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
PUTRAJAYA, 04 October 2018 – The ASEAN Ministers in charge of disaster management gathered in Putrajaya, Malaysia, today for the 6th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM) and the 7th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emerg
PUTRAJAYA, 4 October 2018 – The ASEAN Day for Disaster Management was celebrated in Putrajaya, Malaysia, today in conjunction with the 6th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management and the 7th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Eme
Dear Excellency,It is with great distress and sadness that we received the news about the recent 7.4 Richter Scale Earthquake and the tsunami that hit Donggala, Central Sulawesi Province, Republic of Indonesia on 28 September 2018.I would like to convey our heartfelt condolences to the people of In
NEW YORK, 30 September 2018 – ASEAN and the United Nations (UN) reaffirmed the importance of further strengthening their Comprehensive Partnership towards the fulfilment of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the ASEAN-UN Ministerial Meeting at the U
SEOUL, 18 September 2018 – ASEAN and the Republic of Korea (ROK) agreed to strengthen cooperation on sustainable infrastructure and regional connectivity at the 1st ASEAN-ROK Infrastructure Ministers Meeting in Seoul on 17 September.
The ministers discussed the priorities and develop
1. Economic Ministers from the ten ASEAN Member States and the Republic of Korea (“the Ministers”) met on 30 August 2018 in Singapore, for the Fifteenth AEMROK Consultations. The Consultations were co-chaired by H.E. Chan Chun Sing, Minister for Trade and Industry, Singapore, and H.E. Kim Hyun-
Singapore, 28 August 2018 – Singapore is hosting the 50th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Meeting and Related Meetings starting today until 1 September. The ministers will call on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore tomorrow morning. Chan Chun Sing, Singapore’s Minister for Trade and I
JAKARTA, 14 August 2018 – ASEAN updated the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2025 Consolidated Strategic Action Plan (CSAP) to include action lines from sectoral work plans.Following its first publication on 6 February 2017, and as mandated by the AEC Council, the AEC 2025 CSAP was updated to inc
HO CHI MINH CITY, 24 July 2018 – Secretary-General of ASEAN Dato Lim Jock Hoi addressed the importance of dialogue and closer engagement between ASEAN and the private sector at a meeting with the Federation of Japanese Chambers of Commerce and Industry in ASEAN (FJCCIA).
In his opening re
JAKARTA, 3 July 2018 – ASEAN and New Zealand reaffirmed their commitment to further expand and deepen cooperation as strategic partners at the 6th ASEAN-New Zealand Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) Meeting held at the ASEAN Secretariat on 2 July 2018.
In the meeting, both sides revie
