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 joined other Ministers in the 22nd AEM-India Consultatio, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Meeting took note of the progress of the Review of the ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) and reaffirmed the commitment to expediting the R
The Twenty Second ASEAN Economic Ministers -India (AEM-India) Consultation was held on 26 September 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Aziz, Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, and H.E. Jitin Prasada, Minister of State fo
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened its Special Meeting 3/2025 from 23 to 26 September 2025 in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Edmund Bon Tai Soon, the Chair and Representative of Malaysia to AICHR, and attended by Representatives and Alterna
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today participated in the 14th AEM-Canada Consultation, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Meeting discussed ways to strengthen ASEAN and Canada economic partnership and reviewed the progress of the ongoing negotiations for the ASEAN-Canada Free Tra
1. The Fourteenth ASEAN Economic Ministers-Canada (AEM-Canada) Consultation was held on 26 September 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Aziz, Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry of Malaysia, and the Honourable Yasir Naqvi, P
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today urged governments, businesses, and partners to work together to ensure that ASEAN helps shape global digital transformation at the Opening of the World Economic Forum Business Dialogue on ASEAN’s Digital Economy, held on the sidelines of the 57
1. The Fourth ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Troika Open-ended Dialogue with Switzerland was held on 26 September 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Aziz, Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry of Malaysia, and H.E. State Secre
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, delivered a video message for the celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB). In his remarks, SG Dr. Kao congratulated the ACB’s two decades of excellence in supporting ASEAN’s regional progress and achieveme
