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
JAKARTA, 13 August 2020 – The ASEAN Secretariat and Infrastructure Asia1 held a webinar on Digital Connectivity today as part of the ASEAN Infrastructure Discussion Series.Over 190 repres
JAKARTA, 11 August 2020 – ASEAN and Canada reaffirmed commitment to further deepen cooperation in areas of mutual interests at the 17th ASEAN-Canada Dialogue held today via videoconference.Senior officials from ASEAN and Canada took note of the growing cooperation between the two sides
13 August 2020 – Members of the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) convened at the 36th ACDM Meeting on 11 August to discuss the implementation of the AADMER Work Programme 2016-2020 and set priorities to improve regional policies and strategies on disaster management.The Off
JAKARTA, 8 August 2020 – ASEAN marks its 53rd anniversary today. Against the backdrop of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) moved the celebrations online, inviting people worldwide to join in the commemoration from the comfort of their own homes. The theme for
JAKARTA, 5 August 2020 – ASEAN and the U.S. reaffirmed their ties and explored ways to deepen their strategic partnership at the 33rd ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue held on 5 August 2020 via video conference.Senior diplomats from ASEAN and the U.S. took note of the growing cooperation between the
JAKARTA/ZURICH, 5 August – The ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Sports (SOMS) kicked-off its collaboration with the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) with a virtual workshop to identify potential activities for the ASEAN-FIFA Collaboration Plan.At the workshop, FIFA
JAKARTA, 4 August 2020 – The ASEAN Secretariat held a webinar to increase concerted effort and preparedness in preventing haze events, predicted to peak in August – September.The webinar was supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-funded Measurable Actio
JAKARTA, 30 July 2020 – The ASEAN Secretariat gathered a panel of global experts to share their views on the impact of and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and discussed policy insights towards a post-pandemic recovery.The High-Level Dialogue on ASEAN Post-Pandemic Recovery was opened by S
The ruling and sentence of Malaysia’s former prime minister in a global financial scandal tops the July 2020 edition of “ASEAN Today.”Raissa Chentami of The Indonesia Channel co-anchors the program from Jakarta along with Raymond Goh of TV3 in Kuala Lumpur. They also report on Chinese hunger
JAKARTA, 29 July – Youth development experts convened at a two-day online meeting to exchange ideas on the development of the ASEAN Work Plan on Youth 2021-2025.Thirty-five participants from youth organisations, ASEAN entities, relevant NGOs and UN Agencies, as well as potential partners att
