives of the ASEAN Inter Parliamentary

Assembly (AIPA) during the 34th ASEAN Summit yang telah diselenggarakan di

Bangkok pada tanggal 21-23 Juni 2019 merupakan rangkaian pertemuan Konferensi

Tingkat Tinggi (KTT) ASEAN ke-34. Adapun KTT yang dipimpin oleh H.E. Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Perdana Menteri Thailand/Ketua Organisasi ASEAN, dihadiri oleh Kepala Negara/Pemerintahan Negara Anggota ASEAN, Presiden AIPA dan para

Delegasi Parlemen Negara-negara Anggota AIPA.

AIPA Preparatory Meeting dilaksanakan pada tanggal 21 April 2017 yang bertujuan

membahas dan memfinalisasi kembali masukan-masukan dari seluruh Delegasi

negara-negara anggota AIPA terhadap AIPA Message Presiden AIPA. Dalam

pertemuan ini ditekankan bahwa Parlemen yang kuat akan mampu memberikan

pondasi yang kokoh bagi demokrasi. Parlemen yang berfungsi dengan baik serta

memiliki kredibiltas, kehormatan, dan kejujuran dapat menciptakan demokrasi yang

memiliki kestabilan politik dan akan berdampak besar terhadap pembangunan sosial

dan ekonomi. Diantara tiga pilar ASEAN, Sosial, Budaya dan Masyarakat,

masyarakat lah yang paling terkait langsung dengan warga ASEAN. Oleh karena itu,

Parlemen lah yang bisa memperkuat rasa memiliki dari masyarakat ASEAN.

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II. DASAR PENGIRIMAN DELEGASI

Delegasi DPR RI ke ASEAN Leaders’ Interface with Representatives of the ASEAN

Inter Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) during the 34th ASEAN Summit tanggal 21-23

Juni 2019 di Bangkok Thailand berdasarkan Surat Keputusan Pimpinan Dewan

Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia Nomor: 87/PIMP/V/2018-2019 tanggal 20 Juni

2019, diwakili oleh Yth. Ir. H. Satya Widya Yudha, ME, M.Sc., FPG/Wakil Ketua

Komisi I DPR RI.

III. PROGRAM SIDANG

20 Juni 2019 Kedatangan Delegasi

21 Juni 2019 The AIPA Preparatory Meeting of the AIPA Delegates chaired by

H.E.. Chuan Leekpai, President of the National Assembly of the

Kingdom of Thailand and Presiden of The ASEAN Inter-

Parliamentary Assembly.

22 Juni 2019 - Meeting of AIPA – ASEAN Interface

- Bilateral Meeting Ir. H. Satya Widya Yudha, ME, M.Sc with H.E..

Chuan Leekpai, President of the National Assembly of the

Kingdom of Thailand and Presiden of The ASEAN Inter-

Parliamentary Assembly

23 Juni 2019 - Opening Ceremony of the 34th ASEAN Summit

- Kepulangan Delegasi

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IV. ISI LAPORAN AIPA Preparatory Meeting

Preparatory Meeting dipimpin oleh Presiden AIPA, Ketua Parlemen Thailand, H.E.

Chuan Leekpai Sebelum pertemuan antara ASEAN Leaders dan AIPA Representatives, telah

dilaksanakan AIPA Preparatory Meeting pada tanggal 21 Juni 2019 di Hotel

Intercontinental, Bangkok. Preparatory Meeting tersebut bertujuan memfinalisasi dan

membahas kembali masukan-masukan dari seluruh Delegasi negara-negara anggota

AIPA terhadap AIPA Message Presiden AIPA, yang sebelumnya telah didistribusikan

ke masing-masing Parlemen negara anggota AIPA.

Agenda utama pertemuan ini adalah untuk membahas dan mematangkan

Pernyataan Bersama Parlemen Anggota AIPA (AIPA Message) untuk disampaikan

kepada Presiden AIPA pada Pertemuan Tatap Muka Pemimpin ASEAN, sebuah

pertemuan antara Kepala Pemerintahan/Negara ASEAN dengan Ketua

Parlemen/Wakil Ketua Parlemen/Perwakilan AIPA pada KTT ASEAN ke-34.

Delegasi dari 9 (sembilan) Parlemen Anggota AIPA terdiri dari Ketua Parlemen, Wakil

Ketua Parlemen dan Anggota Parlemen serta staf parlemen menghadiri Rapat

Persiapan AIPA. Sekretaris Jenderal AIPA dan 4 (empat) staf Sekretariat AIPA turut

menghadiri pertemuan tersebut. Masukan dari Delegasi DPR RI juga dibahas pada

pertemuan tersebut. (daftar delegasi tercantum dalam lampiran A)

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Preparatory Meeting dipimpin oleh H.E. Chuan Leekpai, Presiden AIPA/Presiden of the National Assembly/Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of

Thailand. Beberapa isu yang menjadi kepentingan Indonesia untuk dimasukkan

dalam AIPA Message, yaitu :

a. Dari perspektif Parlemen, AIPA dan ASEAN adalah mitra dalam mencapai

perdamaian, stabilitas dan kemakmuran regional, serta berbagi visi bersama

tentang ASEAN yang dinamis dan terintegrasi sebagaimana digambarkan

dalam cetak biru tiga pilar Komunitas ASEAN. Oleh karena itu, beberapa

persyaratan utama dan kerja sama yang sedang berjalan menjadi hal yang

penting;

b. Perdamaian dan stabilitas regional yang berkelanjutan sangat penting untuk

pertumbuhan dan kemakmuran ASEAN yang lebih besar. Oleh karena itu, ada

kebutuhan penting untuk mengatasi ancaman keamanan khususnya terorisme

dalam segala bentuknya, munculnya radikalisme dan ekstremisme. untuk

menghadapi ancaman ini, mekanisme nasional dan regional harus ditinjau dan

diperkuat jika perlu. Juga penting untuk menjunjung tinggi toleransi serta

memajukan kohesi sosial dan penghormatan terhadap perbedaan untuk

melawan bangkitnya radikalisasi dan ekstremisme dari semua bentuk;

c. Menegaskan kembali pentingnya keamanan dan stabilitas maritim bagi

kawasan, mendukung kerja sama dan dialog yang konstruktif tentang isu-isu

maritim, menumbuhkan rasa komunitas maritim yang memiliki kepentingan

bersama untuk menanggapi dan mengatasi tantangan bersama, termasuk

masalah penangkapan ikan Illegal. Pentingnya memiliki mekanisme regional

untuk mencegah, menghalangi dan menghilangkan IUU (Ilegal, Unreported and

Unregulated) Fishing karena telah merusak ekonomi, kelestarian lingkungan,

dan keamanan maritim di wilayah kita;

d. Kewaspadaan tentang ketidakpastian ekonomi dan perdagangan saat ini, dan

memperhitungkan dampak dan manfaat apa yang mungkin timbul dari

fenomena perang perdagangan antara dua negara terutama di kawasan

ASEAN;

e. Dukungan terhadap target Kemitraan Ekonomi Komprehensif Regional (RCEP)

2019;

f. Peningkatkan kemampuan dan kapasitas ASEAN untuk merespons dampak

buruk dari perubahan iklim, dengan memfasilitasi pertukaran informasi dan

praktik terbaik untuk meningkatkan implementasi Paris Agreement and

Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs);

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g. Penekanan bahwa persatuan AIPA dan ASEAN telah menjadi dasar untuk

membangun ASEAN menuju satu visi, satu identitas dan satu komunitas.

Dalam sambutan pembukaannya, H.E. Chuan Leekpai, Presiden AIPA/Presiden of the National Assembly/Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of

Thailand, dengan penuh rasa hormat dan penghargaan, menyampaikan selamat

datang kepada seluruh delegasi dan Sekretaris Jenderal AIPA di acara Rapat

Persiapan AIPA untuk Tatap Muka ke-9 ASEAN-AIPA. H.E. Chuan Leekpai menyampaikan permohonan maafnya kepada anggota Delegasi atas segala

kekurangan yang mungkin diakibatkan oleh transisi pemerintahan Kerajaan Thailand.

Saat menyampaikan pidato sambutannya, H.E. Chuan Leekpai menggarisbawahi bahwa Tatap Muka ASEAN-AIPA pertama kali diselenggarakan 10 tahun lalu, pada

tanggal 28 Februari 2009 di Chaam, Petchaburi Provinsi Thailand, atas prakarsa

Majelis Nasional Kerajaan Thailand. H.E. Chuan Leekpai juga menggunakan kesempatan ini untuk menyampaikan terima kasih kepada seluruh delegasi atas

partisipasi mereka, serta harapannya bahwa rapat ini akan mendukung terwujudnya

Masyarakat ASEAN di masa depan. Diharapkan pertemuan ini dapat dimanfaatkan

oleh seluruh delegasi untuk melaksanakan komitmen masing-masing terhadap masa

depan kerja sama AIPA-ASEAN.

Konsep Awal Pernyataan Bersama AIPA dibahas dan dikoreksi bersama sesuai

dengan prinsip-prinsip kerja sama dan persahabatan sebagai bukti dari adanya

kepentingan bersama yang akan tercermin dalam Pernyataan Bersama AIPA.

Sebagai penutup dari Preparatory Meeting ini, seluruh penambahan atau perubahan

telah dicatat oleh AIPA Secretariat dan dimasukkan ke dalam AIPA Message yang

akan dibacakan Presiden AIPA dalam pertemuan Interface pada tanggal 22 Juni

2019.

