- 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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Year: 2019
The 2019 AICHR Consultation on Freedom of Opinion and Expression in ASEAN
On December 8 – 10, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) organised the AICHR Consultation on Freedom of Opinion and Expression in Nusa Dua, Indonesia.
This consultation was a follow-up to High-Level Dialogue (HLD) on Managing Freedom of Expression in the Information Age t
Norway funds US$3 million project in combating marine plastic debris in ASEAN
JAKARTA, 9 December 2019 – In support of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) efforts in combating marine plastic debris, the Government of Norway launched the ASEAN-Norway Cooperation Project on Local Capacity Building for Reducing Plastic Pollution in the ASEAN Region
Movie-art exchange programme fosters ASEAN identity among students
MINAMI AWAJI, 10 December 2019 – More than a hundred students from ASEAN and Timor-Leste gathered in Kobe and Minami Awaji, Japan to participate in a Movie and Art Exchange Programme.
The activity, which took place from 2 – 9 December, is part of the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Stude









