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
Today, ASEAN Secretariat’s Director of Sectoral Development Dr Kanchana Wanichkorn welcomed Republic of Korea’s (ROK) Vice Minister of Ministry of Science & ICT at the ASEAN Secretariat to discuss mutually-beneficial potential collaboration on science, technology, and innovation particularl
BANGKOK, 6 June 2023 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) conducted the 2023 AICHR Regional Dialogue: Sharing Good Practices on the Business and Human Rights in ASEAN on 1 June for the AICHR, ASEAN sectoral bodies, regional stakeholders including national human rig
Take a trip down the 50-year memory lane of the ASEAN-Japan friendship in a commemorative exhibit at the ASEAN Secretariat! Officially opened yesterday by the Ambassador of Japan to ASEAN Kiya Masahiko, Permanent Representative of Thailand to ASEAN Ambassador Urawadee Sriphiromya, and Deputy Secret
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has mobilized humanitarian response to support the emergency relief efforts in Myanmar due to the severe impact of Cyclone MOCHA. As of 2 June 2023, the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre) has h
JAKARTA, 6 June 2023 – The 17th ASEAN-Japan Joint Cooperation Committee Meeting took place today reaffirming both sides’ commitment to further advance their partnership to mark the 50th Year of Friendship and Cooperation.
The meeting noted the substantive progress made in ASEAN-Japan
Students from the Command and General Staff Course Class 72 of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Education and Doctrine Command visited the ASEAN Secretariat and received a briefing on ASEAN’s priorities for 2023 and on defence cooperation in ASEAN.
JAKARTA, 6 June 2023 – The 17th ASEAN-Japan Joint Cooperation Committee Meeting took place today reaffirming both sides’ commitment to further advance their partnership to mark the 50th Year of Friendship and Cooperation. The meeting noted the substantive progress made in ASEAN-Japan c Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn made his first official visit to the ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) in Tokyo earlier today and held a meeting with the Secretary-General of AJC Kunihiko Hirabayashi. They took the opportunity to discuss how the ASEAN Secretariat and the AJC can build closer
ASEAN, Japan to advance partnership to new heights
Secretary-General of ASEAN visits ASEAN-Japan Centre
