ONE ASEAN-

ONE HEALTH
USTJ – 2014
About ASEAN
Founding
Members
• Thailand
• Malaysia
• Indonesia
• Philippines
• Singapore
Additional
Members

Population 575 million • Brunei Darussalam

Area 4.5 million square km. 1984
• Viet Nam 1995
Main religions Islam Buddhism Hinduism • Lao PDR 1997
Combined GDP USD $ 737 Billion • Myanmar 1997
• Cambodia 1999
Trade USD $ 720 Billion
“The establishment of ASEAN began with the signing
of Bangkok Declaration by the Foreign Ministers of
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and
Thailand in Bangkok on 8th August 1967.”
 1967 Bangkok Declaration establishing ASEAN
1971 Declaration on the Zone of Peace, ASEAN: over 40 years
Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN)
1976 First ASEAN Summit, Bali, Treaty of Amity and
Cooperation (TAC)
signed
1977 ASEAN Leaders met with HOGs of
Australia, Japan and New Zealand,
in Kuala Lumpur “For over 40 years,
1984 Brunei Darussalam became member ASEAN has developed
1991 Political Settlement of “Kampuchean
Problem”
comprehensive
1992 AFTA agreed at Singapore Summit cooperation with its
1994 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) dialogue partners and
launched in Bangkok
1995 Vietnam became member
other international
1995 SEANWFZ Treaty signed in Bangkok organizations.”
1997 Laos and Myanmar became
member
First ASEAN+3 Summit in KL,
Vision 2020
1998 Hanoi Plan of Action
1999 Cambodia became member (10 Member
Countries)
2000 2003 Bali Concord II : 2004 Vientiane Action Plan 2005 First East Asia Summit (EAS); 2007 Acceleration of ASEAN
1st ASEAN-UN Establishment of ASEAN (VAP): Roadmap for ASEAN Declaration on Establishment of Community to 2015, Cebu,
Summit, Bangkok Community with 3 pillars
Community ASEAN Charter in Kuala Lumpur, Philippines
Malaysia
“Today, ASEAN is not only a well-functioning,
indispensable reality in the region. It is a
real force to be reckoned with far beyond the
region. It is also a trusted partner of the
United Nations in the field of development”

Kofi Annan,
Secretary General of the United Nations,
16 February 2000
 What is the ASEAN Charter?
 A constitution of ASEAN
 To provide legal and institutional
framework for ASEAN
 To give ASEAN a legal personality
 Comprising 13 Chapters and 55 Articles
 Entered into force on 15 December 2008
Objectives of the ASEAN Charter
 To make ASEAN

 More effective and efficient;

 More rule-based; and
 More people-oriented
 Structure of the ASEAN Community

ASEAN Community
by 2015

ASEAN Political ASEAN Economic ASEAN Socio-cultural

Security Community Community Community
 Main Thrusts of 3 Pillars of ASEAN Community

APSC AEC ASCC

• Rules-based  Common market  Human resources
community and shared base of Development
• Peaceful, production  Provide adequate
evolutionary, shared-
sense of
 Competitive with social welfares and
responsibility, and other regions services
possessing  A region with few  Social rights and
comprehensive developmental gaps justice
security
• Dynamic, supports
 A region that is  Environmental
efforts to form a integrated and yet sustainability
global outreach and able to retain its  ASEAN identity
mutual own momentum in
interdependence  The narrowing of
moving forward developmental gap
• Promotion and external economic
Protection of Human between Member
relations States
Rights
CONNECTIVITY
 ASEAN External Relations
Global Outreach: Dialogue Partners

 10 Dialogue Partners: Japan, China,

Republic of Korea, Australia, New
Zealand, Canada, India, United States,
Russia and European Union

 1 Sectoral Partner: Pakistan

Issues Confronting ASEAN
INTERNAL:
reneging of commitments
national interest dictate decision-making
archipelagic states versus mainland states
lack of people’s participation and awareness
integration versus sovereignty
different political systems
huge development gap
policy driven versus rule-based regimes
Issues Confronting ASEAN
EXTERNAL:
competition from emerging economies
rising energy prices
volatile capital flows
uncertain political security environment
newly emerging diseases
climate change & environmental degradation
East Asia Community vs ASEAN Community
 Issues Confronting ASEAN
DIFFERENCES: OUTSIDE INFLUENCE/
WEAK
economic gap, RIVALRY:
INSTITUTIONAL China, Japan,
pol. system, agenda,
MECHANISM Russia, India
religion, language,
ethnicities

ASEAN COMMUNITY:
lack of real commitment
unclear goals
slow integration

COMPETITION:
resources MUTUAL SUSPICION:
export NATIONAL INTEREST historical animosity
investment vs cold war legacy
COMMUNITY size
INTEREST
 Issues confronting ASEAN:
Possible Solution?

