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
The Chairman of the ASEAN Regional Forum, on behalf of the ARF participating states and organization, issues the following statement:
Recognizing that:
Terrorism constitutes a grave threat to stability, peace and security in the Asia-Pacific and beyond. It has links with transnational organized c
We, the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation and the Foreign Ministers of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of T
We, the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation and the Foreign Ministers of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of T
JUNE, 2003
A grouping of ASEAN’s most prominent businessmen convened in Bangkok, Thailand on May 31 for the first working meeting of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (A-BAC). The ASEAN Heads of Government (ASEAN Leaders) established ABAC as the primary vehicle for private sector feedback and
Thank you Your Excellency Mr. Kanwal Sibal,
Mr. Co-Chairman,Allow me at the outset, on behalf of my ASEAN colleagues, the ASEAN delegations and on my own behalf to express our sincere gratitude for the warm welcome and hospitality and for the excellent arrangements made for our meeting.
My ASEAN
Your Excellencies,
Dato Fuzi Ahmad, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia,
Mr. Ong Keng Yong, Secretary General of ASEAN
Mr. Bounkeut Sangsomsak, Deputy Foreign Minister of Lao People’s Democratic Republic,
Heads of ASEAN Delegations,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
1. On
The Fifth ASEAN- India Senior Officials Meeting was held in New Delhi on 20 May 2003. The Meeting was Co-chaired by Shri Kanwal Sibal, Foreign Secretary, and H. E. Dato’ Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak, Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia. The Meeting was also attended by Haji Mo
1. ASEAN Labour Ministers and their counterparts from the People’s Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea convened an ASEAN+3 Labour Ministers Meeting in Mataram, Indonesia, on 9 May 2003, back-to-back with the 17th ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting. The ASEAN+3 Labour Mi
1. The 19th ASEAN-Australia Forum was held on 8 – 9 May 2003 in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.
2. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Pengiran Dato Paduka Osman Patra, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affai
1. The Seventeenth ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting was convened from 8 to 9 May 2003 in Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia, preceded by the 2nd Senior Labour Officials Meeting held from 5 to 6 May 2003.
2. The Meeting was officially opened by Her Excellency Megawati Soekarno
