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. The Seventh ASEAN and ROK Transport Ministers (7th ATM+ROK) Meeting was held on 18 November 2016 in Manila, Philippines. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Arthur P. Tugade, Secretary of Department of Transportation and, H.E. Mr. Seungho Lee, Deputy Minister for Transport and Logistics, Minis
1. The Fifteenth ASEAN and China Transport Ministers Meeting (15th ATM+China) was held on 17 November 2016 in Manila, Philippines. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Arthur P. Tugade, Secretary of Department of Transportation of Philippines and H.E. Mr. Dai Dongchang, Vice Minister of Transport
1. The Fourteenth ASEAN and Japan Transport Ministers Meeting (14th ATM+Japan) was held in Manila, the Philippines on 18 November 2016. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Arthur P. Tugade, Secretary of Transportation of the Philippines and H.E. Mr. Ryosei Tanaka, State Minister of Land, Infrastr
1. The Twenty-Second ASEAN Transport Ministers (ATM) Meeting was held on 17 November 2016 in Manila, Philippines. H.E. Mr. Arthur P. Tugade, Secretary of Transportation of the Philippines chaired the Meeting and H.E. Mr. Khaw Boon Wan, Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Transp
Forty delegates from civil service bodies of ASEAN Member States, the ASEAN Secretariat, China, Japan and Republic of Korea discussed the commitments and priorities for 2016-2020 at their 18th Meeting on 15 November.
The meeting solicited inputs and commitments of Member States for the ASEAN Coo
