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Year Joined
1967
January 8 ,1984
July 28, 1995
July 23, 1997
April 30, 1999
On the process, before 2020
Observer state, member before
2020
*The ASEAN region occupying at least 4.5 million square kilometers
has a population of 625.9 million according to Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs. ASEAN has a combined gross
regional product of at USD 840 billion.
WHAT TRIGGERED ASEAN TO BE MATERIALIZED?
A.) Malaysia and Indonesia Territorial Conflict
B.) The Second Indochina (Vietnam) War from 1954 to 1975
C.) Against Cultural Revolution of China ( promoting communism
which is intimidating US to support Southeast Asia )
Nature/Functions. Provided by the Chapter I, article 1 of the ASEAN
CHARTER which was adapted on November 2007 during the 13 th
ASEAN Summit in Singapore, the ASEAN has the following
fundamental purpose:
1. To maintain and enhance peace, security and stability and further
strengthen peace-oriented values in the region;
2. To enhance regional resilience by promoting greater political, security,
economic and socio-cultural cooperation;
3. To preserve Southeast Asia as a Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone and free
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of all other weapons of mass destruction;
4. To ensure that the peoples and Member States of ASEAN
live in peace with the world at large in a just, democratic and harmonious
environment;
5. To create a single market and production base which is stable,
prosperous, highly competitive and economically integrated with
effective facilitation for trade and investment in which there is free flow
of goods, services and investment; facilitated movement of business
The right of every state to lead its national existence free from
external interference, subversion or coercion (Principle of SelfConfidence)
industry.
ASEANs principal export destinations as of 2013-2014 are:
CHINA-12.3%, JAPAN- 9.4 % and USA-8.1%. In 2002, ASEAN
and China agreed to a free-trade deal encompassing trade and
investment framework agreement (TIFA)
In 2014, ASEAN has approximately USD 300 billion as a reserved
funds. The funding mechanism of ASEAN is highly depended on
donations of member-states including the members of ARF, tariffs
on regional customs (Non-ASEAN member such as Mexico, Latin
American nations), etc.
ASEAN and EU: trading policy treaties
A.) TREATI (Trans-Regional EU-ASEAN Trade Initiative) B.)
READI (Regional EU-ASEAN Dialogue Initiative) and c.)
APRIS ( ASEAN-EU Programme for Regional Integration
Support)
Socio-Cultural Cooperation
.Cooperation on environment continues to grow, particularly in
addressing the issue of environment and sustainable development. The
annual APT Leadership Programme on Sustainable Production and
Consumption, a programme for the private sector to discuss green
economy, has been held since 2008. The fifth Programme was held on 17
19 October 2012 in Manila. The Second APT Youth Environment was
held on 2-4 December 2013 under the theme Youth and Sustainability.
Building on the successful completion of the ASEAN ESC Model Cities
Programme, a continuation of the project has been proposed with
participation extended to other East Asian countries and cities.
The APT cooperation on labour is progressing well. The Seventh APT
Labour Ministers Meeting (ALMM+3) was held on 11 May 2012 in
Phnom Penh. The Ministers shared the best practices in their respective
countries on improving social protection and skills development and
gratified with the joint activities among the APT countries in the area of
labour. On health, the APT cooperation is also progressing well,
particularly in the areas of traditional medicines and maternal and child
health. Another important cooperation is on communicable and emerging
infectious diseases, which include such initiatives as Field Epidemiology
Training Network (FETN), Risk Communication, Partnership
Laboratories, Animal Health and Human Health Collaboration, as well as
specific disease interventions including malaria, rabies and dengue. The
APT countries continue to strengthen their cooperation on culture. At the
Fifth Meeting of the APT Ministers Responsible for Culture and Arts
(AMCA+3) held on 24 May 2012 in Singapore, the Ministers endorsed
the Work Plan on Enhancing APT Cooperation in Culture.
