HAPPY ASEAN DAY

 ASEAN 

ASEAN or Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a region organization which was founded on August 8, 1967 in Bangkok Thailand. Asean was founded by 5 countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines, at that time represented by their respective  ministers, namely Adam Malik (Indonesia) as Indonesian Foreign Minister, Narsicos Ramos (Philippines) as Philippine Foreign Minister, Thanat Khoman (Thailand) as Thai Foreign Minister, Tun. Abdul Razak (Malaysia) as Deputy Prime Minister concurrently Minister of Defense and Minister of National Development Malaysia and S. Rajaratnam (Singapore) as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Singapore. 

They meet in Bangkok Thailand to following up the joint declaration by holding a meeting and signing the ASEAN Declaration or Bangkok Declaration which marked its foundation the ASEAN Organization. Qoute by kemenlu.go.id the contents of the bangkok declaration are as follows : 

Southeast, namely the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Adam Malik), Deputy Prime Minister concurrently Minister of Defense and Minister for National Development of Malaysia (Tun Abdul Razak), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines (Narciso Ramos), Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore (S. Rajaratnam), and Minister Thailand Foreign Affairs (Thanat Khoman) followed up on the Joint Declaration by holding a meeting and signing the ASEAN Declaration (The ASEAN Declaration) or what is known as the Bangkok Declaration. The contents of the Bangkok Declaration are as follows:

Southeast, namely the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Adam Malik), Deputy Prime Minister concurrently Minister of Defense and Minister for National Development of Malaysia (Tun Abdul Razak), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines (Narciso Ramos), Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore (S. Rajaratnam), and Minister Thailand Foreign Affairs (Thanat Khoman) followed up on the Joint Declaration by holding a meeting and signing the ASEAN Declaration (The ASEAN Declaration) or what is known as the Bangkok Declaration. The contents of the Bangkok Declaration are as follows:

  "Southeast, namely the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Adam Malik), Deputy Prime Minister concurrently Minister of Defense and Minister for National Development of Malaysia (Tun Abdul Razak), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines (Narciso Ramos), Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore (S. Rajaratnam), and Minister Thailand Foreign Affairs (Thanat Khoman) followed up on the Joint Declaration by holding a meeting and signing the ASEAN Declaration (The ASEAN Declaration) or what is known as the Bangkok Declaration. The contents of the Bangkok Declaration are as follows:

1. accelerating economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the Southeast Asian region;
2. enhancing regional peace and stability;
3. enhance cooperation and mutual assistance for common interests in the economic, social, technical, scientific and administrative fields;
4. maintain close cooperation among existing regional and international organizations;
5. enhance cooperation to advance education, training and research in the Southeast Asian region.

as for the initial members of the ASEAN organization are Indonesia (8 August 1967); Malaysia (8 August 1967); Singapura (8 August 1967); Thailand (8 August 1967); Filipina (8 August 1967) follow up Brunei Darussalam (8 January 1984); Vietnam (28 July 1995); Laos (23 July 1997); Myanmar (23 July 1997); Cambodia (30 April 1999). Other reason to founding this organization is to make a situation of the asian countries is peaceful, stability and prosperous with make a corporation to achieve mutual prosperity for the Asian nation

Happy 53 Asean Day, Unite the Asian nations!

Basic of Writen 

https://kemlu.go.id/

http://setnas-asean.id/