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
JAKARTA, 30 June 2021 – Today, ASEAN Secretariat conducted an online workshop on Circular Economy. The workshop gathered relevant sectoral bodies to discuss the draft Framework for Circular Economy for the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), which is one of the priority economic deliverable
JAKARTA/ONLINE – 18 June 2021 – Over 60 officials from ASEAN Member States, Australia, and New Zealand convened in a two-day virtual workshop from 15 – 16 June to improve understanding of quality and enhance capacity to design and implement trademark quality management practices.The two-
BANGKOK, 10 June 2021– The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) in partnership with the United Nations, particularly the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN
JAKARTA, 26 March 2021 – Labour officials and stakeholders from ASEAN Member States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) gathered virtually for the ROK-ASEAN Policy Sharing Workshop in the Employment and Labour Sector. The workshop discussed policy responses and international cooperation strategies t
HA NOI, 18 December 2020 – The ASEAN University Student Council Union (AUSCU), supported by Viet Nam’s National Committee on Youth, organised its fourth conference on 10 -11 December.The virtual conference’s theme was ASEAN Youth with ASEAN Identity: Raising Awareness and Taking Action f
JAKARTA, 19 October 2020 – Today, ASEAN Member States government officials, Dialogue Partners and other External Partners attended a regional workshop on “Development of ASEAN Database on Trade Routes and Framework for Enhancing Supply Chain Efficiency.”The virtual workshop is a project unde
JAKARTA, 8 October 2020 – The ASEAN Foundation with support from the ASEAN Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation and the U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), launched the virtual 2019/2020 ASEAN Science and Technology Fellowship Workshop.The A
Young professionals from the Ministries of Trade, Ministries of Commerce, National Standards Bodies, and National Accreditation Bodies in ASEAN participated in the Kick-Off Workshop on Quality Infrastructure for Sustainable Development (QuISP) held in Jakarta on February 3-6.
The Deputy Secretary
Ahead of Viet Nam’s accession as the Chair of ASEAN in 2020, senior officials from ASEAN governments and the United Nations (UN), experts from various ASEAN institutions, and other external partners came together in Hanoi on 3-4 December to discuss cooperation in support of the work of the ASEAN-I
Participants of the 29th Prepared Foodstuffs Working Group (PFPWG) of ASEAN attended a workshop on the Harmonisation of Nutrition Labelling in Singapore on 16-17 November.
Food regulatory agency experts from all ASEAN Member States, the ASEAN Secretariat, and ARISE Plus experts were among those
