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 10th Meeting of the ASEAN-Russia Joint Cooperation Committee (ARJCC) held in the ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia, on 19 April 2012, was attended by Permanent Representatives from ASEAN Member States, the Russian Federation and ASEAN Secretariat. The ARJCC was co-chaired by H.E. M
Thirty five years of partnership and cooperation were marked when ASEAN and EU Foreign Ministers, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and the Secretary-General of ASEAN met in Bandar Seri Begawan on 27 April 2012 for their biannual ASEAN-EU Ministerial
Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dr Surin Pitsuwan, met with all the Ambassadors of the EU in Jakarta last week following the successful conclusion of the 19th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) on 26-27 April 2012 in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. The meeting was held over breakfast
I am writing this opinion piece from an entirely different perspective as a privileged participant of the Special ASEAN-Japan Ministerial Meeting held at the ASEAN Secretariat on April 9, 2011. It was unlike any other traditional meetings between ASEAN and its dialogue partners. It was not about po
Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), emphasised the importance of Japan in maintaining East Asia’s position as the centre of global growth at an international forum on 24th May, in Tokyo.
Speaking at the annual “Future of Asia” con
ASEAN achieved another milestone in strengthening one of its most important and dynamic bilateral relations following the successful conclusion of a roadshow to Japan from 25 – 28 April 2012. The ASEAN delegation was headed by H.E. Dr. Cham Prasidh, the Chair of the ASEAN Economic Community Co
Young football players under 14 years old (U-14) from five ASEAN Member States (Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore) are in Japan this week for an exchange program with Japanese U-14 football players.
While in Japan, they will have friendly matches with Japanese
