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 Eleventh East Asia Summit (EAS) Economic Ministers’ Meeting was held on 21 August 2023. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Zulkifli Hasan, Minister of Trade, Republic of Indonesia. The Meeting welcomed H.E. Filipus Nino Pereira, Minister of Commerce, and Industry, Democratic Republic of Timor-Le
The Twenty-Sixth ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Plus Three Consultation was held on 22 August 2023. The Consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Dr. Jerry Sambuaga, Vice Minister of Trade, Indonesia; H.E. Li Fei, Vice Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China; H.E. Nakatani Shinichi, Stat
The Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr Kao Kim Hourn, attended the 26th AEM-Plus Three Consultation today. The Meeting acknowledged the significance of enhancing APT’s capacity in promoting trade and investment flow, contributing to supply chain resilience, and addressing challenges arising from r
The Twenty-Ninth AEM-Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (AEM-METI) Consultation was held on 22 August 2023. The Consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Dr. Jerry Sambuaga, Vice Minister of Trade, Indonesia and H.E. Nakatani Shinichi, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan. The Meeti
The Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr Kao Kim Hourn, attended the 29th AEM-METI Consultation, which was held earlier today. This year marks the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan friendship and cooperation, and in this occasion, the Meeting endorsed the Future Design and Action Plan of Innovative and Sus
The ASEAN Environmental Rights Working Group (AER WG) convened the 1st Meeting on 21-22 August 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Prof. Dr. Amara Pongsapich, Representative of Thailand to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), and was attended by mem
The Twentieth AEM-ROK Consultation was held on 22 August 2023. The Consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Dr. Jerry Sambuaga, Vice Minister of Trade, Republic of Indonesia and H.E. Dukgeun Ahn, Minister for Trade, Republic of Korea. The Meeting welcomed H.E. Filipus Nino Pereira, Minister of Commerce
The Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr Kao Kim Hourn, today met with Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth of New Zealand, the Hon. Rino Tirikatene on the sidelines of 55th AEM Meeting. They discussed collective commitments to significantly strengthen economic cooperation to achieve a forward-l
The Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr Kao Kim Hourn attended the 20th AEM-Republic of Korea (ROK) Consultation. The Meeting welcomed the implementation progress of the ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Area (AKFTA), including the efforts to address the implementation issues especially those related to the foo
The Twenty-Eighth AEM-Closer Economic Relations (AEM-CER) Consultation met on 22 August 2023. The Consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Dr. Jerry Sambuaga, Vice Minister of Trade, Indonesia; the Hon Tim Watts MP, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australia; and the Hon Rino Tirikatene, Ministe
