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, 29 April 2016 – ASEAN and the U.S. reaffirmed their strong determination to further deepen their cooperation. This commitment was made at the 7th ASEAN-U.S. Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) Meeting held at the ASEAN Secretariat yesterday. This is the first JCC to be held since
JAKARTA, 12 April 2016 – The 17th Meeting of the ASEAN-China Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) held in Jakarta yesterday reaffirmed the importance of ASEAN-China partnership and renewed commitments to forge closer cooperation. The Meeting acknowledged the strong momentum to further stre
MOSCOW, 11 April 2016 – Senior Officials from ASEAN Member States and the Russian Federation agreed to further broaden and deepen the ASEAN-Russia partnership, which is entering its third decade. This commitment was made during the 13th ASEAN-Russia Senior Officials Meeting (ARSOM) on 5
JAKARTA, 10 April 2016—The European Union (EU) reiterated its strong commitment and interest in further substantiating the ASEAN-EU Dialogue Relations.
This was conveyed by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, H.E. Ms. F
JAKARTA, 1 April 2016 – H.E. Kazuo Sunaga, the new Ambassador of Japan to ASEAN, yesterday presented his Letter of Credence to H.E. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN at the ASEAN Secretariat. Ambassador Kazuo is the fourth Ambassador of Japan accredited to ASEAN since Japan estab
JAKARTA, 1 April 2016 —Bulgaria has expressed its strong interest to deepen its relations with ASEAN through the ASEAN-EU framework and also bilaterally with the Member States. Its Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Daniel Mitov, who called on Secretary-General of ASEAN H.E. Le Luong Minh at
JAKARTA, 31 March 2016 — Canada will further strengthen its relations with ASEAN focusing its resources to increase cooperation with ASEAN through regional mechanisms, said Ambassador Marie-Louise Hannan of Canada during the presentation of her credentials to the Secretary-General of ASEAN,
JAKARTA, 25 March 2016 – Czech Republic will work to strengthen its relations with ASEAN to tap the vast potentials from both sides, said the new Ambassador of the Czech Republic to ASEAN, H.E. Ivan Hotěk, during his presentation of Letter of Credence to H.E. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-Genera
HANOI, 19 March 2016 – Senior Officials from ASEAN and India, meeting at the 18th ASEAN-India Senior Officials Meeting (AISOM) held in Ha Noi, Viet Nam on 18 March 2016, reaffirmed the commitment to further enhance cooperation and strengthen relations between both sides within the framework
The 14th Meeting of the ASEAN-Russia Joint Cooperation Committee (14th ARJCC) took place at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta on March 16th 2016. The meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Latsamy Keomany, Permanent Representative of the Lao PDR to ASEAN, Chairman
