The 9th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Drug Matters (AMMD) was convened via videoconference on 15 October 2026. The Meetings brought together AMMD Leaders from all ASEAN Member States. The Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community, H.E. Dato’ Astanah Abdul Aziz, represented the ASEAN Secretariat at the Meeting.
The AMMD, which is convened biennially, exchanged views on the evolving illicit drug situation in the region and discussed ways to further strengthen ASEAN’s collective response to these challenges.
The 9th AMMD also discussed the outcomes of the 47th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Drug Matters (ASOD) and Its Related Meetings held in August 2026, as well as updates on the Final Review of the ASEAN Work Plan on Securing Communities Against Illicit Drugs 2016-2025. The Meeting also adopted the Concept Note on Updating Annex I of the ASEAN Charter on the Nomenclature of ASOD to read as “ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Drug Matters” and the Guidelines of Practices and Protocols for the AMMD and Its Subsidiary Mechanisms. The ASEAN Secretariat briefed the Meeting on recent developments in ASEAN.The Meeting was preceded by the Preparatory ASOD for the 9th AMMD, held via videoconference on 14 October 2026.
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