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Overview
ESTABLISHMENT
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was
established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of
the ASEAN
Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of
ASEAN, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore 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.
AIMS AND PURPOSES
As set out in the ASEAN Declaration, the aims and purposes of
ASEAN are:
1.
To accelerate the economic growth, social progress and cultural development in
the region through joint endeavours in the spirit of equality and partnership
in order to strengthen the foundation for a prosperous and peaceful community
of Southeast Asian Nations;
2. 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;
3. To
promote active collaboration and mutual assistance on matters of common
interest in the economic, social, cultural, technical, scientific and
administrative fields;
4. To
provide assistance to each other in the form of training and research
facilities in the educational, professional, technical and administrative
spheres;
5. 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 international commodity trade, the improvement of their
transportation and communications facilities and the raising of the living
standards of their peoples;
6. To
promote Southeast Asian studies; and
7. To maintain close
and beneficial cooperation with existing
international and regional organisations with similar aims and purposes, and
explore all avenues for even closer cooperation among themselves.
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
In their relations with one another, the ASEAN Member States
have adopted the following fundamental principles, as contained in the Treaty of Amity
and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) of 1976:
1.
Mutual respect for the independence, sovereignty, equality, territorial
integrity, and national identity of all nations;
2. The
right of every State to lead its national existence free from external
interference, subversion or coercion;
3. Non-interference
in the internal affairs of one another;
4. Settlement
of differences or disputes by peaceful manner;
5. Renunciation
of the threat or use of force; and
6. Effective
cooperation among themselves.
ASEAN COMMUNITY
The ASEAN Vision 2020, adopted by the ASEAN Leaders on the 30th
Anniversary of ASEAN, agreed on a shared vision of ASEAN as a concert of
Southeast Asian nations, outward looking, living in peace, stability and
prosperity, bonded together in partnership in dynamic development and in a
community of caring societies.
At the 9th ASEAN Summit in 2003, the ASEAN Leaders resolved that
an ASEAN Community shall be established.
At the 12th ASEAN Summit in January 2007, the Leaders affirmed
their strong commitment to accelerate the establishment of an ASEAN Community
by 2015 and signed the Cebu Declaration
on the Acceleration of the Establishment of an ASEAN Community by 2015.
The ASEAN Community is comprised of three pillars, namely
the ASEAN
Political-Security Community, ASEAN Economic
Community and ASEAN
Socio-Cultural Community. Each pillar has its own Blueprint, and,
together with the Initiative
for ASEAN Integration (IAI) Strategic Framework and IAI Work Plan Phase II
(2009-2015), they form the Roadmap
for and ASEAN Community 2009-2015.
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ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Video.
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ASEAN History and Purposes.
ASEAN CHARTER
The ASEAN Charter serves as a firm foundation in achieving the
ASEAN Community by providing legal status and institutional framework for
ASEAN. It also codifies ASEAN norms, rules and values; sets clear targets for
ASEAN; and presents accountability and compliance.
The ASEAN Charter entered into force on 15 December 2008. A
gathering of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers was held at the ASEAN Secretariat in
Jakarta to mark this very historic occasion for ASEAN.
With the entry into force of the ASEAN Charter, ASEAN will
henceforth operate under a new legal framework and establish a number of new
organs to boost its community-building process.
In effect, the ASEAN Charter has become a legally binding
agreement among the 10 ASEAN Member States.
Find out more about the ASEAN Charter here.
General information
History
The Founding of ASEAN
On 8 August
1967, five leaders - the Foreign Ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, the
Philippines, Singapore and Thailand - sat down together in the main hall of the
Department of Foreign Affairs building in Bangkok, Thailand and signed a
document. By virtue of that document, the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) was born. The five Foreign Ministers who signed it - Adam Malik
of Indonesia, Narciso R. Ramos of the Philippines, Tun Abdul Razak of Malaysia,
S. Rajaratnam of Singapore, and Thanat Khoman of Thailand - would subsequently
be hailed as the Founding Fathers of probably the most successful
inter-governmental organization in the developing world today. And the document
that they signed would be known as the ASEAN Declaration.
