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
JAKARTA – 26 August 2024, H.E. Sujiro Seam, Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to ASEAN officially inaugurates 11 youth representatives from ASEAN Member States and Timor Leste as the first ever cohort of the Youth Sounding Board for EU in ASEAN (YSBEA). The establishment of YSBEA is an initia
Widely used social media platforms and rapidly evolving applications facilitate the fast and extensive dissemination of information. With social media and internet users spending a large amount of time online, young people can be vulnerable to fake news and become the targets and/or i
JAKARTA, 26 August 2024 – Indonesia as Chair of the ASEAN Task Force on Fake News (TFFN) and Australia are pleased to invite youth aged 18 – 25 from the ASEAN Member States (AMS), Timor-Leste and Australia to submit their application to join the Digital SPARK Challenge 2024 (the ‘Idea
Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs, H.E. Nararya S. Soeprapto, attended the launching of the “ASEAN-Korea Cooperation Fund (AKCF) Annual Report 2023” held today at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat. The event, organised by the Mission of the Republic of
The Seventh ASEAN Plus Three Education Ministers Meeting (7th APT EMM) was held in Buriram, Thailand on 26 August 2024 in conjunction with the 7th East Asia Summit Education Ministers Meeting (7th EAS EMM). The Meeting was preceded by the 14th ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials Meeting on Education
BURIRAM, 26 August 2024 – ASEAN Education Ministers and Senior Officials gathered for a series of education meetings on 23 – 26 August in Buriram, Thailand. Under the leadership of Thailand as the education sector’s chair, the meetings were held under the theme of “Transforming Educatio
PHNOM PENH, 26 August 2024 – In a rapidly changing world where digital transformation and sustainability are at the forefront, the 4th ASEAN Consumer Protection Conference (ACPC) has emerged as a beacon of ASEAN’s collective efforts to safeguard and empower consumers in the digital and green ec
