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Ireland and 11 member states of the UN Security Council co-held on March 8 an Arria-formula meeting entitled “Call to Lead by Example: Ensuring the Full, Equal and Meaningful Participation of Women in UN-led Peace Processes”.

China is ready to work with ASEAN to build an even closer community with a shared future, and open up another three decades of even greater cooperation.

The Ratchakitcha, or Government Gazette website, of Thailand on March 6 published an order prohibiting rallies or public gatherings that could risk spreading COVID-19 in provinces at high risk.

Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to ASEAN, attended the 22nd meeting of the ASEAN-China Joint Cooperation Committee via videoconference on March 5.

Minister of State-Owned Enterprises of Indonesia Erick Thohir has said the Indonesian Government will build the Sanur area in Bali into a world-class Health Special Economic Zone.

The Indonesian economy is gradually recovering, owing in part to a bold, comprehensive, and coordinated policy response to address the socio-economic hardship inflicted by the COVID 19 pandemic in the first half of 2020.

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has played an important role in promoting political and security progress in South Sudan in the past time.

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on March 1 held a press meeting marking one year since the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition took over the Government.

Thailand reported 70 new COVID-9 cases, including 62 domestic infections on February 28, according to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has held a workshop on the Development Prospects for the ASEAN Minerals Cooperation and Scoping Study of the ASEAN Minerals Database and Information System.

Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy has called on the international community to assist ASEAN in preventing risks of violence and helping millions of people in Myanmar.

Indonesia’s capital Jakarta has become the first Southeast Asian city to win the Sustainable Transport Award (STA).