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 ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ACCMSME) and The Asia Foundation have come together, to launch the Go Digital ASEAN initiative. Supported by a USD3.3m grant from Google.org, the initiative is designed to equip micro and small enterprises as well as underempl
Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to ASEAN, Jalal Mirzayev, presented his Letter of Credence to Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dato Lim Jock Hoi, on 18 June 2020 at the ASEAN Secretariat
Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to ASEAN, Daniyar Sarekenov, presented his Letter of Credence to Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dato Lim Jock Hoi, on 18 June 2020 at the ASEAN Secretariat
Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to ASEAN, Ashraf M. Sultan, presented his Letter of Credence to Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dato Lim Jock Hoi, on 18 June 2020 at the ASEAN Secretariat.
JAKARTA, 18 June 2020 – The 15th Coordinating Conference on the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) convened yesterday with the participation of over 100 delegates from the Senior Officials’ Committee for the ASCC, representatives of ASCC sectoral bodies, the Committee of Permanent
JAKARTA, 17 June 2020 – The “Enhancing the Detection Capacity for COVID-19 in ASEAN Countries” project initiated by the Republic of Korea (ROK) was launched yesterday at the ASEAN Secretariat.The US$5 million initiative aims to bolster diagnosis and contact tracing efforts of ASEAN Membe
We, the Foreign Ministers of ASEAN Member States and the Russian Federation, held the Special ASEAN-Russia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on COVID-19 via video conference on 17 June 2020 to discuss ASEAN-Russia cooperation in countering 
JAKARTA, 15 June 2020 – Dengue is still a global and regional threat causing additional major public health burden for all communities amidst the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic.Unlike COVID-19, dengue continuously spreads as a mosquito-borne viral disease throughout the Asia Pacific
JAKARTA, 12 June 2020 – ASEAN and India reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen and deepen their cooperation at the 20th ASEAN-India Joint Cooperation Committee Meeting held via video conference yesterday.While noting the progress in the implementation of the ASEAN-India
JAKARTA, 10 June 2020 – The ASEAN Experts Group on Competition (AEGC) recognised the significant negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on most sectors of ASEAN and the global economy.AEGC called on all business sectors to continue to comply with the competition law despite the current ec
