Working Group Meets in Kuala Lumpur
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| From left to right-- Sun Channdara Wuddh and Chair
Kem Sokha of the Cambodian Working Group, Philippine
Working Group Chair Wigberto Tañada and member
Paulynn Sicam. |
The Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism sat
down for an intensive meeting on November 16 and 17 in Kuala
Lumpur. The group discussed important developments in the
region, assessed actions, discussed future plans, and updated
each other on national working group activities since the
last meeting in Vientiane, Laos in July 2005.
Issues discussed thoroughly at the meeting included: 1)
The preparations for the 5th Annual Workshop for an ASEAN
Human Rights Mechanism. 2) Updates on the networking of
the national human rights institutions. 3) The implementation
of the Vientiane Action Programme (VAP) and how the Working
Group can assist ASEAN in concretizing human rights program
areas in the VAP. 4) The progress in the creation of an
Eminent Persons Group (EPG) as well as the challenges in
the way of its constitution. 5) Funding concerns as well
as opportunities on the regional and national levels. 6)
The Working Group’s Communications Plan.
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| Dinnertime discussions: (form left to right) Julio
Andrews, Asia Foundation representative; Michael Miner,
project director of the South East Asia Regional Cooperation
on Human Development; and Sinapan Samydoral of the Singaporean
Working Group. |
The meeting was held at the Hotel Equatorial in Kuala Lumpur
and was attended by members from Cambodia (Mr. Kem Sokha
and Mr. Sun Channdara Wuddh); Indonesia (Mr. Marzuki Darusman
and Mr. Budiono Kusumohamidjojo); Malaysia (Dato Param Cumaraswamy,
Mr. Marimuthu Nadason and Mr. B. Yoga Mithran); Philippines
(Mr. Wigberto Tañada and Ms. Paulynn Sicam); Thailand
(Dr. Sriprapha Petcharamesree and Ms. Sunsanee Suthisunsanee);
and Singapore (Mr. Sinapan Samydorai). Representatives from
the Southeast Asian Regional Cooperation for Human Development,
Mr. Michael Miner and Ms. Maureen Maloney, were also in
attendance. Members of the Working Group’s Secretariat
Mr. Ray Paolo Santiago and Ms. Maita Chan-Gonzaga provided
administrative and technical support.
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