Pertemuan Tatap Muka para Pemimpin ASEAN dengan Perwakilan AIPA dalam acara KTT ASEAN ke-34 (ASEAN Leader’s Interface with Representatives of AIPA During The 34th ASEAN Summit)

ASEAN Leader’s Interface with Representatives of AIPA During The 34th ASEAN

Summit dilaksanakan pada hari Sabtu, 22 Juni 2019 DI Hotel Athenee, Bangkok,

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Thailand. Pertemuan tersebut dipimpin oleh H.E. Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Ketua ASEAN dan Perdana Menteri Negara Kerajaan Thailand.

Tatap Muka para pemimpin ASEAN dihadiri oleh para kepala pemerintahan/negara

anggota ASEAN, Presiden AIPA, Ketua/Wakil Ketua/Kepala Delegasi dari 10

(sepuluh) Parlemen negara anggota AIPA, Sekretaris Jenderal ASEAN dan AIPA.

Atas nama Delegasi AIPA, H.E. Chuan Leekpai mengucapkan selamat kepada Yang

Mulia Prayut Chan-O-Cha yang memangku jabatan sebagai Ketua ASEAN dan

mengucapkan terima kasih atas undangan untuk mengikuti KTT ASEAN ke-34 serta

atas kesempatan untuk menyampaikan pemikirannya dalam pandangan pokok

tentang kemitraan ASEAN-AIPA. H.E. Chuan Leekpai menekankan bahwa parlemen

yang kuat akan mampu memberikan pondasi yang kokoh bagi demokrasi. Parlemen

yang berfungsi dengan baik serta memiliki kredibiltas, kehormatan, dan kejujuran

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dapat menciptakan demokrasi yang memiliki kestabilan politik dan akan berdampak

besar terhadap pembangunan sosial dan ekonomi. Beliau menyatakan bahwa di

antara tiga pilar ASEAN, Sosial,Budaya danMasyarakat adalah yang paling terkait

langsung dengan warga ASEAN. Untuk itu, beliau menekankan bahwa parlemenlah

yang bisa memperkuat rasa memiliki dari masyrakat ASEAN.

H.E. Chuan Leekpai menyampaikan beberapa isu yang menjadi perhatian AIPA,

diantaranya yaitu; perubahan iklim, mempersempit kesenjangan dalam pembangunan,

pemberdayaan perempuan dan kesetaraan jender, terorisme dan kekerasan

ekstrimisme, dsb. Lebih jauh beliau menyampaikan bahwa untuk menjawab

tantangan-tantangan di masa depan dan untuk memberikan manfaat bagi warga

ASEAN, AIPA menyarankan untuk menata kembali kemitraan antara ASEAN dan

AIPA. Mengakhiri pesannya, beliau menekankan kembali dukungan AIPA terhadap

ASEAN untuk mencapai terwujudnya Masyarakat ASEAN.

Pada kesempatan tersebut, Presiden RI, Yth. Bapak Joko Widodo menyatakan bahwa

Parlemen adalah mitra Pemerintah dalam memajukan pembangunan sebuah negara.

Selanjutnya, dia mengungkapkan harapan agar ASEAN dan AIPA dapat memperkuat

kerja sama, yang meliputi sejumlah isu di bawah ini:

• Dukungan dan perlindungan hak asasi manusia dan hak-hak perempuan;

• Perlindungan anak hingga perlindungan pekerja migran;

• Demokrasi dan perdamaian di kawasan.

Melalui kerja sama dalam isu-isu di atas, lanjut Presiden, dia percaya bahwa ASEAN

akan membawa lebih banyak manfaat bagi masyarakat dan akan dihormati dunia

internasional.

H.E. Prayut Chan-O-Cha menyatakan menyambut baik poin-poin yang disampaikan

Presiden AIPA dalam pesan yang disampaikan. Selanjutnya, dia mengatakan bahwa

ASEAN mendukung saran-saran yang diberikan AIPA.

UPACARA PEMBUKAAN KTT KE-34 ASEAN

Upacara Pembukaan KTT Ke-34 ASEAN digelar di Athenee Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand,

Minggu, 23 Juni 2019. Dalam Upacara Pembukaan tersebut, H.E. Prayut Chan-O-

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Cha, Ketua ASEAN dan Perdana Menteri Kerajaan Thailand, berkesempatan

memberikan pidato sambutan.

Upacara Pembukaan KTT Ke-34 ASEAN digelar di Athenee Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

H.E. Prayut Chan-O-Cha dalam pidato pembukaanya mengucapkan selamat datang

di Kerajaan Thailand kepada para delegasi KTT Ke-34 ASEAN serta menyampaikan

apresiasi kepada ASEAN atas komitmennya sebagai sebuah komunitas yang mau

bekerja sama dalam menyelesaikan krisis yang terjadi. H.E. Prayut Chan-O-Cha

mengatakan bahwa dalam situasi seperti sekarang, muncul persaingan yang sengit di

bidang ekonomi dan hubungan internasional, terorisme dan kejahatan lintas negara

yang semakin meningkat; teknologi yang memiliki dampak merusak dan berpengaruh

terhadap kehidupan sehari-hari dan perubahan iklim, serta masalah lingkungan lain

yang mengganggu ekosistem. Namun, H.E. Prayut Chan-O-Cha percaya bahwa

kekuatan ASEAN yang kuat dan bersatu adalah kunci untuk mengatasi tantangan –

tantangan tersebut dan meletakkan fondasi yang kuat atau mempersiapkan generasi

penerus.

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Lebih lanjut H.E. Prayut Chan-O-Cha menyebutkan dalam sambutannya, bahwa

tema "Memajukan Kemitraan untuk Keberlanjutan", pertama-tama bertujuan untuk

melihat "ASEAN yang Maju", yang berwawasan masa depan dan bergerak maju;

kedua untuk memperkuat "Kemitraan" melalui kerja sama mendalam yang lebih erat,

dan terakhir menjadi "ASEAN Berkelanjutan" di semua dimensi; dimulai dari

keamanan ke ekonomi, keamanan lingkungan dan manusia.

H.E. Prayut Chan-O-Cha mengingatkan para pemimpin dan Delegasi yang terhormat,

bahwa Masyarakat yang berpusat pada kerakyatan dapat diwujudkan melalui

kemitraan dan kerja sama di antara semua sektor di Negara-negara Anggota

ASEAN, publik, swasta, masyarakat sipil dan yang paling penting, semangat dari

rakyat ASEAN. Beliau mengakhiri sambutannya dengan mengajak semua orang

untuk membangkitkan rasa memiliki mereka dalam Masyarakat ASEAN dan bekerja

sama dalam upaya bersama untuk maju bersama menuju Masyarakat yang berpusat

pada kerakyatan dengan tidak meninggalkan seorang pun, berwawasan ke depan

dan benar-benar memprioritaskan keberlanjutan dalam semua dimensi.

Pidato Sambutan H.E. Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Ketua ASEAN, Perdana Menteri Kerajaan

Thailand pada Opening Ceremony 34th ASEAN Summit

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BILATERAL MEETING Disela-sela ASEAN Leaders’ Interface with Representatives of the ASEAN Inter

Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) during the 34th ASEAN Summit, Delegasi Indonesia

melakukan Pertemuan Bilateral dengan dengan H.E. Chuan Leekpai (Presiden

AIPA/Presiden of the National Assembly/Speaker of the House of Representatives of

the Kingdom of Thailand) pada tanggal 22 Juni 2019.

Dalam Pertemuan Bilateral ini dibahas antara lain:

1. Peningkatan hubungan kedua parlemen antara Parlemen Indonesia dan

Parlemen Thailand.

2. Melakukan pembahasan rincian penyelesaian dari pokok-pokok pikiran para

Pimpinan Parlemen di ASEAN (ASEAN Message) sebagai berikut:

1) Penanganan perubahan iklim

2) Penanganan masalah Narkoba

3) Kesamaan Perempuan

4) Menjunjung tinggi Hak Asasi Manusia

5) Menciptakan perdamaian di kawasan

6) Penanganan Terorisme

7) Penanganan dan menjaga warisan budaya secara regional

3. Sebagaimana yang disampaikan oleh Presiden Joko Widodo tentang

penanganan immigran worker dan juga anak-anak serta kesetaraan genders,

menjunjung demokrasi dan stabilitas kawasan.

4. Memohon saran-saran terbaik dari Ketua Parlemen Thailand sebagai tokoh

yang sangat senior di kawasan ASEAN.

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V. KESIMPULAN & SARAN

A. KESIMPULAN

1. ASEAN Leaders’ Interface with Representatives of the ASEAN Inter

Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) during the 34th ASEAN Summit di Bangkok,

Thailand, pada tanggal 21-23 Juli 2019 telah berjalan dengan lancar dan

sukses.

2. Pelaksanaan Pertemuan ASEAN Leader’s Interface with AIPA untuk

mendukung pencapaian Komunitas ASEAN dinilai positif mengingat peran

AIPA yang diharapkan dapat mempercepat implementasi berbagai

kesepakatan ASEAN melalui percepatan prosedur legislatif dan harmonisasi

hukum di masing-masing negara ASEAN.

