{"id":16732,"date":"2014-06-24T18:19:27","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T10:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=16732"},"modified":"2014-06-24T18:19:27","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T10:19:27","slug":"asean-info-ministers-underscore-need-to-accelerate-awareness-on-one-asean-community-its-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/24\/asean-info-ministers-underscore-need-to-accelerate-awareness-on-one-asean-community-its-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"ASEAN info ministers underscore need to accelerate awareness on &#8216;One ASEAN Community&#8217;, its benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_13390\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13390\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ASEAN-delegates-BC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13390\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ASEAN-delegates-BC-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"WELCOMING ASEAN DELEGATES. Premier Christy Clark meets with a delegation of high-ranking government officials representing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to reaffirm British Columbia\u2019s commitment to develop its liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. The meeting came during a full day of events to promote the province\u2019s competitive advantages as part of the ASEAN Economic Ministers Roadshow to Canada. Photo from the Province of British Columbia \/ Flickr\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ASEAN-delegates-BC-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ASEAN-delegates-BC.jpg 924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WELCOMING ASEAN DELEGATES. Premier Christy Clark meets with a delegation of high-ranking government officials representing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to reaffirm British Columbia\u2019s commitment to develop its liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. The meeting came during a full day of events to promote the province\u2019s competitive advantages as part of the ASEAN Economic Ministers Roadshow to Canada. Photo from the Province of British Columbia \/ Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">MANILA &#8212; The Information Ministers of the 10 member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) underscored the need to accelerate the efforts to communicate ASEAN and its benefits as the envisioned &#8220;One ASEAN Community&#8221; by the year 2015 comes to a close.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">During the 12th Conference of the ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information (AMRI) held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on June 12, the Ministers signed the Declaration on Socially Responsible Media for a Peaceful and Prosperous Community to affirm their commitment to further strengthen cooperation in information and media programs and activities to bring about a heightened awareness and deeper understanding of ASEAN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The Ministers also noted the initiatives that have already been undertaken by the Member States in support of ASEAN awareness and community building, including television and radio news exchanges and the ASEAN Quiz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">They also welcomed the initiatives towards the adoption of digital broadcasting by the Member States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">They likewise highlighted the need to maximize the use of all forms of media, from the traditional and mainstream to the new or social media, to inform the widest public possible of the benefits of ASEAN integration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The Ministers further resolved to enjoin the engagement of various sectors, including ASEAN\u2019s Dialogue Partners, in making ASEAN a truly one community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Among the future cooperation areas cited were joint production projects, media networking, and human resources development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">A Senior Officials Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information (SOMRI) and meetings with dialogue partners China, Japan, and Korea were also held with the AMRI Conference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The Philippines will host the next AMRI Conference in March 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Information Ministers of the 10 member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) underscored the need &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":13390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[5866],"class_list":["post-16732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","tag-asean-delegates","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16732","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}