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
13 March 2014 – Today’s signing of an agreement between the Union of Myanmar and Australian governments marks an important new start for anti-trafficking initiatives in the region.
This signing marks a milestone in implementing the new Australia-Asia Program to Combat Trafficking in Pers
JAKARTA, 11 March 2014 – H.E. Koichi Aiboshi, Ambassador of Japan to ASEAN presented his letter of credentials to H.E. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN, at the ASEAN Secretariat yesterday.
Secretary-General Minh congratulated Ambassador Aiboshi for his appointment as the new Amba
SIEM REAP, 3 March 2014 – Young entrepreneurs from all ASEAN Member States got an excellent opportunity to meet, share and learn business experiences, and build the network with Japanese entrepreneurs. The “Forum on ASEAN-Japan Young Entrepreneurs: Partnership for Growth” was convened la
BRUSSELS, 28 February – The first meeting between the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the EU Committee of Permanent Representatives took place yesterday in Brussels.
The encounter is part of a commitment to bring cooperation
JAKARTA, 16 February 2014 – Underlining the importance of U.S. engagement with ASEAN, U.S. Secretary of State Honourable John Kerry today paid a courtesy call on Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Le Luong Minh.
Secretary Kerry visited ASEAN Headquarters in Jakarta where he engaged Secretar
VIENTIANE, 14 February 2014 – ASEAN and New Zealand noted good progress in the implementation of the Plan of Action to Implement the Joint Declaration for ASEAN-New Zealand Comprehensive Partnership (2010-2015) and the Four Flagship Initiatives on education, disaster management, young busine
Singapore, 12 February 2014 – In a Joint Declaration adopted today in Singapore at the end of a successful two-day EU-ASEAN Aviation Summit, the European Commission and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN[1]) proposed to take aviation cooperation to a new level by
JAKARTA, 7 February 2014 – The US yesterday reaffirmed its commitment to deepen its practical cooperation with ASEAN on areas of mutual interest including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR).
“The multilateral exercises that we do with ASEAN provide valuable platfor
JAKARTA, 28 January 2014 – The ASEAN-Germany Joint Cooperation Review was held last week at the GIZ Office in Jakarta. The participants agreed that the existing support from Germany suited ASEAN’s needs and priorities. ASEAN-Germany cooperation projects currently fall under three focal are
JAKARTA, 24 January 2014 – In a courtesy call on the Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Le Luong Minh this week, the Senior Vice Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan, H.E. Takamori Yoshizawa stressed that the Government of Japan praised the good cooperation between A