3. Hal pokok yang disampaikan H.E. Y.M. Mr. Chuan Leekpai selaku Presiden

AIPA adalah usulan pembentukan forum Bersama Sekretariat ASEAN dan

AIPA untuk saling berbagi informasi guna mendorong ASEAN semakin

dikenal oleh Masyarakat luas. Tanpa mengesampingkan 2 (dua) pilar

ASEAN lainnya, Presiden AIPA menilai perlunya penguatan lebih pada Pilar

Sosial Budaya ASEAN mengingat hasilnya berdampak langsung terhadap

masyarakat umum. Beberapa isu yang menjadi perhatian parlemen saat ini

yaitu (a) memperkuat sentralitas ASEAN dalam perkembangan arsitektur

keamanan di Kawasan, (b) meningkatkan kerja sama di bidang perubahan

iklim, (c) memperkecil kesenjangan pembangunan, (d) pemberdayaan

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perempuan, kesetaraan gender, (e) perang melawan terorisme dan

ekstirimisme, (f) Code of Conduct di Laut China Selatan (COC), (g) kerja

sama maritime, ketahanan pangan dan energi, (h) penanggulangan

penyalahgunaan narkoba, (i) penanggulangan perdagangan manusia dan

isu terkait lainnya yang mendorong pembangunan masyarakat ASEAN.

B. SARAN 1. Diantara tiga pilar ASEAN, Sosial, Budaya dan Masyarakat adalah yang

paling terkait langsung dengan warga ASEAN. Untuk itu Parlemen Indonesia

diharapkan bisa turut memperkuat rasa memiliki dari Masyarakat ASEAN.

2. Untuk menjawab tantangan-tantangan di masa depan dan untuk

memberikan manfaat bagi warga ASEAN, disarankan untuk dilakukan

penataan kembali kemitraan ASEAN dan AIPA. Pemberian dukungan AIPA

terhadap ASEAN untuk mencapai terwujudnya Masyarakat ASEAN perlu

ditindaklanjuti oleh Parlemen Indonesia.

IV. PENUTUP

Demikianlah pokok-pokok Laporan Delegasi DPR-RI ke ASEAN Leaders’ Interface

with Representatives of the ASEAN Inter Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) during the

34th ASEAN Summit yang telah diselenggarakan pada tanggal 21-23 Juni 2019 di

Bangkok, Kerajaan Thailand. Semoga bermanfaat bagi kita semua.

Jakarta, Juli 2019

Ketua Delegasi DPR RI,

Ttd.

Ir. H. Satya Widya Yudha, ME, M.Sc. A-290

DOKUMENLAMPIRAN

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ASEAN LEADERS’ INTERFACE with

REPRESENTATIVES of the ASEAN INTER-PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY (AIPA)

During the 34TH ASEAN SUMMIT

22 June 2019

Bangkok, Thailand

INTRODUCTION

1. The ASEAN Leaders’ Interface with Representatives of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary

Assembly (AIPA) during the 34th ASEAN Summit was held on Saturday, 22 June 2019 at the

Athenee Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.

2. The AIPA Preparatory Meeting was held on Friday, 21 June 2019 at the Intercontinental

Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.

3. The main agenda of the AIPA Preparatory Meeting was to deliberate and finalize the AIPA

Message to be delivered by the President of AIPA at the ASEAN Leaders’ Interface, a

meeting between Heads of Government/State of the ASEAN Member States with

Speakers/Deputy Speakers/Representatives of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly

(AIPA) during the 34th ASEAN Summit.

AIPA PREPARATORY MEETING

4. Delegations from 9 AIPA Member Parliaments consisting of Speakers, Deputy Speakers and

Members of Parliaments and their parliamentary staff attended the AIPA Preparatory

Meeting. The Secretary General of AIPA and four (4) AIPA Secretariat staff also attended the

meeting. The Delegation of the House of Representatives of Indonesia was not able to attend

the Preparatory Meeting. However, their inputs were included and deliberated at the meeting.

The list of delegations is attached as Annex A.

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5. His Excellency Chuan Leekpai, President of AIPA concurrently President of the National

Assembly and Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Thailand, with

great honor and privilege, welcomed delegations and the Secretary General of AIPA to the

AIPA Preparatory Meeting for the 9th ASEAN-AIPA Interface. He then conveyed his apology

to the Delegates for the inconvenience which might occurred in the logistical matters at the

preparation stage of the meeting, due to the recent government transition of the Kingdom of

Thailand.

6. While presenting his remarks, he highlighted that the ASEAN-AIPA Interface was first

convened 10 years ago, on 28 February 2009 in Chaam, Petchaburi Province of Thailand,

on the initiative of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Thailand. He took the opportunity

to thank all the delegations for their participation, and hoped that the meeting would support

the realization of ASEAN Community. In conclusion, he wished the preparatory meeting for

a fruitful outcome, and all delegations will use the meeting to carry out commitment for the

future of AIPA-ASEAN cooperation.

7. President of AIPA invited Head of Delegations from 9 Member Parliaments to introduce their

delegations.

8. The meeting considered and adopted the Program of Activities.

The Program of Activities is attached as Annex B

9. The initial draft of AIPA Message was displayed on the screen and was reviewed by all

delegations. Deliberation on the draft of the AIPA Message was discussed in amiable,

friendship and cooperative fashion evident of a common shared interest to be reflected in the

AIPA Message.

10. Upon the finalization of the AIPA Message, President of AIPA, H.E. Chuan Leekpai, thanked

all delegations for their constructive inputs to the Message.

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ASEAN LEADERS’ INTERFACE WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF AIPA DURING THE 34TH

ASEAN SUMMIT

11. The Interface was held on Saturday, 22 June 2019 at the Athenee Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.

The meeting was chaired by H.E. Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Chairman of ASEAN and Prime

Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand.

12. The ASEAN Leaders’ Interface was attended by Heads of State/Government of the ASEAN

Member States, President of AIPA, Speakers/Deputy Speakers/Heads of Delegation of the

10 AIPA Member Parliaments, Secretary General of ASEAN and Secretary General of AIPA.

13. H.E. Chuan Leekpai, President of AIPA, President of the National Assembly and

Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Thailand, delivered the

AIPA Message

On behalf of the AIPA Delegation, H.E. Chuan Leekpai congratulated H.E. Prayut Chan-O-

Cha for assuming the Chairmanship of ASEAN, and expressed the gratitude for the invitation

to be part of the 34th ASEAN Summit as well as the opportunity to convey thoughts on key

perspectives on ASEAN-AIPA partnership.

He highlighted that a strong parliament can provide a firm foundation of democracy. A well

functioned parliament with credibility, respectability and honesty could create democracy with

political stability, which will greatly contribute to the economic and social development. He

stated, that among the three pillars of ASEAN, the Socio-Cultural-Community is the most

directly related to the ASEAN peoples. In this regard, he emphasized, that Parliament is the

one who can strengthen the sense of ownership of the ASEAN Community.

H.E. Chuan Leekpai conveyed few issues which AIPA is concerned, among others; climate

change, narrowing development gaps, women empowerment and gender equality, terrorism

and violent extremism, etc. Further he conveyed that to respond to the future challenges,

and also to benefit the peoples of ASEAN, AIPA suggested to restructure the partnership

between ASEAN and AIPA. He concluded the Message by re-emphasizing the support of

AIPA for ASEAN to achieve the ASEAN Community.

Full text of AIPA Message is attached as Annex C

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14. Statement from H.E. Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia

H.E. Joko Widodo stated that Parliament is the partner of Government to progress the

development of a country. Further, he expressed his expectancy for ASEAN and AIPA to

strengthen the collaboration, including for the following issues:

• Promotion and protection of human rights and women’s rights;

• Child protection to the protection of migrant workers;

• Democracy and peace in the region.

By collaborating in the above-mentioned issues, he continued, he believed that ASEAN will

become more beneficial for its peoples and will gain global respect.

The full text of the unofficial translation of the Statement of H.E. Joko Widodo is attached as

Annex D

15. Response from H.E. Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Chair of ASEAN, Prime Minister of the

Kingdom of Thailand

H.E. Prayut Chan-O-Cha stated that he received well the points delivered by the President

of AIPA in the Message. Further, he stated that ASEAN supports the suggestion from AIPA.

OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 34TH ASEAN SUMMIT

16. The Opening Ceremony of the 34th ASEAN Summit was held at the Athenee Hotel, Bangkok,

Thailand on Sunday, 23 June 2019. At the Opening Ceremony, H.E. Prayut Chan-O-Cha,

Chairman of ASEAN and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand delivered his welcoming

speech.

17. Welcoming Remarks by H.E. Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Chairman of ASEAN, Prime Minister

of the Kingdom of Thailand

H.E. Prayut Chan-o-cha opened his remarks by welcoming all the delegates of the 34th

ASEAN Summit to the Kingdom of Thailand. He extended his appreciation to ASEAN for its

commitment as a community, to cooperate and work hand-in-hand in getting through the

crisis. He stated, that in this present world there is an intensifying economic and international

competition; increasing terrorism and transnational crime; disruptive technology affecting

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daily life; and climate change and other environmental concerns degrading ecosystems.

However, he believed that the power of strong and united ASEAN, is the key to overcoming

these challenges and laying down a solid foundation or succeeding generations.

Further he mentioned in his remarks, that the theme of “Advancing Partnership for

Sustainability”, is firstly to aspire to see an “Advancing ASEAN”, that looks to the future and

moving forward; secondly to strengthen “Partnership” through deepening closer cooperation,

and lastly to become a “Sustainable ASEAN” in all dimensions; from security to the economy,

the environment and human security.