It was a
short, simply-worded document containing just five articles. It declared the
establishment of an Association for Regional Cooperation among the Countries of
Southeast Asia to be known as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) and spelled out the aims and purposes of that Association. These aims
and purposes were about cooperation in the economic, social, cultural,
technical, educational and other fields, and in the promotion of regional peace
and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law and
adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter. It stipulated that
the Association would be open for participation by all States in the Southeast
Asian region subscribing to its aims, principles and purposes. It proclaimed
ASEAN as representing "the collective will of the nations of Southeast
Asia to bind themselves together in friendship and cooperation and, through
joint efforts and sacrifices, secure for their peoples and for posterity the
blessings of peace, freedom and prosperity."
It was while Thailand was brokering reconciliation
among Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia over certain disputes that it
dawned on the four countries that the moment for regional cooperation had come
or the future of the region would remain uncertain. Recalls one of the two
surviving protagonists of that historic process, Thanat Khoman of Thailand:
"At the banquet marking the reconciliation between the three disputants, I
broached the idea of forming another organization for regional cooperation with
Adam Malik. Malik agreed without hesitation but asked
for time to
talk with his government and also to normalize relations with Malaysia now that
the confrontation was over. Meanwhile, the Thai Foreign Office prepared a draft
charter of the new institution. Within a few months, everything was ready. I
therefore invited the two former members of the Association for Southeast Asia
(ASA), Malaysia and the Philippines, and Indonesia, a key member, to a meeting
in Bangkok. In addition, Singapore sent S. Rajaratnam, then Foreign Minister,
to see me about joining the new set-up. Although the new organization was
planned to comprise only the ASA members plus Indonesia, Singapore's request
was favorably considered."
And so in
early August 1967, the five Foreign Ministers spent four days in the relative
isolation of a beach resort in Bang Saen, a coastal town less than a hundred
kilometers southeast of Bangkok. There they negotiated over that document in a
decidedly informal manner which they would later delight in describing as
"sports-shirt diplomacy." Yet it was by no means an easy process:
each man brought into the deliberations a historical and political perspective
that had no resemblance to that of any of the others. But with goodwill and
good humor, as often as they huddled at the negotiating table, they finessed
their way through their differences as they lined up their shots on the golf
course and traded wisecracks on one another's game, a style of deliberation
which would eventually become the ASEAN ministerial tradition.
Now, with the rigors of negotiations and the
informalities of Bang Saen behind them, with their signatures neatly attached
to the ASEAN Declaration, also known as the Bangkok Declaration, it was time
for some formalities. The first to speak was the Philippine Secretary of
Foreign Affairs, Narciso Ramos, a one-time journalist and long-time legislator
who had given up a chance to be Speaker of the Philippine Congress to serve as
one of his country's first diplomats. He was then 66 years old and his only
son, the future President Fidel V. Ramos, was serving with the Philippine Civic
Action Group in embattled Vietnam. He recalled the tediousness of the
negotiations that preceded the signing of the Declaration that "truly
taxed the goodwill, the imagination, the patience and understanding of the five
participating Ministers." That ASEAN
was
established at all in spite of these difficulties, he said, meant that its
foundations had been solidly laid. And he impressed it on the audience of
diplomats, officials and media people who had witnessed the signing ceremony
that a great sense of urgency had prompted the Ministers to go through all that
trouble. He spoke darkly of the forces that were arrayed against the survival
of the countries of Southeast Asia in those uncertain and critical times.
"The
fragmented economies of Southeast Asia," he said, "(with) each
country pursuing its own limited objectives and dissipating its meager
resources in the overlapping or even conflicting endeavors of sister states
carry the seeds of weakness in their incapacity for growth and their
self-perpetuating dependence on the advanced, industrial nations. ASEAN,
therefore, could marshal the still untapped potentials of this rich region
through more substantial united action."
