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, 6 October 2017 — Spain expressed its keen interest in reinforcing its relations with ASEAN and ASEAN Member States. José María Matres Manso, Ambassador of Spain to ASEAN, conveyed this message as he presented his Letter of Credence to Secretary-General of ASEAN Le Luong Minh
Signing Ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between ASEAN and the People’s Republic of China on Cooperation in the Field of Non Traditional Security Issues 2016-2023, 21 September 2017, Manila, Philippines
The MOU is envisioned to further strengthen and deepen the existing cooperation
MANILA, 20 September 2017 – To mark ASEAN’s 50th anniversary and the 40th anniversary of ASEAN-Canada dialogue partner relations, Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced on 6 August that Canada will support a new scholarship program for ASEAN. This initiative will provide
JAKARTA, 14 September 2017 – The European Union (EU) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are inviting undergraduate students in ASEAN of all disciplines to apply for the fourth batch of the EU Support to Higher Education in ASEAN Region (SHARE) scholarships to study at ASE
JAKARTA, 12 September 2017 – The Government of Japan extends its continued support to ASEAN through the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS) Programme. The JENESYS2017 is implemented from September 2017 until March 2018 and is targeted to mobilise more than 1
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, 11 September 2017 – The 6th ASEAN China Health Ministers Meeting (ACHMM) Roundtable Discussion was held on 7 September in Bandar Seri Begawan with the theme “Technology to Improve Health.”
“Our continued collaboration is testament to the importance that our
JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT
Economic Ministers from the ten ASEAN Member States, Australia and New Zealand (Closer Economic Relations – CER) met on 9 September 2017 in PasayCity, Philippines, for the Twenty-Second AEM-CER Consultations. The Consultations were co-chaired by H.E. Ramon M. Lopez, Secre
PASAY CITY, 7 September 2017 – ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) gather today in Pasay City, Philippines, for the 49th AEM Meeting and Related Meetings, which will be held from 7 to 11 September. The ministers paid a courtesy call on Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte yesterday. Mr.
JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT
The 49 th Meeting of the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) was held on 7 September 2017 in Pasay City, Philippines. It was chaired by H.E Ramon M. Lopez, Secretary of Trade and Industry of the Philippines. The 49th AEM was preceded by a preparatory meeting of the Senior Econom
