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
INSTRUMENT OF ACCESSION TO THE TREATY OF AMITY AND COOPERATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
WHEREAS the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, which was signed on 24 February 1976 in Bali, Indonesia, was amended by the First and Second Protocols Amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in
INSTRUMENT OF EXTENSION OF THE TREATY OF AMITY AND COOPERATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
WHEREAS the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, which was signed on 24 February 1976 in Bali, Indonesia, was amended by the First and the Second Protocols Amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation
1. The First Meeting of the ASEAN-India Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee was held in Bali, Indonesia on 7-8 January 1994.
2. The Meeting was attended on the ASEAN side by H.E. Dato’ Ajit Singh, Secretary-General of ASEAN; H.E. Dato Paduka Haji Mohd. Adnan bin Buntar, Director-General, ASEA
A formal institutional linkage was established between ASEAN and India when the ASEAN-India Sectoral Dialogue relationship was inaugurated in 1993. The Fifth ASEAN Summit in Bangkok in 1995 decided to upgrade this to Full Dialogue Partnership. The full Dialogue Partnership was followed by India’s
1. The Second Meeting of the ASEAN-India Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee (AIJSCC) was held in New Delhi and Panjim, Goa, India, February 13-17, 1995. It was jointly inaugurated by the Minister of State of External Affairs of India, Shri R.L. Bhatia on behalf of the External Affairs Minister an
JAKARTA, 26 January 2002: The Fourth Meeting of the ASEAN-India Joint Cooperation Committee was held on 25-26 January 2002 in Kuala Lumpur. The Meeting was co-chaired by Mr Kamal Ismaun, Director-General ASEAN-Malaysia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia and Mr. Shashank, Secretary (Economic Rel
New Delhi
20 May 2003
The Fifth ASEAN- India Senior Officials Meeting was held in New Delhi on 20 May 2003. The Meeting was Co-chaired by Shri Kanwal Sibal, Foreign Secretary, and H. E. Dato’ Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak, Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia. The Meeting was a
New Delhi
20 May 2003
The Fifth ASEAN- India Senior Officials Meeting was held in New Delhi on 20 May 2003. The Meeting was Co-chaired by Shri Kanwal Sibal, Foreign Secretary, and H. E. Dato’ Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak, Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia. The Meeting was a
1. On the invitation of H.E. Dr. Upadit Pachariyangkun, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, in his capacity as Chairman of the ASEAN Standing committee, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, H.E. Mr. Sunao Sonoda met the Foreign Ministers of the ASEAN member countries in, Pattaya on 17 Ju
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