- 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: August 29, 2020
THE TWENTY-FIFTH AEM-CER CONSULTATIONS 29 August 2020, Video Conference Meeting
JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT
Economic Ministers from the ten ASEAN Member States, Australia and New Zealand (Closer Economic Relations – CER) virtually met on 29 August 2020 for theTwenty-Fifth AEM-CER Consultations. The Consultations were co-chaired by H.E. Tran Tuan Anh, Minister of Industry and Tr
ASEAN-Republic of Korea Economic Ministers’ Joint Initiatives on Bolstering the Economic Connectivity between ASEAN-Republic of Korea in response to the COVID-19 Outbreak
The COVID-19 outbreak has presented a global challenge that requires a coordinated global response. The ASEAN Plus Three Leaders in their special summit held on 14 April 2020, reaffirmed their collective determination to ensure the continued flow of goods, services and personnel as well as maintain
Joint Media Statement of the 9th AEM-Canada Consultations
1. Economic Ministers from the ten ASEAN Member States and Canada (“the Ministers”) met [virtually] on 29 August 2020 for the 9 th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) – Canada Consultations. The Consultations were co-chaired by H.E. Tran Tuan Anh, Minister of Industry and Trade, Viet Nam and the H
ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Statement on The Terrorist Attacks in Jolo, Sulu, The Philippines
ASEAN strongly condemns the terrorist attacks in Jolo, Sulu, the Philippines on 24th August 2020, which resulted in the loss of lives and caused injury to many. ASEAN extends its deepest sympathies and condolences to the Government and people of the Republic of the Philippines, especially to the b
ASEAN-Republic of Korea Economic Ministers’ Joint Initiatives on Bolstering the Economic Connectivity between ASEAN-Republic of Korea in Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak
The COVID-19 outbreak has presented a global challenge that requires a coordinated global response. The ASEAN Plus Three Leaders in their special summit held on 14 April 2020, reaffirmed their collective determination to ensure the continued flow of goods, services and personnel as well as maintain
Joint Media Statement of the Twenty-Fifth AEM-CER Consultations
1. Economic Ministers from the ten ASEAN Member States, Australia and New Zealand (Closer Economic Relations – CER) virtually met on 29 August 2020 for the Twenty-Fifth AEM-CER Consultations. The Consultations were co-chaired by H.E. Tran Tuan Anh, Minister of Industry and Trade, Viet Nam; the Ho









