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Surin at ASEAN's 45th anniversary ceremony

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Association of Southeast Asian Nations' Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan poses for photos with children at a ceremony in Jakarta on Aug. 8, 2012 to mark the 45th anniversary of ASEAN's founding.

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ASEAN chief in speech

BANGKOK, Thailand - Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan speaks during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, on Feb. 24, 2012.

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ASEAN's Surin, Suu Kyi

YANGON, Myanmar - Surin Pitsuwan (L), secretary general of the Association of South East Asian Nations, and Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, hold a press conference in Yangon on Feb. 22, 2012.

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Japan Foreign Minister Gemba in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba shake hands in Jakarta on Oct. 14, 2011. Gemba assured the ASEAN head of Japan's commitment to the success of the East Asia Summit in Bali in November. The summit will bring together the leaders of ASEAN members and major countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea.

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Japan Foreign Minister Gemba in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) meet in Jakarta on Oct. 14, 2011. Gemba assured the ASEAN head of Japan's commitment to the success of the East Asia Summit in Bali in November. The summit will bring together the leaders of ASEAN members and major countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea.

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ASEAN Secretary General Surin

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on July 17, 2011.

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ASEAN goodwill caravan comforts disaster victims

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Volunteers of a ''goodwill caravan'' from Southeast Asian nations serve Thai food to survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 4, 2011. The group, led by Surin Pitsuwan, secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and including Indonesian and Thai survivors of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, visited the site struck by the disaster to encourage the survivors.

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ASEAN goodwill mission to Japan

JAKARTA, Japan - Surin Pitsuwan (L), secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, speaks in a press conference in Jakarta on May 31, 2011. He will lead a goodwill mission of volunteers from ASEAN to Japan to support areas hit by the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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ASEAN secretary general Surin in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2010. Surin said Japan and China should make use of upcoming ASEAN meetings in Hanoi to patch up their differences over a territorial dispute in the East China Sea.

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Japan, ASEAN agree to deepen ties

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Surin Pitsuwan, secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, shake hands at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2010. They agreed to deepen ties between Japan and ASEAN for regional growth.

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Kono shakes hands with Thailand's Surin

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (R) shakes hands with his Thai counterpart Surin Pitsuwan at a Bangkok Hotel on July 29 after attending the foreign ministerial meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Japan, China and South Korea, and taking part in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), the Asia-Pacific region's only political and security forum.

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Paek meets Thai counterpart

BANGKOK, Thailand - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (L) shakes hands with his Thai counterpart, Surin Pitsuwan, at a hotel in Bangkok on July 26. Paek is attending a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum, where he plans to take part in a series of bilateral talks with some of the foreign ministers in the 23-member regional group.

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ASEAN foreign ministers meeting ends in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan (L) receives a statement of agreement from Rodolfo Severino, secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), at a closing ceremony of a two-day ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting at a Bangkok hotel on July 25. Surin chaired the ASEAN meeting.

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ASEAN will not discuss E. Timor membership: Surin

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan (extreme R) meets with a delegation from East Timor, including (from L to R) independence leaders Jose Ramos-Horta and Xanana Gusmao as well as Sergio Vieira de Mello, the chief of the U.N. Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), in Bangkok on July 24. He said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will not discuss East Timor's membership in the group until the territory becomes a fully independent country.

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Japan, Thailand to cooperate for successful WTO talks

Auckland, New Zealand - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiro Komura (R) and Thailand's Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan (L) shake hands before their meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, on Sept. 11. Both agree to cooperate in making the next round of trade talks under the World Trade Organization a success.

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ASEAN secretary general Surin in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2010. Surin said Japan and China should make use of upcoming ASEAN meetings in Hanoi to patch up their differences over a territorial dispute in the East China Sea. (Kyodo)

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Japan, ASEAN agree to deepen ties

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Surin Pitsuwan, secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, shake hands at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2010. They agreed to deepen ties between Japan and ASEAN for regional growth. (Kyodo)

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Japan Foreign Minister Gemba in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) meet in Jakarta on Oct. 14, 2011. Gemba assured the ASEAN head of Japan's commitment to the success of the East Asia Summit in Bali in November. The summit will bring together the leaders of ASEAN members and major countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea. (Kyodo)

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Japan Foreign Minister Gemba in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba shake hands in Jakarta on Oct. 14, 2011. Gemba assured the ASEAN head of Japan's commitment to the success of the East Asia Summit in Bali in November. The summit will bring together the leaders of ASEAN members and major countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea. (Kyodo)

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ASEAN Secretary General Surin

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on July 17, 2011. (Kyodo)

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ASEAN goodwill caravan comforts disaster victims

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Volunteers of a ''goodwill caravan'' from Southeast Asian nations serve Thai food to survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 4, 2011. The group, led by Surin Pitsuwan, secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and including Indonesian and Thai survivors of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, visited the site struck by the disaster to encourage the survivors. (Kyodo)

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ASEAN goodwill mission to Japan

JAKARTA, Japan - Surin Pitsuwan (L), secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, speaks in a press conference in Jakarta on May 31, 2011. He will lead a goodwill mission of volunteers from ASEAN to Japan to support areas hit by the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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ASEAN chief in speech

BANGKOK, Thailand - Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan speaks during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, on Feb. 24, 2012. (Kyodo)

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ASEAN's Surin, Suu Kyi

YANGON, Myanmar - Surin Pitsuwan (L), secretary general of the Association of South East Asian Nations, and Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, hold a press conference in Yangon on Feb. 22, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Paek meets Thai counterpart

BANGKOK, Thailand - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun (L) shakes hands with his Thai counterpart, Surin Pitsuwan, at a hotel in Bangkok on July 26. Paek is attending a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum, where he plans to take part in a series of bilateral talks with some of the foreign ministers in the 23-member regional group.

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ASEAN will not discuss E. Timor membership: Surin

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan (extreme R) meets with a delegation from East Timor, including (from L to R) independence leaders Jose Ramos-Horta and Xanana Gusmao as well as Sergio Vieira de Mello, the chief of the U.N. Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), in Bangkok on July 24. He said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will not discuss East Timor's membership in the group until the territory becomes a fully independent country.

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ASEAN foreign ministers meeting ends in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan (L) receives a statement of agreement from Rodolfo Severino, secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), at a closing ceremony of a two-day ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting at a Bangkok hotel on July 25. Surin chaired the ASEAN meeting.

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Japan, Thailand to cooperate for successful WTO talks

Auckland, New Zealand - Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiro Komura (R) and Thailand's Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan (L) shake hands before their meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, on Sept. 11. Both agree to cooperate in making the next round of trade talks under the World Trade Organization a success.