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
JAKARTA, 26 June 2018 – As ASEAN and Japan commemorate the 45th Anniversary of Friendship and Cooperation this year, Japan conveyed its strong desire to further strengthen its partnership with ASEAN.
Foreign Minister of Japan, Taro Kono conveyed this message during his meeting with Secretary-G
mbassador of the Republic of Belarus to ASEAN, Valery Kolesnik, presented his Letter of Credence to Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dato Lim Jock Hoi, at the ASEAN Secretariat, 25 June 2018.
JAKARTA, 25 June 2018 – ASEAN and India reaffirmed their strong commitment to further strengthening their cooperation at the 18th ASEAN-India Joint Cooperation Committee (AIJCC) Meeting held at the ASEAN Secretariat on 22 June. .
The 18th AIJCC exchanged views on ways and m
JAKARTA, 22 June 2018 – The ASEAN Secretariat cooperated with the government of Germany through GIZ to convene the two-day 7th Regional Cooperation Programme for Technical and Vocational Education and Training in ASEAN (RECOTVET) in Jakarta. A total of 70 representatives from the education, lab
JAKARTA, 22 June 2018 – The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), with support from the European Union, calls on all photography and nature enthusiasts to join this year’s staging of the Zooming in on Biodiversity, an ASEAN-wide photo competition promoting appreciation for biodiversity richness o
SEOUL, 22 June 2018 – Senior Officials of ASEAN and the Republic of Korea (ROK) participating in the 22nd ASEAN-ROK Dialogue on 21 June in Seoul reaffirmed the importance of the ASEAN-ROK Strategic Partnership and renewed commitment to forge closer ties.
The senior officials also dis
We, the Heads of State/Government of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered in Bandar Seri Begawan for the Seventh ASEAN Summit,
Recalling the agreement among Heads of State/Government during the Second Informal Summit in December 1997 in Kuala Lumpur to take firm and stern meas
The ASEAN Foreign Ministers welcomed the successful conclusion of a historic summit meeting between the United States (US) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Singapore on 12 June 2018. The joint statement signed between US President Donald J Trump and Chairman of the State Af
JAKARTA, 13 June 2018 – High-schooler Troy L. Valdehueza of the Philippines impressed judges with a video titled “We Belong” and came out as winner of the 4th ASEAN Youth Video Contest, with US$1,000 cash prize in tow.
Troy, a 19-year-old student of Central Mindanao University Laboratory Hi
TOKYO, 14 June 2018 – ASEAN and Japan Senior Officials participating in the 33rd ASEAN-Japan Forum in Tokyo reaffirmed the importance of the ASEAN-Japan Strategic Partnership and renewed the commitment to further strengthen their close ties. The offici
