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
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn received Special Envoy for Asian Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Deng Xijun at the ASEAN Secretariat today. They exchanged views on ASEAN-China cooperation and encouraged various meaningful activities to be undertaken, especially under the ASE
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn received US Senator Jeff Merkley and the US Congressional delegation at the ASEAN Secretariat today. Both sides exchanged views on enriching the ASEAN-US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and looked forward to working closely together in areas of commo
Today at the ASEAN Secretariat, Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn met with Mr Aaron Connelly, Senior Fellow for Southeast Asian Politics and Foreign Policy for the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), to discuss preparations related to the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue and exc
Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community Michael Tene met with Deputy Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretariat Dr Filimon Monani through videoconference where they exchanged views on ways to strengthen ASEAN-PIF relations.
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn received the delegation from the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Secretariat led by Secretary-General of BIMSTEC Tenzin Lekphell today. The BIMSTEC Secretariat delegation is conducting a working vis
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn exchanged views with the Secretary General of the Central American Integration System (SICA) Werner Isaac Vargas Torres through a virtual call earlier today on ways to strengthen cooperation between ASEAN and SICA. They highlighted areas of possible colla
SEOUL, 11 April 2023 – Tomorrow, the ASEAN-Korea Centre and Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) will hold the ASEAN-Korea Trade and Investment Roundtable 2023 with the theme ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP) & Korea’s Indo-Pacific Strategy. The roundtable will
