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ASEAN
TheASEANgroups
Indonesia, Malaysia,
the Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand,
Brunei, Vietnam,
Laos, Myanmar and
Cambodia.
THE ASSOCIATIONWAS
ESTABLISHED ON
8 AUGUST,
1967 IN BANGKOK
BY FIVE
COUNTRIES: INDONESIA,
MALAYSIA, THE PHILIPPINES,
SINGAPORE AND THAILAND.
THEASEAN
REGIONHAS
ANAREAOF
4.5
MILLIONKM
2
.
THESECRETARYGENERAL
OFASEANISAPPOINTED
ONMERITANDACCORDED
MINISTERIAL
STATUS.
THEASEAN
NATIONSHAVE
THEHIGHEST
DENSITYOF
ENDANGERED
SPECIESIN
THEWORLD.
BRUNEI ISTHETHIRD
LARGESTPRODUCEROFOIL
INSOUTHEASTASIA.
THEEUISASEAN’S
THIRDLARGEST
TRADINGPARTNER
AFTERCHINAAND
JAPAN, ACCOUNTING
FORAPPROXIMATELY
13%OFASEAN
TRADE.
EUCOMPANIES
HAVE INVESTED
ANAVERAGE€13.6
BILLION/YINTHE
REGION(2005-2012).
THEASEAN
DECLARATIONIN1967,
CONSIDEREDASEAN’S
FOUNDINGDOCUMENT,
FORMALISEDTHE
PRINCIPLESOFPEACE
ANDCOOPERATION
TOWHICHASEANIS
DEDICATED.
IfASEANwere
asinglecountry,
itwouldalready
betheseventh
largesteconomy
intheworld,with
acombined
GDPof
US$737
billion.
ASEAN has
a larger
population
than the EU or
North America,
approximately
537million.
TheASEAN
Centre
for
Energy (ACE)
isan
intragovernmental
organisation
establishedby the
ASEANnations.
Mekong River
is
the longest river
in South East
Asia, and covers
FIVE ASEAN
COUNTRIES
.
IN
FEBRUARY1976,
ASEAN
HELDITS
FIRSTSUMMITON
THERESORTISLAND
OFBALI, INDONESIA.
Over thenextdecade
ASEANnationswill require
approximatelyUS$60billion/y
tofullyaddresstheregion’s
infrastructureneeds.
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