H.E. Prime Minister reminded the distinguished Leaders and Delegations, that a people-

centred Community can only be realized through partnership and cooperation among all

sectors in the ASEAN Member States, public, private, civil society and most importantly, the

heart of the peoples of ASEAN. He concluded his remarks by inviting everyone to awaken

their sense of belonging in the ASEAN Community and join hands and hearts in the common

effort to go forward together towards a people- centred Community that leaves no one behind,

looks to the future and truly prioritizes sustainability in all dimensions.

Full text of the Welcoming Remarks by H.E. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha is attached

as Annex E.

Statement of the Chairman of the 34th ASEAN Summit is attached as Annex F

ANNEX A

AIPA Leader’s Interface with Representatives of

the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly: AIPA

(AIPA - ASEAN Interface) during the 34th ASEAN Summit

20 – 23 June 2019 InterContinental Bangkok Hotel

Bangkok, Thailand

LIST OF DELEGATES

Brunei Darussalam 1. Hon. Pehin Dato HAJI ABDUL GHANI Abdul Rahim Leader Member of the Legislative Council 2. Hon. Pehin Dato HAJI JUDIN haji Asar Member 3. Ms. Rose Aminah HAJI ISMAIL Delegation Secretary Cambodia 1. H.E. Mrs. Khuon SUDARY Leader

Second Vice President of the National Assembly 2. H.E. Mr. Chheang VUN Member 3. H.E. Mr. Yang SEM Member 4. H.E. Mr. Yim LEAT Member 5. H.E. Mr. Heang THUL Delegation Secretary 6. H.E. Mr. Tim VANNA Delegation Secretary 7. H.E. Dr. Chhheang VANNARITH Delegation Secretary 8. H.E. Mrs. Ouk RIDA Delegation Secretary 9. Mr. Ly MENGTYTH Delegation Secretary

10. Mr. Keo PISETH Delegation Secretary 11. Mr. Ly CHANRAINSEY Delegation Secretary Indonesia 1. H.E. Mr. Satya Widya YUDHA Leader Member of the House of Representatives 2. Mr. Keya Muhammad NURCAHYO Delegation Secretary Lao PDR 1. H.E. Bounpone BOUTTANAVONG Leader

Vice President of the National Assembly 2. Hon. Mr. Viengthavisone THEPHACHANH Member 3. Mr. Khemphone ANOTHAY Delegation Secretary 4. Mr. Souliphon KHAMPANYA Delegation Secretary

2 Malaysia 1. Hon. Datuk Hasanuddin MOHD YUNUS Leader Member of the House of Representatives 2. Hon. Datuk Wira Mas Ermieyati SAMSUDIN Member 3. Mr. Klaus Rangga JULIAS LOUIS Delegation Secretary Myanmar 1. H.E. Mr. T. Khun MYATT Leader Speaker of the Union Assembly 2. Hon. Mr. Kyaw SOE Member 3. Mr. L. Seng KHUN Member 4. Mr. Khun HTEE MIN Delegation Secretary Philippines 1. Hon. Raneo ABU Leader Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives 2. Ms. Edith CARDENAS Delegation Secretary Singapore 1. Hon. Mr. Charles CHONG Leader Deputy Speaker of the Parliament 2. Ms. Xiaolin CHEN Delegation Secretary Thailand 1. H.E. Mr. Chuan LEEKPAI President of AIPA President of National Assembly 2. H.E. Prof. Pornpetch WICHITCHOLCHAI Leader President of the Senate 3. Hon. Mr. Kiat SITTHEEAMORN Member 4. Hon. Ms. Pikulkeaw KRAIRIKSH Member 5. Dr. Wiwat MUNGKANDI Advisor to the Delegation 6. Dr. Issara SEREEWATTHANAWUT Advisor to the Delegation 7. Mr. Paradorn ARAWAN Delegation Secretary 8. Ms. Kanteera LEELANOND Delegation Secretary 9. Mr. Russdy KHANTANIT Delegation Secretary Vietnam 1. H.E. Mr. Uong Chu LUU Leader Vice President of the National Assembly 2. Hon. Ms. Le Thu HA Member 3. Hon. Mr. Bui Thanh TUNG Member 4. Mr. Le Thanh HOAN Delegation Secretary 5. Ms. Tran Kim CHI Delegation Secretary 6. Mr. Nguyen Duc THUAN Delegation Secretary 7. Ms. Ho Thi HOAI Delegation Secretary 8. Mr. Nguyen Xuan DONG Delegation Secretary

3 AIPA SECRETARIAT 1. Mr. Isra SUNTHORNVUT Secretary-General 2. Mr. Mario Pandu DEWONO Deputy Secretary-General 3. Ms. Putri MAHA LIMA Director of Policy, Education and Publicity 4. Ms. Royyan ISNANDA Publicity Officer 5. Mr. Sandi NURSAHAMDANI Education Officer

ANNEX B

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18.00 – 19.30 hrs. - Dinner hosted by H.E. Mr. Chuan Leekpai, President of the National

Assembly of the Kingdom of Thailand and President of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly

Venue: Saneh Jann Restaurant Attire: Dark suit/National dress

DAY THREE

Saturday 22 June 2019 - Breakfast Venue: Espresso, M Floor

12.00 – 13.00 hrs. - Lunch Venue: Espresso, M Floor

14.15 hrs. - Assemble at the InterContinental Hotel Lobby

14.20 hrs. - Depart the hotel for the Athenee Hotel Bangkok

14.40 hrs. - Arrive the holding room, 4th Floor, the Athenee Hotel Bangkok

15.15 hrs. - Leave from the holding room to Pimarn Siam Hall, 29th Floor

15.25 hrs. - Enter Pimarn Siam Hall, 29th Floor

15.30 hrs. - Meeting of AIPA - ASEAN Interface • General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of

Thailand delivers his Opening Remarks • General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of

Thailand invites President of AIPA to deliver his Statement • General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of

Thailand invites ASEAN Leaders to make comments • General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of

Thailand delivers his Closing Speech Venue: Pimarn Siam Hall, 29th Floor, the Athenee Hotel Bangkok

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15.45 hrs. - Session ends • leave Pimarn Siam Hall

16.00 hrs. - Depart the Athenee Hotel Bangkok to the InterContinental Hotel

Evening - Dinner hosted by H.E.Prof. Dr. Pornpetch Wichitcholchai,

President of the Senate Venue: the InterContinental Hotel

DAY FOUR

Sunday 23 June 2019 - Breakfast Venue: Espresso, M Floor

08.15 hrs. - Depart the InterContinental hotel

08.30 hrs. - Arrive the Athenee Hotel Bangkok

08.45 hrs. - Enter the Crystal Hall 3rd Floor, Athenee Tower for the Opening Ceremony

09.00 - 09.45 hrs. - Opening Ceremony of the 34th ASEAN Summit Venue: Crystal Hall, 3rd Floor, Athenee Tower Attire: Business Attire

- Departure of Delegates

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ANNEX C

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Message of the President of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA)

at the AIPA – ASEAN Interface at the 34th ASEAN Summit

on 22nd June 2019

Bangkok, Thailand

Your Excellency General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Chairman of the 34th

ASEAN Summit;

Your Majesty, Excellencies, Heads of States, Heads of Governments, Heads

of Legislative Branch, Parliamentarians, Secretary General of ASEAN and

Secretary General of AIPA;

Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,

On behalf of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA)

delegations, I wish to express our congratulations on assuming the ASEAN

Chairmanship and gratitude to Your Excellency Prime Minister General Prayut

Chan-o-cha for inviting us to be a part of this 34th ASEAN Summit and for

giving us the opportunity to convey our thoughts on key perspectives on the

AIPA – ASEAN partnership.

Let me highlight that, in my judgement, a strong Parliament can

provide a firm foundation for democracy. If the Parliament functions well,

with credibility, respectability and honesty, we can expect democracy with

political stability, which will greatly contribute to the economic and social

development with sustainability operating.

We, in ASEAN, as a legislative branch significantly require strong people

support. The ASEAN Community is, of course, being sustained by three main

pillars – the political-security pillar, the economic pillar, and the socio-cultural

pillar. However, it is the third pillar – the Socio-Cultural Community – that is

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most directly related to the common people in ASEAN. In this respect, it is the

Parliament that can strengthen their sense of “ownership” of the ASEAN

Community, which is a crucial condition for its sustainable development.

Let me emphasise that a truly people-centred and people-oriented

ASEAN must be based on the efforts by all to promote the social justice and

rule of law. Who else, apart from the representatives of the people, can most

effectively serve as a link between the people and ASEAN that seems so far

away from their daily mundane life? Therefore, the AIPA-ASEAN Interface

should be strengthened for the purpose of joining force to enhance such an

endeavour as mentioned.

This is certainly not to say that all other commitments in the ASEAN

Community Blueprint are of lesser importance. In particular, AIPA and ASEAN

share a vision for regional peace, stability and prosperity. Very much like

ASEAN, AIPA recognises the significance of maintaining ASEAN Unity and

Centrality in the evolving regional architecture. In the socio-cultural sphere, we

still persist in making every effort to provide for the well-being of our peoples,

particularly those in the marginalised sectors of societies.

