External Relations

ASEAN 10 Dialogue Partners

ASEAN Plus Three members

East Asia Summit members

ASEAN Regional Forum Members

helps support ASEAN Community Building.

engages
in two or more ASEAN Sectoral Bodies

assists ASEAN's development trajectory

has long been associated with ASEAN and may be invited to attend the opening and closing ceremonies of the ASEAN Foreign Ministerial Meetings

serves as a prinicipal guide to enhance APT Cooperation over the next five years towards achieving the long term goal of establishing an East Asia Commuity

born from 1997 Asian financial Crisis, largely driven by Malaysia's Prime Miniter, was desgined to deal with regional economic problems. It was create as they did not want to rely on World Bank or the International Monetary Fund

is a meeting of 18 regional leaders for strategic dialogue and cooperation on political, security, and economic challenges facing the Asia Pacific Region.

The objectives of the ASEAN Regional Forum are outlined in the First ARF Chairman's Statement (1994), namely:

an important platform for security dialogue in the Asia Pacific Region. It provides a setting in which members can discuss current security issues and develop cooperative measures to enhance peace and security in the region.

List of International Organizations

sponsored a two year study to assist ASEAN in its economic cooperation activities

Fostering partnership to promote regional cooperation and integration in ASEAN. The ______ was conceived in the early 1960s as a financial institution that would be Asian in character and foster economic growth and cooperation in one of the poorest regions in the world.

is an inter-governmental regional organization encompassing countries from Europe, Caucuses and Central Asia, Middle East and South Asia connecting Russia to Persian Gulf and China to Europe. The overall objective of the Organization is the sustainable economic development of its Member States and the Region as a whole.

is a regional organisation, with six members: The Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, the Sultanate of Oman, the State of Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Set up in 1981, its objectives are to enhance coordination, integration and inter-connection among its members.

comprises of eight Member States: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

is an intergovernmental organization composed of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan founded in Shanghai in 2001. The _____ was formed as a confidencebuilding forum to demilitarize borders, the organization's goals and agenda have since broadened to include increased military and counterterrorism cooperation and intelligence sharing.