13 th ASEAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE INFORMAL MEETING 13

13 th ASEAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE INFORMAL MEETING ( 13 th AMIIM) VIENTIANE, LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 12 TH MARCH 2016 1

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES The Presentation to be delivered by Lieutenant General Mya Tun Oo, Commander of No. (6) Bureau of Special Operations and Chief of Military Security Affairs 2

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES Convey my heartfelt Appreciations v v To Director General of Military Intelligence Department from Lao’s People Army for successful implementation of 13 th AMIIM The respective Heads of Delegations from ASEAN Defence Forces 3

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES v New pathways towards closer Cooperation amongst the ASEAN Military Intelligence Organizations 4

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES “Enhancing ASEAN Military Intelligence Cooperation for ASEAN Community Building” Coordination Sharing Cooperation Effective Outcomes 5

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES Role of ASEAN Armed Forces in the region v Maintaining Peace and Stability v To ensure security of life and property for our people v Comprehensive and Sustainable Development 6

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES v Our Military Intelligence organizations are mainly responsible to support the tasks of the Armed Forces. v Gathering accurate information v Disseminate in time. 7

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES TRADITIONAL THREATS NON-TRADITIONAL THREATS v Most of the countries faced difficulties in dealing with Nontraditional Security Threats. v Working together in unity will more effective to resolve such challenges. 8

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES The greatest devastation to life and property “ UNPREDICTABLE NATURAL DISASTER” 9

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES NATURAL DISASTERS v Drought v Forest Fires v Earthquakes v Volcanic Eruptions v Landslides v Tsunamis v Typhoons and Cyclones v Floods v Atmospheric Pollution 10

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES v Forest fires broke out in Indonesia in Nov 2015. v Air Pollution across the regional countries. v Myanmar Floods and landslides in June, July 2015. v 12 out of 14 States and Divisions were affected. 11

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES v Such Natural Disasters caused great socio- economic loss and damage Natural Resources. v Thanks our ASEAN friends for giving us necessary help and assistant in time of our need. 12

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES v The 2008 Constitution contains an article which stipulates that Myanmar Defence Services shall render assistance when calamities that affects the Union and its citizens occur in the Union. v Myanmar Defence Services plays a principle role in times of emergency. 13

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES v Myanmar Navy rescued 1043 boat people in 2015. v 777 people were officially verified as Bangladeshi citizens and sent home safely. v Boat people were cared in temporary refugee camps and provided medical care, food , water and clothing. 14

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES v To prevent illegal immigrants and human trafficking. v Search and rescue operations. v Myanmar and Indonesia successfully cooperated in humanitarian task ; bringing back 535 Myanmar fishermen to Myanmar in May 2015. 15

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES v Signed AADMER on 26 th July 2005 at Vientiane, Lao. v AHA Centre was established on 17 th November 2011. v To achieve closer coordination in dealing with disasters relief and management. 16

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES v Myanmar Defence Services attended as observer to HADR Exercises, Forums and Seminars hosted by ASEAN member countries. 17

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES BEFORE DISASTER AFTER DISASTER 18

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES v Exchange of advance information regarding impending disasters with the use of advance communications and information technology. v To establish information exchange system. v To draw up systematic disaster management plan. v Exchange of experiences and views. 19

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES v Conduct joint disaster response strategic and tactical exercises. v Promoting the use and exchange of modern high tech methods it would contribute much towards mitigating the damage and loss of life inflicted by natural disasters. 20

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES v ASEAN armed forces in drawing up and planning disaster preparedness and disaster management in cooperation. v Early Warning System as well as a Monitoring System. v Laying down the principles and guidelines for emergency response and for mitigation. v Common plan for taking pre-emptive and preventive action and guidelines for systematic management in the aftermath of the disaster. 21

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES v Climate change and global warming is going to have a huge impact this year with the El Nino effect. v Countries in the Southeast Asian Region are especially vulnerable to natural disasters this year. v El Nino will be experienced in the form of high temperatures, scarcity of drinking water, outbreak of fire, the drying up of rivers, creeks and lakes. 22

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES v ASEAN Armed Forces have to cooperate more closely both bilaterally and multilaterally to exchange and share important information to resolve these problems. v Very critical time for the intelligence organizations of the ASEAN Armed Forces. v To cooperate closely at all times to overcome this enormous threat to the security of our region and to the welfare of our people. 23

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES v ASEAN Armed Forces play an important role in establishing peace and stability in our Southeast Asian Region. v To establish relations and cooperate with other countries in the region as well as with the International community. 24

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES v Must also be aware of the competition that exists between the super powers in the world, the imbalances of power and their strategic plans. v ASEAN Armed Forces must make utmost efforts to modernize and strengthen our forces to overcome the non-traditional security threats and challenges. 25

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES v The duty of the intelligence organizations of our Armed Forces ; to disseminate and share intelligence and information that will benefit to our Armed Forces. 26

REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR DEFENCE SERVICES v Close and mutual cooperation between our intelligence organizations will be able to contribute towards the realization of the future goals and aspirations of the ASEAN Community 27

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION 28