17 October 2017, Jakarta - The Governing Council of the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) held a formal signing ceremony of the employment agreement of AIPR’s first Executive Director, Mr. Rezlan I. Jenie. H.E. Elizabeth P. Buensuceso, Representative of the Philippines to and Chair of the AIPR Governing Council, signed on behalf of the AIPR Governing Council.  The ceremony was held at the ASEAN Gallery of the ASEAN Secretariat, witnessed by the members of the AIPR GC, Jakarta-based members of the AIPR Advisory Board and ASEAN Secretariat officials.

H.E. Elizabeth P. Buensuceso, who signed on behalf of the AIPR Governing Council,

and Executive Director Rezlan  conclude the formal signing of the employment agreement with a handshake.

Members of the AIPR Governing Council and Jakarta-based Members of the AIPR Advisory Board join hands in the ‘ASEAN’ way to welcome the new Executive Director.

Mr. Jenie was a career diplomat at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, having served in diplomatic posts in New York, France and Portugal. In her remarks, H.E. Elizabeth P. Buensuceso expressed that “Mr. Rezlan’s decades of multilateral and diplomatic experience equip him with the necessary tools to steer AIPR to realize its full potential as the ASEAN institution mandated to conduct research activities on peace and reconciliation.“  She further noted “that while AIPR Governing Council has successfully conducted activities in the past, it looked forward to achieving greater heights with a dedicated Executive Director at the helm.”

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