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
ASEAN FINANCE MINISTERS LAUNCH NEW ASEAN INDICES WITH FTSE GROUPFirst internationally recognised indices for collective ASEAN equity markets aimed at branding ASEAN as an asset class
London, Hong Kong, 21st September 2005: The ASEAN Finance Ministers’ Investors’ Seminar today announced
ASEAN will conduct a Regional Disaster Emergency Response Simulation Exercise labelled ARDEX-05 on 19 September 2005 in Selangor, Malaysia. The exercise will be the first regional exercise involving a number of countries in ASEAN and mobilisation of personnel and light to medium equipment
1. We, the Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Secretary-General of the United Nations met on 13 September 2005, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
2. The Second ASEAN-UN Summit was co-chaired by the ASEAN Chairman, H.E. Dato’ Seri Abdul
RECALLING that the significant progress made in the relations between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United States since 1977 has contributed to the deepening of ties in all fields of cooperation, and such has been nurtured through the annual ASEAN Post Ministerial
The Ministers for Education of ASEAN Member Countries gathered in Bangkok in an informal retreat on 19 August 2005. The retreat was attended by Ministers for Education of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam and their Senior Of
Penang, Malaysia, 17 August 2005: The ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment (ASOEN) met on 16 – 17 August 2005 and as a matter of priority addressed the current fires and haze situation in the region. The Senior Officials viewed with concern the fires in North Sumatra and Riau Provinces which
Introduction
1. We, the ASEAN Heads of Statistical Offices, convened our sixth meeting in Manila, Philippines to exchange views on recent global and regional developments in statistics, review statistical developments and progress of our cooperation in support of the Vientiane Action Progra
Joint Press Statement of theFirst ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Minerals (1st AMMin), Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 4 August 2005“A Vibrant Minerals Sector for Sustainable Development”
1. We, the ASEAN Ministers responsible for minerals and mines, held our inaugural ASEAN Ministerial Meetin
“A Vibrant Minerals Sector for Sustainable Development”
1. We, the ASEAN Ministers responsible for minerals and mines, held our inaugural ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Minerals (1st AMMin) in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia on 4 August 2005. H.E. Dato Sri Haji Adenan bin Haji Satem,
The Second Meetings of the ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Culture and Arts (AMCA) and the AMCA Plus Three (People’s Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea) were held in Bangkok on 3-4 August 2005. The Meetings were preceded by a Senior Officials Meeting on 2 August 2005.
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