ASEAN AN OVERVIEW

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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Welcome to theASEAN Secretariat
Asean Secretariat building established on 9 May
1981
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The Establishment of ASEAN
Bangkok, 8 August 1967
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ASEANs Member Countries
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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
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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.

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POLITICAL OBJECTIVESPEACE AND STABILITY
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Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia
(1976)

• Contains fundamentals principles on interstate
  relations.
• Provides mechanisms for pacific settlement of
  disputes.

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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.

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ASEAN Regional Forum
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ASEAN Regional Forum

• Confidence-building
• Preventive diplomacy
• Conflict resolution

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ARF
ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)
ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM
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ASEAN GOALECONOMIC INTEGRATION
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ASEAN Free Trade Area
Launched in January 1992
To eliminate
tariff
among the
barriers
Southeast
Asian
with a view
countries
to integrating
the ASEAN
economies
into a single
production base
and creating
a regional
500 million people.
market of
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ASEAN Free Trade Area
Average tariff under AFTA
20
15
Percent
12.76
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3.57
5
0
1993
2002
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ASEAN Free Trade Area

• Intra ASEAN trade
• vis-à-vis total trade

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Integrating ASEAN
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SINGAPORE-KUNMING RAIL-LINK
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ASEAN Tourism

• To promote Southeast Asia as a single tourism
  destination.

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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.

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FINANCIAL COOPERATIONASEAN Surveillance Process

• Monitoring of global, regional and national
  financial developments
• Peer review

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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

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FUNCTIONAL COOPERATION

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

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EXTERNAL RELATIONSDialogue Partners
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EXTERNAL RELATIONSDialogue Partners
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EXTERNAL RELATIONS Inter-regional cooperation
ASEM
APEC
ASEAN 3
EALAF
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ASEAN ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
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ASEAN SECRETARIAT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Secretary-General of ASEAN
Deputy Secretary-General Operations
Deputy Secretary-General Corporate Affairs
Director Programme Coordination External
Relations
Director Economic Cooperation
Director Functional Cooperation
Director Financial Cooperation

• Administration
• Finance
• Personel
• Information Technology
• Special Projects
• Public Information

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