We, the Ministers of Youth of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Plus China, Japan and Republic of Korea, met on 20 July 2017 at The Sixth ASEAN Plus Three Ministerial Meeting on Youth (6th AMMY+3) in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Meeting was held in conjunction with the Tenth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth (AMMY X) and was preceded by the Preparatory Senior Officials Meeting for the 6th AMMY+3 held on 19 July 2017 in Jakarta. His Excellency Imam Nahrawi, Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Indonesia, chaired the meeting. The meeting was co-chaired by China.
1. We emphasized the necessity to provide wider access for ASEAN Plus Three youth to intensify people to people contacts and establish effective communication which is key to achieving mutual understanding among the young generation. This will be enhanced through various initiatives of the ASEAN Plus Three Countries that are aimed at building cross-cultural understanding and serving as bridges in connecting young people, and building a foundation for future cooperation.
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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, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999, making up what is today the ten Member States of ASEAN.Menu - WHAT WE DO
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
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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.
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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
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