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Presentation onAsean

Submitted To: Submitted By:Mr. Archisman Sen Sir Anuj Pateriya

Megha MehraAastha Bindal

Sakshi Bhadauria

Manjeet

M.B.A-IB, Sec-D

3-May-12Amity International Business School, Noida

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Contents

Overview Aims and Purposes

Asean Way

Fundamental Principles

Asean Summit About Asean Flag

Asean Community

Asean Charter

Asean Secretariat

ACIA

From CEPT To AEC

Criticism


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Overview

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 andThailand.


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The ASEAN Headquarters in Jakarta

Inaugurated on 9 May 1981.

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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.

ASEAN covers an area of

4.46 million km, 3% of the total

land area of Earth.


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Surin Pitsuwan, Asean

Secretary General.

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Aims And Purposes

As set out in the ASEAN Declaration, the aims and purposes of ASEAN are: To accelerate the economic growth, social progress and cultural

development in the region.

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.


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To promote active collaboration and mutual assistance on matters ofcommon interest in the economic, social, cultural, technical,scientific and administrative fields.

To collaborate more effectively for the greater utilisation of theiragriculture and industries, the expansion of their trade etc.

To maintain close and beneficial cooperation with existinginternational and regional organisations with similar aims andpurposes, and explore all avenues for even closer cooperationamong themselves.

To provide assistance to each other in the form of training andresearch facilities in the educational, professional, technical andadministrative spheres.


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Asean Way

All the features, namely non-interference, informality, minimal

institutionalisation, consultation and consensus, non-use of force and

non-confrontation have constituted what is called the ASEAN Way.

This ASEAN Way has recently proven itself relatively successful in

the settlements of disputes by peaceful manner realm.

Despite this success, some academics continue to argue that

ASEAN's non-interference principle has worsened efforts to

improve in the areas of Burma, human rights abuses and haze

pollution in the region.


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Fundamental PrinciplesIn their relations with one another, the ASEAN Member States have adopted

the following fundamental principles, as contained in the Treaty of Amityand Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) of 1976:

Mutual respect for the independence, sovereignty, equality, territorialintegrity, and national identity of all nations;

The right of every State to lead its national existence free from externalinterference, 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.


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Asean Summit

The organisation holds meetings, known as the ASEAN Summit,

where heads of government of each member meet to discuss and

resolve regional issues.

In 2001, it was decided to meet annually to address urgent issues

affecting the region. Member nations were assigned to be the summit

host in alphabetical order.

By December 2008, the ASEAN Charter came into force and with it,

the ASEAN Summit will be held twice in a year.


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The formal summit meets for three days. The usual itinerary is asfollows:

Leaders of member states would hold an internal organisationmeeting.

Leaders of member states would hold a conference together withforeign ministers of the ASEAN Regional Forum.

A meeting, known as ASEAN Plus Three, is set for leaders of threeDialogue Partners (People's Republic of China, Japan, South Korea)

A separate meeting, known as ASEAN-CER, is set for another set ofleaders of two Dialogue Partners (Australia, New Zealand).


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About Asean Flag The ASEAN Flag is a symbol of Member States unity and support for the

principles and endeavours of ASEAN and is a means to promote greaterASEAN awareness and solidarity.

The ASEAN Flag represents a stable, peaceful, united and dynamic

ASEAN. The colours of the Flagblue, red, white and yellowrepresent

the main colours of the flags of all the ASEAN Member States.

The stalks of padi in the centre of the Emblem represent the dream of

ASEAN's Founding Fathers for an ASEAN comprising all the countries in

Southeast Asia, bound together in friendship and solidarity.

The circle represents the unity of ASEAN.


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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 concertof Southeast Asian nations, living in peace, stability and prosperity,

bonded together in partnership in dynamic development and in a

community of caring societies.

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.


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ASEAN Political-Security Communitypeaceful processes inthe settlement of intra-regional differences and it has the followingcomponents: political development, shaping and sharing of norms,conflict prevention, conflict resolution, post-conflict peace building,and implementing mechanisms

ASEAN Economic Community - creating a stable, prosperousand highly competitive ASEAN economic region in which there isa free flow of goods, services, investment and a freer flow ofcapital, equitable economic development and reduced poverty andsocio-economic disparities in year 2020.

ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community - envisages a community ofcaring societies and founded on a common regional identity, withcooperation focused on social development aimed at raising thestandard of living of disadvantaged groups and the rural population.


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Asean Charter The ASEAN Charter serves as a firm foundation in achieving the ASEAN

Community by providing legal status and institutional framework for ASEAN. Italso 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 markthis 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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ACIA

The ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Area (ACIA) will encouragethe free flow of investment within ASEAN. The main principles of the

ACIA are as follows

All industries are to be opened up for investment, with exclusions to

be phased out according to schedules

National treatment is granted immediately to ASEAN investors with

few exclusions

Elimination of investment impediments

Streamlining of investment process and procedures Enhancing transparency

Undertaking investment facilitation measures


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From CEPT To AECA Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) scheme to promote the free

flow of goods within ASEAN lead the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA). TheASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) is an agreement by the member nations ofASEAN concerning local manufacturing in all ASEAN countries.

The next step is ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) with main objectivesare to create a:

single market and production base

highly competitive economic region

region of equitable economic development

region fully integrated into the global economy

Since 2007, the ASEAN countries gradually lower their import dutiesamong them and targeted will be zero for most of the import duties at 2015.

Since 2011, AEC has agreed to strengthen the position and increase thecompetitive edges of small and medium enterprises (SME) in the ASEANregion.


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Asean Secretariat The ASEAN Secretariat was set up in February 1976 by the Foreign

Ministers of ASEAN. The existing ASEAN Secretariat at Jakarta wasestablished and officiated in 1981 by the then President of Indonesia, H.E.Soeharto.

The ASEAN Secretariats basic function is to provide for greater

efficiency in the coordination of ASEAN organs and for more effectiveimplementation of ASEAN projects and activities

The ASEAN Secretariats vision is that by 2015, it will be the nerve centreof a strong and confident ASEAN Community that is globally respectedfor acting in full compliance with its Charter.

The ASEAN Secretariats mission is to initiate, facilitate and coordinateASEAN stakeholder collaboration in realising the purposes and principlesof ASEAN as reflected in the ASEAN Charter.


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Criticism Non-ASEAN countries have criticised ASEAN for being too soft in its

approach to promoting human rights and democracy in the junta-ledBurma.

This has caused concern as the European Union, a potential trade partner,

has refused to conduct free trade negotiations at a regional level for thesepolitical reasons.

International observers view it as a "talk shop", which implies that theorganisation is "big on words but small on action".

Head of the International Institute of Strategic StudiesAsia, Tim Huxleycites the diverse political systems present in the grouping, including manyyoung states, as a barrier to far-reaching cooperation outside the economicsphere.


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During the 12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu, several activist groups

staged anti-globalisation and anti-Arroyo rallies. According to theactivists, the agenda of economic integration would negatively affect

industries in the Philippines and would cause thousands of Filipinos

to lose their jobs.


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Thank You.


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