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The Political, Economic and Social Committees of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) approved several resolutions during their meetings as part of the ongoing 43rd AIPA General Assembly (AIPA-43).

The 40th and 41st ASEAN summits, as well as related summits, were held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from November 8 to 13, 2022. Myanmar's crisis

The Political, Economic and Social Committees of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) approved several resolutions during their meetings as part of the ongoing 43rd AIPA General Assembly (AIPA-43).

After nearly two years of getting nowhere to stem the tide of open armed conflict in Myanmar in the aftermath of the Myanmar military junta putsch that ousted the civilian government in February 2021, the ASEAN Leaders' Review and Decision on the Implementation of the Five-Point Consensus (5PC) 15-point statement was released on 11 November with the aim to change the dire status quo.

It is time for the bloc to take the unprecedented step of listening to the people of Myanmar.

The regional bloc’s plan to “converge” its 5-Point Consensus with the junta’s election roadmap will only compound the total failure of its approach to the crisis so far.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn, in his capacity as the ASEAN chair’s special envoy to Myanmar, plans to visit there for a third time in the coming weeks in further pursuit of the efforts to assist its return to normalcy and a democratic path.

Australian economist lands in Melbourne; Japanese journalist lands in Tokyo a day after Thursday’s mass release.

Vietnam could take a leading role in ensuring ASEAN mechanisms to be taken seriously in dealing with contemporary challenges