Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Submitted by-Praveen Saini

Submitted to-Mr. Sandeep Chaudhary
GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS
 MEMBER COUNTRIES

• Brunei
• Cambodia
• Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam
 History
• ASEAN was preceded by an organisation called the Association of Southeast Asia,
commonly called ASA
• an alliance consisting of the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand that was formed in
1961.
• The bloc itself, however, was established on 8 August 1967, when foreign ministers
of five countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and
Thailand met.
• met at the Thai Department of Foreign Affairs building in Bangkok and signed the
ASEAN Declaration, more commonly known as the Bangkok Declaration.
• The five foreign ministers – Adam Malik of Indonesia, Narciso Ramos of the
Philippines, Abdul Razak of Malaysia, S. Rajaratnam of Singapore, and Thanat
Khoman of Thailand – are considered as the organisation's Founding Fathers.
In 1976, the Melanesian state of Papua New Guinea was accorded observer status
In 1976, the Melanesian state of Papua New Guinea was accorded observer status

Brunei Darussalam became the sixth member after it joined on 8 January 1984,
barely a week after the country became independent on 1 January.
On 28 July 1995, Vietnam became the seventh member.
Laos and Burma (Myanmar) joined two years later in 23 July 1997.
The country later joined on 30 April 1999, following the stabilizations of its
government.
 MOTIVATION BEHIND ASEAN
• The motivations for the birth of ASEAN were so that its members’
governing elite could concentrate .
• nation building
• Combat communism.

• mistrust of external powers

• desire for economic development
• Nationalism
 FACTS & FIGURES
Population: 500 million
GDP: US$700 billion
Foreign Trade US$737 billion
Seat of Secretariat Jakarta
Working language English
Formation - Bangkok Declaration 8 August 1967
Charter 16 December 2008
Area - Total 4,464,322 km2
Population - 2008 estimate577 million
Density 129/km2
GDP (PPP) 2007 estimate - Total US$ 3,431.2 billion -
Per capita US$ 5,962
GDP 2008 - Total US$ 1,505.7 billion -
Per capita $2,609
 AIMS AND PURPOSE
• TO ACCELERATE ECONOMIC GROWTH,SOCIAL
PROGRESS,AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

• TO PROMOTE REGIONAL PEACE AND

STABILITY

• TO PROMOTE ACTIVE COLLABRATION AND

MUTUAL ASSISTANCE
• TO PROMOTE ASSISTANCE TO EACH OTHER

• TO COLLABRATE MORE EFFECTIVELY FOR THE

GREATER UTILISATION OF THEIR AGRICULTURE
AND INDUSTRIES

• TO MAINTAIN CLOSE AND BENIFICIAL

COOPERATION WITH EXISTING INTERNATIONAL
AND REGIONAL ORGANISATION
 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
• MUTUAL RESPECT OF THE INDEPENDENCE,
SOVEREIGNTY, EQUALITY, TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY
AND NATIONAL IDENTITY OF ALL THE NATION.

• THE RIGHT OF EVERY STATE TO LEAD ITS

NATIONAL EXISTENCE FREE FROM EXTERNAL
INTERFERANCE, SUBVERSION OR COERSION.

• NON INTERFERANCE IN THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS

OF ONE ANOTHER.
• SETTELMENT OF DIFFERENCE OR DISPUTE BY
PEACEFUL MANNER.

• RENUNCIATION OF THE TREAT OR USE OF

FORCE

• EFFECTIVE COOPERATION AMONG

THEMSELVES
 ASEAN CHARTER

• The ASEAN Charter serves as a firm foundation in

achieving the ASEAN Community by providing legal
status and institutional framework for ASEAN. It
also codifies ASEAN norms, rules and values; sets
clear targets for ASEAN; and presents
accountability and compliance.
• The ASEAN Charter entered into force on 15
December 2008. A gathering of the ASEAN
Foreign Ministers was held at the ASEAN
Secretariat in Jakarta to mark this very historic
occasion for ASEAN
 ASEAN COMMUNITY
THE ASEAN COMMUNITY IS COMPRISED OF
THREE PILLARS,NAMELY -
• THE ASEAN POLITICAL SECURITY
COMMUNITY,
• ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND
• ASEAN SOCIO-CULTURAL COMMUNITY
 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 SOCIO-CULTURAL
COMMUNITY
(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.
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 SUMMITS
DATE COUNTRY HOST
FEB 1976 INDONESIA BALI
AUG 1977 MALAYSIA KUALA LUMPUR
DEC 1987 PHILIPPINES MANILA
JAN 1992 SINGAPORE SINGAPORE
DEC 1995 THAILAND BANGKOK
DEC 1998 VIETNAM HANOI
NOV 2001 BRUNEI BANDAR SERI
BEGAWAN
DATE COUNTRY HOST
NOV 2002 COMBODIA PHNOM PNEH
OCT 2003 INDONESIA BALI
NOV 2004 LAOS VIENTAINE
DEC 2005 MALAYSIA KUALA LUMPUR
JAN 2007 PHILIPPINES CEBU
NOV 2007 SINGAPORE SINGAPORE
APR 2009 THAILAND PATTAYA
OCT 2009 THAILAND CHA AM
 AFTA
• It is known as ASEAN FREE TRADE AREA.
• It is a common external preferential tariff
scheme to promote the free flow of goods
within ASEAN.
• The ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) is an
agreement by the member nations of ASEAN .
• It is concerning local manufacturing in all
ASEAN countries.
• The AFTA agreement was signed on 28
January 1992 in Singapore.
• When the AFTA agreement was originally
signed, ASEAN had six members, namely,
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines,
Singapore and Thailand.
• Vietnam joined in 1995, Laos and Myanmar in
1997, and Cambodia in 1999.
• The latecomers have not fully met the AFTA's
obligations, but they are officially considered
part of the AFTA as they were required to sign
the agreement upon entry into ASEAN.
• They were given longer time frames in which
to meet AFTA's tariff reduction obligations.
 Comprehensive Investment Area
• The ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Area
(ACIA) will encourage the free flow of
investment within ASEAN.
• The main principles of the ACIA are as follows
:-
 All industries are to be opened up for
investment, with exclusions to be phased out
according to schedules.
• National treatment is granted immediately to
ASEAN investors with few exclusions
• Elimination of investment impediments
• Streamlining of investment process and
procedures
• Enhancing transparency
• Undertaking investment facilitation measures