The Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was founded by the five original
countries consisting of: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore,
and Thailand. Established in Bangkok on 8 August 1967, the main aim
of ASEAN was to increase economic growth, social progression,
developing a solid foundation through partnership to wield together a
prosperous and peceful community between the different nations
involved.
The association is
currently made up of ten different countries with five new additions
to the original five. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 8 January
1984, while Vietnam joined on 28 July 1995. Laos and Myanmar both
joined on 23 July 1997 on the associations 30th
anniversary, and the tenth member Cambodia joined on 30 April 1999.
Some of the fundamental
principles that were included are:
. Call for mutual
respect towards the independance, equality, as well as the national
identity of all participating nations
. Each States' right in
creating a coercion, external interference or subversion free nation.
. Refrain interfering
with the internal affairs of the other states
. Settling of
differences or disputes in an orderly manner
. Abstain from using
force or threats against the other members of the association
. Collaboration and
coordination amongst members
Since its inception,
relations with the US have been growing better and the
representatives and ambassadors have met with President Obama in
Singapore in 2009. With that, this is the brief history behind ASEAN
and we hope that explains a bit about ASEAN. Till next time, safe
travels everyone!!
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