- ABOUT ASEANThe 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, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999, making up what is today the ten Member States of ASEAN.Menu
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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
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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.
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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
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Day: September 17, 2018
8th Meeting of the Task Force on the Mainstreaming of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community, 14-15 September 2018, Bangkok, Thailand
BANGKOK, 17 September 2018 – The Task Force on the Mainstreaming of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community convened its 8th Meeting on 14 to 15 September in Bangkok, Thailand.
The Meeting finalised the ASEAN Enabling Masterplan 2025: Mainstreaming the Rights of Pers
ASEAN Students Join AICHR Youth Debate on Human Rights
PHNOM PENH, 10 September 2018 – ASEAN undergraduate students participated in the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Youth Debate on Human Rights 2018 on 8-10 September in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as part of efforts to raise awareness about AICHR and human rights.
The three-
8th Meeting of the Task Force on the Mainstreaming of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community, 14-15 September 2018, Bangkok, Thailand
8th Meeting of the Task Force on the Mainstreaming of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community, 14-15 September 2018, Bangkok, Thailand
BANGKOK, 17 September 2018 – The Task Force on the Mainstreaming of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community con


