All for ASEAN Community
13/11/14
The leaders of ASEAN
countries has shown the political will to form a community at the end of 2015.
Remaining time is not much for more than 500 million people in one of the most dynamic area of the world to establish
decision about a common roof. The 25th ASEAN Summit and ones play an important
role in a process that many people expect.
The 25th ASEAN Summit and other
related ones will focus on the process of building the ASEAN Community by 2015
and orientation for period after 2015; review and propose measures to
strengthen cooperation between ASEAN and its partners in the framework of ASEAN
+ 1 (China, Japan, India, the US and the UN), the ASEAN + 3 (China, South Korea
and Japan) and the 9th East Asia Summit (EAS), as well as discuss on regional
and international issues. The Mekong-Japan Summit is expected to focus on discussing
the status of implementation of the Action Plan of the Mekong - Japan 2013-2015
and orientations to promote cooperation between Mekong and Japan in the future.
On the sidelines of the
summit, ASEAN leaders will meet with the ASEAN Business Advisory Council
(ABAC). Earlier, in preparation for the conference, the Foreign Ministers of
ASEAN and ASEAN Senior Officials (SOM) have made preparatory meeting. The 25th
ASEAN Summit will discuss measures to accelerate progress and improve the quality
of implementation. Orienting ASEAN Community post 2015: Working Group on
building the ASEAN Community Vision 2015 is completing the following key
elements for the development of ASEAN post 2015 on all 3 pillars: Politics-Security,
Economy and Society-Culture. Currently, the rate of deployment of ASEAN Roadmap
is over 80%, in which pillars of Politics-Security reached 85%, Economy reached
81% and its economic and Society-Culture reached 97%.
Overall, ASEAN Vision post
2015 will inherit and promote the achieved results and set long-term strategy
to develop strongger ASEAN Community on three pillars in the next decades, proving
ASEAN’s role for peace, stability and prosperity in the region and on global
issues, towards an ASEAN Community which will be united in politics, economy
and share social responsibility. The key elements will be submitted to the
ASEAN Summit for consideration and direction to continue concretizing connotation
of specific elements and building a document to orient for the period after
2015.
A common roof is one with
safety first for everyone. Security of each country associated with the
security of the entire region. With penetration, Vietnam is always positive, proactive
in all affairs of ASEAN, harmonizing national interests and the region for a
bright ASEAN Community.
All comments [ 10 ]
ASEAN has cooperation and integration under the common house of ASEAN for the shared aspirations of peace, stability, cooperation and prosperity.
Today, ASEAN has asserted itself as an important socio-political entity not only in Southeast Asia but also in the Asia-Pacific region with its increasing role, reputation and influence at the global level.
The desire for peace and development has always been a compass for the operation of member countries in the Association. Solidarity, cooperation and development have always been the prevailing trend binding the Association's member countries.
Nowadays, ASEAN cooperation and integration have entered a new phase of development with meaningful moves towards the goals of becoming a Community of strongly bonded politics, economic strength and caring societies by 2015.
In that process, the people of ASEAN, the central objective of the ASEAN Community, will live in an environment of peace, stability and harmony; enjoy favorable conditions for sustainable and prosperous development in a highly competitive, open economic space; have access to comprehensive social services and welfare; their unique values and cultural identities are preserved and respected.
ASEAN has become the core factor which attracts the participation of and connects nearly 20 Partners, including major powers and big centers in the world in its dialogue and cooperation process, which ASEAN initiated and plays a central role in.
ASEAN has solicited substantial support and assistance of its Partners in the efforts to promote regional cooperation and integration as well as jointly settling common issues affecting the region.
In its relations with the external Partners, ASEAN has always projected itself as an entity with a common voice while leading and guiding discussions and cooperation priorities in those forums that it initiated as mentioned above.
The central role of ASEAN has always been respected and appreciated by its Partners, since ASEAN has been working well as "the honest broker" to harmonise, engage and balance the intertwining interests of various countries in the region.
45 years of close bonds and integration have brought about undeniable advantages and strength for ASEAN, creating firm premises for ASEAN to achieve greater advances to become an integrated and strong Community by 2015.
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