At the invitation of the United States Department of State, and with the support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn will lead the ASEAN Secretariat delegation to pay a working visit to the United States, on 10-13 June 2024. The main objective of the working visit is to promote the ASEAN-United States Comprehensive Strategic Partnership building on the success of existing areas of cooperation. Dr. Kao will engage with a broad range of stakeholders, including cabinet-level United States government officials, Congressional leaders, private sector partners, academia, think tanks, experts, university leaders and the media. To further advance ASEAN public diplomacy and visibility, Dr. Kao is scheduled to launch the ASEAN-United States Center’s Speakers Series and speak on “ASEAN-United States Comprehensive Strategic Partnership: Partners for Peace, Prosperity, and People.” Dr. Kao is also scheduled to have engagements with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the United States-ASEAN Business Council (US-ABC) to deliberate on key issues under ASEAN-United States cooperation, including peace, security, and public-private partnership, among others. The Secretary-General of ASEAN also plans to meet with the ASEAN Committee in Washington D.C. (ACW), where he would discuss the current state and future direction of ASEAN-United States Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, and exchange views on the Committee’s role in promoting and strengthening ASEAN-United States dialogue relations.
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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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