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
Joint Ministerial Statement of theThirtieth ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (30th AMEM)Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 12 September 2012
1. The 30th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM) was held on 12 September 2012 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. H.E. Mr. Suy Sem, Minister of Industry, Mines and E
8th ASEAN Directors-General of Immigration Departments and Heads of Consular Affairs Divisions of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (DGICM) + Australia Consultation
The 8th ASEAN DGICM + Australia Consultation was held on 6 September 2012 in Phuket, Thailand.
The Meeting was co-chaired by Police
Table of Contents https://youtu.be/glXS-6K3_-8 1. The 4th Mekong-Japan Economic Ministers Meeting was held in Siem-Reap, Cambodia on 30th August 2012. The meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Tin Naing Thein, Minister for National Planning and Economic Development, Myanmar, and H.E. Yukio Edano, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan and at 1. The ASEAN Special Ministerial Meeting on Drugs was held on 31 August 2012 in Bangkok. The Meeting was hosted by Thailand and was attended by ASEAN Ministers in charge of anti-narcotics matters and Heads of National Bureaus for Drugs. The Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN Political Security Commu Joint Media Statement The purpose of the ASEAN-Mekong Basin Development Cooperation (AMBDC)is to enhance the economically sound and sustainable development of the Mekong Basin through the establishment of economic partnerships and linkages between the riparian and non-riparian members of the Getting to “ZERO” in ASEAN: Responses, Gaps, Challenges and Ways Forward Good morning distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen. It gives me great pleasure today in Brunei Darussalam’s capacity as Chair of the ASEAN Task Force on AIDS to represent the 10 Member States of ASEAN which als The Fourth Cambodia-Lao PDR-Myanmar-Viet Nam (CLMV) Economic Ministers’ Meeting (EMM) was held in Siem Reap, Cambodia on 26 August 2012. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Nam Viyaketh, Minister of Industry and Commerce of Lao PDR. The Ministers exchanged views on the economic development in CLMV co Following consultations, ASEAN Foreign Ministers issue the following statement: 1. ASEAN Foreign Ministers reaffirmed their strong support for the ongoing democratization process in Myanmar. Within the context of such positive progress, the ASEAN Foreign Ministers are following closely recent devel
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US Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton Visits ASEAN Secretariat for ASEAN-US 35th Partnership
Courtesy Visit Princess H.R.H. Astrid to ASEAN Secretariat,
Jakarta, 12 April 2012
Joint Media Statement of the 4th Mekong-Japan Economic Ministers Meeting, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 30th August, 2012
The ASEAN Special Ministerial Meeting on Drug Matters, 30 August 2012, Bangkok, Thailand
Joint Media Statement of the 14th Ministerial Meeting of the ASEAN-Mekong Basin Development Cooperation (AMBDC), 29 August 2012, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Statement of ASEAN Task Force on AIDS (ATFOA) in the Asia Pacific Regional Consultation on Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support Bangkok, 31 March 2011
Joint Media Statement of the Fourth CLMV Economic Ministers’ Meeting
Statement of ASEAN Foreign Ministers on the Recent Developments in the Rakhine State
