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 led the ASEAN Secretariat delegation to participate in the 12th ASEAN Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Meeting was Co-Chaired by Minister of Finance II Senator Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan
On 10 April 2025, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) hosted a lunch meeting with Pusat KOMAS, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) with consultative relationship with AICHR and currently serving as the convening secretariat for the ASEANPeoples@ASEAN2025 events. The meetin
DA NANG, 10 April 2025 –Senior Officials of ASEAN and the United Kingdom reaffirmed their commitment to intensifying the ASEAN-UK Dialogue Partnership and strengthen collaboration in mutually beneficial areas at the 4th ASEAN-UK Senior Officials’ Meeting (AUKSOM) in Da Nang, Viet Nam today
The 12th ASEAN Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting (AFMGM) was co-chaired by H.E. Amir Hamzah Azizan, Finance Minister II of Malaysia, and H.E. Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour, Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia. We convened the 12th AFMGM to discuss developments in the region, includin
We, the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM), reaffirm the strong and enduring partnership between ASEAN and the United States (U.S.). As a Comprehensive Strategic Partner (CSP) of ASEAN, for more than four decades the U.S. has played a significant role in fostering ASEAN-centered regional architecture t
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today participated in the ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (AFMGM) – International Financial Institutions (IFIs) Meeting, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Meeting noted the global and regional economic outlook presented by the IFIs an
At the invitation of H.E. Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry of Malaysia and Chair of the ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Meeting this year, Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, participated in the Special ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting held
On April 10, 2025, the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, together with the Russian University of Transport, held an online workshop titled “Autonomous Navigation Technologies for Sustainable Development of the Maritime Industry” as part of the Russia–ASEAN Dialogue Partn
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened its Special Meeting 1/2025 from 8 to 10 April 2025 in Penang, Malaysia. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Edmund Bon Tai Soon, Representative of Malaysia to AICHR, and attended by AICHR Representatives and Alternate Representativ
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today met with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Mr. Masato Kanda, on the sidelines of the 12th ASEAN Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They discussed areas of potential collaboration to adva
