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
BRUSSELS (Jan 27) –Southeast Asian and European Union (EU) nations have agreed to team up to fight terrorism to maintain peace, stability and security in both regions.
The foreign ministers from ASEAN and the 15 member countries of the EU today adopted a Joint Declaration on Cooperation to Comba
1. Foreign Ministers of the European Union (EU) and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), the European Commissioner for External Relations, the EU High Representative for CFSP and the ASEAN Secretary General met in Brussels on 27-28 January 2003 for the 14th EU-ASEAN Minist
JAKARTA (Jan 24) — The Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) plan to step up cooperation in anti-terrorism during their two-day meeting in Brussels next week with a joint declaration to combat terrorism.
ASEAN Secretary-General Ong
1. The ASEAN Tourism Ministers held their Sixth Meeting (M-ATM) on 24 January 2002 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in conjunction with the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2003 (ATF 2003). The theme of ATF 2003 is “ASEAN Unity: Ensuring a Brighter Future”.
2. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Mr. Veng Sereyvuth, S
The Second Meeting of the ASEAN Tourism Ministers (M-ATM+3) was held on 24 January 2003 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in conjunction with the Sixth Meeting of the ASEAN Tourism Ministers and the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2003 (ATF 2003). The theme of ATF 2003 is “ASEAN Unity: Ensuring a Brighter Future”.
JAKARTA (Jan 23) — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has approved a US$1.45 million grant to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for development cooperation.
The funding is part of the ASEAN-UNDP Partnership Facility aimed at providing analytical and advisory suppo
JAKARTA (Jan 22) – Southeast Asian police have proposed to establish an anti-terrorism task force in each country to strengthen cooperation in curbing this menace and to collaborate on post-terrorist attacks.
Indonesian Police Chief Da’i Bachtiar told some 100 delegates at the close of a three
JAKARTA (Jan 20) – Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri has called for closer cooperation between Indonesia and other countries to curb terrorism.
Ms. Megawati, who was speaking at the opening of the ASEAN Workshop on Combating Terrorism, said all nations share a common objective in their
Introduction
The Second Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology (AMMST) was held in Yangon on 17 January 2003. The Meeting was preceded by the Preparatory Senior Officials Meeting for the 2nd Informal AMMST on 16 January 2003.
The Meeting was officially opened by His Excell
In one sense, this ceremony is of little importance. It is simply the handover of the administration of a secretariat from one head to another. Yet, in another sense, this transition could have deep and far-reaching significance. How deep and how far-reaching would depend on what we make of i
