ASEAN Member States
There are 10 countries in ASEAN, namely 1)Brunei Darussalam 2)Cambodia 3)Indonesia 4)Lao PDR 5)Malaysia 6)Myanmar 7)Philippines 8)Singapore 9)Thailand 10)Viet Nam
The working language of ASEAN is English.
The motto of ASEAN is “One Vision, One Identity, One Community”.
8 August is observed as ASEAN Day.
THE ASEAN WAY
ASEAN COMMUNITY
"At the 12th ASEAN Summit in January 2007, the Leaders affirmed their strong commitment to accelerate the establishment of an ASEAN Community by 2015 and signed the Cebu Declaration on the Acceleration of the Establishment of an ASEAN Community by 2015.
The ASEAN Community is comprised of three pillars, namely the ASEAN Political-Security Community, ASEAN Economic Community and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community. Each pillar has its own Blueprint..."
Establishment
"The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN,was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
Brunei Darussalam then joined on 7 January 1984, Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999, making up what is today the ten Member States of ASEAN."
