ASEAN Summit

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ASEAN Summit
Motto: "One Vision, One Identity, One Community"
ASEAN members shown in green.
Headquarters		Indonesia
Member states		10 states [show]
Leaders
•	Secretary General	Le Luong Minh
Establishment		8 August 1967
Website www.asean.org

The ASEAN Summit is an annual meeting held by the member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nationsin relation to economic, and cultural development of Southeast Asiancountries.^[2]

The league of ASEAN is currently connected with other countries who aimed to participate on themissions and visions of the league. Apparently, the league is conducting an annual meetings with other countries in an organisation collectively known as the ASEAN dialogue partners. ASEAN +3 adds China, Japan andSouth Korea. The formal summit are held in three days. The usual itinerary are as follows:

ASEAN leaders hold an internal organisation meeting.
ASEAN leaders hold a conference together with foreign ministers of the ASEAN Regional Forum.
Leaders of 3 ASEAN Dialogue Partners (also known as ASEAN+3) namely China, Japan and South Korea hold a meeting with the ASEAN leaders.
And a separate meeting is set for leaders of 2 ASEAN Dialogue Partners (also known as ASEAN+CER) namely Australia and New Zealand.

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History[edit]

The First ASEAN summit was held in February 1976 in Bali.^[3] At this summit, ASEAN expressed its readiness to "develop fruitful relations" and mutually beneficial co-operation with other countries of the region.^[4]The ASEAN leaders signed the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia.

On 2nd ASEAN summit held on Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1977 was the occasion for the first summit meeting between Japan and ASEAN. Japan expressed its intention to promote co-operation with ASEAN.^[5]

On 9th ASEAN Summit; A meeting on 7 October 2003 on Bali,Indonesia. The leaders of the members nations signed a declaration known as the Bali Concord II in which they agreed to pursue closer economic integration by 2020.

According to the declaration, "an ASEAN Community" would be set upon three pillars, "namely political and security cooperation, economic cooperation, and socio-cultural cooperation; For the purpose of ensuring durable peace, stability and shared prosperity in the region." The plan envisaged a region with a population of 500 million and annual trade of US$720 billion. Also, a free trade area would be established in the region by 2020. ASEAN's leaders also discussed setting up a security community alongside the economic one, though without any formal military alliance.

During the same meeting, the People's Republic of China and ASEAN have also agreed to work faster toward a mutual trade agreement, which will create the world's most populous market, with 1.7 billion consumers. Japan also signed an agreement pledging to reduce tariff and non-tariff barriers with ASEAN members.

On the 11th ASEAN summit last 12–14 December 2005 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Seven main issues were discussed during the Summit. The issues are:

the spread of bird flu
southern Thailand conflict
democracy in Myanmar
crude oil prices fluctuation and poverty
investment and trade
ASEAN Charter

Immediately after the summit ended, the inaugural East Asia Summitwas held.

The 12th ASEAN Summit was originally set to be hosted on Cebu island in the Philippines from 10 to 14 December. However, on 8 December, organisers decided to move the summit schedule to 12–15 January 2007 due to Typhoon Seniang. Cebu Metropolitan Area (composed ofCebu City, Mandaue City, Talisay City, and Lapu-Lapu City) jointly hosted varied events of the summit. The actual conference was held at the Cebu International Convention Centre in Mandaue City while theShangri-La Mactan Island Resort & Spa in Lapu-Lapu City provided accommodations for delegates and venues for smaller meetings.

At the 12th ASEAN Summit, the member countries of ASEAN signed five agreements pertaining to continuing integration of ASEAN and enhancing political, economic and social co-operation in the region:^[6]

Cebu Declaration Towards a Caring and Sharing Community.
Cebu Declaration on the Blueprint for the ASEAN Charter.
Cebu Declaration on the Acceleration of the Establishment of an ASEAN Community by 2015.
ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers.
ASEAN Convention on Counter Terrorism.

The 13th ASEAN Summit was held from 18–22 November 2007, inSingapore. The theme was "One ASEAN at the Heart of Dynamic Asia".

The key theme of the discussions was set to be on "Energy, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development". In line with the theme, the ASEAN Leaders' Declaration on Environmental Sustainability was signed at the 13th ASEAN Summit and a proposal to work on a Singapore Declaration on the Environment was issued at the 3rd East Asia Summit.

The leaders had endorsed the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint which will help chart concrete targets for establishing a single market and production base in the ASEAN region by 2015.

The summit marking the 30th anniversary of ASEAN-EU ties was held on 22 November.

Other documents that had be negotiated and signed:

ASEAN Mutual Recognition Agreement on Architectural Services.
ASEAN Framework Arrangement for the Mutual Recognition of Surveying Qualifications.
Protocol to Implement the Sixth Package of Commitments under the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services.
Agreements on trade and areas of co-operation with ASEAN Dialogue Partners.

The 15th Asean Summit was held from 23–25 October 2009 in Hua Hin,Cha Am, Thailand.^[7] It involved the Leaders from Asean league of Nations together with their dialogue partners from People's Republic of China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand.

A flurry of meetings among Asian leaders on the last day raised the possibility of forging a regional free trade pact, which is likely to be raised at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in November 2009.

The 16th ASEAN Summit held in Ha Noi, Vietnam 9 April 2010 "Towards the Asean Community: from Vision to Action".

The 17th ASEAN Summit in October 2010 in Vietnam Ha Noi.Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono did not attend the opening ceremony of the Summit this afternoon. He had to cut short his trip and returned home to oversee the rescue operation in the disaster-stricken area, after arriving here on Tuesday for a state visit prior to attending the Summit.
The 18th ASEAN Summit in Jakarta capital of Indonesia.
The 19th ASEAN Summit in Bali, Indonesia at November 2011.

Locations[edit]

The ASEAN Summit is held by its 10 Southeast Asian Countries annually.

Annual meetings of the **ASEAN** members.
#	Dates	Country	City
1st	23–24 February 1976	Indonesia	Bali
2nd	4–5 August 1977	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
3rd	14–15 December 1987	Philippines	Manila
4th	27–29 January 1992	Singapore	Singapore
5th	14–15 December 1995	Thailand	Bangkok
6th	15–16 December 1998	Vietnam	Hanoi
7th	5–6 November 2001	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan
8th	4–5 November 2002	Cambodia	Phnom Penh
9th	7–8 October 2003	Indonesia	Bali
10th	29–30 November 2004	Laos	Vientiane
11th	12–14 December 2005	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
12th	11–14 January 2007	Philippines	Cebu City
13th	18–22 November 2007	Singapore	Singapore
14th	27 February – 1 March 2009 10–11 April 2009	Thailand	Cha Am, Hua Hin Pattaya
15th	23 October 2009	Thailand	Cha Am, Hua Hin Pattaya
16th	8–9 April 2010	Vietnam	Hanoi
17th	28–31 October 2010	Vietnam	Hanoi
18th	7–8 May 2011	Indonesia	Jakarta
19th	17–19 November 2011	Indonesia	Bali
20th	3–4 April 2012	Cambodia	Phnom Penh
21st	18–20 November 2012	Cambodia	Phnom Penh
22nd	24–25 April 2013	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan ^[8]
23rd	9–10 October 2013	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan ^[8]
24th	10–11 May 2014	Myanmar	Naypyidaw
25th	12–13 November 2014	Myanmar	Naypyidaw
26th	26–27 April 2015	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur/Langkawi
27th	18–22 November 2015	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
28th	TBA	Laos	Vientiane^[9]
29th	November 2016	Laos	Vientiane^[9]