ASEAN: A Quick Glance

ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN ASSOCIATIONS

ESTABLISHED DATE: 8 August 1967 at Bangkok, Thailand

ORIGINAL MEMBER COUNTRIES: 5 countries
• Indonesia
• Malaysia
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand

SECRETARIAT: Jakarta, Indonesia

POPULATION (As of 2006): 560 million

AREA: 4.5 million sq. km.

OTHER MEMBERS: 5 countries
• Brunei Darussalam – Joined on 8 Jan 1984
• Vietnam – Joined on 28 July 1995
• Myanmar- Joined on 23 July 1997
• Cambodia -Joined on 30 April 1999

OBJECTIVES:
To accelerate
• Economic Growth
• Social Progress
• Cultural development in the region And,
To promote
• Regional Peace
• Stability
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES:
• 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;
• Peaceful settlement of differences or disputes;
• Renunciation of the threat or use of force; and
• Effective cooperation among themselves.
COMMUNITIES:
• ASEAN Security Community
• ASEAN Economic Community
• ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community

HIGHEST DECISION MAKING ORGAN:
Meeting of the ASEAN heads of State and Government.
LAST SUMMIT:
Last summit was 14th summit took place in Hua-Hin, Thailand.

For ASEAN General Secretary and other info…Here