ASEAN MEETING

ASEAN Regional Consultation on Project Development for Finalizing The Regional Proposal and Plan of Action for Greater Involvement and Empowerment of People Living with HIV

On May 7 to 9 I was invited to speak in the ASEAN regional consultation in Vientiane, Lao PDR. This meeting was attended by ATFOA focal points from Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Lao PDR, Cambodia and Myanmar. The participants from Viet Nam and Brunei Darussalam were absence. In addition, representatives from APN+, UNDP, RAK THAI and Third World Network also presented.

This consultation workshop had an output which is a Statement of Commitment. Migrations, migrant and mobile population had been mentioned a lot during this meeting and finally it has a special section in the statement. This is good because this statement will be finalized and brought to the ASEAN countries to be discussed at the country level. ASEAN Secretariat had committed to monitor the implementation of the statement at the country level.