We appreciated the United States' support for the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and the offer to support the Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children.
Joint Statement of the Second United States-Association of Southeast Asian Nations Leaders Meeting
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