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
ASEAN to forge greater synergy to effectively address transnational crimes in the region
The 11th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime and Its Related Meetings, 18-21 September 2017, Manila, Philippines
In his opening remarks, Undersecretary Catalino S. Cuy, Officer-in-Charge of t
Rebuilding lives after Thailand floods tops September 2017 “ASEAN Today”
JAKARTA, 19 September 2017 – Rice farmers in Thailand are working hard to recover and rebuild following devastating floods. That story is part of the September 2017 edition of “ASEAN Today.”
Raissa Chentam
ASEAN to strengthen competition compliance by businesses
SINGAPORE, 19 September 2017 – ASEAN competition authorities met in Singapore from 12 – 13 September to discuss initial steps to develop an ASEAN Competition Compliance Toolkit. This toolkit will serve as a guide for relevant authorit
Secretary-General of ASEAN visits Switzerland to promote ASEAN@50
GENEVA-BERN, 15 September 2017 – Secretary-General of ASEAN Le Luong Minh visited Switzerland from 12 to 14 September to promote ASEAN on the occasion of its golden jubilee. During the visit that came at the invitation
ASEAN to cooperate on fighting fake news in the region
MANILA, 13 September 2017 – The ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information (AMRI) met on 9 September to exchange views on countering fake news and communicating the right information. They expressed concerns that the proliferation of
ASEAN, Japan hold 2nd TV Festival
QUEZON CITY, 13 September 2017 – The 2nd ASEAN-Japan Television Festival concluded with a mini concert attended by celebrities from the ten ASEAN countries and Japan on 9 September at Trinoma Mall in Quezon City, Philippines.
The audiences
14th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment and the 13th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution
Ministers responsible for the environment, for land, forest fires and haze, from ASEAN Member States (AMS), held their 14th ASEAN Mi
ASEAN, Japan continue students and youth exchange
JAKARTA, 12 September 2017 – The Government of Japan extends its continued support to ASEAN through the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS) Programme. The JENESYS2017 is implemented from September 2017 until M
The 15th Meeting of The ASEAN Commission on The Promotion and Protection of The Rights of Women and Children (ACWC)
PHUKET, 6-4 SEPTEMBER – The 15th Meeting of the ASEAN Commission on The Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) was held from 4th-6th Septembe
