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Yearly Archives: 1999

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ASEAN and the Growth of Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia by, Rodolfo C. Severino, Jr,

World Affairs (WA): How and in what circumstances was ASEAN established? What, in your view, were the principal economic and political factors that led the five Southeast Asian nations to join hands in 1967? Rodolfo C Severino (RCS): ASEAN was established in 1967 by five countries - Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Singapore. Except for [...]

August 1st, 1999|Statement & Communiques|
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Managing Transnational Crime in ASEAN, by S. Pushpanathan

Introduction ASEAN member countries have been fostering cooperation in combating transnational crime for more than two decades. Initially, ASEAN was concerned with the abuse of narcotics and trafficking in illegal drugs. However, with the expansion and diversification of transnational crime to include terrorism, arms smuggling, money laundering, illegal migration, and piracy, and the highly organised [...]

July 1st, 1999|Statement & Communiques|
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ASEAN-10: Meeting the Challenges, by Termsak Chalermpalanupap

In their ASEAN Declaration signed in Bangkok on 8 August 1967, the Foreign Ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand stated that "the Association represents 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 [...]

June 1st, 1999|Statement & Communiques|
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Green Shoots of Recovery by Robert R. Teh Jr.

The past year saw the ASEAN region experience its most serious economic downturn in the post-war era. What started out as a financial crisis in July 1997 quickly became an economic and social crisis. Regional exchange rates and stocks markets plunged. Gross domestic product fell for most ASEAN countries with only Singapore and the transition [...]

February 13th, 1999|Statement & Communiques|
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ASEAN and The Media: Shortcomings in Regional Press Reporting “Where are the facts?” by Rodolfo C. Severino Secretary-General of ASEAN

(This article appeared in Asian Media Report, January 1999) For several reasons, ASEAN as ASEAN has never received much press attention in most of the 31 years of its existence. But, in the good old days of rapid economic growth rates of 7-8 per cent a year and effective action on such high-profile issues as [...]

January 5th, 1999|Statement & Communiques|
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