EON

Boston (EON) – Foreign ministers from Southeast Asia has agreed in principal to set up a human rights commission regionally.

The hope is that this human rights commission will help them overcome a lot of the problems from Myanmar which is ruled by the military. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations will try and create the human rights body.

Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo stated that “We have agreed that there will be a human rights body. There was a consensus.”

The hope is that the human rights commission will be laid out in terms of its foundation by the time the ASEAN leaders ave their annual summit in November. This is when they are expected to fully approve the charter.