- 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: March 27, 2023
Secretary-General of ASEAN holds meeting with China Investment Corporation
This morning, Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn held a breakfast meeting with the Executive Vice President and Deputy Chief Investment Officer of China Investment Corporation (CIC) Qi Bin.
Secretary-General of ASEAN meets PRC Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Minister Tang Renjian welcomed ASEAN Secretary-General Dr Kao Kim Hourn in a meeting during the latter’s working visit to China. Both sides exchanged views on agricultural cooperation especially with the designation of 2023 as the ASEAN-China Year of Agricultural Development and Food Security
ASEAN, Japan women footballers hold friendly match to commemorate 50-year cooperation
OKINAWA, 27 March 2023 – Over 270 young footballers from the U-17 women’s team from ASEAN Member States, Timor Leste, Uruma City Select Team and from the U-16 Japan National Team participated in the JENESYS-U17 Women Football Memorial Cup. The memorial cup was held on 14-25 March to commemorate
Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN meets with the World Bank
Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Ekkaphab Phanthavong met with Ms Mona Sur, Practice Manager for Environment, Natural Resources and the Blue Economy in the East Asia and Pacific Region of the World Bank, at the ASEAN Secretariat on 20 March. They discussed the progress of
Secretary-General of ASEAN meets Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn visited the ASEAN-China Centre in Beijing and had a working dinner with the Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre Shi Zhongjun.









