Module 7 Asian Regionalism

Asian Regionalism
https://asean.org/asean/about-asean/
ESTABLISHMENT
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or
ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in
Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the
ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the
Founding Fathers of ASEAN, namely Indonesia,
Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
Brunei Darussalam then joined on 7 January 1984,

Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on
23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999, making
up what is today the ten Member States of ASEAN
AIMS AND PURPOSES
To accelerate the economic growth,
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;
To promote regional peace and stability
through abiding respect for justice and the
rule of law in the relationship among
countries of the region and adherence to the
principles of the United Nations Charter;
To promote active collaboration
and mutual assistance on matters of
common interest in the economic,
social, cultural, technical, scientific
and administrative fields;
To provide assistance to each other
in the form of training and research
facilities in the educational,
professional, technical and
administrative spheres
To collaborate more effectively for the greater
utilisation of their agriculture and industries, the
expansion of their trade, including the study of the
problems of international commodity trade, the
improvement of their transportation and
communications facilities and the raising of the living
standards of their peoples;
To promote Southeast Asian studies; and

To maintain close and beneficial
cooperation with existing international and
regional organisations with similar aims
and purposes, and explore all avenues for
even closer cooperation among themselves
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
In their relations with one another, the

ASEAN Member States have adopted
the following fundamental principles,
as contained in the
Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in So
utheast Asia (TAC)
of 1976:
Mutual respect for the independence,
sovereignty, equality, territorial integrity, and
national identity of all nations;
The right of every State to lead its national

existence free from external interference,
subversion or coercion;
Non-interference in the internal affairs of one

another;
Settlement of differences or disputes
by peaceful manner;
Renunciation of the threat or use of
force; and
Effective cooperation among
themselves
ASEAN COMMUNITY
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.
At the 9th ASEAN Summit in 2003, the ASEAN
Leaders resolved that an ASEAN Community shall be
established.
At the 12th ASEAN Summit in January 2007, the Leaders
affirmed their strong commitment to accelerate the establishment
of an ASEAN Community by 2015 and signed the
Cebu Declaration on the Acceleration of the Establishment of an
ASEAN Community by 2015
.
The ASEAN Community is comprised of three pillars, namely
the ASEAN Political-Security Community,
ASEAN Economic Community and
ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community. Each pillar has its own
Blueprint, and, together with the
Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) Strategic Framework and
IAI Work Plan Phase II (2009-2015)
, they form the Roadmap for an ASEAN Community 2009-2015.
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.
With the entry into force of the ASEAN Charter,
ASEAN will henceforth operate under a new legal
framework and establish a number of new organs to
boost its community-building process.
In effect, the ASEAN Charter has become a legally
binding agreement among the 10 ASEAN Member
States.

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Asian Regionalism

Brunei Darussalam then joined on 7 January 1984,

To promote Southeast Asian studies; and

In their relations with one another, the

The right of every State to lead its national

Non-interference in the internal affairs of one

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