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 Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ EXCOM) was held on 10 July to discuss the progress in the implementation of the SEANWFZ Treaty Plan of Action (2023-2027) and to prepare for the meeting of the SEANWFZ Commission scheduled for 11 July.
Today, Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn shared his thoughts with the Global Times on ASEAN Centrality as well as the concerted efforts of the ASEAN Member States in contributing to the ASEAN Community building process.
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JAKARTA, 10 July 2023 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) held its interface meeting with the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime (SOMTC) on 10 July 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia and via videoconference. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Wahyuningr
JAKARTA, 10 July 2023 – The 13th issue of the ASEAN Economic Integration Brief (AEIB) was released today.
This edition presents a special article from Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Ho
The ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) was held on 10 July in Jakarta and attended by the SOM Leaders/Representatives of all ASEAN Member States as well as Timor-Leste as Observer. The Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community also attended the meeting. The S
VIDEOCONFERENCE, 10 July 2023 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) held its 2nd Interface Meeting with the ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW) on 10 July 2023 via videoconference, which was co-chaired by H.E. Wahyuningrum, Chair of AICHR and Representative of Indonesi
YOGYAKARTA, 10 July 2023 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) conducted the second Consultation on Human Rights and Countering Trafficking in Persons focusing on referral systems for gender-based violence (GBV) and trafficking in persons (TIP) in ASEAN on 26-28 June.
JAKARTA, 10 July 2023 – Today, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation (COSTI), the U.S. government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and UL Research Institutes announced 12 ASEAN member states’ finalists f
Today, ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and ASEAN SOM on Social Welfare and Development discussed further cooperation to enhance social welfare and development and to advance the rights of vulnerable groups, including persons with disabilities, children, and older persons.
VIDEOCONFERENCE, 10 July 2023 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) held its Interface Meeting with the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Social Welfare and Development (SOMSWD) on 10 July 2023 via videoconference. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Wahyuningrum, Ch
