Department of ASEAN Affairs

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ONE ASEAN- ONE HEALTH
Department of ASEAN Affairs Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
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About ASEAN

• Founding Members
• Thailand
• Malaysia
• Indonesia
• Philippines
• Singapore

• Additional Members
• Brunei Darussalam
• 1984
• Viet Nam 1995
• Lao PDR 1997
• Myanmar 1997
• Cambodia 1999

Population 575 million Area 4.5 million square
km. Main religions Islam Buddhism
Hinduism Combined GDP USD 737 Billion Trade
USD 720 Billion
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The establishment of ASEAN began with the
signing of Bangkok Declaration by the Foreign
Ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines,
Singapore, and Thailand in Bangkok on 8th August
1967.
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ASEAN over 40 years

• 1967 Bangkok Declaration establishing ASEAN
• 1971 Declaration on the Zone of Peace,
• Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN)
• 1976 First ASEAN Summit, Bali, Treaty of Amity
  and Cooperation (TAC)
• signed
• 1977 ASEAN Leaders met with HOGs of
• Australia, Japan and New Zealand,
• in Kuala Lumpur
• 1984 Brunei Darussalam became member
• 1991 Political Settlement of Kampuchean
  
• Problem
• 1992 AFTA agreed at Singapore Summit
• 1994 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)
• launched in Bangkok
• Vietnam became member
• 1995 SEANWFZ Treaty signed in Bangkok
• 1997 Laos and Myanmar became
• member
• First ASEAN3 Summit in KL,

For over 40 years, ASEAN has developed
comprehensive cooperation with its dialogue
partners and other international organizations.
2000 1st ASEAN-UN Summit, Bangkok
2003 Bali Concord II Establishment of ASEAN
Community with 3 pillars

• 2004 Vientiane Action Plan (VAP) Roadmap for
  ASEAN Community

2007 Acceleration of ASEAN Community to 2015,
Cebu, Philippines
2005 First East Asia Summit (EAS) Declaration
on Establishment of ASEAN Charter in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
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• Today, ASEAN is not only a well-functioning,
  indispensable reality in the region. It is a
  real force to be reckoned with far beyond the
  region. It is also a trusted partner of the
  United Nations in the field of development
• Kofi Annan,
• Secretary General of the United Nations,
• 16 February 2000

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What is the ASEAN Charter?

• A constitution of ASEAN
• To provide legal and institutional framework for
  ASEAN
• To give ASEAN a legal personality
• Comprising 13 Chapters and 55 Articles
• Entered into force on 15 December 2008

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Objectives of the ASEAN Charter

• To make ASEAN
• More effective and efficient
• More rule-based and
• More people-oriented

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Structure of the ASEAN Community
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Main Thrusts of 3 Pillars of ASEAN Community
APSC AEC ASCC
Rules-based community Peaceful, evolutionary, shared-sense of responsibility, and possessing comprehensive security Dynamic, supports efforts to form a global outreach and mutual interdependence Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Common market and shared base of production Competitive with other regions A region with few developmental gaps A region that is integrated and yet able to retain its own momentum in moving forward external economic relations Human resources Development Provide adequate social welfares and services Social rights and justice Environmental sustainability ASEAN identity The narrowing of developmental gap between Member States
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CONNECTIVITY
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ASEAN External Relations
Global Outreach Dialogue Partners

• 10 Dialogue Partners Japan, China, Republic of
  Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India,
  United States, Russia and European Union
• 1 Sectoral Partner Pakistan

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Issues Confronting ASEAN

• INTERNAL
• reneging of commitments
• national interest dictate decision-making
• archipelagic states versus mainland states
• lack of peoples participation and awareness
• integration versus sovereignty
• different political systems
• huge development gap
• policy driven versus rule-based regimes

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Issues Confronting ASEAN

• EXTERNAL
• competition from emerging economies
• rising energy prices
• volatile capital flows
• uncertain political security environment
• newly emerging diseases
• climate change environmental degradation
• East Asia Community vs ASEAN Community

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Issues Confronting ASEAN
OUTSIDE INFLUENCE/ RIVALRY China, Japan,
Russia, India
DIFFERENCES economic gap, pol. system,
agenda, religion, language, ethnicities
WEAK INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM
ASEAN COMMUNITY lack of real
commitment unclear goals slow integration
COMPETITION resources export investment
MUTUAL SUSPICION historical animosity cold war
legacy size
NATIONAL INTEREST vs COMMUNITY INTEREST
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Issues confronting ASEAN Possible Solution?
CHALLENGE ASEAN Community Linked to East
Asia Leading change and innovation.
SYMPTOM/ CONSTRAINT Bold declaration, weak
action. Driving force in rhetoric, passenger
in reality.
ROOT CAUSE Still a loose organization. Decision
by consensus, cumbersome. Agreements based on
least common denominator. National Interests
prevail.
SOLUTION ASEAN Charter, Partnership with
Dialogue Partners
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Challenges for ASEAN Community Building

