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
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, this evening hosted a farewell dinner in honour of Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC), Ekkaphab Phanthavong, who will officially complete his tenure on 11 October 2024. The dinner was also attended by other Depu
VUNG TAU CITY, 1 October 2024 – The ASEAN Secretariat jointly organised the‘ASEAN-Japan Symposium on Accelerating Digitalization in Agriculture and Food System to Promote Sustainable Agricultural Development in the ASEAN Region’ with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of
Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Economic Community, H.E. Satvinder Singh, received a courtesy call from the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations (AFEO) today, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat. They discussed possible avenues and collaborations to advance engineering integr
BANGKOK, 1 October 2024 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and the Southeast Asia National Human Rights Institution Forum (SEANF) co-hosted “AICHR-SEANF Regional Workshop: Sharing Good Practices and Effective Remedy for Migrant Workers in Business and Human R
JAKARTA, 1 October 2024 — Ambassador Miguel de Mascarenhas de Calheiros Velozo presented his letter of credence to the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat today, and officially assumed his post as the Ambassador of Portugal to ASEAN.
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Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today met with Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law & Institutional Reform) of Malaysia, The Honorable Dato’ Sri Azalina Dato’ Othman Said, via videoconference, to discuss, among others, Malaysia’s initiative on international ar
The ASEAN Member States (AMS), recognizing the crucial role of agriculture in regional development and its contribution to achieving sustainable economic growth, poverty eradication, food security, mitigating climate change impacts, and environmental sustainability, have put forward the Action Plan
At the 2nd ASEAN-Korea Forum on the Future of Education, the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, delivered video remarks where he emphasised the importance of embracing digital transformation to bridge the skills gap in education. He highlighted the opportunities presented by the rapid a
We, the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF), recognizing the urgent need to address the harmful practice of crop burning in the ASEAN region and its adverse impacts on the environment, socio-economic conditions, public health, and sustainability, hereby declare our commitment to taki
SIHANOUKVILLE, 1 October 2024 – The 5th EU-ASEAN Workshop on the ASEAN Technology Management Hub (TMH) once again mobilised key stakeholders from academia, start-ups, innovators, the private sector, and technology transfer offices from all ASEAN Member States (AMS). The workshop advanced the