When it was
his turn to speak, Adam Malik, Presidium Minister for Political Affairs and
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, recalled that about a year before,
in Bangkok, at the conclusion of the peace talks between Indonesia and Malaysia,
he had explored the idea of an organization such as ASEAN with his Malaysian
and Thai counterparts. One of the "angry young men" in his country's
struggle for independence two decades earlier, Adam Malik was then 50 years old
and one of a Presidium of five led by then General Soeharto that was steering
Indonesia from the verge of economic and political chaos. He was the
Presidium's point man in Indonesia's efforts to mend fences with its neighbors
in the wake of an unfortunate policy of confrontation. During the past year, he
said, the Ministers had all worked together toward the realization of the ASEAN
idea, "making haste slowly, in order to build a new association for
regional cooperation."
Adam Malik went on to describe Indonesia's vision
of a Southeast Asia developing into "
a region
which can stand on its own feet, strong enough to defend itself against any
negative influence from outside the region." Such a vision, he stressed,
was not wishful thinking, if the countries of the region effectively cooperated
with each other, considering their combined natural resources and manpower. He
referred to differences of outlook among the member countries, but those
differences, he said, would be overcome through a maximum of goodwill and
understanding, faith and realism. Hard work, patience and perseverance, he
added, would also be necessary.
The countries of Southeast Asia should also be
willing to take responsibility for whatever happens to them, according to Tun
Abdul Razak, the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, who spoke next. In his
speech, he conjured a vision of an ASEAN that would include all the countries
of Southeast Asia. Tun Abdul Razak was then concurrently his country's Minister
of Defence and Minister of National Development. It was a time when national
survival was the overriding thrust of Malaysia's relations with other nations
and so as Minister of Defence, he was in charge of his country's foreign
affairs. He stressed that the countries of the region should recognize that
unless they assumed their common responsibility to shape
their own
destiny and to prevent external intervention and interference, Southeast Asia
would remain fraught with danger and tension. And unless they took decisive and
collective action to prevent the eruption of intra-regional conflicts, the
nations of Southeast Asia would remain susceptible to manipulation, one against
another.
"We
the nations and peoples of Southeast Asia," Tun Abdul Razak said,
"must get together and form by ourselves a new perspective and a new framework
for our region. It is important that individually and jointly we should create
a deep awareness that we cannot survive for long as independent but isolated
peoples unless we also think and act together and unless we prove by deeds that
we belong to a family of Southeast Asian nations bound together by ties of
friendship and goodwill and imbued with our own ideals and aspirations and
determined to shape our own destiny". He added that, "with the
establishment of ASEAN, we have taken a firm and a bold step on that
road".
For his
part, S. Rajaratnam, a former Minister of Culture of multi-cultural Singapore
who, at that time, served as its first Foreign Minister, noted that two decades
of nationalist fervor had not fulfilled the expectations of the people of
Southeast Asia for better living standards. If ASEAN would succeed, he said,
then its members would have to marry national thinking with regional thinking.
"We
must now think at two levels," Rajaratnam said. "We must think not
only of our national interests but posit them against regional interests: that
is a new way of thinking about our problems. And these are two different things
and sometimes they can conflict. Secondly, we must also accept the fact, if we
are really serious about it, that regional existence means painful adjustments
to those practices and thinking in our respective countries. We must make these
painful and difficult adjustments. If we are not going to do that, then
regionalism remains a utopia."
S.
Rajaratnam expressed the fear, however, that ASEAN would be misunderstood.
