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 President of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Professor Tetsuya Watanabe, at the ASEAN Secretariat/ASEAN Headquarters in Jakarta.
The meeting discussed ongoing collaboration between ASEAN and ERIA, a
JAKARTA, 20 October 2025 – H.E. Ambassador Ivana Golubović-Duboka presented her Letter of Credence to the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat today, marking the assumption of her post as the Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to ASEAN.
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today attended a working lunch hosted by H.E. Ambassador Evangeline T. Ong Jimenez Ducroq, Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Philippines to ASEAN. The discussion focused on preparations for the Secretary-General of ASEAN’s upcoming work
Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community (DSG APSC), Dato’ Astanah Abdul Aziz, met with Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (ROK) to ASEAN, Lee Jang-keun, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat today. Both sides exchanged views on ASEAN-ROK cooperation in
At the invitation of H.E. Josephine Teo, Minister for Digital Development and Information and Minister-in-Charge of Smart Nation and Cybersecurity of Singapore, Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, will participate in the 10th ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Cybersecurity (AMCC) on 22 Oct
