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
H.E. Josep Borrell, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union and Vice-President of the European Commission (HRVP), visited the ASEAN Secretariat and met with the Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dato Lim Jock Hoi, on 2 June 2021. During this visit, both
JAKARTA, 31 MAY 2021 – The 6th Meeting of the ASEAN-Norway Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee, held via videoconference, reaffirmed both sides’ commitment to deepen cooperation under ASEAN-Norway sectoral dialogue partnership.ASEAN officials, represented by the Committee o
JAKARTA, 31 May 2021 – Regional leaders speak out in the Palestine-Israel conflict in the May 2021 edition of “ASEAN Today.” Raissa Chentami of The Indonesia Channel co-anchors the program from Jakarta with Maycee Mercado of the Philippine Sentinel in Manila. They also report on China’s gr
JAKARTA, 28 May 2021 – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launched the
JAKARTA, 27 May 2021 – Today, the Lead Implementing Body for the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) 2025 Strategic Area of Sustainable Infrastructure (LIB-SI) concluded the Socialisation Forum of the Framework for Improving ASEAN Infrastructure Productivity which took place on 24 and 2 JAKARTA, 27 May 2021 – The 36th ASEAN-Japan Forum held virtually today reaffirmed the commitments of both sides to further strengthen cooperation and advance partnership.The meeting took note of the good progress made in ASEAN-Japan cooperation over the last year in all four pillars of JAKARTA/BRUSSELS, 25 May 2021 – ASEAN and EU experts discussed the emergence of new COVID-19 variants, the scaling up of manufacturing capacity and the possibilities and challenges of vaccine roll-out, at the 2nd EU-ASEAN Expert Dialogue on COVID-19 Vaccines.As two leading regional organisation Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia to ASEAN, Riadh Dridi, presented his Letter of Credence to Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dato Lim Jock Hoi, on 21 May 2021 via videoconference. Minister of State of the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, Niels Annen, paid a courtesy call on H.E. Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-General of ASEAN via videoconference, yesterday. JAKARTA, 18 May 2021 – As ASEAN and China celebrate the 30th anniversary of relations this year, they reaffirmed their commitment to further enhancing their strategic partnership at the 27th ASEAN-China Senior Officials’ Consultation held online today.The
ASEAN socialises regional infrastructure productivity framework
ASEAN, Japan reaffirm commitment to advance partnership
ASEAN, EU experts hold second dialogue on COVID-19 vaccines
Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia to ASEAN presents credentials
Courtesy call on Secretary General of ASEAN by Minister of State of the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany
ASEAN, China reaffirm commitment to enhance strategic partnership