Despite occasional intra-ASEAN stresses and strains, the ASEAN

grouping has, for more than 50 years since its inception, succeeded in averting

major conflicts, especially those involving armed violence. For this reason, it

has attracted the attention of all major players in the Asia-Pacific region.

Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,

There are concerns raised by our fellow ASEAN parliamentarians on

issues of significant importance submitting to the AIPA-ASEAN interface

including;

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• Climate change and environment safeguard

• Narrowing the development gaps

• Women empowerment and gender equality

• Terrorism and violent extremism

• The fourth Industrial revolution

• The code of conduct in South China Sea and maritime security

• Water-food-energy security nexus within the region especially in the

Greater Mekong Sub-region

• Drugs and human trafficking

• Strengthening regional cooperation in cultural heritage management and

protection with grassroots participation.

These issues are very much related to Executive domain and the

legislative branch should promote cooperation and coordination to address them

for the overall benefit of the ASEAN community.

One of ASEAN’s achievements is that it is the role model for regional

integration. Its success owes much to its flexible mode of dealing with one

another. We do believe that challenging issues can eventually be resolved

amicably. It is equally important that all stakeholders play their roles in

promoting ASEAN especially at the grassroots level. Hence, AIPA is

committed to play our role in materialising the ASEAN Community Vision

2025 to the local community.

ASEAN’s achievements, so far, have amounted to a rise in its strength.

The size of its population – now standing at more than 630 million – is large

enough for it to be reckoned with. Also, this is a population that is becoming

more prosperous. Sizeable market will become another aspect of our strong

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position. In response to future challenges, we suggest that AIPA and ASEAN

restructure our partnership to improve cooperation to benefit the people of our

region.

In a nutshell, the individual ASEAN states are comparable to small boats,

struggling in an ocean, – always liable to capsize when the ocean gets rough.

But, sticking together, they can form like a large, unsinkable raft which can

weather even turbulent storm. This analogy suggests how important it is for the

concept of ASEAN Unity.

That is, we should set up a forum for the AIPA Secretariat and the

ASEAN Secretariat to provide increasing parliamentary perspectives, making it

possible for ASEAN to be known, and to benefit to the greatest number of

populations as a whole.

In conclusion, we wish to re-emphasise our support for ASEAN to go

forward as one full-fledged community. In this way, the 10 member countries,

which are somewhat diverse and different, could harmonise and focus on

building an “Advancing Partnership for Sustainability”.

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ANNEX D

PIDATO OLEH

Y.M. JOKO WIDODO PRESIDEN

REPUBLIK INDONESIA

PERTEMUAN ANTARA PEMIMPIN ASEAN DENGAN DELEGASI ASEAN INTER-

PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY (AIPA)

KTT KE-34 ASEAN

BANGKOK, THAILAND 22 APRIL 2019

WAKTU: 15.30 – 15.45

Saudara Ketua,

Para Anggota Delegasi AIPA,

1. Parlemen adalah mitra pemerintah untuk capai kemajuan.

2. Saya hanya ingin sampaikan harapan kiranya ASEAN dan AIPA dapat

berkoloborasi dengan baik… termasuk untuk:

➔ Pemajuan dan perlindungan HAM dan hak-hak perempuan;

➔ Perlindungan anak hingga perlindungan pekerja migran; serta

➔ Demokrasi dan perdamaian di kawasan.

3. Dengan koloborasi di bidang-bidang yang saya sebutkan tadi… saya

yakin ASEAN akan semakin bermanfaat bagi rakyatnya dan semakin

dihormati di dunia.

4. Terima kasih.

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(Unofficial Translation)

STATEMENT BY

HIS EXCELLENCY JOKO WIDODO

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF

INDONESIA

ASEAN – AIPA INTERFACE MEETING

34TH ASEAN SUMMIT

BANGKOK, THAILAND

22 APRIL 2019

TIME: 03:30PM – 03:45PM

Mr. Chairman,

Distinguished Delegates of AIPA,

1. Parliament is the partner of Government to progress the development of a country.

2. Allow me to express my expectancy for ASEAN and AIPA to strengthen collaboration in

the following issues:

a. Promotion and protection of human rights and women’s rights;

b. Child protection to the protection of migrant workers;

c. Democracy and peace in the region.

3. By collaborating in the above-mentioned issues, I believe that ASEAN will become more

beneficial for its peoples and will gain global respect.

4. Thank you.

ANNEX E

As delivered

- Unofficial Translation –

Statement by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand

at the Opening Ceremony of the 34th ASEAN Summit

Sunday, 23 June 2019, at 09.00-09.45 hrs.

Crystal Hall, The Athenee Hotel, Bangkok. * * * * *

Your Majesty, Excellencies,

Honoured Guests,

1. I wish to welcome all of you to the Kingdom of Thailand, the birthplace of ASEAN. May I now speak in Thai, please put on your headphones.

ASEAN: we dare to dream, we care to share.

2. “We dare to dream, we care to share.” These lyrics from The ASEAN

Way, the Anthem we all just heard, portray most fittingly the journey that

ASEAN has taken in the past five decades.

3. Fifty-two years ago, the Foreign Ministers of five Southeast Asian countries signed the Bangkok Declaration at Saranrom Palace, giving birth to ASEAN.

At that time, few could have imagined, or dared to dream, that the small

Association of five nations would eventually become a tight-knit Community of ten.

But because from one generation to the next we dared to dream, we built a united

Community of peace and security, a rules-based Community, and now the 6th

largest economy in the world. We have become a Community of cooperation,

with the people at the heart.

4. We have been through thick and thin together, overcoming challenges from the Cold War to the present. When the financial and economic crisis hit Asia,

ASEAN joined hands with each other and its friends, becoming a key force in the

region’s rapid recovery. And when natural disasters struck, whether earthquakes, tsunamis or cyclones, we in ASEAN never turned our backs on one another, but

instead always lent each other a helping hand out of a sense of unity in ASEAN

Community, One Community. Today, our region remains peaceful, with no war

and conflict, because in ASEAN we are consistently reminded to respect

difference and diversity and aspire to live together in peace and harmony.

2 5. Today, we the ASEAN Leaders will witness the launching of the ASEAN Satellite Warehouse in Chainat Province under the Disaster Emergency Logistics

System for ASEAN, or DELSA, and the inclusion of the ASEAN Center of

Military Medicine, or the ACMM, as a subsidiary body in Annex 1 of

the ASEAN Charter. These two Centres will enhance ASEAN’s disaster

response and management capabilities.

6. In the wider world at present, there is intensifying economic and international political competition; increasing terrorism and transnational crime; disruptive

technology affecting daily life; and climate change and other environmental

concerns degrading ecosystems. If ASEAN did not exist, how would we tackle

these challenges? How much would each country acting alone be able to handle

in the face of such challenges? I believe in the power of our strong and united

ASEAN as the key to overcoming these challenges and laying down a solid

foundation for succeeding generations.

7. The theme for Thailand’s ASEAN Chairmanship is “Advancing Partnership

for Sustainability”. It reflects our dreams of creating a people-centred ASEAN

Community that leaves no one behind, builds on the good work that ASEAN has

already done, and looks to the future for the benefit of succeeding generations so

that they can continue to live in a region of sustainable peace, stability and

prosperity.

8. Under this theme, therefore, we first aspire to see an “Advancing ASEAN” that looks to the future, always moving forward. This would be an ASEAN that

is able to take advantage of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to enhance its

competitiveness and build immunity to the negative effects of disruptive

technologies so as to advance towards a “Digital and Green ASEAN”.

9. Second, we aspire to strengthen “Partnership” through deepening closer cooperation both within ASEAN and with our External Partners so as to

reinforce ASEAN Centrality in the region and enhance ASEAN’s role in

addressing important regional and global issues. Strengthening partnership also

includes the promotion of connectivity in all dimensions, from digital

infrastructure, rules and regulations to people-to-people links, so as to become a

“Seamless ASEAN” linked to the global community through the “connecting the

connectivities” approach.

10. And lastly, we aspire to be a “Sustainable ASEAN” in all dimensions, from security to the economy, the environment and human security. From now on, the

“Sustainability of Things”, or SOT, concept should inform every decision

ASEAN takes and should become ASEAN DNA to pass on to future generations.

Indeed, a sustainable ASEAN Community will help increase ASEAN’s strategic

value-added in the long run and will serve as a protective shield for our peoples

in the face of regional and global changes and uncertainties.

3 Your Majesty, Excellencies, Honoured Guests,

11. As Chair of ASEAN this year, Thailand will take forward the good work and initiatives of previous Chairs in the endeavour to realize the dreams that we all

have set out and to ensure that the peoples of ASEAN, present and future, can

deal with the challenges that come and truly benefit from ASEAN in three

important areas, namely:

12. One is greater security. We will be able to manage rapid change more

effectively. For example, in the area of cybersecurity, the establishment of

the ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Capacity-Building Centre in Thailand will help

to enhance the region’s capacity to address cybersecurity threats. In the area of

transnational crime, which is on the rise particularly in the border areas,

ASEAN can develop an ASEAN-wide border management arrangement to help

safeguard our Community from transnational crime and facilitate secure regional

trade and investment as well as people mobility across borders. And in the area

of disaster management, we are working to enhance the region’s resilience and

effectiveness in the face of natural disasters. Going forward, we can take

comfort in the fact that the establishment of the Disaster Emergency Logistics

System for ASEAN, or DELSA, Satellite Warehouse in Chainat Province will

boost ASEAN’s disaster response efforts by increasing the efficiency and

timeliness of the deployment of relief items to disaster-affected areas in the

region.

