The opening ceremony of the Southeast Asia Regional Multisectoral Pandemic Preparedness

Cambodian Senior Minister H.E. Nhim Vanda (2^nd L), First Vice President of the National Committee for Disaster Management and H.E. Surin Phinesovan (2^nd R), Secretary General of ASEAN, preside over here today the opening ceremony of the Southeast Asia Regional Multisectoral Pandemic Preparedness and Response Table Top Exercise: Managing the Impact of Pandemics on Societies, Governments and Organizations.

The event, which is the first of its kind anywhere in the world, is being jointly hosted here from August 16-20 by ASEAN, UN and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and are participating by over 170 high-level representatives from governments, UN agencies, international bodies and non-governmental organizations.