ASEAN and the United Nations today reaffirmed their partnership to work towards the realization of the ASEAN Community and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
This commitment was made at the ASEAN-UN Ministerial Meeting held at the UN Headquarters in New York, United States of America. Chaired by H.E. Dato’ Sri Anifah Aman, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia, the Meeting was attended by the United Nations Secretary-General, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the President of the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, and other Foreign Ministers of ASEAN. Also in attendance were the Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Mr. Le Luong Minh, and senior officials of the UN System.
Noting that 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the United Nations and a milestone in the establishment of an ASEAN Community, the Meeting welcomed the formal adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals at the Summit on 25-27 September. The two Organisations also looked forward to the Climate Change Summit in Paris in December. ASEAN welcomed various reviews by the UN in peace and security, including by the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations, and the UN looked forward to the presentation of the ASEAN Community’s Post-2015 Vision in the near future.
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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, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999, making up what is today the ten Member States of ASEAN.Menu - WHAT WE DO
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
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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.
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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
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