High Level Task Force (HLTF) on the Drafting of the ASEAN Charter (2007)
Cebu Declaration on the Blueprint of the ASEAN Charter, Cebu, Philippines, 13 January 2007 Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Original, English) Significance of the ASEAN Charter ASEAN Member States If the last decade of the 20th century, to whose final death throes we are now the unhappy witnesses, can be termed the Age of Nationalism, then the 21st century, whose pale dawn is visible over the horizon, can be aptly described as the Coming Age of Regionalism. On 8 August 1967 the “Bangkok Declaration” gave birth to ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, an organization that would unite five countries in a joint effort to promote economic co-operation and the welfare of their peoples. After repeated unsuccessful attempts in the past, this
ASEAN Charter and its translation in ASEAN languages
ASEAN Charter
With the entry into force of the ASEAN Charter on 15 December 2008, ASEAN will henceforth operate under a new legal framework and establish a number of new organs to boost its community-building process.
The ASEAN Charter has been fully raMember States
ASEAN The Way Ahead by S. Rajaratnam
This Foreword focuses on regionaASEAN Conception and Evolution by Thanat Khoman
