ASEAN - Introduction

Sreekar

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok by the five original Member Countries, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined on 8 January 1984, Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and ffice:smarttags" /><ST1lace w:st="on"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comCambodia</st1:country-region></ST1lace> on 30 April 1999 [1].<O</O
History [2]
ASEAN was preceded by an organization called the Association of Southeast Asia (ASA), an alliance consisting of the <st1:country-region w:st="on">Philippines</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Malaysia</st1:country-region>, and <ST1lace <st1:country-region w:st="on">Thailand</st1:country-region></ST1lace that was formed in 1961.
The bloc itself, however, was established on August 8, 1967, when foreign ministers of five countries—Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand—met at the Thai Department of Foreign Affairs building in Bangkok and signed the ASEAN Declaration, more commonly known as the Bangkok Declaration. The five foreign ministers—Adam Malik of Indonesia, Narciso R. Ramos of the Philippines, Tun Abdul Razak of Malaysia, S. Rajaratnam of Singapore, and Thanat Khoman of Thailand—are considered as the organization's Founding Fathers.

For more information please visit the sources.
Sources:
[1] - ASEANSEC.ORG
[2] - WIKIPEDIA.ORG

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Sreekar

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