{"id":109627,"date":"2017-08-03T04:03:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T08:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=109627"},"modified":"2017-08-03T04:04:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T08:04:05","slug":"asean-to-launch-first-ever-media-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/03\/asean-to-launch-first-ever-media-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Asean to launch first-ever media forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_109628\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109628\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/logo-asean.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-109628\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/logo-asean-300x95.png\" alt=\"\u201cOver 21 media leaders from 10 member states have so far, agreed to join the forum,\u201d the statement reads. (PNA Photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/logo-asean-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/logo-asean.png 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cOver 21 media leaders from 10 member states have so far, agreed to join the forum,\u201d the statement reads. (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 3 &#8212; The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will launch its first-ever Asean Media Forum (AMF) on Friday in Manila as part of the commemorative activities celebrating the regional block\u2019s 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Asean secretariat based in Jakarta, said the AMF aims at \u201cproviding a platform for Asean to convey key messages of its goals, achievements and challenges to top media leaders, while at the same time, allow for engagement, discussion and debate on topical and timely international, issues which affect the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver 21 media leaders from 10 member states have so far, agreed to join the forum,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>During the launching, Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, former Asean Secretary-General and ex-Thai Foreign Minister, will deliver a special luncheon speech on \u201cASEAN \u2013 the next 50 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is to be followed by a panel discussion on \u201chow should Asean balance itself among the major powers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The highlight of the forum will be a \u201cConversation with the Asean chair\u201d hosted by Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alan Peter Cayetano.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedia plays a very important role in ASEAN\u2019s community building efforts. This forum is being launched in the hope that Asean can forge a regular platform of communication with the region\u2019s media, enabling them to gain a deeper understanding of Asean, and thus empowering these media leaders to better explain Asean\u2019s objectives, initiatives, achievements and challenges to our people,\u201d said AKP Mochtan, the Deputy Secretary-General of Asean for Community and Corporate Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The Asean Secretariat and the Deutsche Gessellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) are jointly organizing the event, in consultation with the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 3 &#8212; The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will launch its first-ever Asean Media Forum (AMF) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":109628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[595,18554],"class_list":["post-109627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-asean","tag-forum","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}