13. The second benefit for our peoples is greater prosperity. The winds of protectionism that are battering the multilateral trading system remind us that we

must hang on even stronger to one another. So we must reaffirm our

determination to conclude the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership,

or RCEP, negotiations this year. RCEP will be the largest free trade area in the

world, and can cushion any impacts from the on-going trade conflict between

some of ASEAN’s key trading partners. Greater prosperity will also come from

creating an ASEAN digital economy, which is expected to increase ASEAN’s

GDP by some $100 billion US Dollars by 2025. The digital economy will come

from being able to take advantage of 4IR technology and innovation as well as

creating new economic opportunities for our MSMEs, skilled labour,

entrepreneurs and professionals, and the agricultural sector. It is especially

important that we work to increase the value-added throughout the agricultural

supply chain so as to reduce disparities and narrow the development gap.

We should also make use of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) and the

“connecting the connectivities” approach in the ACMECS sub-region and the

Asia-Pacific and Indo-Pacific regions.

14. The third benefit for our peoples is greater sustainability. ASEAN will drive forward the sustainable development agenda. Key to this effort will be

the establishment of the ASEAN Centre for Sustainable Development Studies

4 and Dialogue in Thailand later this year. In the area of human security, ASEAN

will work to build the capacity of all peoples no matter their age or gender, with

special attention given to preparing for an ageing society. For this, we will be

setting up an ASEAN Centre for Active Ageing and Innovation in Thailand to

train and build the skills of the elderly. In the area of sustainable people-to-

people links, we will continue to learn more about each other and our cultures

through the many activities of the ASEAN Cultural Year 2019 and the operations

of the ASEAN Cultural Centre in Thailand. In the area of the environment,

ASEAN has issued its first Framework of Action on Marine Debris and will be

working to promote sustainable fisheries to protect our marine environment. And

lastly, in the area of sustainable city development, the ASEAN Smart Cities

Network will serve as a model of modern city development that prioritizes both

technology and innovation as well as the need to reduce disparities and enhance

people-to-people links for the benefit of all ASEAN peoples into the future.

Your Majesty, Excellencies, Honoured Guests,

15. Now is the time for our generation to drive forward our dreams and aspirations of ASEAN’s Founding Fathers over five decades ago to build

a region of peace, progress and prosperity for all ASEAN peoples and to lay

down a solid foundation for future generations in the next half century.

16. A people-centred Community can only be realized through partnership and cooperation among all sectors in the ASEAN Member States, public, private,

civil society and most importantly, the heart of our Community, our peoples in

every generation. May I therefore take this opportunity to invite all of you, the

people of ASEAN, present here today and all around the region, to awaken your

sense of belonging in the ASEAN Community (your “ASEAN DNA”) and join

hands and hearts in our common effort to go forward together towards a people-

centred Community that leaves no one behind, looks to the future and truly

prioritizes sustainability in all dimensions.

17. Once again, a warm welcome to Thailand. Thank you very much.

* * * * *

ANNEX F

FINAL

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CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT OF THE 34TH ASEAN SUMMIT BANGKOK, 23 JUNE 2019

ADVANCING PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABILITY 1. We, the Heads of State/Government of ASEAN Member States, gathered in Bangkok for the 34th ASEAN Summit on 23 June 2019. We emphasised the importance of advancing partnership for sustainability to achieve a people-centred, people-oriented and forward-looking ASEAN Community that leaves no one behind in the rapidly changing regional and global environment. 2. We reaffirmed the importance of maintaining ASEAN Centrality and unity in our Community-building efforts and engagement with external partners. We reiterated the need to maintain a sustainable, resilient and forward-looking ASEAN-centred regional architecture and agreed to continue promoting synergy among the various ASEAN-led mechanisms, including the ASEAN Plus One, ASEAN Plus Three (APT), East Asia Summit (EAS), ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), and ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus). 3. We reaffirmed our shared commitment to maintaining and promoting peace, security and stability in the region, as well as to the peaceful resolution of disputes, including full respect for legal and diplomatic processes, without resorting to the threat or use of force, in accordance with the universally recognised principles of international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

KEY DELIVERABLES 4. We adopted the ASEAN Leaders’ Vision Statement on “Partnership for Sustainability”, which aims to ensure sustainability in all dimensions, including sustainable security through the deepening of strategic trust, sustainable economic growth and sustainable development as well as sustainable human security. It also emphasises continuity and sustainability in ASEAN’s Community-building efforts and policies, in partnership with stakeholders within ASEAN and with the international community, to realise enduring peace, stability and prosperity in the region for the benefit of the people of ASEAN. 5. We recognised the progress made in enhancing inclusive sustainable development cooperation, particularly by promoting complementarities between the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Complementarities

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Initiative) including through the development of a Complementarities Roadmap and other feasible projects to generate concrete benefits for the people of the region. We look forward to the establishment of an ASEAN Centre for Sustainable Development Studies and Dialogue in Thailand as a concrete step to steer sustainable development cooperation in ASEAN.

ASEAN POLITICAL-SECURITY COMMUNITY 6. We reaffirmed the importance of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) as the key code of conduct governing inter-State relations in the region and underscored its relevance to the wider region. We welcomed the interest of non-regional countries to accede to the TAC, displaying their political will and commitment to ASEAN’s fundamental principles in promoting peace, friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation among nations. 7. We reiterated our commitment to preserve the Southeast Asian region as a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone and free of all other weapons of mass destruction as enshrined in the Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone (SEANWFZ Treaty) and the ASEAN Charter. We stressed the importance of the full and effective implementation of the SEANWFZ Treaty, including under the Plan of Action to Strengthen the Implementation of the SEANWFZ Treaty (2018-2022). We reaffirmed our commitment to continuously engage the Nuclear Weapon States (NWS) and intensify the ongoing efforts of all Parties to resolve all outstanding issues in accordance with the objectives and principles of the SEANWFZ Treaty. Our ASEAN experts could explore ways to bridge the differences, including the possibility of engaging with NWS experts. We will continue to submit the biennial SEANWFZ Resolution through the First Committee to the UNGA. 8. We agreed to strengthen cooperation on border management as reflected in the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, and in accordance with respective domestic laws and policies, to better safeguard the increasingly interconnected and integrated ASEAN Community by having the relevant sectoral bodies discuss common concerns such as transnational crimes, trafficking in persons, illegal timber and wildlife trafficking, illicit drug trafficking and cross-border challenges including pandemics while facilitating cross-border trade and movement of people. To this end we looked forward to discussions under relevant sectoral bodies to further enhance the effectiveness of existing relevant ASEAN mechanisms on border management cooperation and explore possible border management cooperation arrangements. 9. We acknowledged that the defence sectoral body, under the ambit of the ADMM, continues to consolidate its work this year under the theme of 3S’s, namely: (i) Sustainable Security; (ii) Strengthening, consolidating and optimising defence cooperation; and (iii) Supporting cross-pillar and cross-sectoral activities. The Leaders welcomed the inclusion of the ASEAN Center of Military Medicine (ACMM) as a subsidiary body under the ADMM in Annex 1 of the ASEAN Charter. We look forward to a number of major exercises and activities to be conducted under the ADMM-Plus Experts’ Working Groups (EWG), which

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will culminate in the work of the current 2017-2020 cycle. We welcomed the new set of Co-Chairs of the EWG for the upcoming 2020-2023 cycle starting at the ADSOM-Plus in 2020 in Viet Nam, which have been recently endorsed to move forward with practical defence cooperation in the areas of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, peacekeeping operations, maritime security, counter-terrorism, military medicine, humanitarian mine action and cybersecurity.

10. We agreed to enhance cybersecurity cooperation and the building of an open, secure, stable, accessible and resilient cyberspace supporting the digital economy of the ASEAN region through a feasible coordination mechanism for ASEAN cyber discussions, implementing practical confidence-building measures and adopting a set of common, voluntary and nonbinding norms of responsible State behaviour in cyberspace as per the ASEAN Leaders’ Statement on Cybersecurity Cooperation, including the Ministers' guidance in developing an ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025, as well as supporting the cybersecurity activities and training programmes of the ASEAN-Singapore Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence (ASCCE) in Singapore and the ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Capacity Building Centre (AJCCBC) in Bangkok, which will complement existing ASEAN efforts in cybersecurity capacity-building.

11. We commended the significant progress made and reaffirmed our commitment in the fight against transnational crimes, particularly in the areas of trafficking in persons and counter-terrorism, including by strengthening cross-sectoral and cross-pillar collaboration through the full implementation of the Bohol Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Work Plan 2017-2020 and the development of the Work Plan of the ASEAN Plan of Action to Prevent and Counter the Rise of Radicalisation and Violent Extremism 2018-2025. We reaffirmed our commitment to addressing the scourge of drugs through the delivery of the Joint ASEAN Statement at the Ministerial Segment of the 62nd Session of the Commission on Narcotics Drugs (CND) in March 2019 and the Joint ASEAN Statement Against Legalisation of Controlled Drugs at the 5th CND Intersessional Meeting in November 2018, thereby reaffirming ASEAN’s unity in maintaining a zero tolerance approach to drugs and promoting communities free of drug abuse. 12. We commended the work of the ASEAN Law Ministers Meeting (ALAWMM) and the ASEAN Senior Law Officials Meeting (ASLOM) in the field of legal and judicial cooperation including on the issue of extradition and further encourage them to commence deliberation on an ASEAN Extradition Treaty. We were pleased to note further achievement in judicial cooperation in the form of endorsement by ASEAN Member States to elevate the Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters into an ASEAN Treaty and welcomed the elevation of the ASEAN Ministers/Attorneys-General Meeting of the Central Authorities on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (AMAG-MLAT) and the Senior Officials’ Meeting of the Central Authorities on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (SOM-MLAT) as an ASEAN Sectoral Bodies under the ASEAN Political-Security Community in Annex 1 of the ASEAN Charter.

