Our congratulations to Dr. Surin Pitsuwan on his appointment as the new Secretary-General of ASEAN!
Dr. Pitsuwan, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, assumed the post of Secretary-General of ASEAN on 7 January 2008, succeeding Mr. Ong Keng Yong, whose term ended on 31 December 2007.
The five-year tenure of Dr. Surin Pitsuwan will be from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2012. His appointment was formally endorsed by the ASEAN Leaders at the 13th ASEAN Summit in Singapore in November 2007.
Read his very interesting acceptance speech here.