CA Ňones, Godess Ivy G. B.S. Architecture 3-A Assignment #1 SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

CAŇONES, GODESS IVY G. B.S.
ARCHITECTURE 3-A
ASSIGNMENT #1 SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
1) Through a storyline, illustrate the History of ASEAN.

The foreign ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand met in
the main hall of the Department of Foreign Affairs building in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 8,
1967, to sign a document. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was formed as
a result of that document. The five Foreign Ministers who signed it - Adam Malik of Indonesia,
Narciso R. Ramos of the Philippines, Tun Abdul Razak of Malaysia, S. Rajaratnam of
Singapore, and Thanat Khoman of Thailand - would eventually be hailed as the Founding
Fathers of what is now arguably the most influential inter-governmental organization in the
developing world. The document they signed became known as the ASEAN Declaration.
It was a brief, plain-spoken document with only five articles. It announced the formation of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a group for regional cooperation among
Southeast Asian nations, and outlined the group's objectives. These goals and objectives
centered on cooperation in a variety of areas, including the economic, social, cultural, technical,
educational, and others, as well as the promotion of regional peace and stability through
steadfast adherence to the rules of justice and the rule of law and the United Nations Charter. It
stated that all Southeast Asian countries that adhered to the Association's aims, principles, and
purposes were eligible to participate. As stated in the declaration, ASEAN stands for "the
collective will of the nations of Southeast Asia to bind themselves together in friendship and
cooperation and, through shared efforts and sacrifices, secure for their peoples and for posterity
the blessings of peace, freedom, and prosperity."
The four nations realized that regional cooperation was now necessary or the region's future
would remain uncertain as Thailand mediated a settlement of differences between Indonesia,
the Philippines, and Malaysia. Thanat Khoman of Thailand, one of the two surviving
protagonists of that historic process, recalls: “At the banquet marking the reconciliation
between the three disputants, I broached the idea of forming another organization for regional
cooperation with Adam Malik. Malik agreed without hesitation but asked for time to talk with
his government and also to normalize relations with Malaysia now that the confrontation was
over. Meanwhile, the Thai Foreign Office prepared a draft charter of the new institution. Within
a few months, everything was ready. I therefore invited the two former members of the
Association for Southeast Asia (ASA), Malaysia and the Philippines, and Indonesia, a key
member, to a meeting in Bangkok. In addition, Singapore sent S. Rajaratnam, then Foreign
Minister, to see me about joining the new set-up. Although the new organization was planned
to comprise only the ASA members plus Indonesia, Singapore’s request was favorably
considered.”
Consequently, in the first few days of August 1967, the five foreign ministers spent four days in
the relative seclusion of a beach resort in Bang Saen, a coastal settlement less than 100
kilometers southeast of Bangkok. It was by no means an easy process: each man brought into
the discussions a historical and political perspective that had no resemblance to that of any of
the others. There they negotiated over that document in a decidedly informal manner, which
they would later take pleasure in describing as "sports-shirt diplomacy." Although they
frequently gathered at the negotiation table, they managed their differences amicably as they
set up their shots on the golf course and cracked jokes about each other's games. This method
of deliberation would later become the ASEAN ministerial tradition.
It was time for some formalities now that the rigors of the discussions and the informalities of
Bang Saen were behind them and their signatures had been neatly affixed to the ASEAN
Declaration, popularly known as the Bangkok Declaration. The first one to speak was Narciso
Ramos, the secretary of foreign affairs for the Philippines. Ramos, a former journalist and
longtime lawmaker, had passed up the opportunity to become speaker of the Philippine
Congress in order to become one of his nation's first ambassadors. He was 66 years old at the
time, and his lone child, future president Fidel V. Ramos, was serving in troubled Vietnam with
the Philippine Civic Action Group.
The fact that ASEAN was established at all in spite of these challenges, he said, indicated that
its foundations had been firmly laid. He recalled the arduous negotiations that took place prior to
the signing of the Declaration and that "truly taxed the goodwill, the imagination, the patience
and understanding of the five participating Ministers." Additionally, he made it clear to the
audience of diplomats, government representatives, and media representatives who had
attended the signing ceremony that the Ministers' efforts had been motivated by a strong feeling
of urgency. In those tumultuous and crucial times, he spoke menacingly of the forces stacked
against the survival of the Southeast Asian nations.
The fragmented economies of Southeast Asia, he claimed, "(with) each country pursuing its own
constrained objectives and dissipating its meager resources in the overlapping or even
conflicting endeavors of sister states, carry the seeds of weakness in their inability to grow and
their self-perpetuating dependence on the advanced, industrial nations. Therefore, by stronger,
more unified action, ASEAN could harness the largely unrealized potential of this wealthy area.
2) Discuss the fundamental principles of the ASEAN. How do these principles initiate
progress and development among ASEAN countries?
A. Non-interference in the internal affairs of one another – as stated in one of the fundamental
principles of ASEAN meddling one’s private matters is not endorsed. Setting boundaries is
highly implemented.
B. Settlement of differences or disputes by peaceful manner – An argument should be fixed
peacefully to avoid creating a much bigger problem.
C. Renunciation of the threat or use of force – it is stated that using force or threaten to use it, is
not accepted in one of the fundamental principles of ASEAN
D. Effective cooperation among themselves – cooperation is the key to success, if one knows to
cooperate effectively there will be no problem at all.
Cooperation. If all South-East Asian countries abide to these fundamental principles of ASEAN,
progress and development will follow.
3) What is the ASEAN Community Vision 2025?
1. We, the Heads of State/Government representing the peoples of the Member States of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (hereinafter referred to as ASEAN), gather here today
at the 27th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to celebrate the formal establishment of
the ASEAN Community 2015 and to chart the ASEAN Community Vision 2025.
2. We recall the ASEAN vision of an integrated, peaceful and stable community with shared
prosperity built upon the aspirations of and commitment to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation
in Southeast Asia, the ASEAN Vision 2020, the Declaration of ASEAN Concord II, the ASEAN
Charter, the Roadmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) and the Bali Declaration on
ASEAN Community in a Global Community of Nations.
3. We are pleased that the positive progress made since 2009 in implementing the Roadmap for
an ASEAN Community comprising the ASEAN PoliticalSecurity Community, ASEAN Economic
Community and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprints, as well as the Initiative for
ASEAN Integration (IAI) Strategic Framework and the IAI Work Plan II (2009-2015) and the
Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity has led us to another important milestone in ASEAN
development, namely, the formal establishment of the ASEAN Community 2015.
4. We resolve to consolidate our Community, building upon and deepening the integration
process to realise a rules-based, people-oriented, people-centred ASEAN Community, where
our peoples enjoy human rights and fundamental our sense of togetherness and common
identity, guided by the purposes and principles of the ASEAN Charter.
5. We envision a peaceful, stable and resilient Community with enhanced capacity to respond
effectively to challenges, and ASEAN as an outward-looking region within a global community of
nations, while maintaining ASEAN centrality. We also envision vibrant, sustainable and highly
integrated economies, enhanced ASEAN Connectivity as well as strengthened efforts in
narrowing the development gap, including through the IAI. We further envision ASEAN
empowered with capabilities, to seize opportunities and address challenges in the coming
decade.
6. We underline the complementarity of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development with ASEAN community building efforts to uplift the standards of living of our
peoples.

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