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Between 2002 - 2004, Dr. Surin was also a member of
the “Wise Men Group” under the auspices of the Henri Dunant
Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) in Geneva, advising
the peace negotiations between the Acehnese Independence
Movement (GAM) and the Government of the Republic of
Indonesia. He served as a member of the Islamic Development
Bank’s 1440 A.H. (2020) Vision Commission under the leader-
ship of Tun Dr.Muhammad Mahathir, former Prime Minister of
Malaysia, in June 2005.
Dr.Surin was a Deputy Leader of the Democrat Party,
Thailand. He also served on the National Reconciliation
Commission (NRC), charged with bringing peace and security
back to Thailand’s deep South. He was appointed Member
of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) before assuming his
post as the Secretary General of the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN) from 1 January 2008 until 31 December
2012. During that period he was tasked to implement the
ASEAN Charter and prepare the region to enter into the ASEAN
Community in 2015.
Two of his most recognized accomplishments were
spearheading the Asian countries to help restore law and order
in East Timor during the violent uprising in the aftermath of the
Referendum in August 1999, and leading the ASEAN Member
States and the United Nations and other international institutions
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