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
BOGOR/HYBRID, 13 August 2025 – Senior economic officials and experts from ASEAN Member States gathered today in Bogor, Indonesia, for the 4th Meeting of the ASEAN Geoeconomics Task Force (AGTF) to discuss strategies in navigating intensifying global geoeconomic challenges.
The meeting, co-
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, delivered a pre-recorded keynote address at the 2025 China Mobile Southeast Asia Cooperation Conference, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 13 August 2025. In his remarks, Dr. Kao shared that ASEAN-China partnership has delivered substantial econ
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today received Ambassador of Chile to ASEAN, Mario Ignacio Artaza, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat. They discussed the follow-up to Dr. Kao’s Working Visit to Chile in September of last year, which included Chile’s interests, among
The annual ASEAN Sub-Committee on Budget Meeting was convened from 13 to 15 August 2025 at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat to deliberate on the operational budget of the ASEAN Secretariat for the forthcoming year. Chaired by Ms. Nur Diyana Badarudin, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, delivered pre-recorded remarks at the ASEAN TVET Conference 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In his video message, SG Dr. Kao reaffirmed his support to advancing ASEAN’s commitment to inclusive and future-ready skills systems. Emphasising the impo
