ASEAN consensus on Myanmar
Context:
- India chaired a closed UN Security Council meeting on Myanmar and welcomed the ASEAN five-point consensus.
The ASEAN five-point consensus:
- It states that there shall be an immediate cessation of violence in Myanmar.
- All parties shall exercise utmost restraint; constructive dialogue among all parties concerned shall commence to seek a peaceful solution in the interests of the people.
- A special envoy of the ASEAN Chair shall facilitate mediation of the dialogue process, with the assistance of the secretary-general of ASEAN.
- ASEAN shall provide humanitarian assistance through the AHA Centre (ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management); and
- The special envoy and delegation shall visit Myanmar to meet with all parties concerned.
About ASEAN
- It is officially the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
- It is an economic union comprising 10 member states in Southeast Asia. There are: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam.
- It promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, military, educational, and sociocultural integration between its members and other countries in Asia.
ASEAN's Objectives:
- To accelerate economic growth and through that social progress and cultural development.
- To promote regional peace and stability based on the rule of law and the principle of United Nations charter.
- In 2003, ASEAN moved along the path of the European Union by agreeing to establish an ASEAN community comprising three pillars: the ASEAN security community, the ASEAN economic community, and the ASEAN socio-cultural community.
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