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
Ambassador of the Italian Republic to ASEAN, H.E. Benedetto Latteri, presented his Letter of Credence to the Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dato Lim Jock Hoi, on 2 November 2020 at the ASEAN Secretariat.
First Ambassador of Montenegro to ASEAN, H.E. Darko Pajovic, presented his Letter of Credence to the Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dato Lim Jock Hoi, through videoconference on 3 November 2020.
HA NOI, 3 NOVEMBER 2020 – The ASEAN Youth Leaders’ Conference brought together Youth Ministers from ASEAN Member States (AMS) to exchange perspectives on strengthening youth development in the region.The National Committee on Youth of Vietnam hosted the conference and spearheaded the developme
SEOUL, 3 NOVEMBER 2020 – The first ROUND 2020 Music Festival hosted by the Korean broadcasting company KBS and sponsored by the ASEAN-Korea Cooperation Fund through the Government of Korea will take place on 6 December.ROUND 2020 aims to connect ASEAN and Korea through music which will lead an e
SEOUL, 2 November 2020 – Starting from 4 November, the ASEAN-Korea Centre will hold the ‘ASEAN Culture and Tourism Showcase 2020’, supported by the ASEAN Secretariat.The event will present tourist attractions, cultures, and authentic delicacies of ASEAN Member States (AMS) through a series o
How Malaysia’s palm oil industry is trying to fix a labor problem while dealing with the coronavirus is in the October 2020 edition of “ASEAN Today.”Raissa Chentami of The Indonesia Channel anchors the program from Jakarta. She also reports on the ongoing street protests in Thailand and Indon
JAKARTA, 27 October 2020 – The ASEAN Secretariat is pleased to announce its participation at the WorldExpo2020, scheduled to take place in October next year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).Originally slated from 20 October 2020 to 10 April 2021, Expo2020 has been rescheduled from 1 October
Ambassador of Brazil to ASEAN, H.E. José Amir da Costa Dornelles, presented his Letter of Credence to the Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dato Lim Jock Hoi, through video conference on 27 October 2020.
VIENTIANE, 27 October 2020 –Senior Officials of the youth sector from across ASEAN Member States participated in the Tenth Senior Officials Meeting on Youth (SOMY X) and the Ninth ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials Meeting on Youth (9th SOMY+3). The meetings took place virtually on 22 to 23
The ASEAN-United Nations (UN) Secretariat-to-Secretariat (S2S) Meeting, conducted on 27 October 2020 via videoconference, was co-chaired by H.E. Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-General of ASEAN, and H.E. Khaled Khiari, UN Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Pe
