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Definition: Association Of Southeast Asian Nations |
Association Of Southeast Asian NationsNoun1. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Agriculture | A multilateral organization formed in 1967 by the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand to promote economic, social, and cultural cooperation among nations in the Southeast Asian region. Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar joined later. (ASEAN). (references) |
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a political, economic, and cultural organization of countries located in Southeast Asia. Founded in 1967, its aim is to foster cooperation and mutual assistance among members. The countries meet regularly every November in summits.
The ASEAN also conducts dialogue meetings with other countries and an organization, collectively known as the ASEAN dialogue partners. They are
Australia, Canada, the People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea, the United States, India, Japan, Mongolia, New Zealand, Russia, and the European Union.
The member countries of ASEAN are diverse.
They include some of the most repressive and some of the most democratic governments in the world, with economic policies ranging from liberal and democratic to communist and socialist.
The cultures and religions of the various peoples in the region include the predominantly Catholic Philippines, to Indonesia, the largest Muslim nation, and Buddhist Thailand.
ASEAN includes governments considered corrupt and governments considered transparent.
The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is an informal multilateral dialogue of 23 members that seeks to address security issues in the Asia-Pacific region.
The ARF met for the first time in 1994.
The members include the 10 member states of the ASEAN, the observer Papua New Guinea, and the 12 ASEAN dialogue partners.
The ASEAN was established on August 8, 1967, when foreign ministers of five countries—Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand met at the Thai Department of Foreign Affairs building in Bangkok and signed the ASEAN Declaration (also known as the Bangkok Declaration).
The five foreign ministers, considered the organization's Founding Fathers, were Adam Malik of Indonesia, Narciso R. Ramos of the Philippines, Tun Abdul Razak of Malaysia, S. Rajaratnam of Singapore, and Thanat Khoman of Thailand.
The founding fathers envisaged that the organization will eventually encompass all countries in Southeast Asia.
Brunei Darussalam became the sixth member of the ASEAN when it joined on January 7, 1984, barely a week after the country became independent on January 1.
It would be a further 11 years before ASEAN expanded from its core six members.
Vietnam became the seventh member in 1995, and Laos and Myanmar joined two years later in July 1997.
Cambodia was to have joined the ASEAN together with Laos and Myanmar, but was deferred due to the country's internal political struggle.
Cambodia later joined on April 30, 1999, following the stabilization of its government.
Thus was completed the ASEAN-10—the organization of all countries in Southeast Asia.
The new nation of East Timor, previously part of Indonesia, has had a long struggle with ASEAN.
East Timor, during its long process towards independence, has sought to have observer status in the ASEAN, much like Papua New Guinea, and eventually official member status.
However, many countries in the ASEAN have barred support for East Timor in the late 1990s in the name of solidarity with Indonesia.
Myanmar, in particular, opposed granting observer status to East Timor because of the latter's support for Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Since East Timor's independence in May 2002, the ASEAN has been more accommodating of the new nation.
East Timor has already been invited to several ASEAN meetings.
However, East Timor is still not an observer nation in the ASEAN.Members
The current member countries of ASEAN are:
Papua New Guinea has observer status in the ASEAN.The ASEAN Regional Forum
History
East Timor
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Synonym: Association Of Southeast Asian NationsSynonym: ASEAN (n). (additional references) |
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Business | Singapore's market of 3.5 million may appear limited in comparison to its regional neighbors, but per capita income has grown to US$26,500, second only to Japan in all of Asia. Singapore functions as a major trading and distribution center for the remaining ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) markets which have a combined population of 350 million. (references) | |
Economic History | Laos | Laos was admitted into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in July 1997 and applied to join WTO in 1998. (references) |
Malaysia | As a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN--established 1967), Malaysia views regional cooperation as the cornerstone of its foreign policy. (references) | |
Burma | Burma joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1997, and has eagerly participated in that regional forum, even hosting a number of seminars, symposia and conferences. (references) | |
Political Economy | Malaysia | Malaysia is a leading member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), an organization the United States supports strongly. (references) |
Thailand | Thailand is a major force in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and plays an active role in regional economic organizations such as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) and international organizations such as the World Trade Organization (WTO). (references) | |
Vietnam | In July 1995, Vietnam normalized diplomatic relations with the United States, became a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and, thereby, of ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA), and signed a memorandum of understanding for commercial cooperation with the European Union. (references) | |
Trade | Indonesia | As a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indonesia is party to the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA). (references) |
Worker Rights | Indonesia | The SPSI maintains international contacts but its only international trade union affiliation as a federation is with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Trade Union Council. (references) |
Laos | The FLTU is free to engage in contacts with foreign labor organizations, which during the year included contacts with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Trade Unions and the Asia-Pacific American Labor Alliance. (references) | |
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| Language | Translations for "Association of Southeast Asian Nations"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 東南アジア諸国連合 , アスペルギルス症 (acetylcholine, ASEAN, aspergillosis, ASROC, assessment, athlete, athlete fund, athletic, athletic club, athletics, leisure facilities). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | アセアン (ASEAN), とうな"アジアしょ"くれ""う. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | associationay ofay outheastsay asianay ationsnay | ||||
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 73 73 6F 63 69 61 74 69 6F 6E 4F 66 53 6F 75 74 68 65 61 73 74 41 73 69 61 6E 4E 61 74 69 6F 6E 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110011 01110011 01101111 01100011 01101001 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01010011 01101111 01110101 01110100 01101000 01100101 01100001 01110011 01110100 00100000 01000001 01110011 01101001 01100001 01101110 00100000 01001110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A s s o c i a t i o n   O f   S o u t h e a s t   A s i a n   N a t i o n s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0073 0073 006F 0063 0069 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E 004F 0066 0053 006F 0075 0074 0068 0065 0061 0073 0074 0041 0073 0069 0061 006E 004E 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)358585816975678675818024972253818786747167858623585756780248678675818085 |
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