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History
• ASEAN was preceded by an organisation called the Association of Southeast Asia,
commonly called ASA
• an alliance consisting of the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand that was formed in
1961.
• The bloc itself, however, was established on 8 August 1967, when foreign
ministers of five countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and
Thailand met.
• met at the Thai Department of Foreign Affairs building in Bangkok and signed the
ASEAN Declaration, more commonly known as the Bangkok Declaration.
• The five foreign ministers – Adam Malik of Indonesia, Narciso Ramos of the
Philippines, Abdul Razak of Malaysia, S. Rajaratnam of Singapore, and Thanat
Khoman of Thailand – are considered as the organisation's Founding Fathers.
In 1976, the Melanesian state of Papua New Guinea was accorded observer status
In 1976, the Melanesian state of Papua New Guinea was accorded observer status
Brunei Darussalam became the sixth member after it joined on 8 January 1984,
barely a week after the country became independent on 1 January.
On 28 July 1995, Vietnam became the seventh member.
Laos and Burma (Myanmar) joined two years later in 23 July 1997.
The country later joined on 30 April 1999, following the stabilizations of its
government.
MOTIVATION BEHIND ASEAN
• The motivations for the birth of ASEAN were so that its members’
governing elite could concentrate .
• nation building
• Combat communism.