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 met with the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Johann David Wadephul, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat. They exchanged views on ways to deepen the ASEAN-Germany Development Partnership, partic
Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community, H.E. Dato’ Astanah Abdul Aziz, today met with the Australian Ambassador to Counter Modern Slavery, People Smuggling and Human Trafficking, H.E. Jane Duke, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat. Both sides took the opp
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, delivered remarks via video message at the ASEAN Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Sustainability: “Transformative, equitable, innovative and coordinated actions for the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs for a sustainable future for all,” held in Ba
Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community, H.E. Dato’ Astanah Abdul Aziz, received H.E. Helen Fazey, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to ASEAN at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat today. Both sides exchanged views on ways to further advance ASEAN-UK Dialogue
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today delivered remarks at the Ceremony Session of the ASEAN Law Forum 2025, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which concluded with the adoption of the Joint Statement by ASEAN Law Ministers on the Development of International Commercial Arbitration and Media
JAKARTA, 21 AUGUST 2025 – The UK and ASEAN, through the ASEAN-UK SAGE Programme, announced the 2025 recipients of the ASEAN-UK SAGE Women in STEM Scholarships on 22 August 2025. Launched in 2024, this scholarship aims to address gender disparities in access to science, technology, engineerin
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, this morning attended the Ministerial Breakfast of the ASEAN Law Forum 2025, hosted by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) of Malaysia, Dato’ Sri Azalina Othman Said, together with the Ministers of Law