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13, We reaffirmed our commitment to promoting tolerance, moderation and respect for diversity as well as to promoting and protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms as they are core principles of ASEAN, and in this context, we underscored the importance of addressing effectively the challenges posed by violent extremism. 14. We noted with satisfaction the progress of AICHR in the promotion and protection of human rights in ASEAN. We also noted that this year, 2019, marks a decade of the establishment of AICHR. In this regard, we encourage AICHR to further continue its work in mainstreaming human rights across all three pillars of the ASEAN Community and in implementing its mandate to promote and protect human rights in a full and effective manner. 15. We were pleased to note the progress made on the consideration of Timor-Leste’s application for ASEAN Membership, with all three Pillars preparing for their respective fact-finding missions to Timor-Leste, and look forward to the outcomes of the aforementioned missions. We also reiterated our readiness to provide capacity-building assistance to Timor-Leste. 16. We took note of the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (ASEAN-IPR)’s efforts in promoting peace, conflict management and conflict resolution through its various activities.

ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY 17. We reaffirmed our commitment towards further economic integration. We welcomed Brunei Darussalam for joining 5 AMS (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam) in the live operation of the ASEAN Single Window (ASW) and looked forward to the remaining ASEAN Member States being on board within this year to achieve full regional coverage of the ASW. We reiterated the significant role that trade facilitation plays in creating an inclusive and sustainable ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). We urged timely implementation of regional initiatives, such as the ASEAN-wide Self-Certification Scheme (AWSCS) and the ASEAN Customs Transit System (ACTS). We welcomed the finalisation of the ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement on Type Approval for Automotive Products (APMRA) and look forward to its signing and subsequent implementation. 18. We recognised that the global economy is at an important crossroad with an increasing number of uncertainties and challenges. In this regard, we reiterated our strong commitment to concluding the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations within 2019 to reinvigorate international trade and to maintain ASEAN credibility and centrality. We urged the RCEP Ministers and officials to redouble their efforts to reach this target, guided by the RCEP Work Plan 2019 which was endorsed by the Ministers at the intersessional meeting in Siem Reap in March 2019. We also called

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for relevant ASEAN partners to prioritise the RCEP negotiations and to work with ASEAN to conclude the RCEP negotiations within this year. 19. We recognised that financial cooperation and integration remain important for a strong and stable ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), especially at this time of heightened global uncertainties. We welcomed the signing of the Protocol to Implement the Eighth Package of Commitments on Financial Services under the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS) by ASEAN Finance Ministers on 5 April 2019, which underscores our strong commitment in advancing linkages among AMS by further opening market access in the financial services sector. We noted that negotiations for the 9th Protocol have commenced and encouraged ASEAN Member States to make substantial commitments for its early finalisation, in line with the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Consolidated Strategic Action Plan (SAP) 2025. We noted the endorsement of ASEAN Capital Markets Forum’s (ACMF) initiative to create the Roadmap for ASEAN Sustainable Capital Markets by the ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on 5 April 2019 in Chiang Rai, Thailand as well as ongoing work on innovative financing approaches through Inclusive Finance Facility and the ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility, and connectivity through local currency settlement and cross-border retail payments. We reaffirmed our commitment to accelerate infrastructure development and financing in ASEAN through the mobilisation of private capital. We also recognised the importance of keeping abreast of technological advancements and the digital economy for the benefit of the region’s growth and development. We welcomed efforts to encourage the ASEAN banking community to gradually adopt the principles of sustainable finance into business practices. We underscored the importance of the use of local currencies to promote trade and investment in our region. We also welcomed the continued efforts in developing a regional framework to facilitate the integration of real-time retail payment system in ASEAN, including the progress on the Thailand and Singapore payment system linkage and look forward to its live-operation by the first half of 2020. 20. We welcomed the signing of the Protocol to Amend the ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement on 2 March 2019 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, and looked forward to its early implementation. We also welcomed the entry into force of the ASEAN-Hong Kong, China Free Trade Agreement (AHKFTA), and the ASEAN-Hong Kong, China Investment Agreement (AHKIA), respectively on June 11th and June 17th. We expressed confidence that the trade and investment opportunities arising from these agreements and other ASEAN Plus One FTAs would further stimulate growth and development in the region. 21. We remained concerned over the unabating tide of protectionism and anti-globalisation sentiments that continue to plague the global economy and put the multilateral trading system under threat. Amidst the challenges faced by the World Trade Organization (WTO), there is a need to preserve and strengthen the dispute settlement mechanism being the WTO's unique system in settling trade disputes. We therefore reaffirmed our strong commitment to upholding an inclusive, transparent, and rules-based multilateral trading system. We also noted the work that is being undertaken to reform and

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modernise the World Trade Organization (WTO) and reiterated our full support to this endeavor. 22. We noted the deep concern of some ASEAN Member States on issues relating to unfair market access and treatment for palm oil. We reaffirmed our support for the concerned Member States’ efforts to address the sustainability of palm oil, including their continued engagement with relevant parties. 23. We welcomed the significant progress in implementing the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) 2025 towards a seamless and competitive ASEAN Community. To address the sustainable infrastructure needs of the region and unlock opportunities, we are pleased to note that the development of the Initial Rolling Priority Pipeline of Potential ASEAN Infrastructure Projects has progressed well and look forward to the launch of the ASEAN Infrastructure Projects at the sidelines of the 35th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits. Complementing the efforts to advance sustainable infrastructure, we also welcomed the commencement of work on the development of an ASEAN database on trade routes and framework for enhancing supply chain efficiency. We emphasised the importance of promoting links and interface between ASEAN and sub-regional arrangements as well as between ASEAN MPAC 2025 and the connectivity strategies of other countries and regions, using the “Connecting the Connectivities” approach, which could broaden and deepen our partnerships on connectivity. We commended the ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee (ACCC), the Lead Implementing Bodies (LIBs) and relevant ASEAN Sectoral Bodies for their strong support to the implementation of MPAC 2025, and appreciated the continuous contributions of our Dialogue Partners and external parties. 24. We encouraged cooperation in the pursuit of ASEAN as a single tourism destination which promotes responsible, sustainable, inclusive and balanced tourism development, so as to contribute significantly to the socio-economic well-being of ASEAN people. We also supported the liberalisation of air services under the ASEAN Single Aviation Market, including through efforts to harmonise and enhance air traffic operations through the establishment of a Seamless ASEAN Sky. 25. We underlined the need for a more holistic approach to prepare ASEAN for the challenges brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). We noted the ongoing work on the development of the ASEAN Digital Integration Framework Action Plan (DIFAP) 2015-2025, ASEAN Innovation Roadmap 2019-2025, ASEAN Declaration on Industrial Transformation to Industry 4.0, Guideline on Skilled Labour/Professional Services Development in Response to the 4IR, and initiatives related to the digitalisation of ASEAN micro enterprises. We commended the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN BAC) for its 2019 legacy project entitled “ASEAN Human Empowerment and Development (AHEAD)”, which focuses on human capital development to embrace the 4IR. We encouraged strengthening partnerships between all relevant sectoral bodies, stakeholders, as well as the private sectors to better prepare for and fully harness the 4IR as highlighted by the ASEAN Digital Ministers’ Retreat in March 2019 in Phuket. We

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commended the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) for publishing the “ASEAN Vision 2040: Towards a Bolder and Stronger ASEAN Community” report which provides recommendations on how to most effectively prepare ASEAN for the future, particularly the 4IR. 26. We welcomed the holding of the ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN) Roundtable Meeting and Conference on Smart and Sustainable Cities to discuss the ASCN Terms of Reference and the ASCN Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework that would further institutionalise the ASCN on 6-7 June 2019 in Bangkok. We encouraged the ASCN pilot cities to continue to implement their city action plans. 27. We commended the convening of the ASEAN Meeting on Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing in partnership with the European Union (EU) on 4-5 April 2019 in Bangkok which is aimed at: (i) exchanging experiences and expertise on policies, regulations, and best practices to combat IUU fishing; (ii) strengthening cooperation on combating IUU activities among the enforcement agencies, authorities and other relevant stakeholders in ASEAN through effective implementation of existing mechanisms under ASEAN, including relevant international law and instruments; (iii) implementing sustainable fisheries management and cooperation; and (iv) exploring the possibility of establishing an ASEAN IUU Network. 28. We also commended the initiative of the Special ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Illegal Wildlife Trade (SAMM-IWT) which aimed to enhance regional efforts to reduce demand for IW products, strengthen law enforcement, and encourage ASEAN Member States to monitor the online IW. 29. We welcomed ongoing sub-regional economic cooperation efforts which continue to serve as catalysts for economic growth and sustainable development and for reinforcing regional economic integration and connectivity, such as the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA), Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) and Ayeyawady - Chao Phraya - Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) processes, as well as new initiatives such as the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), all of which will help complement ASEAN Community-building.

