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Chairman’s Statement of The Ninth Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM) and Tenth Meeting of The Conference of The Parties (Cop) To The ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER)
2021
Statements,
- The 9th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM) and the 10th Meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) were convened as a joint session on 14 October 2021, via virtual conferencing. The Meeting was opened and chaired by H.E. K. Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law of the Republic of Singapore, and Chair of the AMMDM. The Meeting was attended by the representatives of ASEAN Member States, the Secretary-General of ASEAN, the ASEAN Secretariat and the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre).
- The Meeting commended the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) on the successful launch and ongoing implementation of the AADMER Work Programme 2021-2025, as well as the Governing Board of the AHA Centre in providing guidance on the operationalization of the AHA Centre. Accomplishments in both the policy and operational fronts are essential in achieving the aspirations of the ASEAN Declaration on ‘One ASEAN, One Response’ and the ASEAN Vision 2025 on Disaster Management; and in fulfilling the objectives of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Blueprint 2025.