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
Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community, Dato’ Astanah Abdul Aziz, received a courtesy call from the Director-General of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) Jakarta, Libera Cheng; Director of HKETO Singapore, Owin Fung, and Director of HKETO Bangkok, Parso
Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community, Dato’ Astanah Abdul Aziz, today met with Ambassador Kagawa Takehiro, Chairperson of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation. DSG Dato’ Astanah reaffirmed ASEAN’s commitment towards a peaceful world free from nucl
KUALA LUMPUR, 9 October 2025 — Digital senior officials and telecommunications regulators from ASEAN Member States (AMS) convened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the 2nd ASEAN Digital Senior Officials’ Meeting – ASEAN Telecommunications Regulators’ Council (ADGSOM–ATRC) Leaders’ Retreat
JAKARTA, 9 October 2025 – The ASEAN Secretariat, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), and the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute (CIHEAM) of Bari today convened the First Steering Committee Meeting of the Cooperation Mechanism for the Competitive Deve
At the invitation of H.E. Kitte Sangahak Bandith Kun Kim, Senior Minister in Charge of Special Missions, First Vice President of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) of the Kingdom of Cambodia and Chair of ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM) 2025, Secretary-Gen
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today met with Chargé d’Affaires (CDA) ad interim of the United States Mission to ASEAN, Joy Sakurai, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat. Both sides exchanged views on regional and international issues of mutual interest and discussed prepa
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, H.E. David van Weel, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat. They exchanged views on ways to strengthen the ASEAN-Netherlands Development Partnership, including thro
JAKARTA, 9 OCTOBER 2025 – The ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee (ACCC) convened the Regional Workshop on the ASEAN Connectivity Strategic Plan (ACSP) Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Operational Guide on 8 – 9 October. The Regional Workshop was conducted through a hybrid format a
Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs, H.E. Nararya S. Soeprapto, participated in the 4th SOM-MLAT held on 7-8 October 2025, in Vientiane, Lao PDR, which discussed, among others, matters in strengthening Member States’ cooperation and ensuring effective implementat
