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
This evening, the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, attended a dinner hosted by Ambassador of Australia to ASEAN, H.E. Tiffany McDonald. They discussed in detail the preparations for the upcoming Working Visit by SG Dr. Kao to Australia, scheduled for November 2024. Both sides also exc
The 28th ASEAN Labour Ministers’ Meeting (28th ALMM) and Related Meetings on 28-31 October 2024 in Singapore marked an important milestone as the ALMM celebrated its 50th year since they first met in 1975. To mark five decades of ASEAN labour cooperation, the Ministry of Manpower of Singapore as
Singapore, 31 October 2024 – The 28th ASEAN Labour Ministers’ Meeting (28th ALMM) and 13th ASEAN Plus Three Labour Ministers’ Meeting (13th ALMM+3) concluded today in Singapore. The meetings were participated by ASEAN Member States (AMS) and the Secretary-General of ASEAN. China, Japan, and t
1. The 13th ASEAN Plus Three Labour Ministers Meeting (ALMM+3) was held on 31 October 2024 in Singapore and chaired by H.E. Dr. Tan See Leng, Minister for Manpower of Singapore. The Meeting was attended by the representatives of ASEAN Member States, China, Japan and Republic of Korea (ROK), Secreta
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, this morning participated in the 13th ASEAN Plus Three Labour Ministers’ Meeting held in Singapore. SG Dr. Kao updated the Meeting on relevant decisions of ASEAN Summits and other relevant ASEAN meetings and delivered remarks pertaining to the Meeti
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, delivered remarks via video message at the 8th High-Level Brainstorming Dialogue on Enhancing Complementarities between the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (HLBD), in Bangkok, Thailand, on 31 October 2024.
Co-Chaired by Lao PDR and Malaysia, the 17th Meeting of the HLTF-ACV continued with a Plenary session today, 31 October 2024 in Hoi An, Viet Nam. The HLTF-ACV continued refining the draft APSC Strategic Plan and discussed the way forward.
In line with undertaking a comprehensive, participat