"We are not against anything", he said, "not against
anybody". And here he used a term that would have an ominous ring even
today: balkanization. In Southeast Asia, as in Europe and any part of the
world, he said, outside powers had a vested interest in the balkanization of
the region. "We want to ensure," he said, "a stable Southeast
Asia, not a balkanized Southeast Asia. And those countries who are interested,
genuinely interested, in the stability of Southeast Asia, the prosperity of
Southeast Asia, and better economic and social conditions, will welcome small
countries getting together to pool their collective resources and their
collective wisdom to contribute to the peace of the world."
The goal of
ASEAN, then, is to create, not to destroy. This, the Foreign Minister of
Thailand, Thanat Khoman, stressed when it was his turn to speak. At a time when
the Vietnam conflict was raging and American forces seemed forever entrenched
in Indochina, he had foreseen their eventual withdrawal from the area and had
accordingly applied himself to adjusting Thailand's foreign policy to a reality
that would only become apparent more than half a decade later. He must have had
that in mind when, on that occasion, he said that the countries of Southeast
Asia had no choice but to adjust to the exigencies of the time, to move toward
closer cooperation and even integration. Elaborating on ASEAN objectives, he
spoke of "building a new society that will be responsive to the needs of
our time and efficiently equipped to bring about, for the enjoyment and the
material as well as spiritual advancement of our peoples, conditions of
stability and progress. Particularly what millions of men and women in our part
of the world want is to erase the old and obsolete concept of domination and
subjection of the past and replace it with the new spirit of give and take, of
equality and partnership. More than anything else, they want to be master of
their own house and to enjoy the inherent right to decide their own destiny
..."
While the
nations of Southeast Asia prevent attempts to deprive them of their freedom and
sovereignty, he said, they must first free themselves from the material
impediments of ignorance, disease and hunger. Each of these nations cannot
accomplish that alone, but by joining together and cooperating with those who
have the same aspirations, these objectives become easier to attain. Then
Thanat Khoman concluded: "What we have decided today is only a small
beginning of what we hope will be a long and continuous sequence of
accomplishments of which we ourselves, those who will join us later and the
generations to come, can be proud. Let it be for Southeast Asia, a potentially
rich region, rich in history, in spiritual as well as material resources and
indeed for the whole ancient continent of Asia, the light of happiness and
well-being that will shine over the uncounted millions of our struggling
peoples."
The Foreign
Minister of Thailand closed the inaugural session of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations by presenting each of his colleagues with a memento.
Inscribed on the memento presented to the Foreign Minister of Indonesia, was
the citation, "In recognition of services rendered by His Excellency Adam
Malik to the ASEAN organization, the name of which was suggested by him."
And that was how ASEAN was conceived, given a name,
and born. It had been barely 14 months since Thanat Khoman brought up the ASEAN
idea in his conversations with his Malaysian and Indonesian colleagues. In about
three more weeks, Indonesia would fully restore diplomatic relations with
Malaysia, and soon after that with Singapore. That was by no means the end to
intra-ASEAN disputes, for soon the Philippines and Malaysia would have a
falling out on the issue of sovereignty over Sabah. Many disputes between ASEAN
countries persist to this day. But all Member Countries are deeply committed to
resolving their differences through peaceful means and in the spirit of mutual
accommodation. Every dispute would have its proper season but it would not be
allowed to get in the way of the task at hand.
And at that
time, the essential task was to lay the framework of regional dialogue and
cooperation.
The
two-page Bangkok Declaration not only contains the rationale for the establishment
of ASEAN and its specific objectives. It represents the organization's modus
operandi of building on small steps, voluntary, and informal arrangements
towards more binding and institutionalized agreements. All the founding member
states and the newer members have stood fast to the spirit of the Bangkok
Declaration. Over the years, ASEAN has progressively entered into several
formal and legally-binding instruments, such as the 1976 Treaty of Amity and
Cooperation in Southeast Asia and the 1995 Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear
Weapon-Free Zone.
