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
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-China Transport Ministers’ Special Meeting on Connectivity was held in Nanning, China, on September 2nd, 2013, on the sidelines of the 10th China-ASEAN Expo. H.E. YANG Chuantang, Minister of Transport of the People’s Republic of China, and H.E. Sommad Pholsena, Minister of Public Work
The Seventeenth Meeting of the ASEAN Directors-General of Immigration Departments and Heads of Consular Affairs Divisions of Ministries of Foreign Affairs (17th DGICM) was held on 29-30 August 2013. H.E Lieut. Gen. To Lam, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Public Security and H.E Nguyen Thanh Son,
The 9th ASEAN DGICM + Australia Consultation was held on 30 August 2013 in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. The Meeting was co-chaired by Major General Le Thanh Dzung, Director-General of the Immigration Department, Ministry of Public Security of Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, and Mr Peter Vardos, Depu
On 22 August, Mr. Souun Takeda, Japan’s Cultural Envoy for 2013 and a renowned Japanese calligrapher, presented a calligraphy art to H.E. Dr. AKP Mochtan, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN, on behalf of ASEAN Secretariat, at the residence of Ambassador of Japan to ASEAN, H.E. Mr. Kimihiro Ishikan
In an event that symbolizes the strength of ASEAN and Japan friendship and cooperation, the Japan Mission to ASEAN held a Sumo and Japanese food introduction at the ASEAN Secretariat today. Two ranking Sumo wrestlers from Japan battled it out in a makeshift ring at the ASEAN Hall for a demonstratio
ASEAN must not only be relevant to its people, it must also be SEEN to be relevant by its people.
With the clock ticking towards the establishment of the ASEAN Community in 2015, the relationship between the grouping and its people is gaining more attention by the day.
“There are a lot happen
The 18th Consultations between the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) and the Ministers of Australia and New Zealand (Closer Economic Relations – CER) was held inBrunei Darussalam on 21 August 2013. The Consultations were co-chaired by The Hon Pehin Dato Lim Jock Seng, Second Minister of Foreign
In an effort to further uplift and strengthen relationship between ASEAN and New Zealand, the Committee of Representatives to ASEAN, with the official invitation of the Government of New Zealand, paid an official visit to New Zealand on 11 – 16 August 2013. During the visit, the CPR called on Hon
Japanese businesses are looking to another fruitful year in ASEAN, following a meeting between ASEAN Secretary-General Le Luong Minh, and the Federation of Japanese Chambers of Commerce and Industry in ASEAN (FJCCIA).
“As we in ASEAN try our best to accommodate the interests of the private sec
1. The Eighth ASEAN Ministers Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication (8th AMRDPE) was held on 5 July 2013 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and preceded by the Tenth ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Rural Development&nb
