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 improve the engagement with people and community
SINGAPORE, 23 August 2017 – Building on efforts to improve the engagement of the people and communities of ASEAN, the ASEAN Foundation organised the 2nd S Rajaratnam Endowment – ASEAN Community Forum (SRE-ASEAN Community Forum), in
ASEAN, UNDP call for more robust financing of SDG implementation
CHIANG RAI, 22 August 2017 – “Successful financing of the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 boils down to benefiting the people of ASEAN, especially the vulnerable, the
ASEAN enhances capacity for consumer protection in e-commerce via online dispute resolution mechanism
HO CHI MINH CITY, 12 August 2017 – E-Commerce has opened up various windows of opportunities for companies and investors, including SMEs, by significantly lowering barriers to entry and opera
Courtesy Call on DSG Hirubalan V P by the ASEANAPOL Secretariat
H.E DSG Hirubalan V P (2nd from right) received a courtesy call from the Executive Director of ASEANAPOL Secretariat, Inspector General Yohanes Agus Mulyono with ASEANAPOL Secretariat officials on 21 August 2017 at the ASEAN Secret
ASEAN, UN to enhance disaster management capabilities
SINGAPORE, 19 August 2017 – More than 140 participants attended the third ASEAN Strategic Policy Dialogue on Disaster Management (SPDDM) held in Singapore yesterday in commemoration of ASEAN’s golden jubilee celebration and the World Hum
ASEAN, ROK hold familiarisation of cooperation mechanism
NAY PYI TAW, 28 August 2017 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar and Republic of Korea (ROK) Mission to ASEAN with the support of Myanmar Mission to ASEAN held the 2nd Workshop on ASEAN-ROK Cooperation Mechanism at the Hilton H
ASEAN, India organise family fun run to commemorate friendship
JAKARTA, 14 August 2017 – The ASEAN Secretariat and Indian Mission to ASEAN organised a fun run yesterday in Jakarta. The ASEAN-India Family Fun Run was held to celebrate ASEAN’s 50th anniversary and to commemorate 25 years of
ASEAN celebrates golden jubilee as a people’s community
JAKARTA, 11 August 2017 – The ASEAN Secretariat celebrated ASEAN’s golden jubilee in Jakarta with a commemorative ceremony in the morning and colourful performances in the afternoon.
President Joko Widodo of Indonesia attended the
ASEAN’s 50th anniversary: tracing the journey with statistics
JAKARTA, 9 August 2017 – With the commemoration of the Association of South East Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) golden jubilee underway, the ASEAN Statistics Division (ASEANstats) of the ASEAN Secretariat joined in the celebration
Russian FM Sergey Lavrov visits ASEAN Secretariat
JAKARTA, 10 August 2017 – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reaffirmed Russia’s commitment to strengthen and deepen its partnership with ASEAN with a view to elevating it to a new height. This message was conveyed at the meeting with th