Against the
backdrop of conflict in the then Indochina, the Founding Fathers had the
foresight of building a community of and for all Southeast Asian states. Thus
the Bangkok Declaration promulgated that "the Association is open for
participation to all States in the Southeast Asian region subscribing to the
aforementioned aims, principles and purposes." ASEAN's inclusive outlook
has paved the way for community-building not only in Southeast Asia, but also
in the broader Asia Pacific region where several other inter-governmental
organizations now co-exist.
The
original ASEAN logo presented five brown sheaves of rice stalks, one for each
founding member. Beneath the sheaves is the legend "ASEAN" in blue.
These are set on a field of yellow encircled by a blue border. Brown stands for
strength and stability, yellow for prosperity and blue for the spirit of
cordiality in which ASEAN affairs are conducted. When ASEAN celebrated its 30th
Anniversary in 1997, the sheaves on the logo had increased to ten -
representing all ten countries of Southeast Asia and reflecting the colors of
the flags of all of them. In a very real sense, ASEAN and Southeast Asia would
then be one and the same, just as the Founding Fathers had envisioned.
This
article is based on the first chapter of ASEAN at 30, a publication
of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in commemoration of its 30th
Anniversary on 8 August 1997, written by Jamil Maidan Flores and Jun Abad.
Further
readings in ASEAN History:
ASEAN Flag
GUIDELINES
ON THE USE OF THE ASEAN FLAG
1.
The ASEAN Flag is a symbol of Member States' unity and support for the
principles and endeavours of ASEAN and is a means to promote greater ASEAN
awareness and solidarity.
2.
The ASEAN Flag represents a stable, peaceful, united and dynamic ASEAN. The
colours of the Flag – blue, red, white and yellow – represent the main colours
of the flags of all the ASEAN Member States.
3.
The blue represents peace and stability. Red depicts courage and dynamism,
white shows purity and yellow symbolises prosperity.
4.
The stalks of padi in the centre of the Emblem represent the dream of ASEAN's
Founding Fathers for an ASEAN comprising all the countries in Southeast Asia,
bound together in friendship and solidarity.
5.
The circle represents the unity of ASEAN.
6.
The ASEAN Flag is the reserved copyright of ASEAN.
7.
The specifications of the ASEAN Flag are annexed.
The
ASEAN Flag is the reserved copyright of ASEAN.
The
specifications of the ASEAN Flag are annexed.
A. Dignity of the ASEAN Flag
A. Dignity of the ASEAN Flag
The ASEAN
Flag shall be treated with respect and shall not be subjected to any indignity.
Use of the ASEAN Flag
B.1. Use of the ASEAN Flag by ASEAN Member States
ASEAN
Member States shall use the ASEAN Flag in the manner specified under these
guidelines that include the following:
The
ASEAN Flag shall be displayed at all ASEAN National Secretariats.
The ASEAN
Flag shall be displayed on a permanent basis at Diplomatic and Consular Missions
of ASEAN Member States alongside the national flag. The ASEAN Flag shall be
displayed by the ASEAN Member States in third countries which are recognised by
all ASEAN Member States.
The ASEAN Flag
shall be displayed alongside the national flag in the following manner:
Diagram 1: Outdoor Flags Diagram
Diagram 2:
Venue Flags (Outdoor/Indoor)
ASEAN Emblem
Guidelines on the Use of the ASEAN Emblem
1.
The ASEAN Emblem shall be the official emblem of ASEAN.
2. The
ASEAN Emblem represents a stable, peaceful, united and dynamic ASEAN. The
colours of the Emblem -- blue, red, white and yellow -- represent the main
colours of the state crests of all the ASEAN Member States.
3. The
blue represents peace and stability. Red depicts courage and dynamism, white
shows purity and yellow symbolises prosperity.
4. The
stalks of padi in the centre of the Emblem represent the dream of ASEAN's
Founding Fathers for an ASEAN comprising all the countries in Southeast Asia,
bound together in friendship and solidarity.
5. The
circle represents the unity of ASEAN.
