ASEANASEANAssociation of Southeast Asian NationsAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations

Public Outreach and Civil Society DivisionASEAN Secretariat16 February 2010 version

ASEAN was established with the signing of ASEAN Declaration(Bangkok Declaration)in Bangkok on 8 August 1967 by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN:Adam Malik (Indonesia), Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein (Malaysia),

Narciso Ramos (Philippines), S. Rajaratnam (Singapore) and Thanat Khoman (Thailand)

The Establishment of ASEANThe Establishment of ASEAN

• To accelerate the economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region through joint endeavours

• To promote regional peace and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law

Aims and Purposes of ASEANAims and Purposes of ASEANFrom Bangkok Declaration 1967From Bangkok Declaration 1967

ASEAN Member StatesASEAN Member States

Brunei DarussalamCambodiaIndonesiaLao PDRMalaysiaMyanmarPhilippinesSingaporeThailandViet Nam

Brunei Darussalam joined theAssociation on 8 January 1984. VietNam became the seventh member ofASEAN on 28 July 1995. Lao PDRand Myanmar were admitted intoASEAN on 23 July 1997, andCambodia on 30 April 1999.

• Population: 584 million*

• Total trade : US$ 1,710 billion*

• GDP : US$ 1,504 billion*

• Total land area: 4,4 million sq. km.*

• Anthem: The ASEAN Way

• Motto: One Vision, One Identity, One Community

• ASEAN Day: 8 August

• ASEAN Charter (entered into force on 15 December 2008)

ASEAN Facts in BriefASEAN Facts in Brief

*2008 data

ASEAN EmblemASEAN Emblem

The ASEAN emblem represents a stable, peaceful, united and dynamic ASEAN.

The blue represents peace and stability. Red depicts courage and dynamism. White shows purity. Yellow symbolises prosperity.

The stalks of padi represent the dream of ASEAN's Founding Fathers for an ASEAN comprising all the countries in Southeast Asia bound together in friendship and solidarity.

The circle represents the unity of ASEAN.

ASEAN CommunityASEAN Community

ASEANASEANPoliticalPolitical--SecuritySecurity

CommunityCommunity(APSC)(APSC)

ASEANASEANEconomicEconomic

CommunityCommunity(AEC)(AEC)

ASEANASEANSocioSocio--

CulturalCulturalCommunityCommunity

(ASCC)(ASCC)

Narrowing the Development GapNarrowing the Development GapInitiative for ASEAN IntegrationInitiative for ASEAN Integration

ASEAN Political Security Community (APSC)ASEAN Political Security Community (APSC)Aims to ensure that the peoples and Member States of ASEAN live in peace with one another and with the world at large in a just, democratic and harmonious environment.

ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)Aims to transform ASEAN into a stable, prosperous, and highly competitive region with equitable economic development, and reduced poverty and socio-economic disparities.

ASEAN SocioASEAN Socio--Cultural CommunityCultural Community (ASCC)(ASCC)Aims to contribute to realising an ASEAN Community that is people-oriented and socially responsible with a view to achieving enduring solidarity and unity among the peoples and Member States of ASEAN. It seeks to forge a common identity and build a caring and sharing society which is inclusive and where the well-being, livelihood, and welfare of the peoples are enhanced.

Narrowing the Development Gap (NDG)Narrowing the Development Gap (NDG)Progressing together through cooperation in development.

ASEAN CommunityASEAN Community

•• ASEAN Foreign Ministers (AMM)ASEAN Foreign Ministers (AMM)

•• ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM)ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM)

•• ASEAN Law Ministers’ Meeting (ALAWMM)ASEAN Law Ministers’ Meeting (ALAWMM)

•• ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime (AMMTC)ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime (AMMTC)

•• ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)

•• Commission on the Southeast Asia Nuclear WeaponCommission on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon--Free Zone Free Zone (SEANWFZ Commission)(SEANWFZ Commission)

Cooperation under APSCCooperation under APSC

Cooperation under AECCooperation under AEC•• ASEAN Mekong Basin Development Cooperation (AMBDC)ASEAN Mekong Basin Development Cooperation (AMBDC)

•• ASEAN Ministers on Mineral (AMMin)ASEAN Ministers on Mineral (AMMin)

•• ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology (AMMST)ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology (AMMST)

•• ASEAN Telecommunication and IT Ministers Meeting (TELMIN)ASEAN Telecommunication and IT Ministers Meeting (TELMIN)

•• ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting (MASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting (M--ATM)ATM)

•• ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting (ATM)ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting (ATM)

•• ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM)ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM)

•• ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)

•• ASEAN Investment Area (AIA) CouncilASEAN Investment Area (AIA) Council

•• ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF)ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF)

•• ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM)ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM)

•• ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting (AFMM)ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting (AFMM)

Cooperation under ASCCCooperation under ASCC•• ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Culture and Arts (AMCA)ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Culture and Arts (AMCA)

•• ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM)ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM)

•• ASEAN Education Ministers Meeting (ASED)ASEAN Education Ministers Meeting (ASED)

•• ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment (AMME)ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment (AMME)

•• ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting (AHMM)ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting (AHMM)

•• ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information (AMRI)ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information (AMRI)

•• ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting (ALMM)ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting (ALMM)

•• ASEAN Ministers Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication (AMRDPE)ASEAN Ministers Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication (AMRDPE)

•• ASEAN Ministers Meeting on Social Welfare and Development (AMMSWD)ASEAN Ministers Meeting on Social Welfare and Development (AMMSWD)

•• ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth (AMMY)ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth (AMMY)

•• Conference of the Parties (COP) to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Conference of the Parties (COP) to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze PollutionHaze Pollution

ASEAN SummitASEAN SummitFirst ASEAN Summit, Bali, 23-24 February 1976Second ASEAN Summit, Kuala Lumpur, 4-5 August 1977Third ASEAN Summit, Manila, 14-15 December 1987Fourth ASEAN Summit, Singapore, 27-29 January 1992Fifth ASEAN Summit, Bangkok, 14-15 December 1995- First Informal Summit, Jakarta, 30 November 1996- Second Informal Summit, Kuala Lumpur, 14-16 December 1997Sixth ASEAN Summit, Ha Noi, 15-16 December 1998- Third Informal Summit, Manila, 27-28 November 1999- Fourth Informal Summit, Singapore, 22-25 November 2000

Seventh ASEAN Summit, Bandar Seri Begawan, 5-6 November 2001Eighth ASEAN Summit, Phnom Penh, 4-5 November 2002Ninth ASEAN Summit, Bali, 7-8 October 2003Tenth ASEAN Summit, Vientiane, 29-30 November 2004Eleventh ASEAN Summit, Kuala Lumpur, 12-14 December 2005Twelfth ASEAN Summit, Cebu, Philippines, 9-15 January 2007Thirteenth ASEAN Summit, Singapore, 18-22 November 2007 Fourteenth ASEAN Summit, Cha-am, Thailand, 26 February-1 March 2009Fifteenth ASEAN Summit, Cha-Am Hua Hin, Thailand, 23-25 October 2009

1967: ASEAN (Bangkok) Declaration

1971: Zone of Peace, Freedom & Neutrality Declaration

1976: Declaration of ASEAN Concord

1976: Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia

1992: Agreement on the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) Scheme for

the ASEAN Free Trade Area

1995: Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ)

1997: ASEAN Vision 2020

2002: Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea

2003: Declaration of ASEAN Concord II (Bali Concord II)

2007: The ASEAN Charter

2009: Cha-am Hua Hin Declaration on the Roadmap for the ASEAN Community (2009-2015)

Landmark DocumentsLandmark Documents

• provide legal status and institutional framework for ASEAN• codifies ASEAN norms, rules and values• sets clear targets for ASEAN• presents accountability and compliance• Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR)• convening of ASEAN Summit twice a year• establishment of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights• Ambassadors to ASEAN• etc.

