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
Closing Ceremony of the “Second Spanish Course for Diplomats and Officials of ASEAN” was held on 10 December 2019 at the ASEAN Secretariat. The Spanish Course, provided by the Government of Colombia, was conducted by the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana and participated by 30 officia
A three-day training to understand and implement the latest version of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, is currently being held from 3 – 5 December, in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.
ISO/IEC 17025 is an international
MANILA, 23 September 2019 – The ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality – Traditional Medicines and Health Supplements Product Working Group in collaboration with ASEAN – USAID Inclusive Growth in ASEAN through Innovation, Trade and E-Commerce and the ASEAN Secretariat organised
The ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality – Traditional Medicines and Health Supplements Product Working Group in collaboration with ASEAN – USAID Inclusive Growth in ASEAN through Innovation, Trade and E-Commerce and the ASEAN Secretariat organised a regional training on “AS
The ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center (ARMAC) in collaboration with the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD), and the Government of Ireland, organised and hosted an ASEAN regional training on “Operational Efficiency in Mine Action.” The training started on August 19 and
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of Myanmar hosted the Training in Project Management for Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) Officers on August 12-14 in Nay Pyi Taw.
In their remarks, Permanent Representative of Myanmar Mission to ASEAN Ambassador Min Lwin, Ambassador of Japan to
BANGKOK, 25 January 2019 – The ASEAN Secretariat, International Labour Organization (ILO), and ILO’s International Training Centre (ITC) jointly hosted ASEAN-ILO course on the employment transition analysis on 22-25 January in Bangkok. The Closing Ceremony of the First Spanish Language Course for Diplomats and Officials of ASEAN by the Pacific Alliance was held on 28 November 2018. The Government of Colombia has sponsored the convening of the language course from September to November 2018 as part of the implementation of the ASEA JAKARTA, 27 November 2017 – A regional workshop on Valuation and Post Clearance Audit (PCA) was held on 20-23 November in Jakarta to enhance the capacity of customs officers in ASEAN in implementing customs valuation and PCA based on international standards and best practices. BANGKOK, 21 November 2017 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened the AICHR Training Programme on Business and Human Rights on 13-16 November in Bangkok, Thailand. The participants discussed the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles (UNGP) on Bus
Closing Ceremony of the First Spanish Language Course for Diplomats and Officials of ASEAN by the Pacific Alliance
ASEAN customs to enhance officers’ skills on valuation and post clearance audit
ASEAN conducts training on business and human rights
