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
The ASEAN Economic Ministers expressed their disappointment that the Ministerial Meeting in Brussels had stalled because of impasse over agriculture. The Ministers stressed that the Uruguay Round could not afford a second failure. The Ministers noted with satisfaction that the Uruguay Round of nego
The ASEAN Economic Ministers met on 8 December 2006 in Cebu and signed the following ASEAN Economic Integration Agreements:
the Protocol on ASEAN Framework (Amendments) Agreement for the Integration of Priority Sectors;
the Protocol on ASEAN Sectoral Integration (Amendments) Protocols for the I
The Ministers noted that the failure of the Uruguay Round Negotiations in Brussels in December last year was due to the uncompromising position of major contracting parties. They expressed extreme concern that despite the damage that such impasse in negotiations had done to the world trading system,
The Ministers noted that the failure of the Uruguay Round Negotiations in Brussels in December last year was due to the uncompromising position of major contracting parties. They expressed extreme concern that despite the damage that such impasse in negotiations had done to the world trading system,
The ASEAN Economic Ministers discussed the important issue of food security, and especially noted with concern the current high prices of rice, caused by factors such as increased demand; increased cost of inputs; decreased land devoted to agriculture; and temporary disruptions such as poor weather
We, the ASEAN Economic Ministers, gathering for our 14th Retreat in Bali, Indonesia, strongly reaffirm ASEAN’s commitment to concluding the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations by the end of 2008. At a critical time when the global economy is encountering serious turbulence and uncertainty w
1. The Fourth Consultations of the Economic Ministers from ASEAN and the Republic of Korea was held on 24 August 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. H.E. Dato’ Seri Rafidah Aziz, Minister of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia and H.E. Kim Hyun-Chong, Minister for Trade of the Republic of Kore
1. The Thirteenth AEM-METI Consultations was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 23 August 2006. The Consultations was co-chaired by H.E. Dato’ Seri Rafidah Aziz, Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia and H.E. Mr. Toshihiro Nikai, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan.
1. The Twelfth AEM-METI Consultation was held in Vientiane, Lao PDR on 29 September 2005. The Consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Soulivong Daravong, Minister of Commerce of Lao PDR; and H.E. Mr. Hachiro Okonogi, Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan.
ASEAN-JAPAN TRADE
1. ASEAN and China reached another milestone at the ASEAN-China Summit in Cebu, the Philippines as Leaders from the ten ASEAN Member Countries and China witnessed the signing of the Trade in Services Agreement under the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between ASEAN and Ch
