On 8 August 2007, ASEAN will turn forty. It is certainly a time for celebration. But perhaps it is also a time for some introspection and for those of us in ASEAN to assess how ready we are, after four decades of evolution, to achieve our ambitious goal of becoming one ASEAN. By one ASEAN we mean a cohesive ASEAN Community with one vision and one identity. From this, we have spelt out more specific goals such as establishing ASEAN as a single market and promoting ASEAN as a single tourist destination. Clear measures were laid out in the Vientiane Action Programme of 2004 and we have been making progress in some key areas. Of note, we signed a counter-terrorism convention and concluded other important accords in the past year. We are now working to draft the ASEAN Charter and also put in place a blueprint to accelerate ASEAN’s economic integration.