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NAME Zakir Afridi
SP18-BBA-164
SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
ASSIGNMENT 1:
Choose any single Intergovernmental Organization and create a brief profile
focusing on
1. Member States
2. Nature/Objectives
3. Achievements/Scope
The profile should not be more than one Microsoft word page and the following
Organizations cannot be chosen
1. UNO
2. EU
3. SAARC
ANS:
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is an economic union of 10 Southeast Asian
member states, including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. It promotes cooperation between
governments and facilitates economic, political, security, military, educational, social and
cultural integration between its members and other Asian countries.
The ASEAN's primary objective was basically to accelerate economic development and
through it social and cultural development. Secondary objective of ASEAN was to promote
regional peace and stability based on the rule of law and the principles of the Charter of the
United Nations. Along with some of the world's fast-growing economies, ASEAN has pushed
its goal beyond the economic and social spheres. In 2003, ASEAN agreed to form the threepillar ASEAN Community, moving toward the European Union: the ASEAN Security
Community, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Economic Community, and the
ASEAN Social and Cultural Community. The ten stalks of rice in the ASEAN flag and
emblem represent the ten countries in Southeast Asia that have been united.
ASEAN has done well in major political, security, economic, social and cultural fields over
the past five decades. Here are some:
First, ASEAN has maintained peace and stability in the region. In 2015, ASEAN founded the
ASEAN Community, which consists of a political and security community, an economic
community, and a sociocultural community. This was a major step towards regional
integration. In addition, ASEAN has developed and enhanced cooperation agreements in
Southeast Asia within and outside the 27 countries as a basis for interstate relations in
Southeast Asia. ASEAN and China also reached a code of conduct framework in the South
China Sea in 2017, a key step towards the formal end of the code of conduct.
Second, ASEAN's political and security achievements play a positive role in economic
development. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (AEC) economic community has
created a single and open market with many economic opportunities since 2015. For business
players, the AEC works to reduce costs, support the free flow of goods, and increase
investment. ASEAN has integrated partnerships with the global economy and has signed free
trade agreements with a number of partners, including Australia, China, Japan, India, South
Korea and New Zealand. Recently, ASEAN has been working on a major trade agreement
with the above-mentioned external partners called the "Comprehensive Regional Economic
Partnership".
Third, ASEAN focuses on building social and cultural relations between member countries
through the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community, which reduces the proportion of people
living on less than 1.25 USD per day from one out of every two people. Has played a positive
role in the social development of One will reduce infant and maternal mortality rates in all
eight regions within two decades. Expected life expectancy in ASEAN increased from 55.6 in
1969 to 70.9 in 2016.