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Successes

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Agenda


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To accelerate the economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the regionthrough joint endeavours in the spirit of equality and partnership in order to strengthenthe foundation for a prosperous and peaceful community of Southeast Asian Nations;

To promote regional peace and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law in the relationship among countries of the region and adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter;

To promote active collaboration and mutual assistance on matters of common interest inthe economic, social, cultural, technical, scientific and administrative fields;

To provide assistance to each other in the form of training and research facilities in theeducational, professional, technical and administrative spheres;

To collaborate more effectively for the greater utilisation of their agriculture and industries,the expansion of their trade, including the study of the problems of internationalcommodity trade, the improvement of their transportation and communications facilitiesand the raising of the living standards of their peoples;

To promote Southeast-Asian studies; To maintain close and beneficial cooperation withexisting international and regional organisations with similar aims and purposes, andexplore all avenues for even closer cooperation among themselves.

ASEAN


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ASEANSocio-CulturalCommitee

Rural Development & Poverty EradicationSocial Welfare & Devlop.Disaster ManagementCulture & Arts

EnvironmentEducation WomenHealthHaze

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Greatest Achievements :

ASEAN FTA - price reductions and cheaper goods- Encourages market competition- Wider access to ASEAN markets- Integration into a single market with a larger population and greater

economic advantages


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Internal Investments Flow


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Tourism


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Tourism

ASEAN Integration Collective Promotion Sustainable Source of Income


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FTA with OthersChina, India, Korea, Australia,New Zealand

Under negotiations: EU


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Security Threatsand Countermeasures :

South China Sea Declaration on the Conduct of Parties (DoC) Regional Dialogues


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Security Threatsand Countermeasures :

Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free ZoneTo build regional confidence

Take lead in worldwide nuclear disarmament


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Security Threats

and Countermeasures :

Regional Terrorism(1) A treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal MattersTraining for lawyers on terrorism and trans-national crime issues

(2) Extra-regional cooperation on counterterrorism Japan, Russia, China, India, EU, US To combat terrorism and sea piracy.


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ASEANs Ineffectiveness

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1997Crisis


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Military

Myanmar's significant decision to acquire a nuclearresearch reactor from Russia went without commentby the Southeast Asian commission overseeingnuclear matters.

Atomstroyexport, a manufacturer owned byRussia's federal atomic energy agency Rosatom,

said it will, if the deal is sealed, install a 10-megawatt light-water reactor, provide 20 percentenriched uranium-235 fuel and train at least 300technicians.


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Military

Commissioners of the Southeast Asian Nuclear-WeaponFree Zone, who are supposed to keep a watchful eye onnuclear developments in Southeast Asia to ensure theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) tenmembers are not developing or deploying nuclearweapons, should at least have reminded Myanmar of itsobligations under the Zone.

Raises doubts about the institution at a time whenASEAN should be preparing strong, capable and boldinstitutions to implement plans now being drafted for aneconomic community and closer association.


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Military

To build confidence, foster transparency and helpthe commission do its job Article 11 of the Zone'streaty requires signatories to report "any significantevent".

There is no record readily available of Myanmarinforming the commission prior to the

announcement which came from Russian partnerAtomstroyexport.


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Military

In the short-term at least, safety will probably beborne by the shoulders of Atomstroyexport'sexperienced engineers

oversee safe operation of the reactor and account forhazards like earthquakes in siting, design andconstruction.


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This is a matter for concern. It suggests ASEAN is notthinking, albeit very remote at this point, about theprospect of a stand-off with the international communityif evidence of a weapons programme should one daycome to light.

But worse, it indicates that members are not puttingASEAN treaties, institutions and even each other at thetop of their priorities despite their enthusiasm forsummits. Why then should the rest of the world takeASEAN seriously?


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The commission is an example of an ineffective institution thatASEAN should no longer tolerate.

It failed to comment on an important development seeminglywithin its remit.

According to the treaty the commission should conduct areview ten years after the treaty comes into force, yet there isno publicly available evidence that this review has taken place.

Or indeed signs that the commission has met since sittingdown seven years ago in Bangkok. The only sign of itsexistence are occasional reports of executive committeemeetings.


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Military

Myanmar's pursuit of a nuclear energy has servedas a timely reminder of the shortcomings ofASEAN's institutions.

The impact of Myanmar's nuclear industry on willfor the foreseeable future be dwarfed by theeffectiveness of ASEAN's institutions.


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Security

Asia lacks the kind of regional security frameworkthat exists in Europe.

Sept. 11 has made it even more necessary to developa security architecture to deal with potential flashpoints.

The forum's members comprise more than half of

the world's population. Since its inception in 1993,the forum has focused mainly on confidence-building. The slow pace of progress has earned it areputation of being little more than a talk shop.


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Security

Some have suggested that a separate Asia-Pacific defenseforum, organized by the London-based Institute for

International and Strategic Studies, should become anannual event. With the presence of defense ministersfrom the region as well as nongovernment securityexperts, they want the new group to shape an Asiansecurity architecture for the future.

The defense ministers' forum may well become a realalternative if the ASEAN Regional Forum continues tospeak only in broad, vague terms.

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Environment

expansion, coupled with leadership change and theeconomic crisis, has rendered ASEAN ineffective incombating transnational problems such as the hazecreated by forest fires in Indonesia

Rather than addressing difficult or sensitive issuesin a forthright way, ASEAN's sacrosanct policy ofnoninterference in the internal affairs of memberstates has created the impression that it is moreinterested in preserving the group and its processesthan in actually trying to solve problems.

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Economic

Consequent to the ASEAN's ineffective response tovarious intra-national challenges after the Asian financialcrisis in 1997, various objections have been raised overthe methods and underlying principles of ASEANfunctioning. It is being argued that the policy of non-interference has blunted ASEAN efforts in handling theeconomic crisis

While members in general agree on the rationale for acharter, some of the components of the proposed charterhave led to polarization among members.


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Evaluation of the Effectiveness :

ASEAN economies rebounded from 1997 crisisPeace and Stability ensued.Thailand and Cambodia agreed to ceasefire after ASEAn intervention. Vietnam and Philippines disputes with ChinaImpressive economic numbers.Haze problem remains unsolved.

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