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
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
1. The Commemorative Summit to Mark the 40th Anniversary of ASEAN-United States of America was held on 13 November 2017 in Manila, Philippines. The Summit was chaired by H.E. Rodrigo Roa Duterte, President of the Republic of the Philippines. The Summit was attended by all Heads of State/Government o
DA NANG, 30 November 2017 – The 20th Viet Nam Film Festival was held on 24-28 November in Da Nang, Viet Nam. With the theme “Building up a modern and humane film industry,” a total of 77 Viet Nam films including feature films, documentaries, scientific and animated films were selected to win t
JAKARTA, 30 November 2017 – The ASEAN Foundation and SAP concluded the ASEAN Data Science Explorers (DSE) regional finals held at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta yesterday. Students representing Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand were awarded the top
The AIDS response in the ASEAN Community reaffirms the right to health by its people.
Approximately 1.7 million people are living with HIV in ASEAN of which about one third are females. The HIV epidemics in ASEAN are concentrated among key populations (KP) i.e. female sex workers, men who have sex w
JAKARTA, 28 November 2017 – Maximising the benefits of the ASEAN Economic Community requires effective consultations and dialogue between the private and public sectors. Information on ASEAN economic initiatives needs to be accessible to the private sector to build awareness on the opportunities t
On the 29th of November 2017, the European Union (EU) and the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) held the 2nd ASEAN-EU Policy Dialogue on Human Rights, in Bohol in the Philippines. The meeting was hosted by AICHR and followed the 1st EU-ASEAN dialogue held in October 2015 in
The great strides ASEAN has made in the field of human rights towards ensuring a more equal, just and peaceful ASEAN Community was celebrated on 28 November 2017. As part of its commemorative activities for the 50th anniversary of ASEAN, and on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the ASEAN Human
JAKARTA, 27 November 2017 – A regional workshop on Valuation and Post Clearance Audit (PCA) was held on 20-23 November in Jakarta to enhance the capacity of customs officers in ASEAN in implementing customs valuation and PCA based on international standards and best practices.
JAKARTA, 27 November 2017 – China is committed to strengthening its strategic partnership with ASEAN, reaffirmed Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China Liu Yandong. She conveyed this during her meeting with Secretary-General of ASEAN Le Luong Minh.
Visiting the ASEAN Secretariat, Vice
