PH SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES CHAIRSHIP OF ASEAN COMMITTEE IN NAIROBI (ACN)

From left to right: Philippine Ambassador Marie Charlotte G. Tang (third from left) hands over the chairship of the ASEAN Committee in Nairobi (ACN) to Ambassador Morakot Janemathukorn of Thailand (second from left). They are joined by Ambassador Mohamad Hery Saripudin of Indonesia (leftmost) and High Commissioner Ruzaimi Mohamad of Malaysia (rightmost).

NAIROBI, 19 April 2024 – Philippine Ambassador to Kenya Marie Charlotte G. Tang handed over the chairship of the ASEAN Committee in Nairobi (ACN) to Ambassador Morakot Janemathukorn of Thailand at the ACN meeting held on 19 April 2024 at the Tribe Hotel in Nairobi.

Amb. Tang thanked her ASEAN counterparts for their support and cooperation during the Philippines’ chairship in 2023. The other ASEAN heads of mission also expressed appreciation to Amb. Tang and the Philippine Embassy for spearheading the ACN activities towards increasing the visibility of ASEAN in Kenya.

During its ACN chairship, the Philippines led the commemoration of the annual ASEAN Day, the conduct of the ASEAN Family Day and the ASEAN Food Festival, and the outreach to the academic community through the Speaker Series with ASEAN Ambassadors in partnership with Strathmore University in Nairobi.

Another initiative of the Philippines was the drafting of the Rules of Procedure (RoP) to guide the work and processes of the ACN, based on ASEAN’s Terms of Reference (ToR) and RoP for ASEAN Committees in Third Countries and International Organizations. The RoP for the ACN was adopted at the meeting on 19 April.

The ACN is composed of the four ASEAN Member States (out of ten) with resident embassies in Nairobi namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand. END

The ACN meeting discussed activities that the Committee will organize in 2024.

The ACN Heads of Mission and Working Group members pose for a group photo.

Amb. Tang as she presides over her last ACN meeting as Chair.