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 Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, this evening joined a gala dinner with ASEAN Science and Technology Ministers to make full and most efficient use of their time during the 20th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science, Technology, and Innovation (AMMSTI-20). They also briefly tou
H.E. Ekkaphab Phanthavong, Deputy Secretary General for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community, held a productive meeting with H.E. Mel Barlow, UK Ambassador to the Lao PDR, and H.E. Sarah Tiffin, UK Ambassador to ASEAN on 6 June 2024. The discussion centered on fostering stronger people-to-people connecti
The Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today met with H.E. Chang Lih Kang, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia in Siem Reap. Dr. Kao expressed the ASEAN Secretariat’s readiness to render its full support to Malaysia as the ASEAN Chair for 2025. The Secretary
On his first day in Siem Reap, Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, this afternoon met with H.E. Hem Vanndy, Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation of Cambodia. Dr. Kao congratulated Cambodia for hosting the 20th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science, Technology, and Inno
The Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ EXCOM) took place today in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Attended by all ASEAN Member States, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community, and Timor-Leste as Observer, the meeting rev
The ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) took place today in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Attended by all ASEAN Member States, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community, and Timor-Leste as Observer, the Meeting discussed matters related to ASEAN Community-building, includin
The 33rd Meeting of the ASEAN Directors-General of Customs (DGs) was held on 4 – 6 June 2024 in Phu Quoc, Viet Nam. The Meeting was chaired by Mr. Nguyen Van Can, Director-General of Viet Nam Customs Department, and attended by 10 ASEAN Member States (AMS) and the ASEAN SecretariatThe ASEAN Custo
The Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) conducts their sixth regular Meeting on 5 June 2024 in Vientiane, to mark the beginning of the series of the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) and Related Meetings. The CPR discussed current issues on ASEAN Community-building and Exter
