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
LONDON, 20 March 2024 –ASEAN and the UK reaffirmed their commitment to intensify its Dialogue Partnership and amplify collaboration in mutually beneficial areas at the Third ASEAN-UK Senior Officials’ Meeting (AUKSOM) in London.
The Senior Officials exchanged views on the
JAKARTA, 20 March 2024 – Ambassador Yasser Hassan Farag Elshemy presented his Letter of Credence as Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to ASEAN to Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn at the ASEAN Secretariat.
During the courtesy call following the presentation ceremony of the
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn met with Permanent Representative of Brunei Darussalam to ASEAN Ambassador Latifah Zaini at the ASEAN Secretariat today. They discussed the preparations for SG Dr Kao’s working visit to Brunei Darussalam in 2024, among others.
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn met with Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to ASEAN Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang at the ASEAN Secretariat today. They discussed the preparation for SG Dr Kao’s working visit to Viet Nam, at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Viet Nam Phạm Minh C
JAKARTA, 20 March 2024 – The 72nd Meeting of the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) Task Force convened today at the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC). The meeting served as a pivotal platform for fostering collaboration and advancing initiatives to promote inclusive growth and the narrowing of de
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn today met with Canada’s Indo-Pacific Trade Representative Paul Thoppil at the ASEAN Headquarters, where they discussed potential collaboration to further expand trade and investment between ASEAN and Canada, as well as to promote sustainable developmen
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn today received a courtesy visit by a delegation from the China International Capital Corporation (CICC) led by Chairman of CICC Liang Chen, at the ASEAN Headquarters. They exchanged views on current market trends and advancements in investment facilitati
The outgoing Permanent Representative of Thailand to ASEAN Ambassador Urawadee Sriphiromya paid a farewell call on the Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn at the ASEAN Secretariat today. SG Dr Kao expressed his appreciation to Ambassador Urawadee for her invaluable contributions to the work
SINGAPORE, 20 March 2024 – The ASEAN-UK Regional Training and Workshop on Engineering Biology took place at the British High Commission in Singapore from 26 February to 1 March 2024. Funded by the UK Department of Science, Innovation, and Technology, the event marks a key initiative under the UK-
JAKARTA, 20 March 2024 –The ASEAN Lead Implementing Body for Sustainable Infrastructure (LIB-SI), the Australian Government’s Partnerships for Infrastructure (P4I) initiative, and the ASEAN Secretariat co-organised the Workshop on Women’s Leadership and Gender Mainstreaming in Infrastructure
