CAŇONES, GODESS IVY G. B.S.

ARCHITECTURE 3-A
ASSIGNMENT #1 SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

1) Through a storyline, illustrate the History of ASEAN.

• August 1967 - ASEAN was established in Bangkok at the height of the Vietnam War by
the five original member countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and
Thailand

• February 1976 - First ASEAN Summit convenes in Bali, Indonesia

• September 1978 - First ASEAN-European Economic Community ministerial meeting
held in Brussels
• January 1984 - Brunei joins ASEAN
• 1994 - ASEAN establishes the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), which is focused on
security interdependence in the Asia-Pacific region. Besides ASEAN member states, the
present participants include Australia, Canada, China, European Union, India, Japan,
South Korea, North Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the
Russian Federation and the United States.
• July 1995 - Vietnam joins ASEAN
• July 1997 - Laos and Myanmar join ASEAN
• December 1997 - First meeting of ASEAN Plus Three, comprising leaders of the 10
ASEAN members and their counterparts from East Asia -- China, Japan and South
Korea
• December 1997 - First ASEAN-China Summit convenes in Malaysia
• April 1999 - Cambodia joins ASEAN
• December 2005 - First meeting of the ASEAN Plus Six, also called the East Asia
Summit, comprising the ASEAN countries plus China, Japan, South Korea, India,
Australia and New Zealand.
• November 20, 2007 - ASEAN signs charter giving its 10 member states a legal identity,
a first step towards its aim of a free trade area by 2015 .

2) Discuss the fundamental principles of the ASEAN. How do these principles initiate
progress and development among ASEAN countries?
A. Non-interference in the internal affairs of one another – as stated in one of the
fundamental principles of ASEAN meddling one’s private matters is not endorsed. Setting
boundaries is highly implemented.
B. Settlement of differences or disputes by peaceful manner – An argument should be fixed
peacefully to avoid creating a much bigger problem.
C. Renunciation of the threat or use of force – it is stated that using force or threaten to use
it, is not accepted in one of the fundamental principles of ASEAN
D. Effective cooperation among themselves – cooperation is the key to success, if one
knows to cooperate effectively there will be no problem at all.
Cooperation. If all South-East Asian countries abide to these fundamental principles of ASEAN,
progress and development will follow.

3) What is the ASEAN Community Vision 2025?

1. We, the Heads of State/Government representing the peoples of the Member States of
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (hereinafter referred to as ASEAN), gather here
today at the 27th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to celebrate the formal
establishment of the ASEAN Community 2015 and to chart the ASEAN Community Vision 2025.
2. We recall the ASEAN vision of an integrated, peaceful and stable community with
shared prosperity built upon the aspirations of and commitment to the Treaty of Amity and
Cooperation in Southeast Asia, the ASEAN Vision 2020, the Declaration of ASEAN Concord II,
the ASEAN Charter, the Roadmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) and the Bali
Declaration on ASEAN Community in a Global Community of Nations.
3. We are pleased that the positive progress made since 2009 in implementing the
Roadmap for an ASEAN Community comprising the ASEAN PoliticalSecurity Community,
ASEAN Economic Community and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprints, as well as the
Initiative for
ASEAN Integration (IAI) Strategic Framework and the IAI Work Plan II (2009-2015) and the
Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity has led us to another important milestone in ASEAN
development, namely, the formal establishment of the ASEAN Community 2015.
4. We resolve to consolidate our Community, building upon and deepening the integration
process to realise a rules-based, people-oriented, people-centred ASEAN Community, where
our peoples enjoy human rights and fundamental our sense of togetherness and common
identity, guided by the purposes and principles of the ASEAN Charter.
5. We envision a peaceful, stable and resilient Community with enhanced capacity to
respond effectively to challenges, and ASEAN as an outward-looking region within a global
community of nations, while maintaining ASEAN centrality. We also envision vibrant,
sustainable and highly integrated economies, enhanced ASEAN Connectivity as well as
strengthened efforts in narrowing the development gap, including through the IAI. We further
envision ASEAN empowered with capabilities, to seize opportunities and address challenges in
the coming decade.
6. We underline the complementarity of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development with ASEAN community building efforts to uplift the standards of living of our
peoples.

4. Objectives of ASEAN
The ASEAN Declaration states that the aims and purposes of the Association are: (1) to
accelerate economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region 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. The ASEAN Vision 2020, adopted by the ASEAN Leaders on the 30th
Anniversary of ASEAN, agreed on a shared vision of ASEAN as a concert of Southeast Asian
nations, outward looking, living in peace, stability and prosperity, bonded together in partnership
in dynamic development and in a community of caring societies. In 2003, the ASEAN Leaders
resolved that an ASEAN Community shall be established comprising three pillars, namely,
ASEAN Security Community, ASEAN Economic Community and ASEAN Socio-Cultural
Community.