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 ASEAN Finance and Health Ministers Meeting (AFHMM) was convened on 8 August 2024 to reaffirm ASEAN commitment to discuss critical steps in enhancing finance and health collaboration to promote sustainable health care financing systems and improving health outcomes across the region.
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In a luncheon convened in conjunction with the 57th ASEAN Day Celebration and the 3rd ASEAN-Maybank Scholarship Award Ceremony, the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, congratulated and presented certificates to the seven young and bright awardees across the ASEAN region. The luncheon,
As part of the celebratory programmes to observe the 57th ASEAN Day, Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, alongside the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, H.E. Retno L.P. Marsudi, officially launched the ASEAN Day’s Open House by cutting the ribbon at the ASEAN H
The 16th ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting (AHMM) and Related Meetings was conducted on 5 – 9 August 2024 and served as a platform to establish strategic directions to sustain and scale-up the use of the outcomes or achievement of the ASEAN Health Sector based on its ASEAN Post 2015 Health Developme
This morning, the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, officiated the 57th ASEAN Day celebration at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat. In his remarks, SG Dr. Kao reaffirmed ASEAN’s unwavering commitment to fostering a connected, resilient and people-centred ASEAN community. H
The ASEAN Finance and Health Ministers Meeting (AFHMM) was convened on 8 August 2024 to reaffirm ASEAN commitment to discuss critical steps in enhancing finance and health collaboration to promote sustainable health care financing systems and improving health outcomes across the region.
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RECALLING the ASEAN Leaders’ vision of an ASEAN Community outlined in the 2015 Kuala Lumpur Declaration on the Establishment of the ASEAN Community and the simultaneous endorsement of “ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together” containing among others, the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 20
JAKARTA, 8 August 2024 – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) proudly announces the development of an immersive, integrated metaverse game in collaboration with Cosmow, a renowned metaverse game development studio. This groundbreaking initiative is not just a commemoration of ASEAN
JAKARTA, 8 August 2024 – Today, the ASEAN Secretariat celebrated the 57th ASEAN Day in its Jakarta headquarter. Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi of Indonesia officiated the event with the Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn, in front of the Jakarta’s diplomatic community.
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