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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (R) shakes hand with Indonesian Minister of Forestry Zulkifli Hasan (L) as South Korean Minister of Forest Service Lee Don Koo (C) witnesses, after the signing of ASEAN and South Korea Forestry Corporation...

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (R) witnesses the signing of ASEAN and South Korea Forestry Corporation and The International Year of Forest 2011 by Indonesian Minister of Forestry Zulkifli Hasan (L) and South Korean Minister of Forest...

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Brazil's Forein Minister Antonio Patriota (C) applauds as Indonesian counterpart Marty Natalegawa (2nd L) hands over a document of accession of Brazil to the treaty of amity and cooperation with Southeast Asia to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan...

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Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota (R) greets ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (L) as Malaysia's Foreign Minister Anifah Aman leaves after they attend the signing of the relation for the Accession of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the Treaty of Amity and...

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Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong (2nd L) chats with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa (R) listened by ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (L), Lao's Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, Myanmar Foreign Affair U Wunna Maung Lwin during The ASEAN Foreign Ministerial...

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ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan speaks to reporters during the ASEAN Foreign Ministerial Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali November 15, 2011. Bali is hosting the ongoing 19th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and Related Summits 2011.

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (L) shakes hands with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa (R) during the opening of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Nusa Dua on NOvember 15, 2011.

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Philippine Minister of Defence Voltair T Gazmin (L) , Indonesian Minister of Defence Purnomo Yusgiantoro (C), and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-General Dr Surin Pitsuwan (R) chats during the ASEAN Defence Ministers' meeting in Nusa Dua on Indonesian's resort...

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (R) accompanied by Jakarta City Governor Fauzi Bowo (L) inspects the 28 petrol fueled auto-rickshaws that will be used in the 3,000-kilometre ASEAN Rickshaw Run at the place where the journey starts in...

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ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of 8th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Transnational Crime (AMMTC) in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011.

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers (from Left to Right) Philippines' Albert del Rosario, Singapore's K. Shanmugam, Thailand's Surapong Tovichakchaikul, Vietnam's Pham Binh Minh, Indonesia's Marty Natalegawa, Cambodia's Hor Namhong, Brunei's Mohamed Bolkiah,...

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Head of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Surin Pitsuwan (L) ushers U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prior to the ASEAN-U.S. Ministerial Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali July 22, 2011. Clinton on Friday called on Myanmar to free political prisoners, address...

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Head of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Surin Pitsuwan (L) ushers US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) prior to their ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, on July 22, 2011.

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greets ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (R) as she attends the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ministerial Meeting in Nusa Dua on July 22, 2011. Clinton was to start two days of talks with her Asian counterparts focusing on...

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ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) arrive at the ASEAN summit in Nusa Dua on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on July 21. 2011. Officials from China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) said they had agreed a set of...

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ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan speaks during an interview in Nusa Dua in Indonesia's resort island of Bali July 20, 2011. China and Southeast Asian countries agreed on Wednesday to a preliminary set of guidelines in the South China Sea dispute, a tiny but rare sign of...

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ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan talks to the press during an interview in Nusa Dua on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on July 20, 2011. Officials from China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations said they had agreed a set of guidelines regarding cooperation in disputed...

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ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan smiles as he attends the opening of the 44th ASEAN Foreign Minister Meeting in Nusa Dua, in the Indonesia's resort island of Bali July 19, 2011.

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) speaks with ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan during the ASEAN-US Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, November 18, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday he saw "flickers of progress" in Myanmar and dispatched Clinton to visit the...

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Foreign ministers and their representatives, from left to right, Myanmar's Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin, Philippines undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Erlinda Basilio, Singapore's K. Shanmugam, Thailand's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Jullapong Nonsrichai, Vietnam's Pham Binh Minh,...

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(L-R) Myanmar's Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin, Philippine's Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Erlinda Basilio, Singapore's Second Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bilahari Kausikan, Thailand's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Jullapong Nonsrichai, Vietnam's Foreign...

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Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Legal, Political and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto (R) greets the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan for the ASEAN political and security community council in Nusa Dua, Bali November 16, 2011.

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(L-R) Myanmar's Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin, Philippines' Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Erlinda Basilio, Singapore's Foreign Minister Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam, Thailand's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Jullapong Nonsrichai, Vietnam's Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, Indonesia's...

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan delivers a speech at the opening of the 8th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime with China, Japan and South Korea in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on October 11, 2011. The...

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(R-L) Asean Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan, Philippines' Foreign Minister Albert F. Del Rosario, Singapore's Ambassador-at-Large Chew Tai Soo, Thailand's Foreign Minister Kasit Priromya, Vietnam Deputy Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, Indonesia's...