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
Overview
The development of the minerals sector in ASEAN is important to the socio-economic development of the region because mining, minerals and metals form the material bases of any modern economy. Every item of manufacture or processing or construction that is not plant- or animal-based, w
Publications and Related Links
General Review of AANZFTA
The AANZFTA Parties envisaged that the Agreement would be a ‘living’ document, periodically reviewed and updated to ensure it remains as ambitious and relevant as it was when it first entered into force. Therefore, the AANZFTA
Key Documents
The AANZFTA has a dedicated website (aanzfta.asean.org), which is also developed as one of the economic cooperation activities under AANZFTA.
Agreements:
Major Sectoral Bodies/Committees Guidelines on the Use of the Name “ASEAN” The Name “ASEAN” refers to the “Association of Southeast Asian Nations”. Priority Areas of Cooperation Overview asean-australia-new-zealand-economic-relationstransparent600#0060a9
Major Sectoral Bodies/Committees
The primary element of the institutional structure is the AANZFTA Joint Committee (FJC), which reports regularly to the consultations of the ASEAN Economic Ministers, the Trade Minister of Australia and the Trade Minister of New Zealand (known as AEM-CER Consultatio
ASEAN Name
A. Scope and Application
These Guidelines set out the procedure for the request and authorization for the use of the name “ASEAN”.
These Guidelines shall apply to entit
Priority Areas of Cooperation
ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand signed the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area Agreement (AANZFTA) in 2009. The Agreement entered into force in January 2010. It has been the crux of ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand economic relations over the past decade. The AANZFT
Overview
Australia and New Zealand are among the first ASEAN’s Dialogue Partners. Formal relationships were established in 1974 and 1975 respectively. The economic partnerships between ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand began at the first Consultations held between the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM)
ASEAN Australia – New Zealand Economic Relations
