ASEAN Committee in Bern

On 22 December 2025, the Philippines marked the end of its 6-month chairship of the ASEAN Committee in Bern, under the leadership of Ambassador Bernard Faustino Dy, passing on the symbolic gavel to the next chair, Thailand.

The Embassy takes this opportunity to thank everyone who gave their assistance and support in promoting cooperation and understanding between ASEAN and Switzerland.

We thank our ASEAN colleagues for their active participation. We are also glad to have welcomed the newest member of our ASEAN family, Timor-Leste, to the ACB. Our thanks also go to the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, the Swiss Parliament, Innosuisse, CERN, Novartis, as well as academic institutions such as the University of Bern, EPFL, and the new Leading House Asia Pacific, the University of Zürich. We also thank Urban Technology Alliance and Smart Cities Network. We also appreciate the support of the ASEAN Secretariat and the ASEAN University Network.

We look forward to another active and fruitful year under the chairships of Thailand and Vietnam.

𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘴: 𝘌𝘗𝘍𝘓, 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴, 𝘚𝘌𝘊𝘖, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦́ 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵 (𝘜𝘡𝘏)