The first Exercise Coordinated Response (EXCOORES 17) was held from 23rd to 25th January at the Changi C2 Centre in Singapore

The first Exercise Coordinated Response (EXCOORES 17) was held from 23rd to 25th January at the Changi C2 Centre in Singapore. The multilateral exercise included military participants from 18 countries including Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Cambodia, China, France, Republic of Korea, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, USA, UK and Vietnam. The exercise also engaged partners including the ASEAN Centre of Military Medicine, Corporate Citizen Foundation, Earth Observatory of Singapore, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, Medicins sans Frontieres, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore Red Cross, UN OCHA, UK Department of International Development, USAID, and World Food Programme. Dr Alistair D. B. Cook, Coordinator of the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Programme and Research Fellow, NTS Centre and Mr Ennio V. Picucci, Research Associate observed the exercise.