The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
ASEAN organs always strive to achieve ASEAN’s goals and objectives, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat shall be functioned as coordinating Secretariat to help facilitate effective decision-making withing and amongst ASEAN bodies. In addition, each Member State shall appoint a Permanent Representative to liaise with Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN shall develop friendly relations and mutually beneficial dialogues, cooperation and partnerships with countries and sub-regional, regional and international organisations and institutions. This includes external partners, ASEAN entities, human rights bodies, non-ASEAN Member States Ambassadors to ASEAN, ASEAN committees in third countries and international organisations, as well as international / regional organisations.
The rodmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) was declared by the leaders in 2009. The ASEAN Community, anchored on three community pillars: Political-Security Community, Economic Community, Socio-Cultural Community was launched in 2015. The ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together was introduced in 2015 as a Post-2015 Vision. It comprises the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
ASEAN organs always strive to achieve ASEAN’s goals and objectives, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat shall be functioned as coordinating Secretariat to help facilitate effective decision-making withing and amongst ASEAN bodies. In addition, each Member State shall appoint a Permanent Representative to liaise with Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN shall develop friendly relations and mutually beneficial dialogues, cooperation and partnerships with countries and sub-regional, regional and international organisations and institutions. This includes external partners, ASEAN entities, human rights bodies, non-ASEAN Member States Ambassadors to ASEAN, ASEAN committees in third countries and international organisations, as well as international / regional organisations.
The rodmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) was declared by the leaders in 2009. The ASEAN Community, anchored on three community pillars: Political-Security Community, Economic Community, Socio-Cultural Community was launched in 2015. The ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together was introduced in 2015 as a Post-2015 Vision. It comprises the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025
1. Foreign Ministers of the European Union (EU) and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), the European Commissioner for External Relations, the EU High Representative for CFSP and the ASEAN Secretary General met in Brussels on 27-28 January 2003 for the 14th EU-ASEAN Ministerial Meet
CONSCIOUS that such cooperation will be between equal partners but will take into account the level f development of the member countries of ASEAN and the emergence of ASEAN as a viable and cohesive grouping, which has contributed to the stability and peace in Southeast Asia;
PERSUADED 
WHEREAS the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Union of Myanmar became Member States of ASEAN on 23 July 1997, and have agreed to subscribe or accede, as the case may be, to all Declarations, Treaties and Agreements of ASEAN;
WHEREAS the Kingdom of Cambodia became a Member Stat
On the occasion of the Second ASEAN – EEC Ministerial Meeting in Kuala Lumpur on 7 – 8 March, 1980, the Foreign Ministers of the ASEAN member states and the Foreign Ministers of the member-states of the European Community held informal meetings during which they conducted an intensive exchange
The Second ASEAN-EEC Conference on industrial Cooperation was held in Jakarta from 26 to 28 February 1979 in a spirit of friendship and cooperation. The Conference was officially opened by H.E. Soeharto, President of the Republic of Indonesia. It was attended by 776 official participants from the E
The Governments of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand, the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Member Countries
A 7.2 million euro programme to support the ASEAN integration process was officially launched in Jakarta on Tuesday (5/6). Officiating at the ceremony were H.E. Ong Keng Yong, the Secretary-General of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Ms Rosamaria Gili, Chargé d’Affaires a.
The Governments of Brunei Darussalam, the Republic of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Republic of tile Philippines, the Republic of Singapore and the Kingdom of Thailand, being member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (hereinafter referred to as “ASEAN”) of the one part and the G
Introduction
1. At the Fifth AEM-CER Consultations in Chiang Mai, Thailand in October 2000, the Ministers agreed to work towards a Closer Economic Partnership (CEP) which takes into account relevant recommendations of the Angkor Agenda: Report of the High Level Task Force on the Feasibility of an
ASEAN-India Partnership for Peace, Progress and Shared Prosperity
WE, the Heads of State/Government of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia (Cambodia), the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesia), the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar (Myanmar), the Rep
