Keynote Speech by
H.E. Le Luong Minh
Secretary-General of ASEAN
at the ASEAN Insights Conference
11 September 2014, London
Mr Michael Lawrence, Chief Executive, Asia House
Excellencies,
Distinguished Guests,
First of all, let me thank Asia House for hosting this Conference on ASEAN Developments and thank you all for your participation. Born 47 years ago as a loose grouping of five countries in Southeast Asia, ASEAN has grown into an enduring rule-based organization comprising of ten sovereign Member States. A little more than a year from now, by the end of 2015, we will see the fruition of our efforts to build a three-pillared ASEAN Community of political cohesion, economic integration and social responsibility.