6. The
ASEAN Emblem is the reserved copyright of ASEAN.
A. Use of the ASEAN Emblem
7. The
ASEAN Emblem shall be used in a manner that promotes ASEAN and its purposes and
principles. It shall not be used for political purposes or for activities that
harm the dignity of ASEAN.
8. The
ASEAN Emblem shall not be used for commercial purposes unless the entities
concerned obtain official approval through the procedures stipulated in Article
A.4.
A.1. Use of the ASEAN Emblem by ASEAN Member States
9. ASEAN
Member States are encouraged to use the ASEAN Emblem in official functions
relating to ASEAN.
10. The ASEAN Emblem shall be
placed to the right of the ASEAN Member States' National Symbols, as seen by
the viewer.
A.2. Use of the ASEAN Emblem by the ASEAN Secretariat
11. The ASEAN
Secretariat shall use the ASEAN Emblem in the manner considered appropriate by
the Secretary-General which may include the following:
a. Display
at the Secretariat buildings and residence of the Secretary-General;
b. Use
in its official correspondence as letterhead;
c. Use
as the official seal for the ASEAN Secretariat;
d. Use
in its official publications, stationery and souvenirs;
e. Mark
or engrave on properties belonging to the ASEAN Secretariat; and
f.
Display at ASEAN official functions.
A.3. Use of the ASEAN Emblem by Entities Associated with ASEAN
12. Entities officially
associated with ASEAN as in Annex 2 of the ASEAN Charter may use the ASEAN
Emblem in their official correspondences and meetings.
A.4. Use of the ASEAN Emblem by Other Entities
13. Other entities based in
an ASEAN Member State shall submit their request for the use of the ASEAN
Emblem to the ASEAN National Secretariat concerned.
14. Other entities outside
the ASEAN region shall submit their request for the use of the ASEAN Emblem to
the Public Outreach and Civil Society Division of the ASEAN Secretariat:
Public Outreach and Civil Society Division
The ASEAN Secretariat
70 A, Jl. Sisingamangaraja
Jakarta 12110
Indonesia
E-mail: public@asean.org
The ASEAN Secretariat
70 A, Jl. Sisingamangaraja
Jakarta 12110
Indonesia
E-mail: public@asean.org
15. Requests for the use of
the ASEAN Emblem shall be submitted in writing, and accompanied with the
following information:
o organisational
profile;
o nature and
purpose of the proposed activity;
o duration of the
use of the ASEAN Emblem; and
o prototype of
the proposed use of the ASEAN Emblem.
16. The ASEAN National
Secretariats and the ASEAN Secretariat shall consider the requests accordingly.
The approval granted shall be exclusive to the proposed activity. Such approval
shall not be extended to third parties.
17. Authorisation to use the
ASEAN Emblem does not confer on those to whom it is granted any right of
exclusive use, nor does it allow them to appropriate the Emblem or any similar
trademark or logo, either by registration or any other means.
B. Reproduction of the ASEAN Emblem
18. The ASEAN Emblem shall be
reproduced in accordance with the Specifications and Colours indicated in the
Annex.
C. Approval of and Amendments to the Guidelines
19. The Guidelines shall be
approved by the ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC).
20. Any Member State may propose
amendments to the Guidelines, which shall be submitted to the Committee of
Permanent Representatives (CPR) for its consideration and agreed upon by
consensus. The agreed amendments shall be submitted to the ASEAN Coordinating
Council (ACC) for notation, and thereafter come into immediate effect.
ANNEX
Specifications and Colours
1.
