Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today delivered a pre-recorded message on the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the launch of the ASEAN-United States (U.S.) Center. He commended the ASEAN-U.S. Center’s important role and proactiveness in contributing to the enhancement of the ASEAN-U.S. Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP). He also highlighted the Center’s activities over the past year, including organising the ASEAN Day in August 2024, in collaboration with the ASEAN Committee in Washington (ACW), and in hosting engagements with young leaders under the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) and the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting (ASEAN SOM) in May 2024. Moving forward, he encouraged the Center’s further contribution in promoting trade and investment, tourism and connectivity, particularly people-to-people linkages between ASEAN and the U.S.
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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
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