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
Thai cave miracle rescue tops “ASEAN Today” July edition
JAKARTA, 20 July 2018 – The July edition of “ASEAN Today” is out and it highlights the miraculous rescue of a team of young soccer players in Thailand.
Raissa Chentami of The Indonesia Channel anchors the programme from the A
ASEAN, Japan reaffirm commitment to further strengthen dialogue partnership
JAKARTA, 17 July 2018 – ASEAN and Japan renewed their commitment to further advance partnership following the 12th Meeting of the ASEAN-Japan Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) held at the ASEAN Secretariat.
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15th Senior Officials Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication (SOMRDPE) Meeting and the 11th SOMRDPE+3 Meeting
ASEAN reaffirms collaborative work among different sectors to attain the ASEAN Vision and the Sustainable Development Goals at the 15th Senior Officials Meeting on Rural D
ASEAN releases third issue of Economic Integration Brief
JAKARTA, 13 July 2018 – ASEAN has released the third issue of the
AICHR Thematic Study: Women in Natural Disasters: Indicative Findings in Unraveling Gender in Institutional Responses As the ASEAN moves toward efforts at responding to natural disaters as a region, it has yet to fully integrate the gender approach in its regional disaster response. Already in t ASEAN affirms commitment to disaster risk reduction, prevention ULAANBAATAR, 4 July 2018 – ASEAN’s Deputy Secretary-General for Socio-Cultural Community, H.E. Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee , reaffirmed ASEAN strong commitment to reduce and prevent disaster risks, through various engagements at 7th Meeting of the Task Force on the Mainstreaming of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community JAKARTA, 6 July 2018 – The Task Force on the Mainstreaming of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community, comprised of representatives from the AICHR, SOMSW HeForShe The male senior officials attending the ASEAN Senior Officials Conference on Gender Mainstreaming for the ASEAN Socio-Culture Community organized by the ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW, Philippines) on 27-29 June 2018 in Manila, the Philippines, affirmed their commitment and support for t Senior Officials Conference on Gender Mainstreaming in the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Sectoral Bodies Women are crucial to the development of ASEAN. Recognizing the needs to incorporate gender perspectives across ASEAN communities and sectoral bodies, , more than 100 representatives ASEAN, New Zealand reaffirm commitment to deepen strategic partnership JAKARTA, 3 July 2018 – ASEAN and New Zealand reaffirmed their commitment to further expand and deepen cooperation as strategic partners at the 6th ASEAN-New Zealand Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) Meeting held at the AS
AICHR Thematic Study: Women in Natural Disasters: Indicative Findings in Unraveling Gender in Institutional Responses
ASEAN affirms commitment to disaster risk reduction, prevention
7th Meeting of the Task Force on the Mainstreaming of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community
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Senior Officials Conference on Gender Mainstreaming in the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Sectoral Bodies
ASEAN, New Zealand reaffirm commitment to deepen strategic partnership
