The ASEAN
Secretariat · 70A Jl. Sisingamangaraja · Jakarta 12110 · Indonesia
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Email : public@aseansec.org
ESTABLISHMENT
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations or
ASEAN was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok by the five
original Member Countries, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore,
and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined on 8 January 1984, Vietnam on 28
July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April
1999.
The ASEAN region has a population of about 500 million, a total area of
4.5 million square kilometers, a combined gross domestic product of almost
US$ 700 billion, and a total trade of about US$ 850 billion.
OBJECTIVES
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.
Structure:
AEM : ASEAN Economic Ministers
AMM : ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
AFMM : ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting
SEOM : Senior Economic Officials Meeting
ASC : ASEAN Standing Committee
SOM : Senior Officials Meeting
ASFOM : ASEAN Senior Finance Officials Meeting
*Ministerial meetings in agriculture and forestry, trade, energy, environment,
finance, information, investment, labour, law, regional haze, rural development
and poverty alleviation, science and technology, social welfare, transnational
crime, transportation, tourism, youth, the AIA Council and, the AFTA Council.
Supporting these ministerial bodies are 29 committees of senior officials
and 122 technical working groups.
The highest decision-making body in ASEAN is the annual meeting of the
ASEAN Heads of State and Government. Whenever decided, the ASEAN Summit
is preceded by a Joint Ministerial Meeting (JMM) composed of Foreign and
Economic Ministers. The ASEAN Standing Committee, under the Chairmanship
of the Foreign Minister of the country-in-chair, is mandated to coordinate
the work of the Association in between the annual ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
(AMM). The ASEAN Chair and Vice Chair are elected based on alphabetical
rotation of all ASEAN Member Countries. The ASEAN Secretariat, headed
by the Secretary-General of ASEAN, is mandated to "initiate, advise,
coordinate, and implement ASEAN activities." The operational budget
of the ASEAN Secretariat is prepared annually and funded through equal
contribution of all ASEAN Member Countries. ASEAN is supported by several
specialized centres of excellence based on different ASEAN capitals. The
Association is also supported by ASEAN Committees in Third Countries composed
of Ambassadors of all ASEAN Member Countries based in the capitals of
the ASEAN Dialogue Partners and other countries. ASEAN has 11 Dialogue
Partners, namely Australia, Canada, China, European Union, India, Japan,
New Zealand, Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the United States
and the United Nations Development Programme. In general, ASEAN makes
decisions based on consensus and consultations. Other innovative ways
of carrying out decisions are also employed as and when necessary and
agreed upon
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