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Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Welcome to the ASEAN Secretariat. Asean Secretariat building established on 9 May 1981. 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

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations

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  1. Association of Southeast Asian Nations

  2. Welcome to theASEAN Secretariat Asean Secretariat building established on 9 May 1981

  3. The Establishment of ASEAN Bangkok, 8 August 1967

  4. ASEAN’s Member Countries

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  7. POLITICAL OBJECTIVES:PEACE AND STABILITY

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

  9. 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.

  10. ASEAN Regional Forum

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

  12. 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

  13. ASEAN GOAL:ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

  14. ASEAN Free Trade Area Launched in January 1992 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.

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

  16. 23.2% 2002 12% 1967 ASEAN Free Trade Area Intra ASEAN trade vis-à-vis total trade

  17. Integrating ASEAN

  18. SINGAPORE-KUNMING RAIL-LINK

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

  20. 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.

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

  22. 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

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

  24. EXTERNAL RELATIONSDialogue Partners

  25. EXTERNAL RELATIONSDialogue Partners

  26. EXTERNAL RELATIONS Inter-regional cooperation ASEM APEC ASEAN + 3 EALAF

  27. ASEAN SUMMIT AEM AMM AFMM Others SEOM ASFOM Committees ASC SOM ASEAN Secretariat ASEAN ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

  28. ASEAN SECRETARIAT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE Secretary-General of ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General Operations Deputy Secretary-General Corporate Affairs Director Economic Cooperation Director Functional Cooperation Director Financial Cooperation Director Programme Coordination & External Relations • Administration • Finance • Personel • Information Technology • Special Projects • Public Information ORS : 42 LRS : 135

  29. THANK YOU.

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