IRC works on Vietnam revisited
IRC stands for Information and Resource Center in Singapore was my first job as an interpreter in English and Vietnamese in my younger career. At the age of 30, I was still a newcomer to the ‘free’ world, full of opportunities but also challenges. My first job was full of […]
Human Security: A New Paradigm for Human Development in Asia
Human security is a new paradigm for security, development and justice. Since it was first proposed in the 1990s, there has been an endless debate between its proponents and critics, and even among its advocates, over the meaning and utility of the concept. The IRC initiated a project to promote […]
Forum for Peace in East Asia
History NGO Forum for Peace in East Asia, an NGO based in Seoul, Korea, will hold a special Thursday Forum on the Mekong, covering the five Mekong states: Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar. The Mekong Forum is a six-part series and the 3rd of its 6-part series will be […]
Myanmar in Southeast Asia
The Southeast Asian region today is under multiple threats of escalating political violence and the pandemic. This is compounded by a vacuum of effective leadership. ADS has been encouraged to use its platform to join the many who are in search of peaceful solutions. One thing you can do is […]
ADB WTE Energy Policy – URGENT action needed
We are inviting your organization to sign this letter to the Asian Development Bank as our submission to the final inputs for stakeholders comments on the Bank’s revised draft energy policy. As the Bank moved the dates giving little time for consultations for a critical policy, we highly appreciate it […]
HR Defenders Reports – Vietnam
Vietnam Human Rights Defenders’ Weekly Report for September 6-12, 2021: Prominent HRD Pham Doan Trang Prosecuted of “Conducting Anti-state Propaganda,” Facing Lengthy Imprisonment is out. Follow vietnamhumanrightsdefenders.net (under reconstruction for the moment)
ARTICLE 19 and CIVICUS – Malaysia
Government should respect human rights as it seeks UN Human Rights Council membership by YAB Dato Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Prime Minister of Malaysia
Pejabat Perdana Menteri, Blok Utama, Bangunan Perdana Putra, Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan, 62502 Putrajaya, Malaysia For more information, visit civicus.org
Is the ASEAN Regional Forum still relevant?
The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) held its 28th annual ministerial meeting on 6 August 2021. It was chaired by Brunei and it issued an elaborate 35 paragraph declaration. The Indian delegation to the virtual meeting was led by the new Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs, Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh. […]
Partnership VNTU-ADS (New Coordinator)
Call to ADS Fellow members from Executive Director, Mr. Rajaretnam, Chairman Message: ADS has been invited to merge its work and future activities with a Swiss-based organization, VNTU International. We expect this will enable ADS to actively promote its ideas. In view of this, I extend an invitation to you […]
Update on Asian Dialogue Society (ADS)
Due to its expansion and multiple activities, IRC formed The Asian Dialogue Society (2002) as an autonomous platform for dialogue among an informal fellowship of concerned citizens and friends of Asia to address issues that have affected the course of political, economic and social developments, particularly in Asia. The “fellows” […]