ASEAN CharterASEAN CharterEntered into force on 15 December 2008Entered into force on 15 December 2008

DialoguePartners

Sectoral Dialogue Partners

Regional/International

Organisations/UN Bodies

Others

•Australia, 1974 •Canada, 1977•China, 1996•European Union, 1977•India, 1995•Japan, 1997•Republic of Korea, 1991•New Zealand, 1975•Russia, 1996•USA, 1977

•Pakistan •SCO•ECO•ADB•World Bank•IDB•SAARC•Andean Group•Mercosur•APEC•ESCAP•SADC•GCC•Rio Group•UN and its specialised agencies

•Germany•Norway

Foundations:•HSF•Nippon

Others:•JICA•Guangdong Province•Hubai Province•Shaanxi

ASEAN’s External RelationsASEAN’s External Relations

• Outward looking• Open, transparent and inclusive• Dialogue and cooperation

External relations in the early years: • Economic cooperation and development assistance• Donor-recipient relationship

Current focus:• Equal partnership, non-discrimination and mutual benefit• Substantive dialogue and cooperation – political &security, trade,

investment, S&T, ICT, HRD, environment, transnational crime, counter-terrorism and people-to-people contacts

Key PrinciplesKey Principles

Key MechanismKey Mechanism• Plus One: China, Japan, Republic of Korea & India• Plus Three: ASEAN & China, Japan, Republic of Korea• EAS – ASEAN, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, India, Australia &

New Zealand

ASEAN SecretariatASEAN Secretariat

• Established on 24 February 1976 by the Foreign Ministers of ASEAN

• Existing ASEAN Secretariat premises in Jakarta officiated in 1981

• Staff recruited locally and from the ASEAN Member States

ASEC Vision:ASEC Vision:

By 2015, ASEC will be the nerve centre of a strong and confident ASEAN Communitythat is globally respected for acting in full compliance with its Charterand in the best interest of its people.

ASEC Mission:ASEC Mission:

Our Mission is to initiate, facilitate and coordinate ASEAN stakeholder collaboration in realising the purposes and principles of ASEAN as reflected in the ASEAN Charter.

ASEAN Secretariat’s Basic FunctionASEAN Secretariat’s Basic Function

to provide for greater efficiency in the coordination of ASEAN organs and for more effective implementation of ASEAN projects and activities

1. HR Dharsono (Indonesia): 7 Jun 1976 -18 Feb 1978

2. Umarjadi Notowijono (Indonesia): 19 Feb 1978-30 Jun 1978

3. Datuk Ali bin Abdullah (Malaysia): 10 Jul 1978-30 Jun 1980

4. Narciso G. Reyes (Philippines): 7 Jul 1980-1 Jul 1982

5. Chan Kai Yau (Singapore): 18 Jul 1982-15 Jul 1984

6. Phan Wannamethee (Thailand): 16 Jul 1984-15 Jul 1986

7. Roderick Yong (Brunei Darussalam): 16 Jul 1986-15 Jul 1989

8. Rusli Noor (Indonesia): 17 Jul 1989-1 Jan 1993

SecretarySecretary--General of ASEAN SecretariatGeneral of ASEAN Secretariat

9. Dato’ Ajit Singh (Malaysia): 2 Jan 1993-31 Dec 1997

10. Rodolfo C. Severino (Philippines): 1 Jan 1998-31 Dec 2002

11. Ong Keng Yong (Singapore): 1 Jan 2003-31 Dec 2007

12. Dr Surin Pitsuwan (Thailand): 7 Jan 2008-31 Dec 2012

SecretarySecretary--General of ASEANGeneral of ASEAN

SecretarySecretary--General of ASEAN (2008General of ASEAN (2008--20122012))

H.E. Dr Surin Pitsuwanfrom Thailand

• Carry out duties and responsibilities in accordance with the provisions of the Charter and relevant ASEAN instruments, protocols and established practices

• Facilitate and monitor progress in the implementation of ASEAN agreements and decisions

• Participate in meetings of the ASEAN Summit, ASEAN Community Council, ASEAN Coordinating Council, and sectoral Ministerial bodies

The ASEAN SG is assisted by four Deputy Secretaries-General from different nationalities from SG and from four different ASEAN Member States.

Sayakane Pushpanathan Dato’ Misran BagasSisouvong Sundram Karmain Hapsoro(Lao PDR) (Singapore) (Malaysia) (Indonesia)

APSC AEC ASCC Community and Corporate Affairs (CCA)

Deputy SecretariesDeputy Secretaries--GeneralGeneral

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