he ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC), led by Secretary General H.E. Le Luong Minh, today hosted the celebrations of the 47th Anniversary of ASEAN with festive events in Jakarta. Members of the diplomatic community and ASEAN partners joined in the celebration.
“As we gather today to celebrate another anniversary of ASEAN’s founding, we are also at the threshold of realising a dream for a ‘prosperous and peaceful community of Southeast Asian Nations’ that began 47 years ago, on 8 August 1967. That long-aspired dream is about to come true! ASEAN is poised to proclaim the realisation of the ASEAN Community by the end of next year.
The ASEAN Community, which takes effectc on 31 December 2015, will signal the start of an integrated political, economic, and socio-cultural community characterised by mutual recognition arrangements in many fields and integrated regional economy, among others.