Asean convenes in Cambodia as they meet on humanitarian assistance to Myanmar on Friday (May 6)

Lim Jock Hoi, Asean Secretary-General, delivers a speech during Consultative meeting on humanitarian assistance to Myanmar in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, May 6, 2022. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations convened a meeting Friday, in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, in a fresh effort to organize humanitarian assistance for strife-torn Myanmar. - AP

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP): The Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) convened a meeting Friday in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, in a fresh effort to organize humanitarian assistance for strife-torn Myanmar.

The hybrid meeting, which some participants joined by video, is being attended by high-level representatives from Myanmar and the other nine member states of Asean, its external partners, United Nations specialized agencies and other international organizations. Cambodia is the current chair of Asean.