At the invitation of the Government of Brunei Darussalam, Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn will conduct an official working visit to Brunei Darussalam, on 13-15 August 2024, leading an ASEAN Secretariat team consisting of the three pillars of ASEAN Community. During the visit, Dr. Kao will be received, in separate audiences, by His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, and His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al- Muhtadee Billah ibni His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office. Dr. Kao is scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with Minister of Foreign Affairs II Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Finance and Economy II Dato Dr. Amin Liew Abdullah, Minister of Health Dato Dr. Isham Jaafar, Minister of Transport and Infocommunications Pengiran Dato Shamhary Pengiran Dato Mustapha, and Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism Dato Dr. Abdul Manaf Metussin. To promote ASEAN public diplomacy, Dr. Kao will start his programme of activities by visiting Universiti Brunei Darussalam, where he will deliver a keynote speech on the topic of “Cooperation, Collaboration and the Youth: The Bedrock of Innovation and Sustainability.”
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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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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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