In order to further promote APT cooperation on information, the First
Conference of APT Ministers Responsible for Information (AMRI+3)
held on 6 November 2009 in Vientiane marked the formal start of the
cooperation. The Second AMRI+3 held on 1 March 2012 in Kuala
Lumpur endorsed the Work Plan on Enhancing APT Cooperation through
Information and Media 2012-2017. The Work Plan lists out programmes
that ASEAN and the Plus Three countries could collaborate on. ASEAN
Member States have agreed to take the lead in coordinating 17 concrete
activities listed in the Work Plan. In the area of social welfare and
development, the APT countries have their regular exchange of views at
the APT Ministerial Meeting for Social Welfare and Development
(AMMSWD+3) and the APT Senior Officials Meeting on Social Welfare
and Development (SOMSWD+3). At the seventh APT SOMSWD+3 held
on 14 September 2012 in Ha Noi, the Senior Officials of ASEAN
Member States and the Plus Three countries shared their views on
measures to enhance social services and security for the disadvantaged,
exchanged update information on the ongoing cooperation projects on
social welfare and development, and mapped out future solutions and
cooperation plans. The Fourth AMMSWD+3 was held on 7 September
2013 in Siem Reap, Cambodia under the theme of Social Development
for All. In the area of youth, the APT countries have three regular
forums for sharing information and discussing cooperation on youth,
namely the APT Ministerial Meeting on Youth (AMMY+3), the APT
Senior Officials Meeting on Youth (SOMY+3) and the APT Youth
Caucus. The 2nd APT Youth Caucus was held in October 2011 while the
5th SOMY+3 was held in September 2012 in Jakarta. As part of the
commemoration of the 15thAnniversary of the APT cooperation,
3Cambodia hosted and organised an APT Youth Leaders' Symposium on
18 19 October 2012 in Phnom Penh. At the 4 th AMMY+3 held on 23
May 2013 in Bandar Seri Begawan, theMinisters exchanged views on the
future priority areas of APT cooperation on youth, and stressed the
importance of fostering long-term and mutually beneficial youth
relationships through effective and practical youth cooperation activities
in line with the guidance given by the APT Leaders. In the area of civil
service, cooperation is undertaken under the purview of the APT
Conference on Civil Service Matters (ACCSM Plus Three). At the
EXCERPT ARTICLES:
The next 26th ASEAN Summit will be held in Cambodia from 26 March
2015 to 28 March 2015.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is in Myanmar this week for the ChinaASEAN Summit, the East Asia Summit, and the ASEAN Plus Three
(China, Japan, and Korea) meetings. While in Naypyitaw, Li pledged $20
billion in loans to Southeast Asia for regional infrastructure development.
Thats in addition to $3 billion for the China-ASEAN Investment
Cooperation Fund, which funds infrastructure and energy investments in
ASEAN member countries, and $480 million to help fight poverty in
Southeast Asia. China also promised preferential treatment to ASEAN
investors under an expanded China-ASEAN free trade agreement.
The financial push is part of a plan to reassure ASEAN member states
that Chinas rise is beneficial for its neighbors and for the region as a
whole. Several ASEAN members, most notably Vietnam and the
Philippines, have long-standing territorial disputes with China, and
Beijings recent emphasis on maritime prowess has led to more clashes
in the region.
When it comes to maritime issues, China is attempting to deflect the
focus from territorial disputes to areas with potential for cooperation.
Beijing and ASEAN have declared 2015 the ASEAN-China Year of
Maritime Cooperation, Xinhuareports, with China providing funding
for maritime infrastructure, scientific research, and search and rescue
capabilities. China is eager to prove to Southeast Asian counties that its
growing maritime prowess can be beneficial to the region. When Chinese
Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Indonesia earlier this month, he
emphasized that Chinas maritime initiatives (most notably the Maritime
Silk Road) are compatible with Jakartas own maritime ambitions. This
message applies to all of ASEAN, as the recent meetings made clear.
To the extent that Chinas emphasis on maritime cooperation extends to
the territorial disputes, it will mean more communication between
maritime law enforcement agencies as well as setting up a hotline
between foreign ministers for use in case of maritime emergencies. A
statement issued after the China-ASEAN summit voiced support for
these measures, as well as for a tabletop exercise on search and rescue.
Obviously, however, the area of greatest concern for many of Chinas
neighbors remains the most resistant to any maritime cooperation
initiatives. The South China Sea disputes are one of the major obstacles
to overall China-ASEAN relations, not to mention China-ASEAN
maritime relations. There was little progress to show on this front, other
than references to implementing early harvest measures relating to a
China-ASEAN code of conduct in the South China Sea. Premier Li also
repeated calls for joint development as a realistic and effective way to
manage the maritime disputes. This idea has been raised in the past, with
little to show for it.
Beyond a South China Sea code of conduct, Li said that China and
ASEAN are working on a potential treaty on good-neighborliness,
friendship and cooperation. Li said such a treaty would be aimed at
providing an institutional framework and legal guarantee for peaceful coexistence between the two sides from generation to generation. Rival
claimants in Chinas territorial disputes will likely want some guarantee
of good-neighborliness in the South China Sea as part of this treaty,
B:
COMPASS
DEVELOPMENT
C: ASEAN CHARTER
APPENDICES:
A: DIRECTOR-GENERALS OF ASEAN MEMBER STATES
2020:
PERSPECTIVE
ON
REGIONAL