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Association of Southeast Asian Nations
MILAN AWASTHI
ROLL NO. 140
INTRODUCTION
 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

was established 40 years ago on 8 August 1967 with five
founding members.
 It covers ‘a population of about 550 million, a total area

of 4.5 million square kilometers, a combined gross
domestic product of about USD 1 trillion and total trade
of more than USD 1.4 trillion
 Today ASEAN has 10 Member States
 BruneiDarussalam
 The Kingdom of Cambodia
 The Republic of Indonesia
 The Lao People’s Democratic Republic
 Malaysia
 The Union of Myanmar
 The Republic of the Philippines
 The Republic of Singapore
 The Kingdom of Thailand and
 The Socialist Republic of Vietnam
VISION OF ASEAN
 In 1997, ASEAN Leaders articulated a 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’.
 It proposes a conceptual framework, consisting of interrelated

concepts of a regional learning and innovation culture,
sustainable knowledge systems, and communities of practice,
for building the ASEAN Community.
PNINCIPALS
 Southeast Asia signed in 1976 and affirm med under the Bali
Concord II signed in 2003. These principles, which together
comprise the code of conduct governing relations between
states, are stated in the ASEAN Charter as follows (ASEAN
Doc. #1217 n.d.; ASEAN Doc. #21069 n.d.):
 respect for the independence, sovereignty, equality, territorial
integrity, and national identity of all ASEAN Member States.
 shared commitment and collective responsibility in enhancing
regional peace, security, and prosperity.
 renunciation of aggression and of the threat or use of force or
other actions in any manner inconsistent with international law.
 There will be a Committee of Permanent Representatives
(PRs) to ASEAN that shall take over the functions of the
ASEAN Standing Committee. The PRs shall be appointed
by each Member State.
 There will be a new ASEAN human rights body.
 The ASEAN Foundation will be accountable to the SG of
ASEAN.
 Decision-making will continue to be based principally on
consultation and consensus. Where consensus cannot be
achieved, the ASEAN Summit may decide how a specifi c decision
can be made.
 Flexible participation, such as the ASEAN Minus X formula, may
be applied where there is a consensus to do so.
• The mandate and role of the SG of ASEAN shall be enhanced
especially in interpreting the ASEAN Charter if and when requested,
and in advancing the interest of ASEAN and its legal personality.
• Four Deputy Secretary-Generals (DSGs) shall be appointed. The
three ASEAN Community Councils will be headed by one DSG
each and the fourth DSG may concentrate on ASEC affairs and on
narrowing the development gap among ASEAN Member States.
• There shall be no change to the equal sharing of contributions to the
annual operating budget of the ASEAN Secretariat.
CRITICISM
 Non-ASEAN countries have criticized ASEAN for being too soft in its approach
to promoting human rights and democracy in the junta-led Myanmar. Despite
global outrage at the military crack-down on peaceful protesters in Yangon,
ASEAN has refused to suspend Myanmar as a member and also rejects
proposals for economic sanctions. This has caused concern as the European
Union, a potential trade partner, has refused to conduct free trade negotiations at
a regional level for these political reasons. international observers view it as a
"talk shop", which implies that the organization is "big on words but small on
action".
 Head of the International Institute of Strategic Studies– Asia, Tim Huxley cites
the diverse political systems present in the grouping, including many young
states, as a barrier to far-reaching cooperation outside the economic sphere. He
also asserts that in the absence of an external threat to rally against with the end
of the Cold War ASEAN has begun to be less successful at restraining its
members and resolving border disputes such as those between Burma and
Thailand and Indonesia and Malaysia .
CONCLUSION
ASEAN’s vision of an integrated and cohesive ASEAN

Community and how information and communication
technologies (ICT) can be used to turn this vision into reality.
Given ASEAN’s 40-year history in building regional
institutions and adopting regional policies, the vision of an
ASEAN Community must necessarily go beyond what
ASEAN has achieved in the political and economic spheres to
the social and cultural levels. In this age of rapid change,
ASEAN needs to build a stronger regional learning and
innovation culture and sustainable knowledge systems that
will serve the needs of the people of ASEAN and enable them
to participate in the building of an ASEAN Community as
members of local and global communities of practice.

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations

 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

 It covers ‘a population of about 550 million, a total area

 In 1997, ASEAN Leaders articulated a vision of ASEAN as ‘a

 It proposes a conceptual framework, consisting of interrelated

ASEAN’s vision of an integrated and cohesive ASEAN

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