Asean history
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History
ASEAN was preceded by an organization called the Association of Southeast Asia, an alliance consisting of the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand that was formed in 1961.
In 1976, the Melanesian state of Papua New Guinea was accorded observer status.[9]. Throughout the 1970s, the organization embarked on a program of economic cooperation, following the Bali Summit of 1976. Thisfloundered in the mid-1980s and was only revived around 1991 due to a Thai proposal for a regional free trade area. The bloc then grew when Brunei Darussalam became the sixth member after it joined on January 8, 1984, barely a week after the country became independent on January 1.[10]
During the 1990s, the bloc experienced an increase in both membership as well as in the drive for further integration.In 1990, Malaysia proposed the creation of an East Asia Economic Caucus[11] composing the then-members of ASEAN as well as the People's Republic of China, Japan, and South Korea, with the intention of counterbalancing the growing influence of the United States in the APEC as well as in the Asian region as a whole.[12][13] This proposal, however, failed since it faced heavy opposition from Japan andthe United States.[12][14]
Despite this failure, member states continued to work for further integration. In 1992, the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) scheme was signed as a schedule for phasing tarrifs and as a goal to increase the region’s competitive advantage as a production base geared for the world market. This law would act as the framework for the ASEAN Free Trade Area.
OnJuly 28, 1995, Vietnam became the seventh member, Laos and Myanmar joined two years later in July 23, 1997.[15] Cambodia was to have joined together with Laos and Myanmar, but was deferred due to the country's internal political struggle. The country later joined on April 30, 1999, following the stabilization of its government.[15]
At the turn of the 21st century, issues shifted to involve a moreenvironmental prospective. The organization started to discuss environmental agreements.
These included the signing of the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution in 2002 as an attempt to control haze pollution in Southeast Asia.[16] Unfortunately, this was unsuccessful due to the outbreaks of the 2005 Malaysian haze and the 2006 Southeast Asian haze. Other environmental treatiesintroduced by the organization include the Cebu Declaration on East Asian Energy Security[17], the ASEAN-Wildlife Enforcement Network in 2005[18], and the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, both of which are responses to Global Warming and the negative effects of climate change.
Through the Bali Concord II in 2003, ASEAN has subscribed to the notion of democratic peace, whichmeans all member countries believe democratic processes will promote regional peace and stability. Also the non-democratic members all agreed that it was something all member states should aspire to.[19]
In 2006, ASEAN was given observer status at the United Nations General Assembly.[20] As a response, the organization awarded the status of "dialogue partner" to the United Nations.[21] Furthermore,in July 23 that year, José Ramos-Horta, then Prime Minister of East Timor, signed a formal request for membership and expected the accession process to last at least five years before the then-observer state became a full member.[22][23]
On August 26, 2007, ASEAN has also stated that it aims to complete all its free trade agreements with China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealandby 2013, in line with the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015.[25][26]
The Founding of ASEAN
On 8 August 1967.. By virtue o00000f that document, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was born. And the document that they signed would be known as the ASEAN Declaration.
These aims and purposes were about cooperation in the economic, social, cultural,...
ASEAN was preceded by an organization called the Association of Southeast Asia, an alliance consisting of the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand that was formed in 1961.
In 1976, the Melanesian state of Papua New Guinea was accorded observer status.[9]. Throughout the 1970s, the organization embarked on a program of economic cooperation, following the Bali Summit of 1976. Thisfloundered in the mid-1980s and was only revived around 1991 due to a Thai proposal for a regional free trade area. The bloc then grew when Brunei Darussalam became the sixth member after it joined on January 8, 1984, barely a week after the country became independent on January 1.[10]
During the 1990s, the bloc experienced an increase in both membership as well as in the drive for further integration.In 1990, Malaysia proposed the creation of an East Asia Economic Caucus[11] composing the then-members of ASEAN as well as the People's Republic of China, Japan, and South Korea, with the intention of counterbalancing the growing influence of the United States in the APEC as well as in the Asian region as a whole.[12][13] This proposal, however, failed since it faced heavy opposition from Japan andthe United States.[12][14]
Despite this failure, member states continued to work for further integration. In 1992, the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) scheme was signed as a schedule for phasing tarrifs and as a goal to increase the region’s competitive advantage as a production base geared for the world market. This law would act as the framework for the ASEAN Free Trade Area.
OnJuly 28, 1995, Vietnam became the seventh member, Laos and Myanmar joined two years later in July 23, 1997.[15] Cambodia was to have joined together with Laos and Myanmar, but was deferred due to the country's internal political struggle. The country later joined on April 30, 1999, following the stabilization of its government.[15]
At the turn of the 21st century, issues shifted to involve a moreenvironmental prospective. The organization started to discuss environmental agreements.
These included the signing of the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution in 2002 as an attempt to control haze pollution in Southeast Asia.[16] Unfortunately, this was unsuccessful due to the outbreaks of the 2005 Malaysian haze and the 2006 Southeast Asian haze. Other environmental treatiesintroduced by the organization include the Cebu Declaration on East Asian Energy Security[17], the ASEAN-Wildlife Enforcement Network in 2005[18], and the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, both of which are responses to Global Warming and the negative effects of climate change.
Through the Bali Concord II in 2003, ASEAN has subscribed to the notion of democratic peace, whichmeans all member countries believe democratic processes will promote regional peace and stability. Also the non-democratic members all agreed that it was something all member states should aspire to.[19]
In 2006, ASEAN was given observer status at the United Nations General Assembly.[20] As a response, the organization awarded the status of "dialogue partner" to the United Nations.[21] Furthermore,in July 23 that year, José Ramos-Horta, then Prime Minister of East Timor, signed a formal request for membership and expected the accession process to last at least five years before the then-observer state became a full member.[22][23]
On August 26, 2007, ASEAN has also stated that it aims to complete all its free trade agreements with China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealandby 2013, in line with the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015.[25][26]
The Founding of ASEAN
On 8 August 1967.. By virtue o00000f that document, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was born. And the document that they signed would be known as the ASEAN Declaration.
These aims and purposes were about cooperation in the economic, social, cultural,...
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