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 18th ASEAN-Australia Forum, which is a high-level dialogue between senior officials of Australia and the 10 Member Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), was successfully held in Canberra on 29 June 2000.The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. John Dauth, Deputy Secretary of
1. The Fifteenth ASEAN-US Dialogue was held on 24-25 May 2000 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2. The Meeting was attended by delegations from the Governments and private sectors of ASEAN member countries and the US. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Datuk Abdul Kadir Mohamad, Secretary General
1. The First Meeting of the ASEAN Economic Ministers and Ministers of the People’s Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea was held in Yangon, Myanmar on 2 May 2000.
2. The meeting followed from the mandate of the Leaders of ASEAN, People’s Republic of China, Japan and
Combating and Preventing Drug and Substance Abuse, by Pratap Parameswaran
Background
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been concerned with the abuse of narcotics and in trafficking in illegal drugs for more than two decades now. Cognizant of the multifarious consequences of d
Anyone who has taken even a cursory interest in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, better known as ASEAN, won’t fail to have sensed that something important happened at its summit meetings in Manila at the end of last month. The problem, they face, however, is that they can’t seem to p
I. Introduction
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the Bangkok Declaration by the five original Member Countries namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined the
Philippine Graphic: You have assumed the post of Secretary-General of ASEAN at this very difficult period in the history of the Association following the regional economic crisis and other issues. What, in your view, are the challenges facing ASEAN today?
Severino: ASEAN is faced with challenges
Introduction
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been fostering cooperation to combat transnational crime for more than two decades. ASEAN was initially concerned with the abuse of narcotics and trafficking in illegal drugs. However, with the expansion and diversification of tra
JAKARTA — As long as it is conducted in a fair manner, world trade must, on balance, be viewed as beneficial to all the peoples of this planet.
Fairness means playing by the rules and bringing as many players as possible within the same rules-based regime. It also means taking the interests of a
INTRODUCTION ASEAN member countries widely recognize that transport is among the key catalysts for socio-economic development and international competitiveness, in view of its role as a critical logistics and services support sector. Transport is an important pillar for ASEAN’s economic integrati