ASEAN SOCIO-CULTURAL COMMUNITY 30. We are committed to consolidating and strengthening regional cooperation in culture-related areas through the adoption of the ASEAN Leaders’ Statement on the ASEAN Cultural Year 2019 with the theme of ‘Diversity, Creativity, and Sustainability’. We looked forward to vibrant cultural exchanges among the ASEAN Member States, including the Best of ASEAN Performing Arts 2019. We also welcomed the planned ‘ASEAN Cultural Troupe: Oneness to the World’, the cultural showcases in the ASEAN Plus Three (APT) countries and other parts of the world, and other related activities to bring a unified voice through ASEAN cultures and heritage to global audiences. In raising ASEAN identity and awareness, we appreciated the convening of the ASEAN University Students Council

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Union conference, the intra-ASEAN scholarships program and the contribution of the ASEAN Cultural Center in Bangkok. 31. We welcomed the shared wish of ASEAN to develop a joint bid to host a FIFA World Cup and supported the efforts of national football associations of ASEAN Member States and the ASEAN Football Federation to realise this goal. 32. We noted with satisfaction the adoption of the Concept Note and Terms of Reference for the Network of ASEAN Associations of the ASEAN Member States by the 23rd ASEAN Coordinating Council Meeting, which aims at promoting greater public awareness of ASEAN and its identity, as well as strengthening and broadening grass-roots support for the ASEAN Community within ASEAN Member States. We also looked forward to the first annual meeting of the Network in Thailand in 2019. 33. We agreed on the need to strengthen ASEAN preparedness to deal with the trends of an ageing society, as well as the promotion of better social safety nets, through the establishment of the ASEAN Centre for Active Ageing and Innovation (ACAI) and the development of an ASEAN Training Centre for Social Work and Social Welfare (ATCSW) this year. 34. We noted the development of the ASEAN Plan of Action on Culture of Prevention to implement the ASEAN Declaration on Culture for Prevention for a Peaceful, Inclusive, Resilient, Healthy and Harmonious Society adopted in 2017 in particular the outreach campaigns of the six priorities of Culture of Prevention that will commence in 2019 and 2020. 35. In ensuring a competitive workforce equipped with future-ready skills, we noted the signing of the ASEAN Labour Ministers’ Statement on the Future of Work: Embracing Technology for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth, as well as the finalisation of the Future ASEAN Agenda on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). We further noted the adoption of the ASEAN Labour Ministers’ Joint Statement on Green Initiative to the 108th International Labour Conference by the ASEAN Labour Ministers and emphasised the need to promote business and human rights based on the United Nations’ ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ framework. 36. We noted the ongoing efforts to implement the ASEAN Declaration on Strengthening Education for Out-of-School Children and Youth (OOSCY) adopted at the 28th ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, Lao PDR in 2016, including the development of a regional action plan for the implementation of the said Declaration. 37. We shared a concern for the multi-faceted impact and risks of climate change and climate-related disasters on the people of ASEAN. We welcomed the positive outcomes of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Katowice Climate Change Conference in 2018, and reiterated ASEAN’s commitment to advancing climate action towards the achievement of our respective Nationally Determined

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Contributions in implementing the Paris Agreement. We look forward to furthering progress at the upcoming UNFCCC Santiago Climate Change Conference as well as the UN Climate Action Summit 2019. We recognised the importance of a people-oriented and people-centred approach in dealing with climate change and will continue to enhance our communication, education and public awareness on climate change, as well as environmental protection. 38. We recognised that our region is prone to natural disasters, which cause disruptions to the socio-economic development and people’s ways of lives. We reiterated our support for the operationalisation of the ASEAN Declaration on One ASEAN One Response: ASEAN Responding to Disasters as One in the Region and Outside the Region. We also commended the work of the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) and the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre) enhancing ASEAN’s capabilities and cooperation in disaster management and emergency response. In this regard, we welcomed the establishment of an ASEAN Satellite Warehouse in Chai Nat, Thailand, and looked forward to the launch of the ASEAN Satellite Warehouse in Manila, the Philippines in 2019 under the Disaster Emergency Logistics System for ASEAN (DELSA), which will enhance the mobilisation and delivery of relief items rapidly to disaster-affected areas. We also look forward towards the operationalisation of ASEAN Militaries Ready Group on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (AMRG on HADR) which will help reinforce ASEAN’s humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities to respond to disasters effectively under a single ASEAN banner. We also agreed on the need to strengthen regional collaboration on public health at the national and regional levels in line with the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) through the operationalisation of the ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on Disaster Health Management. We also welcomed the endorsement of the Phase 2 Plan of Action of the ASEAN Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (ADRFI), that would support the provision of disaster risk financing and insurance solutions in the region, to close ASEAN’s protection gap and reinforce ASEAN’s disaster resilience. 39. We shared a concern over the high and rapidly increasing levels of marine debris and acknowledged the urgent need for strong regional collaboration among ASEAN Member States and with partners to effectively address this issue. We therefore welcomed the convening of the Special ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Marine Debris on 5 March 2019 in Bangkok. We adopted the Bangkok Declaration on Combating Marine Debris in ASEAN Region and welcomed the ASEAN Framework of Action on Marine Debris to strengthen collaborative action among ASEAN Member States and partners to prevent and significantly reduce marine debris, produced from both sea-based and land-based activities. 40. We noted that transboundary haze pollution, arising from land and forest fires remains a major concern in the region. We reiterated our commitment to the full and effective implementation of the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (AATHP) and the Roadmap on ASEAN Cooperation Towards Transboundary Haze

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Pollution Control with Means of Implementation (the Roadmap) to achieve a Haze-Free ASEAN by 2020. We looked forward to the conducting of the Mid-Term Review on the implementation of the Roadmap to take stock of the implementation progress and to sustain momentum in ensuring concrete improvements towards achieving the vision of the Roadmap. We looked forward to the establishment and full operationalisation of the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Transboundary Haze Pollution under the AATHP which will provide a strategic framework for the implementation of collaborative actions, to address transboundary haze pollution in the ASEAN region. 41. We recognised the challenges of biodiversity conservation and the impact of climate change in ASEAN, in particular activities relating to the loss of biodiversity. We noted the positive outcome of the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP14) in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt in 2018. We recognised the progress made in implementing conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity of the region to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, with the support of the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, and encouraged all ASEAN Member States to join the preparation of the Post-2020 biodiversity framework under the Convention on Biological Diversity taking into account the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals. 42. We reaffirmed our support for a more visible and enhanced role of ASEAN to support Myanmar in providing humanitarian assistance, facilitating the repatriation process with regard to the situation in Rakhine State, and promoting sustainable development. We appreciated the efforts of the Secretary-General of ASEAN (ASG), the AHA Centre, and officials from the Government of Myanmar in conducting the Preliminary Needs Assessment (PNA) Mission, which was based on the mandate given by ASEAN. We agreed for the ASG to go further with the recommendations contained in the PNA, including those that focus on capacity-building, dissemination of information and support to the provision of basic services in Rakhine State, and recognised the need for adequate resources for these activities. We underscored the importance of prioritisation of the basic services that would receive support and the usefulness of exploring cooperation with ASEAN’s Dialogue Partners on possible support. We welcomed the compilation of information by the ASEAN Secretariat regarding the cooperation and assistance voluntarily extended by ASEAN Member States to Myanmar to address the humanitarian situation, which will facilitate enhanced ASEAN coordination on this matter. 43. We stressed the importance of and expressed our continued support for Myanmar’s commitment to ensure safety and security for all communities in Rakhine State as effectively as possible and facilitate the voluntary return of displaced persons in a safe, secure and dignified manner. We looked forward to the full implementation of the MOU between Myanmar Government, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and to the continued and effective dialogue between Myanmar and Bangladesh to facilitate the repatriation process of displaced persons from Rakhine State. We stressed the need to find a comprehensive and durable solution to address the root causes of the conflict and

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to create a conducive environment so that the affected communities can rebuild their lives. We encouraged Myanmar to continue to implement the remaining recommendations of the final report of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State. We expect that the Independent Commission of Enquiry established by the Government of Myanmar would seek accountability by carrying out an independent and impartial investigation into alleged human rights violations and related issues. We also reaffirmed ASEAN’s support for Myanmar’s efforts to bring peace, stability, the rule of law, to promote harmony and reconciliation among the various communities as well as to ensure sustainable and equitable development in Rakhine State. 44. We noted the work of the ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW) and look forward to the adoption of the Terms of Reference of ACMW this year. We were pleased to note the on-going implementation of the ASEAN Consensus on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers by the ASEAN Member States through its action plan and filling up of the self-assessment tool, and acknowledged notable progress in the empowerment of women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons in the ASEAN region. We looked forward to the implementation of the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025: Mainstreaming the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the finalisation of the Regional Plan of Action to Implement the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on Ageing Empowering Older Persons in ASEAN. We also reaffirmed the commitment to promote the women, peace and security agenda in the ASEAN region as outlined in the Joint Statement on Promoting Women, Peace and Security in ASEAN by building on existing frameworks, such as the ASEAN Women for Peace Registry, under the ASEAN Institute of Peace and Reconciliation. 45. We noted the continued progress in the implementation of the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) Work Plan I