During the 25th ASEAN Summit on 12-13 November 2014 in Nay Pyi Taw, the ASEAN Leaders adopted the Nay Pyi Taw Declaration on the ASEAN Community Post-2015 Vision together with the Central Elements of the Post- 2015 Vision for 2016-2025. As community building is an evolving process, ASEAN will continue to work towards a region that is internally and externally strong, resilient to regional and global challenges and truly representative of the peoples of the region. In the political-security pillar, the Leaders stressed the importance of maintaining peace and stability in a shifting geo-strategic landscape in the region. The Leaders highlighted the need to develop a rules-based regional architecture in keeping with the fundamental principles in ASEAN key instruments such as the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) and the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC). The Leaders also underscored the need to enhance ASEAN capacity and preparedness in addressing non-traditional security challenges, especially trafficking in persons, counter-terrorism and extremism, drugs, and pandemics.