- 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: December 18, 2019
The Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dato Lim Jock Hoi held Bilateral Meetings at the sidelines of the 14th ASEM Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
H.E Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-General of ASEAN, met with H.E. Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway; H.E. Roberto Balzaretti, State Secretary for European Affairs of Switzerland; H.E. Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Minister of State attached to the Minister for
Chair’s Statement of the 14th ASEM Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
The 14th ASEM Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (ASEM FMM14) took place on 15-16 December 2019 in Madrid under the theme: Asia and Europe: together for effective multilateralism. The meeting was chaired by H.E. Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice Presid
ASEAN human rights body holds forum on access to justice
BANGKOK, 18 December 2018 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) held the AICHR Forum on Access to Justice in Bangkok, Thailand on 17 to 18 December.
It was the first event of the AICHR that focused on the broad theme of access to justice, combining interrelated topi




