JAKARTA, April 12 -- ASEAN Secretariat and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) co-organised the first workshop on challenges and humanitarian action in Southeast Asia in Jakarta yesterday.
The workshop established a platform for experience-sharing and dialogue-exchange on contemporary humanitarian trends and issues in ASEAN countries. Participants also discussed international humanitarian law and principles, regionalisation and localisation of humanitarian action, as well mental health and psychological support in disasters.
As the humanitarian landscape is shifting, ASEAN needs to rapidly mature in humanitarian response strategies to meet the needs of affected Member States. "We need to further advance the ASEAN Way towar...