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
Joint ASEAN-New Zealand Leaders’ Vision Statement on the 45th Anniversary of ASEAN-New Zealand Dialogue Relations: A Legacy of Partnership, A Future Together
1. We, the Heads of State/Government of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and New Zealand, met via
Joint Statement of the 23rd ASEAN-Japan Summit on Cooperation on ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific
WE, the Heads of State/Government of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Japan, held the 23rd ASEAN-Japan Summit via videoconference on 12 November 2020. The
Joint Communique The Twenty Sixth ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting (26th ALMM)
1. We, the Labour Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), met on 28 October 2020 for the 26th ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting (ALMM) which was convened virtually. The Meeting was chaired by H.E.
JAKARTA, 18 June 2020 – The 15th Coordinating Conference on the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) convened yesterday with the participation of over 100 delegates from the Senior Officials’ Committee for the ASCC, representatives of ASCC sectoral bodies, the Committee of Permanent
The Second ASEAN Conference on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice: Promoting the ASEAN Culture of Prevention for a Collaborative and Innovative Justice for All
The organisation of the Second ASEAN Conference on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (2nd ACCPCJ) with the theme of “Promoting
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights Philippines, in partnership with Child Rights Coalition Asia, and Norway, hosted the ASEAN Dialogue on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) General Comments in Manila on 11 – 12 December.
The dialogue is a follow up
MINAMI AWAJI, 10 December 2019 – More than a hundred students from ASEAN and Timor-Leste gathered in Kobe and Minami Awaji, Japan to participate in a Movie and Art Exchange Programme.
The activity, which took place from 2 – 9 December, is part of the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Stude
OSLO, 26 November 2019, – The ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center (ARMAC) recently hosted a side event on “Integrated Approaches to Mine Risk Education (MRE) for affected communities in ASEAN Member States” during the Fourth Review Conference of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention on 25-29 No
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Le Luong Minh, and Head of the Delegation of the European Union (EU), Julian Wilson, opened a high-level ‘EU-ASEAN Economic & Policy Forum’ today at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta. During the conference senior officials and experts from both regions assessed pa
