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
JAKARTA (Feb 13) – The European Community has awarded 4 million Euros (about US$4.7 million) to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for economic development under the ASEAN Programme for Regional Integration Support (APRIS).
The European Union External Relations Commissioner Chris
JAKARTA (Feb 13) – The European Community has awarded 4 million Euros (about US$4.7 million) to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for economic development under the ASEAN Programme for Regional Integration Support (APRIS).
The European Union External Relations Commissioner Chr
JAKARTA, 31 Jan. – Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have decided early this week to accelerate the liberalization of their investment regimes by broadening the scope of economic activities where ASEAN investors are welcome and given national treatment.
Meeting in Jakar
1. We the Foreign Ministers of the European Union (EU) and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), at our meeting in Brussels 27-28 January 2003, reaffirm our commitment to combat terrorism, which constitute a profound threat to stability, peace and security in our regions and beyond
BRUSSELS (Jan 27) –Southeast Asian and European Union (EU) nations have agreed to team up to fight terrorism to maintain peace, stability and security in both regions.
The foreign ministers from ASEAN and the 15 member countries of the EU today adopted a Joint Declaration on Cooperation to Comba
1. Foreign Ministers of the European Union (EU) and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), the European Commissioner for External Relations, the EU High Representative for CFSP and the ASEAN Secretary General met in Brussels on 27-28 January 2003 for the 14th EU-ASEAN Minist
JAKARTA (Jan 24) — The Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) plan to step up cooperation in anti-terrorism during their two-day meeting in Brussels next week with a joint declaration to combat terrorism.
ASEAN Secretary-General Ong
1. The ASEAN Tourism Ministers held their Sixth Meeting (M-ATM) on 24 January 2002 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in conjunction with the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2003 (ATF 2003). The theme of ATF 2003 is “ASEAN Unity: Ensuring a Brighter Future”.
2. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Mr. Veng Sereyvuth, S
The Second Meeting of the ASEAN Tourism Ministers (M-ATM+3) was held on 24 January 2003 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in conjunction with the Sixth Meeting of the ASEAN Tourism Ministers and the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2003 (ATF 2003). The theme of ATF 2003 is “ASEAN Unity: Ensuring a Brighter Future”.
JAKARTA (Jan 23) — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has approved a US$1.45 million grant to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for development cooperation.
The funding is part of the ASEAN-UNDP Partnership Facility aimed at providing analytical and advisory suppo
