Press Release
Cambodia organized a National Seminar on
ASEAN Awareness
ahead
of the upcoming 20th ASEAN Summit
Phnom Penh, Thursday, 15
March 2012
Some 3,500 university
students and officials from various key Ministries of Cambodia took part in a
National Seminar on ASEAN Awareness on Thursday, 15 March 2012, at the Capital’s
Diamond Island Theater.
The Seminar was presided over
by H.E. Mr. HOR Namhong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
and International Cooperation, who represents Cambodia for the ASEAN Political-Security
Community (APSC) Council; H.E. Dr. Cham Prasidh, Senior Minister and Minister
of Commerce, who represents the country for the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Council;
and H.E. Mr. Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister, who represents the country for the ASEAN
Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council.
The National Seminar demonstrates
Cambodia’s strong commitment to work in chorus with all ASEAN Member-States to enhance
ASEAN integration and the ASEAN Community Building by 2015, in order to further
build a strong sense of oneness and shared vision of ASEAN as a cohesive family.
At the National Seminar, the
ASEAN Secretariat has also helped boosting up the spirit and promoting
awareness of ASEAN by providing 3,500 ASEAN T-shirts, hand-flags, and
publications to all participants. The ASEAN Secretariat also provided sets of
books on ASEAN to university libraries in Cambodia.