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
Sincere congratulation to ASFAN and its member States on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Association.Our congratulations are also addressed to the new members of the Association, Laos and Myanmar, on the occasion of their accession thereto.For history 3o years is a short term. But in ou
Chairman,Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen,IntroductionIt is my great pleasure and honour to be here and join this historic and important forum, I would like to, take this opportunity to pay tribute to the, Chairman of this conference, His Excellency Abdullah Badawi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Your Excellency Datuk Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi,Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia,Distinguished Foreign Ministers of the ASEAN countries, and dialogue partners,Ladies and gentlemen,1. IntroductionI would first like to offer my heartfelt congratulations to the ASEAN member states on the 30th
Your Excellency Dato’ Seri Abdullah Badawi,, distinguished Foreign Ministers of ASEAN countries and other Dialogue Partners, Ladies and Gentlemen,
This time last year, India had the privilege of joining this select forum of ASEAN’s Full Dialogue Partners and participate ‘in the Post Minist
Mr. Chairman,On behalf of the European union, I would like to thank you very much for your kind words of welcome. I am glad to be here in Kuala Lumpur to participate in the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference.I would like to pay a tribute to the achievements of the Association of South East Asian Nat
Y.B. Datuk Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia and Chairman of the Meeting,Dear Colleagues,Since our last PMC, international situation has undergone somne new changes, the salient feature of which is tile continued movement towards multipolarity. Whether globally or
KUALA LUMPUR/OTTAWA — The Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lloyd Axworthy, together with Malaysian Foreign Minister. Abdullah Badawi and senior ASEAN officials, today highlighted the achievements of three Canadian development cooperation projects which have addressed important ASEAN for
Datuk Seri, Ladies and Gentlemen!
This is an auspicious year for both Canada and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. It marks the 30th anniversary of ASEAN and the 20th anniversary of Canada’s formal dialogue relationship with ASEAN, although Canada’s longstanding cooperation with
It is my pleasure to be here in Kuala Lumpur participating in the PMC for the second time. Last year’s meeting came just a few months after the Coalition Government came to office in Australia and was for me an impressive introduction to the influential world of ASEAN affairs. The ARF/PMC forum o
Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen,
I would like to extend my warm welcome on behalf of my ASEAN colleagues. To all of you here participating in the Post Ministerial Conference which is sometimes referred to as 9 + 10 Meeting. I would especially like to welcome those Heads of Delegation p
