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
12-14 July and 26 July 2021, VideoconferenceThe ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened its Special Meeting 1/2021 on 12-14 July and 26 July 2021 via videoconference. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Hajah Nor Hashimah Haji Mohammed Taib, Representative of Brune
Bangkok, 23 July 2021 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) held the “Regional Dialogue: Self-Assessment of AICHR Progress After 10 Years” via video conference.The Dialogue served as a platform for exchange of views within AICHR on structural and operation
Ambassador of the Republic of India to ASEAN, Jayant Khobragade, presented his Letter of Credence to Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dato Lim Jock Hoi, on 22 July 2021 via videoconference.
JAKARTA, 22 July 2021 – The Policy Dialogue on Strengthening Women’s Entrepreneurship in Agriculture in ASEAN Countries took place today.Representatives of the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ACCMSME), ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW), Senior Officia
BANGKOK, 12 July 2021 – The first “EU-ASEAN High-Performance Computing (HPC) Virtual School: System Design and HPC Applications” concluded on 9 July, with a closing event and public panel discussion capping a week-long learning experience for participating students from all ASEAN Member
JAKARTA, 9 July 2021 – Representatives from ASEAN national legal metrology authorities took part in an online training on the ASEAN Guidelines for Type Approval Control systems for measuring instruments based on International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) Recommendations,
JAKARTA, 9 July 2021 –ASEAN and New Zealand reaffirmed their commitment to bolster cooperation with new initiatives and activities at the 9th ASEAN-New Zealand Joint Cooperation Committee (ANZJCC) Meeting held virtually today.At their annual meeting, both sides welcomed the adoption of
9 JULY 2021 – According to a new joint Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-International Labour Organization (ILO) report, while good progress has been made in a number of areas, the policy framework relating to green jobs within ASEAN needs further strengthening for green job growth
JAKARTA, 8 July 2021– The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) held the AICHR Forum on the Right to Health in Jakarta on 29 June, virtually. The forum focused on the issues related to the realisation of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and UHC for groups at risk or infec
JAKARTA, 8 July 2021 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) organised an online regional Forum on Migration and Human Rights: the Implementation of Article 4 of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, on 30 June.The Forum aims to develop Recommendation on the Implementa
