At the invitation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) High-level Legal Experts Group (HLEG), the Secretary-General, H.E. Christiaan Kröner, and Mr. Aloysius Llamzon, Legal Counsel, attended the HLEG’s 4th Meeting on October 24-25, 2008, in Singapore. The meeting focused on the establishment of a dispute settlement mechanism for the ASEAN Charter, which was adopted by ASEAN’s ten member states in November 2007. Dr. Kröner delivered a presentation on the PCA’s recent international arbitration and conciliation activities, and discussed possible ways in which the PCA may provide assistance to ASEAN. The HLEG expects to complete its work and provide recommendations to the ASEAN Summit in December 2008.