The Director (Policy) NADMA Malaysia co-chaired the Meeting together with the representatives from NDMO Singapore and Myanmar on the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) side as well as Lao PDR as the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting (ADSOM) chair. The Meeting was attended by members of the ACDM WG on PRR and members of the ADSOM namely Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand as well as the ASEAN Secretariat, AHA Centre and Timor Leste as observer.

 

Apart from exchanging views on enhancing civil-military coordination, the meeting also discussed Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) efforts in the defence sector. The ASEAN TWG on CIMIC Meeting was first convened in 2015 and had been established as an avenue for ASEAN civil and defence sectors to gather and discuss measures to enhance civil-military coordination on regional HADR efforts.

 

The Meeting was co-hosted by NADMA Malaysia together with the ASEAN Secretariat with the support from the Sabah State Government.