Jakarta, Aug. 28 -- The 41

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Meeting of the Governing Council of the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (ASEAN-IPR), held on 28 August 2026 in Manila, the Philippines, deliberated on ongoing programmes and new initiatives in research and capacity-building aimed at strengthening peace resilience and conflict prevention across the region, in alignment with

ASEAN 2045: Our Shared Future

. Discussions focused on expanding the scope and impact of ASEAN-IPR's work in addressing both traditional and non-traditional security challenges, while engaging a broad range of stakeholders as collaborators and beneficiaries-reinforcing its role as a Track 1.5 institution supporting the ASEAN Political-Security Community.

The Meeting was ch...