In the ASEAN Charter, it provides that the center of ASEAN operation is the ASEAN
Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia. All matters from the ASEAN Summit, from the
ASEAN Coordinating Council, or from the Senior Official- Level Meetings, are under
the responsibility of the ASEAN Secretariat. ASEAN as a regional organization of 10
countries works together through the coordinating office of the ASEAN Secretariat with
the ASEAN Summit as the top decision-making body. So the ASEAN Secretariat is like
the big room where all the ASEAN machines are kept running nonstop.