- 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: 2021
Recovering from Natural Disasters tops December 2021 “ASEAN Today”
How several Southeast Asian countries are recovering from severe natural disasters tops the December 2021 edition of “ASEAN Today.” Raissa Chentami of The Indonesia Channel co-anchors the program from Jakarta with Tran Minh-Ngan of VTC10 NetViet in Hanoi. They also report on garbage-to-
ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Statement on The Floods and Landslides in Malaysia and The Republic of The Philippines
ASEAN Member States are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of lives, displacement of people as well as extensive damage to properties caused by the severe floods and landslides as a result of torrential rain in Malaysia and Typhoon Rai that hit the Republic of the Philippines.
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5th RCEP webinar series underlines integration SMEs into regional value chain
JAKARTA, 20 December 2021 – Closing the year 2021, the ASEAN Secretariat, in partnership with the East Asia Business Council, held the 5th round of the RCEP webinar series on 16 December. The discussion focused on competition, government procurement, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and t
17th Coordinating Conference on ASCC calls for acceleration in climate cooperation
JAKARTA, 20 December 2021 – To promote cross-sectoral and cross-pillar collaboration among ASEAN sectoral bodies, the ASEAN Secretariat organised the 17th Coordinating Conference on the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (SOC-COM) on 17 December to discuss the future of climate change cooperation in
Secretary-General of ASEAN pays courtesy call to the President of the Republic of Seychelles
Secretary-General of ASEAN paid a courtesy call to the President of the Republic of Seychelles, H.E. Wavel Ramkalawan at the State House, Seychelles on 15 December 2021.
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Secretary-General of ASEAN pays courtesy call to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Secretary-General of ASEAN paid a courtesy call to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan on 14 December 2021.
MANILA, 17 December 2021 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Philippines, in cooperation with the United Nations Children’s Fund East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (UNICEF-EAPRO), the South-East Asia Regional Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights ( SINGAPORE, 17 December 2021 – Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with Lao PDR’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and supported by the Republic Polytechnic of Singapore and the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC), concluded its second cycle of training on Project Proposal Writing fo JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT A Special Session of the ASEAN-China Ministerial Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation was held virtually on 14 December 2021. The Meeting coincided with the 30th Anniversary of ASEAN-China relations and was co-chaired by H.E. Prof. Dr. Anek Laothamatas, MinisterAICHR Philippines organises Dialogue on UN Convention on the Rights of The Child
Lao PDR officials complete training on project proposal writing
Joint Media Statement of Special Session of ASEAN-China Ministerial Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation








