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
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, today received Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and SOM Leader of the European Union (EU) for ASEAN, Eric Niclas Kvarnström, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat. They exchanged views on
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today received the Instrument of Ratification (IOR) for the Second Protocol to Amend the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) from Ambassador of Australia to ASEAN Tiffany McDonald, at the ASEAN Headquarters/
DILI, 13 March 2025– Building on the success of the Capacity Building Programme (CBP) Phase 1, the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched CBP Phase 2 in Dili from 11-13 March 2025, bringing Timor-Leste closer to meeting its commitments under the ASEAN Economic Comm
H.E. San Lwin, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community received H.E. Joanna Anderson, Ambassador of New Zealand to ASEAN, today for a courtesy visit. Their discussions focused on the Commemorative Summit to mark the 50th Year of ASEAN-New Zealand dialogue relations to b
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today welcomed the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the Republic of Indonesia, H.E. TEAN Samnang, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat. The meeting evolved around preparations for the upcoming visit by S
JAKARTA, 13 March 2025 – Ambassador Abdelouahab Osmane presented his Letter of Credence as the Ambassador of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria to ASEAN to Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat today.
Secretary-General Dr.
At the 69th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) side event, “Care at the Core: ASEAN Leadership in Advancing Gender Equality through the Care Economy,” Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of ASEAN, delivered a video message, in which he highlighted ASEAN’s commitment to address
The First Meeting of the Group of East Asia Summit (EAS) Participating Countries’ Ambassadors to ASEAN in Jakarta (EAS Group) took place on 13 March 2025 at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat. This first EAS Group Meeting in 2025 under Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship was chaired by H.E. Amb
