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
This evening, Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn attended ERIA’s 15th Anniversary Dinner Reception. Dr Kao congratulated ERIA for reaching an important milestone and looked forward to working closely with ERIA in delivering positive contributions to the economic integration in ASEAN a
JAKARTA, 7 June 2023 – ASEAN and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) convened the inaugural ASEAN-UAE Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee (AUAE-JSCC) Meeting. The meeting marked the launch of the formal partnership where both sides identified a number of cooperative projects and programmes in are
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn received a courtesy call from the UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to ASEAN Economic Community Richard Graham MP at the ASEAN Secretariat today. They exchanged views on the overall progress of ASEAN-UK economic cooperation, regional economic integration,
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn attended the 16th Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)’s Governing Board Meeting today at the ASEAN Secretariat. In his remarks, Dr Kao highlighted areas that are relevant to ASEAN-ERIA partnership, including ASEAN Centrality, digi
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn met with Minister of State of the UAE Ahmed bin Ali Al Sayegh at the ASEAN Secretariat today. Minister Al Sayegh took the opportunity to pay a courtesy call on Dr Kao on the sidelines of the inaugural ASEAN-UAE Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee held to
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, 7 June 2023 – The 30th ASEAN-New Zealand Dialogue held today in Bandar Seri Begawan welcomed positive developments in ASEAN-New Zealand Strategic Partnership and shared a common sentiment to energise and promote the relations.
ASEAN recognised New Zealand’s commitment
