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, 22 January 2014 – Secretary-General of the ASEAN-Korea Centre, H.E. Chung Hae Moon today called on Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Le Luong Minh.
During their meeting, the two Secretaries-General exchanged views on a wide range of topics pertaining to ASEAN-ROK relations as well
PARIS, 20 December 2013 – The signing ceremony of the Framework Agreement for Cooperation between ASEAN and UNESCO was held on 17 December at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. Signing the document on behalf of ASEAN was H.E. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN, a
Joint Statement of the ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit
We, the Heads of State/Government of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Japan, gathered in Tokyo, on 14 December 2013 at the ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of AS
JAKARTA, 6 December 2013 – ASEAN and U.S. officials met today to launch new cooperation programmes and mark achievements over the course of 36 years of partnership. The event highlighted joint promotion of trade and investment, good governance, combatting transnational crimes such as traffic
Siem Reap, 5 December 2013 – The ASEAN-Japan Youth Leaders’ Forum with the theme “Roles of Youth in the ASEAN-Japan Relations in the 21st Century was held in Siem Reap, Cambodia on 30 November – 02 December 2013. The forum brought together 90 youths from ASEAN Member States and Japan a
JAKARTA, 29 November 2013 –The Director of Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Mr. Andrew Bruce, called on Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Le Luong Minh at his office here yesterday.
Mr. Bruce gave an update on IOM’s
Jakarta, 27 November 2013 – ASEAN and China held a reception on November 25 to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership. The reception was co-hosted by the Mission of China to ASEAN and the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN.
Speaking at the re
JAKARTA, 26 October 2013 – A delegation of Canadian Ambassadors to ASEAN countries and Canadian senior officials paid a courtesy call on ASEAN Secretary-General H.E. Le Luong Minh on 25 November. Secretary-General Minh said that their visit to the ASEAN Secretariat reflects the strong commit
JAKARTA, 20 November 2013 –The 1st ASEAN-New Zealand Joint Cooperation Committee Meeting was held at the ASEAN Secretariat yesterday co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Latsamy Keomany, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Lao PDR, and H.E. Mr. David Taylor, Ambassador of New Zealand to AS
In conjunction with the 40th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation, Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Le Luong Minh, paid an official visit to Japan from 5 to 8 November 2013.
During his visit, Secretary-General Minh had meetings with H.E. Shinzu Abe, Prime Minister of Japan; H.E. F
