ARF

　I will write about ARF this week. ARF is abbreviation of the ASEAN Regional Forum.

　Many countries, in the heart of the member States of ASEAN, Japan and China, South Korea, North Korea, the United States, Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand,  Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Mongolia, Russia, European Commission, are this organization`s members

 

　As a forum for dialogue to target security and regional political Pacific Ocean Asia Regional Forum Association of Southeast Asian Nations has reached a basic agreement to the establishment in the foreign ministers' meeting expanding the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which was held in Singapore in July 1993. And the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum is the first meeting was held in Bangkok in July 1994. It is an international organization with a core of ASEAN. It is usually open to expansion before and after meeting Foreign Minister ASEAN.

　There is the aim of mutual confidence-building, stage three member countries, preventive diplomacy, conflict resolution in the ARF. Ministerial Conference is being held in accordance with the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in the summer because it do not have executive secretariat. Pakistan is allowed to participate formally in the ARF ministerial meeting was held in Jakarta in 2004, "Installation Security Policy Conference ARF" by government officials in charge of national defense has been decided. In 1993, they decided to founded in the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference in Singapore. In July 1994, the first meeting was held and the European Union foreign ministers of 17 countries to participate in accordance with the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand.

　In the Council of Ministers on 24 July 2006, the draft Statement of natural disasters, such as emergency response measures have been adopted.

ARF 13th is held in Malaysia which is the current ASEAN chair country on July 28 2006,, "the current situation on the Korean Peninsula" was discussed. It should be noted, was also attended by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice who was absent due to the Myanmar issue ARF 12th (2005) the last time.

North Korea also took part in the Council of Ministers that was held in Bangkok, Thailand in July 2007. Foreign Ministers 'Meeting of Japan and North Korea, and North Korea Foreign Ministers' Meeting will be held for the first time, announced a joint statement, respectively. The 17th Council of Ministers was held in Hanoi, Vietnam, in late July 2010. Unanimous decision is in principle and emphasis on the free exchange of ideas. It is held every year. Held in Hanoi on July 23 Chairman's Statement 24 has been announced. Statement has been certified that sank by the results of attack without was not singled out North Korea for sinking a South Korean patrol ship. They have stressed the importance of peace and stability on the Korean peninsula further.

　

　In addition, the Secretary-level meeting on counter-terrorism has been held regularly in the ARF, further, have also been seminars. Officials also participated in each practice, including foreign affairs, the military authorities, has been promoted practical cooperation in the fight against terrorism.

EAS

　ASEAN belongs to a number of organizations.I think this time I would like to introduce in the EAS.
　EAS is the abbreviation for the Easｔ Asia Summit.EAS is engaged in an open dialogue between the leaders on key issues of regional and international community. For ｒegional common issues, launched in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in December 2005 in order to advance concrete cooperation at the initiative of the heads.EAS is engaged in an open dialogue between the leaders on key issues of regional and international community.In the first EAS, setting priority areas of cooperation in energy, financial services, education, avian influenza, infectious disease control, and disaster prevention. Connectivity has been added to the priority areas of opportunity to the adoption of the "Declaration on the connectivity EAS summit ASEAN" in the Sixth EAS in 2011. Since 2011, the United States and Russia are participating formally, we have confirmed to strengthen efforts in the field of politics and security.
　December 10, 1990, Prime Minister Mahathir of Malaysia proposed the East Asia Economic Group for nation geographically close to each other to build closer economic zone further from the countries participating in APEC.However Japan and other countries, "said regional economic integration is meaningless without the United States".However, the criticism of disrespect Asia against Japan was not a member of quite in consideration of the Japan-US alliance as compared to China, which joined the early Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia from Southeast Asian countries that has maintained a close relationship until now came out. Also, I will consider positively from rivalry to China are trying to strengthen its influence in Southeast Asia.In addition, the Japanese idea that the United States should be added to the East Asia Summit. Had a summit meeting (then) during his visit to Japan and Korea, and Mongolia during U.S. President George W. Bush. This is to restrain the movement of the East Asia Summit and the establishment of an East Asian community "without the United States." China has taken the idea that Russia should be added, are actually the way to participate guest.This conference are mainly economic issues. However, it is likely to place the struggle for supremacy in Asia, such as Japan, China and Southeast Asia.Reasons influential and decreases with the inclusion of countries like India and Australia in the East Asian Community, Japan that want to on the basis of a community participating countries East Asia Summit basically and China that want to limit the ASEAN +3 will clash behind the scenes .
　In particular, this time I will write about the contents of the EAS for the first time and the second time.
　In the first round of EAS were discussed, Such things as the following: Promoted the integration gross domestic product (GDP) of $ 8 trillion 200 billion a huge market with 30 million population.Promote joint stockpile of "Tamiflu" antiviral agent with bird flu.
　In the times of the second EAS, the following were discussed.16 countries the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 10 countries, Japan, China and South Korea, Oceania, India's participation in the EAS.Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced a presidential statement.Driving force of the East Asia Summit reaffirmed that it is the ASEAN.And discussion of strategic issues with respect to the peace and stability of the region and the world have pointed out is important.Urged the international community on security and nuclear testing, expressed concern about the humanitarian to North Korea to resolve the abduction issue at an early date.Signed the "Cebu Declaration" on East Asian Energy Security

