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Barnama
26-05-2025
- Business
- Barnama
Speech For Yab Prime Minister On The Occasion Of The Signing Ceremony Of The Kuala Lumpur Declaration On Asean 2045: Our Shared Future
Today, ASEAN marks a defining chapter in its journey of regional integration with the adoption of ASEAN 2045: Our Shared Future. It is often said that the best way to predict the future is to create it. That is what ASEAN has sought to do – through decades of steady effort, shared stewardship and strategic vision. Today, we renew that solemn promise – not as a tribute to the past, but as a living covenant with the future. In 1967, our founding members pledged to 'bind themselves together in friendship and cooperation and, through joint efforts and sacrifices, secure for their peoples and for posterity the blessings of peace, freedom and prosperity.' I record my deep appreciation to all who contributed to this vision, shaped by persistence, pragmatism and the quiet power of regional trust. Your Majesty, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, A decade ago, in this very city, we launched the ASEAN Community Vision 2025. That moment reaffirmed ASEAN's role as an anchor of stability and a rising centre of economic gravity. But today, the international order is unsettled. Geopolitical tensions, economic fragmentation, climate and technological disruption are testing the bonds between nations. The years ahead will be defined by revolutions in technology and science. Our ability to lead – in artificial intelligence, digital innovation and the green and blue economies – will determine not just our prosperity, but our cohesion. Yet these same technologies carry risks. Left unmanaged, they may deepen inequality, displace livelihoods and outpace our rules. We must not only embrace innovation – we must learn to govern it, together, and with care. The future we seek must rest on foundations of sustainability and inclusion. ASEAN's integration must be genuinely people-centred. That means closing development gaps, raising standards of living and investing in the human spirit and potential of all our citizens. Your Majesty, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, This shared blueprint gives shape to that belief. It is a vision anchored in realism, animated by resolve and made possible by trust. As we turn this page, we renew our promise – to our peoples, to our region and to the generations yet to rise. Let us move forward – with clarity in our vision, steadiness in our purpose and unity in our will – to build the ASEAN we owe to the future generations. Thank you. Terima kasih. --BERNAMA BERNAMA provides up-to-date authentic and comprehensive news and information which are disseminated via BERNAMA Wires; BERNAMA TV on Astro 502, unifi TV 631 and MYTV 121 channels and BERNAMA Radio on FM93.9 (Klang Valley), FM107.5 (Johor Bahru), FM107.9 (Kota Kinabalu) and FM100.9 (Kuching) frequencies. Follow us on social media : Facebook : @bernamaofficial, @bernamatv, @bernamaradio Twitter : @ @BernamaTV, @bernamaradio Instagram : @bernamaofficial, @bernamatvofficial, @bernamaradioofficial TikTok : @bernamaofficial
Barnama
21-05-2025
- Business
- Barnama
China Pledges US$500m To World Health Organisation Over Next 5 Years
GENEVA, May 21 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- China has pledged US$500 million in financial support to the World Health Organisation (WHO) over the next five years, the Chinese mission to the UN in Geneva said Tuesday in a statement shared with Anadolu Ajansi. The funding for the UN agency will include "an increase in the assessed contribution, a certain amount of voluntary contribution and projects support through the Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund," the mission said. "China always supports the WHO in fulfilling its duties, deepens international public health cooperation, and strengthens global health governance," the statement added. bootstrap slideshow It also emphasised that China supports the WHO "in playing a leading and coordinating role in global health governance." The exact use of the pledged funds "will be agreed upon by both sides," the mission said, adding that China is "looking forward to working with the WHO to further explore cooperation mechanism to improve the efficiency of the use of the financial support." It reported the announcement comes at a time when the WHO is facing funding challenges following the US decision to withdraw from the organisation and reduce financial contributions – making this a notable development in the agency's financing landscape. BERNAMA provides up-to-date authentic and comprehensive news and information which are disseminated via BERNAMA Wires; BERNAMA TV on Astro 502, unifi TV 631 and MYTV 121 channels and BERNAMA Radio on FM93.9 (Klang Valley), FM107.5 (Johor Bahru), FM107.9 (Kota Kinabalu) and FM100.9 (Kuching) frequencies. Follow us on social media : Facebook : @bernamaofficial , @bernamatv , @bernamaradio Twitter : @ , @BernamaTV , @bernamaradio Instagram : @bernamaofficial , @bernamatvofficial , @bernamaradioofficial TikTok : @bernamaofficial
