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
Mr. Co-Chairman,Excellencies,Ladies & Gentlemen,On behalf of my ASEAN colleagues, I would like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Wolfgang Schuessel, Vice Chancellor and Federal Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Austria, who is leading the EU Troika, His Excellency Mr. Derek Fatchett, minister of Stat
Excellency and Distinguished Colleagues,Ladies and Gentlemen,On behalf of my ASEAN Colleagues, I wish to extend our warm welcome to Your Excellency and to the distinguished members of your Delegation to this annual session of the Post Ministerial Conferences (PMC) between ASEAN and Australia.We mee
Review of Regional and InternationalEconomic Developments: Regional Economic Integration
Almost from the beginning of the financial crisis, apprehensions have arisen over ASEAN’s commitment to regional economic integration and its openness to the global economy. These doubts have been expr
Fellow ministers, distinguished colleagues; I am pleased to join you today on behalf of the United States. I welcome the opportunity we have to discuss this region’s economic difficulties and our effort to overcome them.It is clear that whatever the ultimate solution to the crisis, it will have t
(a) Regional efforts to address the crisis(b) Social impact of the crisis(c) Effects on the international community and its role in restoring stability
Regional Efforts to Address the CrisisSince the onset of the crisis, ASEAN member countries have taken steps, individually, collectively, an
1. The recent monetary and financial crisis in South-East Asia has spread beyond the region and is increasingly affecting global economic relations.We are interested in developing effective international cooperation with a view to overcoming the consequences of the crisis. In our opinion, a set of
Your Royal Highnesses,Your Excellency,We are all too aware of the impact of the convergence of modern communications technology, rapid international transport and porous national borders not only on the enhancement of global trade and investment, but also on the proliferation of organized transnati
Mr. Chairman,Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen,(Introduction)It is a great honour and pleasure for me to be here with you at this important forum. I would like to express my profound appreciation to the chairman of this conference, His Excellency Domingo Siazon, Foreign Secretary of the Philippines
Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen,The economies of East and Southeast Asia are in the midst of a crisis that threatens to spill over to other regions and precipitate global recession. It is therefore to the interest of the international community as a whole and not only the affected economies that
Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of our ASEAN countries and my colleagues from the dialogue partner countries.
It is a pleasure and a privilege to be participating in the 31st Post Ministerial Conferences of ASEAN. This coming together of ASEAN regarded for some time now
