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
Esteemed Chairman,Your Royal Highnesses,Excellencies,Distinguished Guests,Ladies and Gentlemen,May I begin by expressing our deep appreciation and thanks to His Em Excellency Dato’ Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia for a most inspiring opening address this morning. We have ben
Mr. Chairman,Your Royal Highnesses,Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen,The delegation of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic would like to express its sincere appreciation to the host country, Malaysia for excellent arrangement in organizing the ceremony of admission of new member as well as this
Your Royal HighnessExcellenciesDistinguished DelegatesLadies an GentlemenIt gives me great pleasure to welcome our honoured guests to Malaysia for the 30th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting. I would like to extend our warm welcome to H.E.. Somsavat Lengsavad (Laos) and to H.E. Ohn Gyaw (Myanmar) who have a
Mr. Chairman,Your Royal Highnesses,Excellencies,Distinguished Delegates,On behalf of the Indonesian Delegation, I should first like to thank the Honourable Dato’ Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad., Prime Miriister of Malaysia, for his gracious presence at the Opening Ceremony of the 30th ASEAN Ministeria
Mr. Chairman,Your Royal Highnesses,Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen,It is a pleasure and a great honour for me to be here to represent the Kingdom of Cambodia at this 30th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting held on the prestigious and friendly soil of Malaysia.Taking this historic opportunity, on behalf of
Good morning to you Mr. Chairman and to our ASEAN colleagues and, of course, our observer Cambodia and our special observer from Papua New Guinea. My congratulations on your election, Mr. Chairman, and that of your Vice-Chairman, Secretary Siazon. Thank you also for the friendship and fine hospital
1. It is indeed a privilege and an honour for me to address the 30th Meeting of ASEAN Foreign Ministers. Yesterday, we witnessed the official admission of Laos and Myanmar into ASEAN. We are therefore very close now to fulfilling the vision of the Founding Nations of ASEAN in 1967 to bring together
Mr. Chairman,Your Royal Highness,Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen:As we come to the close of the 30th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, it is only fitting that we recall ASEAN’s many past achievements — not only to celebrate them, but to remember what made them possible.From this perspective, we rend
Your Royal HighnessesExcellenciesDistinguished DelegatesLadies and GentlemenAs this 30th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting draws to its end, I am confident that the meeting is set to be of great significance in the annals of ASEAN and the region. It has witnessed the inaugural participation of Laos and Mya
MR. CHAIRMAN,YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESSES,EXCELLENCIES,DISTINGUISHED GUESTS,LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,MY DELEGATION WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE PRECEDING DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS IN EXTENDING PAPUA NEW GUINEA’S SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR EXCELLENCY’S UNANIMOUS ELECTION AS CHAIRMAN OF THE 30TH ASEAN FOREIGN M
