Association of
Southeast Asian Nations
The Association of
Southeast Asian Nations is a geo-political and economic organization of ten countries
located in Southeast Asia. This organization was established on 8 August 1967
in Bangkok, Thailand. It was originally formed by the following countries:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
As time went on,
there are another five countries join in this organization. The following picture
is their flag, according to the ASEAN official website, “the ASEAN flag is a symbol
of Member States’ unity and support for the principles and endeavors of ASEAN
and is a means to promote greater ASEAN awareness and solidarity.”
For the ASEAN
community, it is comprised of three pillars: political-security community, economic
community and socio-cultural community. Under the security community, members
all agreed to resolve conflicts by use of peaceful diplomacy. For the economic
community, the organization signed an ASEAN Free Trade Area agreement which is
for eliminating all tariffs in those member states to increase competitiveness
and efficiency. Also the socio-cultural community focuses on helping the disadvantaged
groups like women, children and rural workers. For example, they have an ASEAN scholarship
is to award some students in higher education institutes and aid the member countries
to improve their education performance.
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