Bangkok Declaration 8 -August, 1967

•ASEAN Declaration is the founding document of Association of

Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
• Signed in Bangkok on August 8, 1967 by the five ASEAN founding
members Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand
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.

The ASEAN Community is comprised of three pillars,

ASEAN Political-Security Community
ASEAN Economic Community and
ASEAN Social-Cultural Community

The motto of ASEAN is...

 ASEAN Basic Data

Total Population : 647.45 million

Total trade: US$ 2,574.8 billion
Total GDP : US$ 2.9 trillion

Goal Of ASEAN

Its aims include…….

• Accelerating economic growth social progress cultural ,
• Development among its members,
• Protection of regional peace and stability, and
• Opportunities for member countries to discuss differences
peacefully.
 ASEAN SECRETARIAT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

LIM JOCK HOI

Secretary-General
of ASEAN
ROBERT MATHEUS
DR ALADDIN D. RILLO MICHAEL TENE
Deputy Deputy
Secretary-General Secretary-General
Operations Corporate Affairs

Director •Administration
Programmer •Finance
Director Director Director •Personal
Economic Functional Financial Coordination •Information
Cooperation Cooperation Cooperation & Technology
External •Special Projects
Relations •Public Information
 ASEAN Charter…….

•On 15 December 2008 the members of ASEAN met in the

Indonesian capital of Jakarta to launch a charter, signed in
November 2007, with the aim of moving closer.

•The charter turns ASEAN into a legal entity and aims to create a
single free-trade area for the region encompassing 500 million
people.
The ASEAN Charter has become a legally binding agreement
among the 10 ASEAN Member States. It will also be registered
with the Secretariat of the United Nations.

The importance of the ASEAN Charter can be seen in the

following contexts:
•New political commitment at the top level
•New and enhanced commitments
•New legal framework, legal personality
•New ASEAN bodies
•More ASEAN meetings
•More roles of ASEAN Foreign Ministers
•New and enhanced role of the
Secretary-General of ASEAN
•Other new initiatives and changes
 ASEAN Free Trade AREA
Launched in 28 January 1992
To eliminate tariff barriers among the Southeast Asian countries with a
view to integrating the ASEAN economies into a single production base
and creating a regional market of 500 million Plus people.

Agreements & Declarations

EAST ASIA SUMMIT

ASIA- PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATIONS

REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP

ASEAN PLUS THREE

 Free Trade Agreements with Dialogue Partners

ASEAN - India Free Trade Area

ASEAN - China Free Trade Area

ASEAN - Republic of Korea

Free Trade Area

ASEAN - Japan Free Trade Area

ASEAN – Australia and New

Zealand
EXTERNAL RELATIONS Dialogue Partners
 ASEAN - India

• Framework Agreement on Comprehensive

Economic Cooperation Between the India
and the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations was issued at, Bali, 8 October 2003

It was officially signed at, Bangkok, on 13 August 2009

16th ASEAN – INDIA summit held at Thailand on 3rd Nov 2019