- ABOUT ASEANThe 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, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999, making up what is today the ten Member States of ASEAN.Menu
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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
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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.
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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
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Day: November 1, 2023
Secretary-General of ASEAN attends UK – ASEAN Business Council Private Sector Roundtable
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn participated in the UK – ASEAN Business Council (UK-ABC) Private Sector Roundtable today. During the discussion, Dr Kao extended his appreciation to UK-ABC for their contribution in further strengthening the economic ties between business communities in
Secretary-General of ASEAN meets with UK Minister of State for Department of Business and Trade
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn discussed ASEAN-UK Economic Integration Programme with Minister of State for Department of Business and Trade of the United Kingdom Nigel Huddleston MP. They also explored means to strengthening economic cooperation in the key priority areas of ASEAN, nam
Secretary-General of ASEAN starts his UK Working Visit with meeting Foreign Affairs, Development and Trade Officials
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn officially started the working visit to the United Kingdom with a meeting with Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Sir Philip Barton and Permanent Secretary of the Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
ASEAN-ROK Day convenes in Ha Noi, Viet Nam
The ASEAN-ROK Day included a forum on “Towards an ASEAN-ROK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for peace, security and prosperity”, where Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Political and Security Community, Michael Tene, traced the journey of ASEAN-ROK dialogue relations in his pre-
Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN meets with Dutch Foreign Minister
Today the ASEAN Secretariat welcomed Minister of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands Hanke Bruins Slot during her visit to Indonesia. Received by the Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community Michael Tene, both sides welcomed the recent conferment of The Netherlands as






