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 ASEAN
(ASSOCIATION OF
SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS)

Prepared by:
(Group 13)
Amer, Aisah B.
Gunting, Roslainy B.
Matud, Jalilah D.
Sarip Najera
History:

The ASEAN established on 8 August 1967, five leaders – the Foreign Ministers
of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand – sat down together
in the main hall of the Department of Foreign Affairs building in Bangkok, Thailand
and signed a document. By virtue of that document, the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN) was born. The five Foreign Ministers who signed it – Adam
Malik of Indonesia, Narciso R. Ramos of the Philippines, Tun Abdul Razak of
Malaysia, S. Rajaratnam of Singapore, and Thanat Khoman of Thailand – would
subsequently be hailed as the Founding Fathers of probably the most successful
inter-governmental organization in the developing world today. And the document
that they signed would be known as the ASEAN Declaration.
And so in early August 1967, the five Foreign Ministers spent four days in the
relative isolation of a beach resort in Bang Saen, a coastal town less than a hundred
kilometers southeast of Bangkok. There they negotiated over that document in a
decidedly informal manner which they would later delight in describing as
“sports-shirt diplomacy.” Yet it was by no means an easy process: each man brought
into the deliberations a historical and political perspective that had no resemblance to
that of any of the others. But with goodwill and good humor, as often as they huddled
at the negotiating table, they finessed their way through their differences as they lined
up their shots on the golf course and traded wisecracks on one another game, a style
of deliberation which would eventually become the ASEAN ministerial tradition.

Objectives:

The ASEAN Declaration states that the aims and purposes of the Association are:
(1) to accelerate the economic growth, education, technical, social progress and
cultural development in the region through joint endeavors in the spirit of equality
and partnership in order to strengthen the foundation for a prosperous and
peaceful community of Southeast Asian nations, and (2) to promote regional
peace and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law in the
relationship among countries in the region and adherence to the principles of the
United Nations Charter. In 1995, the ASEAN Heads of State and Government
re-affirmed that “Cooperative peace and shared prosperity shall be the fundamental
goals of ASEAN.”
Members:
1. Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan on 7 January, 1984.
2. Cambodia, Phnom Penh on 30 April,1999
3. Indonesia, Jakarta on 8 August, 1967
4. Laos, Vientiane on 23 July, 1997
5. Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur on 8 August, 1967
6. Myanmar, Naypyidaw on 23 July, 1997
7. Philippines, Manila on 8 August, 1967
8. Singapore, Singapore city on 8 August, 1967
9. Thailand, Bangkok on 8 August, 1967
10. Vietnam, Hanoi on 28 July, 1995

ASEAN POLICY
The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), alongside the European
Union, is the most well-known and successful regional organization in the world
today. It has grown from a declaration between five states focused on
non-interference, to an international organization that is a central hub for cooperation
between ten states on matters as diverse as financial services, energy, investment,
consumer protection and human rights. It also has a prodigious output. The ASEAN
Economic Community alone comprises over 1100 measures. Since 2010, CIL has
looked at the place of law in the construction of ASEAN.

The CIL ASEAN Law and Policy team is building on this research in two ways in the
next few years. First, it is researching matters at the forefront of ASEAN law and
politics, such as the remit and style of economic integration; the way ASEAN is
transforming systems of law and administration within its member states; the
relationship of ASEAN to wider trade and investment regimes in the region; and
ASEAN as a hub for security cooperation in the region. Second, CIL is disseminating
its knowledge and expertise to those within the region, be these civil servants, judges,
academics or students, through an extensive outreach programmed across the region.
The ASEAN Law and Policy Curriculum and Training Programmed was developed to
fulfil these objectives.
The ASEAN Law and Policy Team at CIL also maintains the only cross-referenced
full text collection of ASEAN documents. The collection contains over 700
agreements, declarations, statements and work programmes, organised thematically
according to sectoral areas within the three community pillars, external relations and
procedural aspects of ASEAN. The accompanying International Law section of the
CIL Document Database tracks the ratification and accession status of ASEAN
member states to key international instruments.

Officials:
Secretary General of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations
Incumbent
Lim Jock Hoi
since 1 January 2018
Style His Excellency
Residence ASEAN Secretariat
Seat Jakarta, Indonesia
Nominator Selected from Member
States based on
alphabetical rotation
Appointer ASEAN Summit
This is a list of Secretaries-General of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Term length 5 years (Nonrenewable)
Constituting instrument ASEAN Charter
Inaugural holder:
Hartono Dharsono
Formation 7 June 1976
Secretaries General
Secretaries-General of ASEAN
Name Time Country
Hartono Dharsono 7 June 1976 – 18 February 1978 Indonesia
Umarjadi Notowijono 19 February 1978 – 30 June 1978 Indonesia
Ali Abdullah 10 July 1978 – 30 June 1980 Malaysia
Narciso G. Reyes 1 July 1980 – 1 July 1982 Philippines
Chan Kai Yau 18 July 1982 – 15 July 1984 Singapore
Phan Wannamethee 16 July 1984 – 15 July 1986 Thailand
Roderick Yong 16 July 1986 – 16 July 1989 Brunei
Rusli Noor 17 July 1989 – 1 January 1993 Indonesia
Ajit Singh 1 January 1993 – 31 December 1997 Malaysia
Rodolfo Severino Jr. 1 January 1998 – 31 December 2002 Philippines
Ong Keng Yong 1 January 2003 – 31 December 2007 Singapore
Surin Pitsuwan 1 January 2008 – 31 December 2012 Thailand
Lê Lương Minh 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2017 Vietnam
Lim Jock Hoi 1 January 2018 – present Brunei

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