The ASEAN Charter will introduce the following institutional changes to ASEAN: ASEAN will, for the first time after 40 years of existence, be conferred with a legal personality of an Inter-Governmental Organization. Details will have to be worked out in a supplementary protocol. ASEAN Leaders shall meet (at least) twice a year : one among [...]
The ASEAN Charter was signed today, 20 November 2007, by the Leaders of the 10 ASEAN Member States at the 13th ASEAN Summit in Singapore. It comes as ASEAN celebrates its 40th anniversary of its founding in 1967. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ASEAN CHARTER For the first time after 40 years of regional cooperation, ASEAN Member [...]
1. We, the Leaders of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia and The Philippines – East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) met for the Fourth BIMP-EAGA Summit in Singapore on 19 November 2007. We discussed on how to intensify cooperation among the BIMP-EAGA member countries in the areas of trade facilitation, transport, tourism, environment, and in the social [...]