The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
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
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
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
JAKARTA, 20 January 2026 – Ambassador Wang Qing presented his Letter of Credence as the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to ASEAN to the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, this afternoon at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat.
Secretary-General Dr. Kao co
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today received a courtesy call from Secretary-General of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), H.E. Kairat Sarybay, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat. During the meeting, both Secretaries-General excha
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, and Permanent Representative of the Philippines to ASEAN and Chair of the CPR for 2026, H.E. Ambassador Evangeline T. Ong Jimenez-Ducrocq, marked a ceremonial moment in front of the newly installed logo of the Philippines’ ASEAN Chairship for 2026,
Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community, Dato’ Astanah Abdul Aziz, met with Brigadier General (BG) Frederick Choo, Deputy Secretary (Policy) of the Ministry of Defence of Singapore at the sidelines of the 14th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue Sherpa Meeting. During the Me
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today attended a luncheon hosted by Permanent Representative of the Philippines to ASEAN and Chair of the CPR for 2026, H.E. Ambassador Evangeline T. Ong Jimenez-Ducrocq, together with the Permanent Representatives to ASEAN, at the ASEAN Headquart
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today received a visit from the President of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Professor Tetsuya Watanabe, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat, in Jakarta. The meeting provided an opportunity to exchange views on E
The Opening Ceremony of the inaugural meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) in 2026 was held today, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ ASEAN Secretariat, following the Philippines’ official assumption of the ASEAN Chairship on 1 January 2026, under the theme Navigating Our
