AEC

Success and challenges within ASEAN integration

Since its inception on the 8th of August 1967, ASEAN has made tremendous strides in promoting peace and stability in the region. This is carried out through an abiding of the rule of law and adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter, which allows for all member states to subscribe to its respective aims, principles, and purposes under the banner of a united regional association.

26 April 2018
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Delivering the ASEAN Single Window

The economic end goal for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) under the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is economic integration. And one of the many steps taken to achieve that goal is through the introduction of the ASEAN Single Window (ASW) initiative. What is the ASW?The prime focus of the ASW is on trade facilitation and the end product is the integration of National Single Windows of individual ASEAN member states.

26 January 2018
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Surin Pitsuwan, forever in our hearts

On Thursday, the 30th of November 2017, the most prolific Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) passed away at the age of 68.Surin Pitsuwan who assumed the position from 1 January 2008 until 1 January 2013 died of an acute heart attack. He collapsed moments before he was set to deliver a speech in Bangkok and was promptly rushed to Ramkhamhaeng Hospital.

11 December 2017
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