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
I am pleased to deliver this message on the occasion of the 2005 ASEAN Day for Disaster Management which is celebrated in conjunction with the International Day for Disaster Reduction on 12 October, 2005. The ASEAN Ministers responsible for disaster management decided in December 2004 to celebrate
Excellencies, the Directors-General of ASEAN,Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN,Distinguished Delegates,Ladies and Gentlemen,
On behalf of the Malaysian Government, I wish to extend a very warm welcome to the Directors-General of ASEAN and the Deputy Secretary General of ASEAN, as well as members
1. Member Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) strongly condemn the cowardly and heinous terrorist attacks which struck Bali, Indonesia on Saturday, 1 October 2005. They expressed their condolence and sympathy to the Government and people of Indonesia for the t
1. The ASEAN Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministers of the People’s Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea held their fifth meeting in Tagaytay City, Philippines, 30 September 2005 under the chairmanship of H.E Mr. Domingo F. Panganiban, Secretary of Agriculture, the
1. The Fourth Consultation between the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) and the Minister of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of India was held in Vientiane, Lao PDR, on 30 September 2005. The Consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Soulivong Daravong, Minister of Commerce of Lao PDR and H.E
1. The ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) and the Ministers from Australia and New Zealand (Closer Economic Relations – CER) held their Tenth Consultation on 29 September 2005 in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The Consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Soulivong Daravong, Minister of Commerce of Lao PDR; the H
1. The Fourth AEM-MOFCOM Consultation was held in Vientiane, Lao PDR on 29 September 2005.
2. The Consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Soulivong Daravong, Minister of Commerce of Lao PDR; and H.E. Mr. Yu Guang Zhou, Deputy Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China.
ASEAN-CHI
1. The Twelfth AEM-METI Consultation was held in Vientiane, Lao PDR on 29 September 2005. The Consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Soulivong Daravong, Minister of Commerce of Lao PDR; and H.E. Mr. Hachiro Okonogi, Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan.ASEAN-JAPAN TRADE AND
1. The ASEAN Economic Ministers and Ministers from the People’s Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea held their Eighth Consultation in Vientiane, Lao PDR on 29 September 2005. The consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Soulivong Daravong, Minister of Commerce of Lao PDR; H.E. Mr. Y
1. The ASEAN Economic Ministers and Ministers from the People’s Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea held their Eighth Consultation in Vientiane, Lao PDR on 29 September 2005. The consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Soulivong Daravong, Minister of Commerce of Lao PDR;
