The 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, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
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
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.
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
The 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, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
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
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.
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
JAKARTA, 6 September 2021 – Continuing the first webinar entitled “Unlocking RCEP for Business: Trade in Goods” held in July, the ASEAN Secretariat, in collaboration with the East Asia Business Council, held a second webinar on 3 September focusing on Rules of Origin (ROO) and Customs P
JAKARTA, 6 September 2021 – The ASEAN Secretariat organised the Unpacking the Fifth Domain of ASEAN YDI: Awareness, Values and Identity webinar, as part of the newly launched publication,
JAKARTA, 6 September 2021- Members of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth launched the publication titled Understanding How Young People See ASEAN: Awareness, Values, and Identity on 30 August. Launched upon completion of the second phase of ASEAN Youth Development Index (YDI) The virtual ASEAN-United Nations (UN) Secretariat-to-Secretariat (S2S) Meeting on 3 September 2021 was co-chaired by the Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dato Lim Jock Hoi, and the UN Assistant Secretary-General of Department for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations (DPPA-DPO), Statements The virtual Interface between the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) and the United Nations (UN) Delegation on 1 September 2021 was co-chaired by the Permanent Representative of Brunei Darussalam to ASEAN, H.E. Hairani Tajuddin, and the UN Assistant Secretary-General of Departmen The selection of a new prime minister in Malaysia is the top story in the August 2021 edition of “ASEAN Today.” Raissa Chentami of The Indonesia Channel co-anchors the program from Jakarta with Hoai Luong Nguyen of VTV1 in Hanoi. They also report on a realistic reminder of the 2004 t Rules of Origin, Operational Certification Procedures & Customs Procedure and Trade Facilitation
Youth Ministers launch report on how young people see ASEAN
The virtual ASEAN-United Nations (UN) Secretariat-to-Secretariat (S2S) Meeting
37th ASEAN Summit
1. Ha Noi Declaration on the ASEAN Community’s Post-2025 Vision
The virtual Interface between the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) and the United Nations (UN) Delegation
Malaysia’s leadership change tops August 2021 “ASEAN Today”
Unlocking RCEP for Business: Trade in Goods II