The specifications of Pantone Colour adopted for the colours of the ASEAN
Emblem are:
Blue : Pantone 286
Red : Pantone Red 032
Yellow : Pantone Process Yellow
Blue : Pantone 286
Red : Pantone Red 032
Yellow : Pantone Process Yellow
2. For
four-colour printing process, the specifications of colours will be:
Blue : 100C 60 M 0Y 6K (100C 60M 0Y 10K)
Red : 0C 91M 87Y 0K (0C 90M 90Y 0K)
Yellow : 0C 0M 100Y 0K
Blue : 100C 60 M 0Y 6K (100C 60M 0Y 10K)
Red : 0C 91M 87Y 0K (0C 90M 90Y 0K)
Yellow : 0C 0M 100Y 0K
3. Specifications
in brackets are to be used when an arbitrary measurement of process colours is
not possible.
4. In
Pantone Process Colour Simulator, the specifications equal to:
Blue : Pantone 204-1
Red : Pantone 60-1
Yellow : Pantone 1-3
Blue : Pantone 204-1
Red : Pantone 60-1
Yellow : Pantone 1-3
5. The
font used for the word "ASEAN" in the Emblem is lower-case Helvetica
in bold.
6. The
Emblem shall appear either in the specified colours or in a singular colour of
black, white, gold or silver. It can be enlarged or shrunk in proportionate
size as appropriate for its use and place of display.
ASEAN Anthem
Guidelines on the Use of the ASEAN Anthem
1.
The ASEAN Anthem is an expression of ASEAN unity. It also strengthens the sense
of ASEAN identity and belonging among the peoples of the region.
2. The
ASEAN Anthem is titled "THE ASEAN WAY", with musical composition and
lyrics as attached.
3. The
ASEAN Anthem is under the copyright of ASEAN with the ASEAN Secretariat as the
main body to oversee its proper use.
A. Dignity of the ASEAN Anthem
4. The
ASEAN Anthem shall be used in a proper and dignified manner. When the Anthem is
played, the audience shall rise.
5. The
Anthem shall not be used in whole or in parts for commercial purposes or
political propaganda.
B. Use of the ASEAN Anthem
6. The
use of the ASEAN Anthem is encouraged at ASEAN formal meetings and related
activities, including those with ASEAN Dialogue Partners.
7. The
ASEAN Anthem may be played to commemorate special occasions of ASEAN, such as
the anniversary of ASEAN, or in efforts to promote the interests of ASEAN.
8. ASEAN
Member States are encouraged to translate the ASEAN Anthem into local languages
as a way to promote the Anthem and increase ASEAN awareness within their
countries.
C. Inquiries on the Use of the ASEAN Anthem
9. Inquiries
concerning the ASEAN Anthem should be addressed to:
Public Outreach and Civil Society Division
The ASEAN Secretariat
70 A, Jl. Sisingamangaraja
Jakarta 12110
Indonesia
Email: public.div@asean.org
The ASEAN Secretariat
70 A, Jl. Sisingamangaraja
Jakarta 12110
Indonesia
Email: public.div@asean.org
D. Approval of and Amendments to the Guidelines
10. The Guidelines shall be
approved by the ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC).
11. Any Member State
may propose amendments to the Guidelines, which shall be submitted to the
Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) for its consideration and agreed
upon by consensus. The agreed amendments shall be submitted to the ASEAN
Coordinating Council (ACC) for notation, and thereafter come into immediate
effect.
Note:
The Guidelines were adopted at the 6th Meeting of the ASEAN
Coordinating Council (ACC), Ha Noi, 8 April 2010.
Audio, "The ASEAN Way"
By :
Mr.Kittikhun Sodprasert, Mr Sampow Triudom, Mrs.Payom
Valaipatchra
Lyrics, "The ASEAN Way"
Raise our flag high, sky high
Embrace the pride in our heart
ASEAN we are bonded as one
Look-in out to the world.
For peace, our goal from the very start
And prosperity to last.
We dare to dream we care to share.
Together for ASEAN
we dare to dream,
we care to share for it's the way of ASEAN.
Click here to
download the score.
