The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) holds
annual meetings in relation to economic, and cultural development of Southeast
Asian countries. These meetings are known as ASEAN Summit.
The grouping regularly conducts dialogue meetings with best
other countries in an
organization collectively known as the ASEAN dialogue partners. Dealing with
strategic and security issues, this group of 10 countries is able to act without
the pressures of the cold dvds
war powers, as it has refused entry to the U.S. It has
become a bulwark against perceived American hegemony in the region. ASEAN + 3
adds China, Japan and South Korea after the agreement of ASEAN+3 Heads of
Government Summit on Nov. 2001 in Brunei. U.S. influence continues to be
resisted.
The formal summit are held in clips
three days. The usual itinerary are as follows:
ASEAN leaders hold an internal organization meeting.
ASEAN leaders hold a conference together with foreign movies ministers of the ASEAN Regional Forum.
Leaders of 3 ASEAN Dialogue Partners (also known as ASEAN+3) namely China, Japan and South Korea hold a meeting with the ASEAN leaders.
A separate meeting is set for leaders of 2 ASEAN Dialogue Partners (also known as ASEAN+CER) namely Australia and New Zealand.
At the 12th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, new movies
meetings are scheduled.
These are:
East Asia Summit - converging ASEAN and six dialogue partners namely China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and India.
ASEAN-Russia Summit - meeting between ASEAN leaders and the President of
Russia.
The summit was originally set to be hosted on Cebu island in the Philippines
from December 10 to 14. However on December 08, organizers decided to move the
summit schedule to January 12-15, 2007 due to Typhoon Seniang. Cebu Metropolitan
Area (composed of Cebu City, Mandaue City, Talisay City, and Lapu-Lapu City)
jointly hosted varied events of the summit.
On the first day of the summit, the member countries of ASEAN signed five
agreements pertaining to continuing integration of ASEAN and enhancing
political, economic and social cooperation in the region:
Cebu Declaration Towards a Caring and Sharing Community
Cebu Declaration on the Blueprint for the ASEAN Charter
Cebu Declaration on the Acceleration of the Establishment of an ASEAN Community by 2015
ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers
ASEAN Convention on Counter Terrorism