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
KUALA LUMPUR, 19 May 2020 – The ASEAN Emergency Operations Centre Network for Public Health Emergencies (ASEAN EOC Network) hosted another video conference among ASEAN Member States (AMS) health officials focusing on major government policies for containment, mitigation, and recovery phases
The ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting met virtually on 15 May 2020 to further discuss the defence sector’s response to COVID-19, the impact of the pandemic on regional security and the way forward for defence cooperation.
JAKARTA, 14 May 2020 – The ASEAN Secretariat and Infrastructure Asia1 launched the inaugural session of the ASEAN Infrastructure Discussion Series through a webinar.Over 150 participants, including representatives from the ASEAN Member States, financiers, multilateral development banks, private
JAKARTA, 4 May 2020 – The ASEAN Committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation (COSTI), the U.S. Government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Underwriters Laboratories, are proud to announce the national finalists for the 2020 ASEAN-U.S. Science Prize for Wo
Samdech Prime MinistersYour Royal Highness,Excellencies,Distinguished Delegates,Ladies and Gentlemen,On behalf of the Royal Government of Cambodia, I welcome all of you to Phnom Penh for the 36th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting. Cambodia is deeply honored to host the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM)
JAKARTA, 1 May 2020 – The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has now sadly resulted in infections and caused deaths across the globe, including in the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). We express our serious concerns about the spread of COVID-19 a
JAKARTA, 30 April 2020 – ASEAN Health Ministers and the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services held a video conference on 30 April reaffirming their commitment and cooperation to stop the COVID-19 pandemic through concrete and effective measures as outlined in a joint
JAKARTA, 29 April 2020 – The Chinese government reinforced their support to ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) through an additional donation of 20,000 surgical masks from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Kung Phoak received the cont
JAKARTA, 24 April 2020 – ASEAN and China reaffirmed their commitment to forge closer cooperation and further strengthen their strategic partnership at the 21st ASEAN-China Joint Cooperation Committee meeting held via video conference yesterday.The meeting welcomed the progress made in t
JAKARTA, 24 April 2020 – Southeast Asian nations are taking tough action to stop the spread of deadly COVID-19. That tops the April 2020 edition of “ASEAN Today.”Raissa Chentami of the Indonesia Channel anchors the program from Jakarta. She also reports on the virtual summit of 