• To narrow the development gap
• To enhance connectivity within the region
• To maintain ASEAN centrality in the regional
  architecture
• To increase public awareness and the sense of
  ownership among ASEAN peoples
• To provide quality of life and welfare for all
  the ASEAN peoples

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CHALLENGES

• POLITICAL-SECURITY
• Terrorism and Transnational Crimes
• Democracy, Good Governance and Human Rights
• ECONOMIC
• Negative Impacts of the Free Trade/Market
• Labour Movements MRAs in 8 professions
  including medical doctors, dentists, and nurses
• SOCIO-CULTURAL
• Common Identity
• Common Threats Health, Disaster, Environment

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CHALLENGES Rewriting Security

• PEACE Political Military Security
• Non-traditional threats CT-TC, Disaster
• Democracy, Good Governance and Human Rights
• PROSPERITY Economic Security
• Food Security
• Enerty Security
• PEOPLE Socio-Cultural Security
• Human Security
• Security and Identity

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CHALLENGES

• COMMUNITY
• Community-building is an on-going process beyond
  2015
• CONNECTIVITY
• Connecting within and to the world beyond ASEAN
  connectivity
• CENTRALITY
• Central in the regional architecture in the
  driving seat
• CREDIBILITY
• Credible to the peoples and the world

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• SAFETY
• SUSTAINABILITY
• SOCIAL WELFARE
• HEALTH
• CARING
• SHARING

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• ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community
• Blueprint 2009-2015
• The ASEAN Community is to be established by 2015
  as a community that is people-oriented and
  socially responsible, based on the concept of a
  caring and sharing society where the well-being
  and welfare of the peoples are enhanced.

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• ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community
• Blueprint 2009-2015
• Enhancing food security and safety (B3)
• Access to healthcare and promotion of healthy
  lifestyles (B4)
• Improving capability to control communicable
  diseases (B5)
• Ensuring a drug-free ASEAN (B6)
• Building disaster-resilient nations and safer
  communities (B7)

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• Mechanisms
• ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting AHMM
• Senior Officials Meeting on Health Development
  SOMHD
• Subsidiary Bodies Working Group / Experts Group
  
• SOMHD Working Group on Project Development (WGPD)
  
• ASEAN Working Group on Technical Cooperation in
  Pharmaceuticals (AWGTCP)
• ASEAN Technical Working Group on Pandemic
  Preparedness and Response (ATWGPPR)
• ASEAN Experts Group on Communicable Diseases
  (AEGCD)
• ASEAN Expert Group on Food Safety (AEGFS)

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• Mechanisms
• Subsidiary Bodies Task Forces / Focal Points
• ASEAN Task Force on AIDS (ATFOA)
• ASEAN Task Force on Traditional Medicine (ATFTM)
• ASEAN Task Force on Non-communicable Diseases
• ASEAN Task Force on Mental Health
• ASEAN Task Force on Maternal and Child Health
• ASEAN Focal Points of Tobacco Control (AFPTC)
• Notes
• The Philippines will host the next (7th) SOMHD
  and related meeting in May 2011 in Cebu.
• Thailand will host the next (11th) AHMM and
  related meetings in 2012.

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ONE ASEAN - ONE HEALTH

• The 19th ASEAN Summit on 17 November 2011 in Bali
  
• ASEAN Declaration of Commitment Getting To Zero
  New HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination, Zero
  AIDS-Related Deaths (and the launching of the
  ASEAN Regional Report on HIV/AIDs (2010)
• N.B. Negative effects of promoting regional
  connectivity

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• The 19th ASEAN Summit on 17 November 2011 in Bali
  
• Bali Declaration on ASEAN Community in a Global
  Community of Nations (Bali Concord III)
• Bali Declaration on the Enhancement of the Role
  and Participation of the Persons with
  Disabilities in ASEAN Community (ASEAN Decade for
  Disabilities 2011-2020)
• ASEAN Leaders Statement on Cooperation in Flood
  Prevention, Mitigation, Relief, Recovery and
  Rehabilitation

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ASEAN Community in Global Health Diplomacy

• Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
• Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger (Goal 1)
• Reduce child mortality rates (Goal 4)
• Improve maternal health (Goal 5)
• Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
  (Goal 6)

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ASEAN Community in Global Health Diplomacy

• Challenges
• Healthcare promoting human security at the
  national and international levels
• Access to medicines at reasonable prices
• Prevention from newly emerging diseases,
  including both communicable and non-communicable
  diseases
• Promotion of international healthcare system
• Healthcare national agenda setting

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ASEAN Community in Global Health Diplomacy

• Challenges
• Foreign Policy and Healthcare
• Foreign Policy to push forward urgent healthcare
  agenda
• Healthcare cooperation to support foreign policy
  objectives
• Diplomatic forum to support solution to global
  healthcare problems
• Training diplomats on health issues and
  healthcare experts on diplomacy

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Thank You
One Vision One Identity One Community