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
1. The Seventeenth Meeting of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) Council was held on 1 September 2003 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
2. The Meeting was attended by Ministers from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The Sec
ASEAN Ministers responsible for investments met on 1 September 2003 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Council is upbeat on the outlook of FDI flows to the region in 2003 and 2004 because of a better global economic situation and a stronger regional economic development. FDI flows to the region in 2003 a
His Excellency Mr. N. Hassan Wirajuda, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Chairman of the 37th ASEAN Standing Committee (ASC), on behalf of the ASEAN member countries, issues the following statement:
1. In the interest of global and regional peace and security, ASEAN has b
1. The ASEAN Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministers of the Peoples’ Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea held their third meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 22 August 2003 under the chairmanship of H.E. Dato Sri (Dr.) Mohd. Effendi Norwawi, Minister of Agriculture
1. The Honourable Dato’ Seri Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi, the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, officially opened the Twenty-fifth Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) which was held on 21 August 2003 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and attended by:
H.E. Pehin Dato Abdul
We, the Ministers in charge of tourism from ASEAN, China, Japan and Korea, in the course of the Special Meeting on the revitalization of ASEAN, China, Japan and Korea tourism development on 9 August 2003 in Beijing, China had broad discussion, on the impact of the terrorist’ act of bombing the J.
We, the Tourism Ministers of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand, the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the
The Special Meeting of ASEAN and China, Japan, Korea Tourism Ministers was convened on August 9, 2003 in Beijing, China at the initiative of the China National Tourism Administration to formulate post-SARS strategies to revitalize and restore tourism in this region and to inform the tourism industr
Colleagues of the Diplomatic Corps,Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
We are greatly honoured to have so many of you here join us this morning. This is ASEAN Day. It is the 36th birthday so to speak of ASEAN as an organization and we are truly happy that we are able to see so many of you
Secretary-General of ASEAN,Excellencies, Ambassadors and Heads of Missions of ASEAN and other Friendly Countries and of International Organizations,Ladies and Gentlemen,
May peace and prosperity befall upon all of us,
It is my distinct pleasure and honour to address this august gathering on the o
