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
12th ASEAN Summit Meetings Schedule
DateMeetingVenueASEAN Secretariat10 January 2007ASEAN Senior Economic Officials Meeting (SEOM)Cebu, PhilippinesBEIF10 January 2007Special ASEAN Standing CommitteeCebu, PhilippinesBERC10 January 2007Special ASEAN Senior Officials’ MeetingCebu, PhilippinesBERC
ASEAN Framework (Amendment) Agreement for the Integration of Priority Sectors
The Governments of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (hereinafter referred to as “Lao PDR”), Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic
Annexes to the ASEAN Sectoral Integration (Amendment) Protocol for Priority Sectors, Cebu, Philippines, 8 December 2006
Product Universe for Phase 2 Roadmaps
Agro Based
Chairman’s statement of the 13th ASEAN Plus Three Summit The 13th ASEAN Plus Three Summit, chaired by H.E. Mr. Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, was held in Ha Noi on 29 October 2010. The Heads of State/Government of ASEAN Member Countr ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement on Nursing Services, Cebu, Philippines, 8 December 2006 PREAMBLE The Governments of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, 7th ACC Meeting Agrees on Documents, Advances Regional Cooperation Ha Noi, 28 October 2010 The 7th Meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) held in Ha Noi yesterday ended with the ASEAN Foreign Ministers agreeing to recommend the ASEAN Leaders to adopt the Master Plan on ASEAN Last Summit by Viet Nam Opens Ha Noi, 28 October 2010 The 17th ASEAN Summit, the last one hosted by Viet Nam, opened today to the harmony of the ASEAN Anthem soaring in the National Convention Center in Hanoi. In his opening statement, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung reminded ASEAN ASEAN Meets Plus Three Ha Noi, 29 October 2010 The 17th ASEAN Summit continues today with the ASEAN Leaders’ meeting their Dialogue Partner counterparts from Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), China and the three countries as the Plus Three grouping. At the 13th ASEAN-Japan Summ Protocol to Amend the Agreement on Trade in Goods of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People’s Republic of China The Governments of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, th UNSG Reasserts Support to ASEAN Ha Noi, 29 October 2010 The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr Ban Ki-moon, said that the United Nations (UN) is keen to continue working on its shared achievements with ASEAN, and to move forward with new areas of partnership. “The UN and ASEAN
Chairman’s Statement of the 13th ASEAN Plus Three Summit
Ha Noi, 29 October 2010
ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement on Nursing Services, Cebu, Philippines, 8 December 2006
7th ACC Meeting Agrees on Documents, Advances Regional Cooperation
Last Summit by Viet Nam Opens
ASEAN Meets Plus Three
Protocol to Amend the Agreement on Trade in Goods of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People’s Republic of China
UNSG Reasserts Support to ASEAN
