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, joined other distinguished Heads of States / Governments from Cambodia-Lao PDR-Myanmar and Viet Nam (CLMV) in the 11th CLMV Summit, which took place in Kunming, China, today. The Summit, themed “Friendship and Solidarity for a Resilient and Prosp
Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Economic Community Satvinder Singh met with Permanent Representatives of Malaysia to ASEAN Sarah Al Bakri Devadason on 7 November 2024. They discussed the work being done at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat and explored how Malaysia can champion key ini
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, delivered pre-recorded keynote remarks at the opening of the 2024 ASEAN+3 HRD Forum, with the theme “Empowering the Workforce for Sustainable Future.” The Forum was hosted and organised by the Ministry of Employment and Labour (MOEL) of the
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, delivered a pre-recorded special address during the 8th Roundtable of ASEAN-India Network of Think Tanks (AINTT), which was held in Singapore, on 7 November 2024. In his remarks, Dr. Kao highlighted the importance of deepening ASEAN-India partnership a
Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community, H.E. Dato’ Astanah Abdul Aziz, delivered congratulatory remarks on behalf of Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, at the 2024 International Conference on ASEAN-Korea Partnership held in Seoul, today. The conf
JAKARTA, 7 NOVEMBER 2024 – ASEAN and the United Arab Emirates reaffirmed their commitment to advancing their sectoral dialogue partnership at the 2nd ASEAN-United Arab Emirates Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee (JSCC) Meeting held at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat today.&nb
