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ARF Unit. ASEAN established the ARF Unit at the ASEAN Secretariat on 26 June 2004. Based on its Terms of Reference, the ARF Unit’s role and functions are as follows: (1) to support the enhanced role of the ARF Chair, including interaction with other regional and international organizations, defense officials dialogue and Track II organizations; (2) to function as depository of ARF documents ...
The Asean Regional Forum website provides information on the schedule of ARF meetings and activities.
CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT OF THE 30 Jakarta, 14 July 2023. OF THE 30th ASEAN REGIONAL FORUMJakarta, 14 July 2023The Thirtieth Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum. (ARF) was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 14 July 2023. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Retno L. P. Marsudi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, under Indonesia’s ...
the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Participants,ARF HA NOI PLAN OF ACTION II (2020-2025)We, the Foreign Ministers of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Participants, gathered today at the 27th ARF on 12 S. ptember 2020 in Ha Noi, Viet Nam to chart the ARF Ha Noi Plan of Action II 2020-2025.Recalling the ARF Vision Statement (2009) and the Hanoi Plan of ...
II.1.1.2 The ARF Ministerial Meeting is chaired by the ASEAN Chair of that year. II.1.2 ARF Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM): II.1.2.1 The ARF SOM comprises senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of ARF Participants, designated as Vice-Minister, Deputy-Minister, Permanent Secretary, Undersecretary or Secretary-General level.
2 nd ARF Training on Ferry Safety Capacity Building. Guangzhou, China. 28–31 October 2024.
ARF Statement on Reiterating Commitment to Preserve Southeast Asia as a Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 5 August 2022 Download here Joint Statement on Promoting the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda at the ASEAN Regional Forum, Brunei Darussalam, 6 August 2021
diplomacy in the ARF process while continuing work on the confidence-building measures; 7. Task the ARF Senior Officials to deliberate on the ARF’s roles, achievements, and challenges over the past 30 years to provide recommendations for the future direction of the ARF and submit a progress report to the 31st ARF.
Activities in the ARF are convened based on an inter-sessional calendar, which usually starts from the conclusion of the ARF Ministerial Meeting until the next ARF Ministerial Meeting (i.e. July/August this year to July/August next year). The schedule of ARF Meetings and Activities for the Inter-Sessional Year 2023–2024 can be accessed through the following link: […]
The ARF meeting in Bangkok demonstrated this by taking a stand on the Korean issue at the very first meeting. This was a signal that the ARF is ready to address any challenge to the peace and security of the region. 13. Over time, the ARF must develop its own mechanisms to carry preventive diplomacy and conflict-resolution.
