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
The ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with Canada was held in Vientiane, Lao PDR, today, attended by the ASEAN Foreign Ministers or their representatives, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Mélanie Joly and Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn. Timor-Leste attended as an Observer. The M
The ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with the United Kingdom (UK) was convened in Vientiane today, attended by the ASEAN Foreign Ministers or their representatives, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the UK David Lammy and Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for
The ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with Russia was held today in Vientiane, attended by the ASEAN Foreign Ministers or their representatives, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn. Timor-Leste attended as an Observer. The Meeting ado
The ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with India was convened in Vientiane today, attended by the ASEAN Foreign Ministers or their representatives, Minister of External Affairs of India S. Jaishankar and Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community Dato’ Astanah Abdul
The ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with the Republic of Korea (ROK) was held in Vientiane today, attended by the ASEAN Foreign Ministers or their representatives, Minister of Foreign Affairs of ROK Cho Tae-yul and Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn. Timor-Leste attended as an Observer.
The ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with the European Union (EU) was convened in Vientiane today, attended by the ASEAN Foreign Ministers or their representatives, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, and Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for AS
The ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with Japan was held in Vientiane today, attended by the ASEAN Foreign Ministers or their representatives, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Yōko Kamikawa and Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn. Timor-Leste attended as an Observer. The Meeting revi
The ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with New Zealand was convened in Vientiane today, attended by the ASEAN Foreign Ministers or their representatives, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand Winston Peters and Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Sec
The ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with China was convened in Vientiane today, attended by the ASEAN Foreign Ministers or their representatives, Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Wang Yi and Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn. Timor-Leste attended as an Observer. The Meeting reviewe
Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn this evening was interviewed by four media outlets, namely Vietnam Television Bureau, Viet Nam News Agency, Bloomberg, and Asahi Shimbun, on the margins of the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings, in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Dr. Kao s
