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 Seventh AEM-HKC Consultation was held on 20 August 2023. The Consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Zulkifli Hasan, Minister of Trade, Republic of Indonesia and Mr Algernon Yau, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of HKC. The Meeting also welcomed H.E. Filipus Nino Pereira, Minister o
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, met with Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China-HKSAR , Mr Algernon Yau on the sidelines of 55th AEM Meeting. They expressed commitment to work closely to str
The Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, attended the 7th AEM-HKC Consultation. The Meeting welcomed the finalisation of the First Protocol to Amend the ASEAN-Hong Kong, China Free Trade Agreement (AHKFTA) and looked forward to the signing of the Protocol as soon as possible. The Meeting
SEMARANG, 20 August 2023 – Today, ASEAN, in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), launched the ASEAN Intellectual Property (IP) Register. Powered by a sophisticated information exchange system, the ASEAN IP Register is a one-stop IP information portal that will
SEMARANG, 20 August 2023 – Today, the ASEAN Member States and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during the ASEAN-WIPO Interface Meeting at the 55th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM). The MOU was signed by the Secretary-General of
The Third ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) Meeting was held on the 20th August 2023. The Consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Zulkifli Hasan, Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia and the Rt Hon Nigel Huddleston MP, Minister of
The Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, attended the 3rd ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM)-UK Consultation on 20 August 2023 in Semarang, Indonesia. The Meeting discussed the progress of the implementation of economic cooperation activities under the ASEAN-UK Work Plan in 2022-2023 and pote
The Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, represented the 10 ASEAN Member States in signing the ASEAN-WIPO Memorandum of Understanding for Expansion of Cooperation in Specific Areas with the Director General of WIPO H.E. Mr. Daren Tang. The MoU marks a new milestone in the longstandin
The Twelfth AEM-Canada Consultation met on 20 August 2023. The Consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Zulkifli Hasan, Minister of Trade, Republic of Indonesia, and the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, Canada. The Meeting welcomed H.E. F
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, met with the Honourable Mary Ng, Canada Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, on the sidelines of 55th AEM Meeting. They welcomed the progress of economic cooperation between ASEAN and Canada, and agreed to work cl
