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
JAKARTA, 8 August 2022 – After two years of online celebration due to the pandemic, ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) held a physical celebration at its headquarter in Jakarta to mark ASEAN’s 55th anniversary. Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi of Indonesia graced the event along with the Secretary-General
Group of 20 economic leaders met to address the regional impact of the situation in Ukraine. That story tops the July 2022 edition of “ASEAN Today.” Raissa Chentami of the Indonesia Channel co-anchors the program from Jakarta with Ain Bandial of The Scoop in Bandar Seri Begawan in Brune
JAKARTA, 7 July 2022 – As ASEAN increases its engagement in cross-border business-to-consumer trade, maintaining consumer confidence has become even more critical to the ASEAN regional economy. As a response, the ASEAN Committee on Consumer Protection (ACCP) has developed the ASEAN Online Con
The mediation efforts by Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo in the Ukraine-Russia conflict caught global attention. That story tops the June 2022 edition of “ASEAN Today.” Raissa Chentami of The Indonesia Channel co-anchors the program from Jakarta with Rasidah Abu Bakar of The Sc
JAKARTA/PHNOM PENH, 30 June 2022 – The ASEAN-German project, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle to Protect the Marine Environment and Coral Reefs, or 3RProMar in short, kicked off its series of regional workshops to unite efforts in combatting marine debris in Southeast Asia on May 30-31.
Dr. Por
BANGKOK, 27 June 2022 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), in collaboration with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened its 35th Meeting of AICHR on 21-22 June 2022 via videoconference. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Keo Remy, Representative of Cambodia to AICHR, and was attended by the Representatives/Alternate Representatives of AICHR, and th
JAKARTA, 24 JUNE 2022 – ASEAN and the United Kingdom convened the inaugural ASEAN-United Kingdom Joint Cooperation Committee (AUKJCC) Meeting via videoconference today, marking the start of a formal partnership to strengthen their long-standing ties.
The ASEAN Foreign Ministers conferred t
JAKARTA, 20 June 2022 – Today, the Secretary-General of ASEAN Dato Lim Jock Hoi and Australia’s Ambassador to ASEAN Will Nankervis signed the Memorandum of Understanding on the Australia for ASEAN Futures Initiative (Aus4 ASEAN Futures Initiative) at the ASEAN Secretariat.
The ceremon
JAKARTA, 17 June 2022 – Today, the ASEAN Secretariat, in collaboration with the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) held the Multi-Stakeholder Policy Dialogue on Empowering ASEAN For Circular Economy online.
The policy dialogue brought together stakeholders from