ASEAN QUIZ
1 Which country celebrates its National Day each year on February 23?
1. Indonesia
2. Malaysia
3. Cambodia
4. Brunei
1. Indonesia
2. Malaysia
3. Cambodia
4. Brunei
2 Economy and Trade of Indonesia
Which country was the top foreign investor in Indonesia throughout 2013 ?
1. Japan
2. Singapore
3. United States
4. South Korea
Which country was the top foreign investor in Indonesia throughout 2013 ?
1. Japan
2. Singapore
3. United States
4. South Korea
3 What three countries are Cambodia's main import partners?
1. Singapore, Japan , Canada
2. Vietnam, Germany , Japan
3. China, Thailand , Vietnam
4. United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong
1. Singapore, Japan , Canada
2. Vietnam, Germany , Japan
3. China, Thailand , Vietnam
4. United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong
4 What are Brunei's three major exports?
1. Palm oil, crude oil and petroleum products
2. Crude oil, petroleum products and liquefied natural gas
3. Rubber, rice and tobacco
4. Garments, wood products and electric power
1. Palm oil, crude oil and petroleum products
2. Crude oil, petroleum products and liquefied natural gas
3. Rubber, rice and tobacco
4. Garments, wood products and electric power
5 Tensions rise between two Asean member states over the naming of a
naval ship.
What two countries are they?
1. Indonesia and Malaysia
2. Brunei and Singapore
3. Singapore and Indonesia
4. Malaysia and the Philippines
What two countries are they?
1. Indonesia and Malaysia
2. Brunei and Singapore
3. Singapore and Indonesia
4. Malaysia and the Philippines
6 A Cambodian movie for the first time in history has been named a
finalist for the Academy Awards.
What is the name of that Cambodian film?
1. The Hunt
2. The Great Beauty
3. The Missing Picture
4. The Broken Circle Breakdown
What is the name of that Cambodian film?
1. The Hunt
2. The Great Beauty
3. The Missing Picture
4. The Broken Circle Breakdown
7 Anti-government protests began in Thailand's capital in October 2013.
The protests were triggered by a proposed bill that would have pardoned Thai
politicians.
What controversial bill stirred a new round of unrest in downtown Bangkok?
1. Energy bill
2. Amnesty bill
3. Money bill
4. Military bill
What controversial bill stirred a new round of unrest in downtown Bangkok?
1. Energy bill
2. Amnesty bill
3. Money bill
4. Military bill
8 Which Malaysia's veteran politician has been denied entry into Japan?
1. Najib Razak
2. Mahathir Mohamad
3. Anwar Ibrahim
4. Abdulah Ahmad Badawi
1. Najib Razak
2. Mahathir Mohamad
3. Anwar Ibrahim
4. Abdulah Ahmad Badawi
9 Four decades after the Vietnam war ended, U.S. fast food giant
McDonald's has opened its first restaurant in the communist country.
Where is Vietnam's first McDonald's restaurant?
1. Hanoi
2. Danang
3. Ho Chi Minh City
4. Nha Trang
Where is Vietnam's first McDonald's restaurant?
1. Hanoi
2. Danang
3. Ho Chi Minh City
4. Nha Trang
10 It has been 10 years since Mark Zuckerberg created a website called
Thefacebook.com to let his classmates find their friends online.
There are 1.23 billion Facebook users today, or roughly 17 percent of the world's population.
Which Southeast Asian country has the most Facebook users?
1. Thailand
2. The Philippines
3. Indonesia
4. Vietnam
There are 1.23 billion Facebook users today, or roughly 17 percent of the world's population.
Which Southeast Asian country has the most Facebook users?
1. Thailand
2. The Philippines
3. Indonesia
4. Vietnam
Answer
1 Brunei
2 Japan
3 China, Thailand , Vietnam
4 Crude oil, petroleum products and liquefied natural gas
5 Singapore and Indonesia
6 The Missing Picture
7 Amnesty bill
8 Anwar Ibrahim
9 Ho Chi Minh City
10 Indonesia
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