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
1. The Special Meeting of ASEAN Ministers on Energy and the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (the Meeting) was hosted virtually by the ASEAN Secretariat on 21 June 2021. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Nguyen Hong Dien, Minister of Industry and Trade of Viet Nam, and co-chaired by H
JAKARTA/ONLINE – 18 June 2021 – Over 60 officials from ASEAN Member States, Australia, and New Zealand convened in a two-day virtual workshop from 15 – 16 June to improve understanding of quality and enhance capacity to design and implement trademark quality management practices.The two-
President Joseph Estrada of the Republic of the Philippines, who chaired this Summit Meeting, will be giving his views of the meeting itself in a press conference in a little while. I would prefer to leave it to him to offer his evaluation of the meeting itself. However, I will say that the very fa
The 11th Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation (IAMMSTI-11) was held virtually on 17 June 2021. It was chaired by H.E. Prof. Dr. Anek Laothamatas, Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, the Kingdom of Thailand. The Meeting congratulated
1. The ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (hereinafter referred to as “ADMM-Plus”) was convened via video conference on 16 June 2021; 2. RECALLING the inauguration of the ADMM-Plus in Ha Noi, Viet Nam on 12 October 2010 as a significant milestone in ASEAN’s history as it united the Defen
1. The Fifteenth ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (hereinafter referred to as “ADMM”) was convened on 15 June 2021, via video teleconference. 2. RECOGNISING the dynamic strategic landscape and unprecedented security challenges faced by our region and the world, as well as the implications of
The ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises led by the Office of SMEs Promotion Thailand, has revamped the ASEAN SME Service Centre web portal and rebranded it as ASEAN Access: Your Business Information Gateway to ASEAN and Beyond”.
The ASEAN Access aims to provide dem
BANGKOK, 16 June 2021 – Today, the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (ACCMSME) launched ASEAN Access, a one-stop business information gateway for international-oriented businesses to expand their market outreach within the ASEAN and beyond. The launch
BANGKOK, 10 June 2021– The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) in partnership with the United Nations, particularly the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN
The UN High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS is currently on going from 8 to 10 June 2021 in New York. The statement was delivered on 8 June 2021, at 4.30 PM, New York’s time or early this morning Jakarta’s time
