About ASEAN
- ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
- It was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand.
- It was founded through the ASEAN Declaration, also known as the Bangkok Declaration.
- The five founding members were Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
- ASEAN aims to promote regional peace, stability, economic growth and cooperation among Southeast Asian countries
Member States of ASEAN
ASEAN currently has 11 Member States:
- Brunei Darussalam
- Cambodia
- Indonesia
- Lao PDR
- Malaysia
- Myanmar
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Viet Nam
Expansion of ASEAN
- 1967 – Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand became the founding members
- 1984 – Brunei Darussalam joined
- 1995 – Viet Nam joined
- 1997 – Lao PDR and Myanmar joined
- 1999 – Cambodia joined, completing the earlier ASEAN-10
- 2025 – Timor-Leste became the 11th member
ASEAN Community
- The ASEAN Community is organised around three major pillars:
- ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC)
→ Regional peace, security and political cooperation - ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
→ Economic integration, trade and investment - ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC)
→ Social development, education, culture, health and people-to-people cooperation
| This concept has been elaborately discussed in the – ADMM-PLUS JOINT COOPERATION ACTIVITY |