Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (6th L) leads other ASEAN leaders including Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (5th L), Philippine Foreign Minister Alberto Romulo (4th L), Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein (4th R) and ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan (R) in joining hands together with the representatives of the newly inaugurated ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in the seaside town of Hua Hin, some 190 km (118 m iles) south of Bangkok, October 23, 2009. South East Asian leaders are meeting in Thailand to work toward creating a political and economic union for the region by 2015. [Agencies]
