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Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The Establishment of ASEAN. Bangkok, 8 August 1967. ASEAN’s Member Countries. ASEAN Basic Data. Total Population : 497.56 million Total GDP : US$ 737.48 billion Total trade: US$ 720 billion Total Area : 4,495,493 sq.km.

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations

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  1. Association of Southeast Asian Nations

  2. The Establishment of ASEAN Bangkok, 8 August 1967

  3. ASEAN’s Member Countries

  4. ASEAN Basic Data • Total Population : 497.56 million • Total GDP : US$ 737.48 billion • Total trade: US$ 720 billion • Total Area : 4,495,493 sq.km Source: An Overview of ASEAN, 2000

  5. Goals of ASEAN • To accelerate the economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region through joint endeavors; and • To promote regional peace and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law.

  6. POLITICAL OBJECTIVES:PEACE AND STABILITY

  7. Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (1976) • Contains fundamentals principles on interstate relations. • Provides mechanisms for pacific settlement of disputes.

  8. Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone15 December 1995 • An undertaking by ASEAN states not to develop, manufacture, acquire, possess, test or use nuclear weapons. • Negotiations for the accession of Nuclear Weapon States are underway.

  9. ASEAN Regional Forum

  10. ASEAN Regional Forum • Confidence-building • Preventive diplomacy • Conflict resolution

  11. Cambodia Canada Brunei Darussalam Australia China DPRK European Union Vietnam India United States Indonesia Thailand Japan Singapore Russia Laos Rep. of Korea Malaysia Mongolia Philippines Myanmar New Zealand Papua New Guinea ARF ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM

  12. ASEAN GOAL:ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

  13. ASEAN Free Trade Area Launched in January 1993 To eliminate tariff barriers among the Southeast Asian countries with a view to integrating the ASEAN economies into a single production base and creating a regional market of 500 million people.

  14. ASEAN Free Trade Area Average tariff under AFTA 20 15 Percent 12.76% 10 3.57% 5 0 1993 2002

  15. 23.2% 2002 12% 1967 ASEAN Free Trade Area Intra ASEAN trade vis-à-vis total trade

  16. Integrating ASEAN

  17. SINGAPORE-KUNMING RAIL-LINK

  18. ASEAN Tourism To promote Southeast Asia as a single tourism destination.

  19. e-ASEAN • To encourage and facilitate the growth of e-commerce; • Utilization of ICT in social services and government operations; and • To narrow the digital divide within the region.

  20. FINANCIAL COOPERATIONASEAN Surveillance Process • Monitoring of global, regional and national financial developments • Peer review

  21. The Chiang Mai Initiative • An expanded ASEAN Swap Arrangement to help countries meet temporary liquidity problems • A network of bilateral swap arrangements among ASEAN countries, China, Japan and Republic of Korea

  22. FUNCTIONAL COOPERATION • Human and social development • Culture and information • Science and technology • Environment • Transnational crime, including terrorism, drugs and narcotics trafficking.

  23. EXTERNAL RELATIONSDialogue Partners

  24. EXTERNAL RELATIONS Inter-regional cooperation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Asia-Europe Meeting ASEM APEC ASEAN + 3 EALAF East Asia-Latin America Forum

  25. THANK YOU.

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