Joint Statement of the Thirty-First ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council
March 24, 2024
1. The 31st ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council Meeting was held on 24 March 2024, in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, under the ASEAN Chairmanship of Lao PDR.
2. The Meeting extended full support to the Lao PDR’s ASEAN Chairmanship with its theme of “ASEAN: Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience”, focusing on two sub-themes, namely “Enhancing Connectivity” and “Enhancing Resilience”. Under “Enhancing Connectivity,” four priorities were identified, namely: (1) Integrating and Connecting Economies, (2) Forging an Inclusive and Sustainable Future, (3) Transforming for the Digital Future, and (4) Culture and Arts: Promoting the Role of ASEAN Culture and the Arts for Inclusion and Sustainability. Five priorities were identified on “Enhancing Resilience”, namely: (1) Development of Strategic Plans to implement the ASEAN Community Vision 2045, (2) Enhancing ASEAN Centrality, (3) Promoting Environmental Cooperation: Climate Change Resilience,(4) Women and Children: Promoting the Role of Women and Children Towards the Transformation of Behaviourism in ASEAN, and (5) Health: Transforming ASEAN Health Development Resilience in a New Context. The Meeting looked forward to the successful outcomes of the Lao PDR’s ASEAN Chairmanship to enhance ASEAN’s connectivity and resilience, including through the implementation of the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific.
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