Introduction of ASEAN

 Do you know ASEAN?ASEAN has omitted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a regional cooperation association in the economy, the society, the politics, the security, and culture of ten nations in Southeast Asia.Headquarters is the whereabouts to Jakarta in Indonesia.Population within the area is over 600 million people, and there is than European Union which holds a population of about 500 million.GDP of the sum total of the member nation in 2010 is 1,800 billion dollars (about 145 trillion yen), and is about 30% of scale of GDP of Japan.
 Southeast Asia Union established in 1961 is past, and three nations, Thailand, the Philippines, and the Malaya federation (present Malaysia), were formed.Moreover, it is supposed that it also became the comprehensive union concept (Maphilindo concept) by Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia a form expansively canceled by establishment of EAN used as the foundation of ASEAN establishment.ASEAN was founded in August, 1967 in the form which cancels ASA expansively in Bangkok in Thailand.The original member was five nations, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia, and was a country which all takes the position of an anticommunist principle.Establishment declaration of the foreign minister cooperation of each country calls it the Association of Southeast Asian Nations establishment declaration, Bangkok Declaration, etc.
 The new Member States for a long time did not appear Brunei Since its inception in five countries in 1967, not long after the independence from Britain in 1984 before joining. Anticommunist Cold War is associated, in the Philippines and Thailand which made the deployment of troops to South Vietnam to assist the United States in the Vietnam War as a member state of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization is a military alliance anticommunist. Then, when you achieve rapid economic growth in Singapore and Thailand since the 1980s, in the economic field, such as the importance of integrated regional development went gradually increases.
　Country is a member or sequential 4 in the north of the region in the late 1990s, the system has been completed in 10 countries throughout today. That in 1995, Vietnam has welcomed one-party rule by the Communist Party of Vietnam in particular is followed, became an iconic event indicating that the ASEAN has been altered to the communities of Southeast Asia from anticommunist political alliance. On the other hand, to dispel the past as well as Vietnam, at the time of the inauguration of ASEAN will fight the war in Vietnam and other countries SEATO and America as North Vietnam, was in conflict violently with Thailand and other countries, such as civil war in Cambodia even then, the stability of system and the transformation of foreign policy ASEAN member states were required to complete mosquitoes. In addition, Cambodia is a member country of the last ones were delayed accession from the circumstances domestic affairs, initially we had planned to join together with Myanmar and Laos. Now that the accession of Laos and Cambodia successive influence of Vietnam is strong, even stronger role as a body responsible for regional integration in Southeast Asia beyond the ideological conflict.