CHALLENGE:
ASEAN Community; SYMPTOM/
CONSTRAINT:
Linked to East Asia;
Bold declaration,
Leading change weak action.
and innovation. Driving force ROOT CAUSE:
in rhetoric, Still a loose
passenger organization. Decision
in reality. by consensus,
cumbersome.
Agreements based on
least common
SOLUTION: denominator. National
ASEAN Charter, Partnership with Interests prevail.
Dialogue Partners
 Challenges for ASEAN Community
Building
 To narrow the development gap
 To enhance connectivity within the region
 To maintain ASEAN centrality in the regional
architecture
 To increase public awareness and the sense of
ownership among ASEAN peoples
 To provide quality of life and welfare for all the ASEAN
peoples
 CHALLENGES

POLITICAL-SECURITY
 Terrorism and Transnational Crimes
 Democracy, Good Governance and Human Rights
ECONOMIC
 Negative Impacts of the Free Trade/Market
 Labour Movements : MRAs in 8 professions;
including medical doctors, dentists, and nurses
SOCIO-CULTURAL
 Common Identity
 Common Threats: Health, Disaster, Environment
CHALLENGES : “Rewriting Security”

PEACE : Political – Military Security

 Non-traditional threats : CT-TC, Disaster
 Democracy, Good Governance and Human Rights
PROSPERITY : Economic Security
 Food Security
 Enerty Security
PEOPLE : Socio-Cultural Security
 Human Security
 Security and Identity
 CHALLENGES

COMMUNITY
 Community-building is an on-going process;
beyond 2015
CONNECTIVITY
 Connecting within and to the world; beyond
ASEAN connectivity
CENTRALITY
 Central in the regional architecture; in the
‘driving seat’
CREDIBILITY
 Credible to the peoples and the world
ONE ASEAN - ONE COMMUNITY

 SAFETY
 SUSTAINABILITY
 SOCIAL WELFARE
 HEALTH
 CARING
 SHARING
 ONE ASEAN - ONE HEALTH

ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community

Blueprint 2009-2015
The ASEAN Community is to be established
by 2015 as a community that is people-
oriented and socially responsible, based
on the concept of a caring and sharing
society where the well-being and welfare of
the peoples are enhanced.
 ONE ASEAN - ONE HEALTH

ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community

Blueprint 2009-2015
 Enhancing food security and safety (B3)
 Access to healthcare and promotion of healthy
lifestyles (B4)
 Improving capability to control communicable
diseases (B5)
 Ensuring a drug-free ASEAN (B6)
 Building disaster-resilient nations and safer
communities (B7)
 ONE ASEAN - ONE HEALTH

Mechanisms
 ASEAN Health Ministers’ Meeting : AHMM
 Senior Officials Meeting on Health Development :
SOMHD
 Subsidiary Bodies : Working Group / Experts Group
 SOMHD Working Group on Project Development (WGPD)
 ASEAN Working Group on Technical Cooperation in
Pharmaceuticals (AWGTCP)
 ASEAN Technical Working Group on Pandemic Preparedness
and Response (ATWGPPR)
 ASEAN Experts Group on Communicable Diseases (AEGCD)
 ASEAN Expert Group on Food Safety (AEGFS)
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Mechanisms
 Subsidiary Bodies : Task Forces / Focal Points
 ASEAN Task Force on AIDS (ATFOA)
 ASEAN Task Force on Traditional Medicine (ATFTM)
 ASEAN Task Force on Non-communicable Diseases
 ASEAN Task Force on Mental Health
 ASEAN Task Force on Maternal and Child Health
 ASEAN Focal Points of Tobacco Control (AFPTC)

 Notes:
 The Philippines will host the next (7th) SOMHD and related
meeting in May 2011 in Cebu.
 Thailand will host the next (11th) AHMM and related
meetings in 2012.
 ONE ASEAN - ONE HEALTH

The 19th ASEAN Summit on 17 November 2011 in Bali

 ASEAN Declaration of Commitment : Getting To

Zero New HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination,
Zero AIDS-Related Deaths (and the launching of
the ASEAN Regional Report on HIV/AIDs (2010)

 N.B. Negative effects of promoting regional

connectivity
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The 19th ASEAN Summit on 17 November 2011 in Bali

 Bali Declaration on ASEAN Community in a
Global Community of Nations (Bali Concord III)
 Bali Declaration on the Enhancement of the Role
and Participation of the Persons with Disabilities
in ASEAN Community (ASEAN Decade for
Disabilities 2011-2020)
 ASEAN Leaders’ Statement on Cooperation in
Flood Prevention, Mitigation, Relief, Recovery
and Rehabilitation
 ASEAN Community
in Global Health Diplomacy

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger (Goal 1)

 Reduce child mortality rates (Goal 4)
 Improve maternal health (Goal 5)
 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
(Goal 6)
 ASEAN Community
in Global Health Diplomacy

Challenges
 Healthcare promoting human security at the
national and international levels
 Access to medicines at reasonable prices
 Prevention from newly emerging diseases,
including both communicable and non-
communicable diseases
 Promotion of international healthcare system
 Healthcare national agenda setting
 ASEAN Community
in Global Health Diplomacy
Challenges
Foreign Policy and Healthcare
 Foreign Policy to push forward urgent healthcare
agenda
 Healthcare cooperation to support foreign policy
objectives
 Diplomatic forum to support solution to global
healthcare problems
 Training diplomats on health issues and
healthcare experts on diplomacy
 Thank You

One Vision
One Identity
One Community