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
The ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) was held on 8 May in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia, and attended by the SOM Leaders and representatives of all ASEAN Member States, and Timor-Leste as observer. The Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community also attended the me
BALI, 8 May 2023 – ASCC Council Ministers and representatives convened today for the 29th ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council Meeting to discuss strategic issues and directions for the ASCC.
Dr Muhadjir Effendy, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture for Indon
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn and ASCC Council Chair Prof Dr Muhadjir Effendy briefed the press on the key outcomes of the 29th ASCC Council Meeting on 8 May in Bali, Indonesia.
Dr Kao highlighted that the initiatives to be adopted by ASEAN Leaders reflected ASCC’s relevance and
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn attended the 29th ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council Meeting on 8 May in Bali, Indonesia. The meeting discussed strategic issues and directions for socio-cultural cooperation.
The meeting reaffirmed commitments to work closely with the ASC
The 29th ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council Meeting was held on 8 May 2023 in Bali, Indonesia, under the ASEAN Chairmanship of Indonesia.
The Meeting extended full support to Indonesia’s ASEAN Chairmanship with its theme of “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth”, focusing on three
