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, 29 June 2018 – Leaders from ASEAN National Disaster Management Organizations discussed, among others, about setting priorities for women in disaster management during the 32nd Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) held on 26-28 June in Kuala Lumpur.
JAKARTA, 26 June 2018 – As ASEAN and Japan commemorate the 45th Anniversary of Friendship and Cooperation this year, Japan conveyed its strong desire to further strengthen its partnership with ASEAN.
Foreign Minister of Japan, Taro Kono conveyed this message during his meeting with Secretary-G
JAKARTA, 25 June 2018 – ASEAN and India reaffirmed their strong commitment to further strengthening their cooperation at the 18th ASEAN-India Joint Cooperation Committee (AIJCC) Meeting held at the ASEAN Secretariat on 22 June. .
The 18th AIJCC exchanged views on ways and m
SEOUL, 22 June 2018 – Senior Officials of ASEAN and the Republic of Korea (ROK) participating in the 22nd ASEAN-ROK Dialogue on 21 June in Seoul reaffirmed the importance of the ASEAN-ROK Strategic Partnership and renewed commitment to forge closer ties.
The senior officials also dis
TOKYO, 14 June 2018 – ASEAN and Japan Senior Officials participating in the 33rd ASEAN-Japan Forum in Tokyo reaffirmed the importance of the ASEAN-Japan Strategic Partnership and renewed the commitment to further strengthen their close ties. The offici
JAKARTA, 12 June 2018 – The June 2018 edition of “ASEAN Today” is out and it highlights the official end of the search for a missing Malaysian Airlines flight.
Raissa Chentami of The Indonesia Channel anchors the program from the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta. She also repo
SINGAPORE, 9 June 2018 – ASEAN and the People’s Republic of China reaffirmed the importance of their strategic partnership and agreed to further strengthen the close relations at the 24th ASEAN-China Senior Officials’ Consultation held on 8 June in Singapore.
Both sides welcomed
1. The Twentieth Meeting of the Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution (20th MSC) was held on 1 June 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand, and attended by Ministers/representatives responsible for the environment, for land, forest fires and haze, from Brunei Darussalam, In
JAKARTA, 9 May 2018 – ASEAN and Australia reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen their strategic partnership at the 8th ASEAN-Australia Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) Meeting, held yesterday at the ASEAN Secretariat.
At the meeting, both sides reviewed the implementation
JAKARTA, 8 May 2018 – Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Li Keqiang yesterday reaffirmed China’s strong commitment to further strengthening its Strategic Partnership with ASEAN.
“We want to work with ASEAN to write a new chapter for win-win cooperation,” s
