07 July 2016 – The Chairmanship of the ASEAN UNESCO Committee (AUC) was turned over by Myanmar Ambassador and Permanent Delegate U Han Thu to Philippine Ambassador and Permanent Delegate Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro during the 35th AUC plenary meeting at the UNESCO Headquarters.
Ambassador Lazaro conveyed her deepest thanks and congratulations to Ambassador Thu for the latter’s exceptional chairmanship.
As the new Chair, Ambassador Lazaro envisions AUC to play a more active and meaningful role in UNESCO in cooperation with the UNESCO Secretariat. She looks forward to the forthcoming 50th Anniversary of ASEAN, which will mark “a more confident, more mature and more dynamic group that will take its rightful place not only in UNESCO but in the community of nations.”
Ambassador Lazaro will officially chair AUC from September to December 2016. END