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 6th ASEAN Leadership Awards on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication was held earlier this evening at the Sand Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore. Minister for Social and Family Development of Singapore Masagos Zulkifli and Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn both delivered rem
At the invitation of Minister of Mines and Energy of Cambodia Keo Rottanak, Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn will lead the ASEAN Secretariat delegation to attend the 9th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Minerals (AMMin) and related events on 23-25 November in Cambodia.
Dr Kao will del
JAKARTA, 21 November 2023 – The ASEAN secretariat and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) jointly organised a symposium on promoting resilient and sustainable agriculture and food system through innovation, with the support of Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and
Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Ekkaphab Phanthavong received the 2019 ASEAN Prize Winner and Executive Director of the Malaysia-based Sunway Centre for Planetary Health, Prof Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood, at the ASEAN Secretariat today where they discussed opportunities a
The Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN Political-Security Community Michael Tene met with the Vice President of the Development Research Center (DRC) of the State Council of China Zhang Laiming, at the ASEAN Secretariat today. They shared views on ASEAN-China cooperation and encouraged meaningful i
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) welcomed the recent summit between the President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden Jr. and the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, on 15 November 2023 in Woodside, California.
We were encouraged by their continued commit
JAKARTA, 21 November 2023 – The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) has taken a significant step toward strengthening its data-driven monitoring capabilities with the organisation of the Regional Workshop on the Development of the ASCC Database for Monitoring and Evaluation System (ADME Sys
