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Revision as of 12:42, 25 October 2009
The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) was officially established in 1996 at the first summit in Bangkok. ASEM is an interregional forum which consists of the European Commission, the twenty-seven members of the European Union (EU), the thirteen members of the ASEAN Plus Three regional grouping[1], and, as of 2008, India, Mongolia, and Pakistan.
The main components of the ASEM process, which has so far been loosely organized, include:-
- political dialogue
- security and the economy
- education and culture
or the so-called three pillars.
In general, the process is considered by the parties involved to be a way of deepening the relations between Asia and Europe at all levels, which is deemed necessary to achieve a more balanced political and economic world order. The process is enhanced by the biannual meetings of heads of state, alternately in Europe and Asia, and political, economic, and cultural meetings and events at all kinds of other levels.
Members
ASEM currently has 45 partners, comprising of 43 countries and 2 international organizations. The partners are Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Netherlands, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vietnam, European Commission and ASEAN Secretariat.
Australia and Russia are to join at ASEM 8 in 2010 [2].
Meetings
The meetings have been held in:
- 1996 ASEM 1, Bangkok, Thailand
- 1998 ASEM 2, London, United Kingdom
- 2000 ASEM 3, Seoul, South Korea
- 2002 ASEM 4, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2004 ASEM 5, Hanoi, Vietnam
- 2006 ASEM 6, Helsinki, Finland (India, Mongolia and Pakistan were invited to participate in future meetings.[1])
- 2008 ASEM 7, October 24-25 Beijing, China
The 8th ASEM Foreign Ministers meeting at May 28-29th 2007 in Hamburg was attended by the 10 members of ASEAN, the 27 member countries of the EU, the European Commission, the EU High-Representative Javier Solana, the ASEAN General-Secretariat, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Pakistan and Mongolia. The 9th ASEM Foreign Ministers meeting was held on 25-26 May 2009 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
See also
- Asia-Europe Foundation, the only physical institution under ASEM framework.
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations
References
- ^ Lay Hwee Yeo (2003). Asia and Europe: the development and different dimensions of ASEM. Routledge (UK). ISBN 0415306973.
- ^ ASEM ministers wrap up ‘productive’ session
External links
- ASEM InfoBoard, the official information platform of Asia-Europe Meeting process
- Introduction to Asia-Europe Meeting
- ASEM in Its Tenth Year: Looking Forward, Looking Back
- Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)
- Asia-Europe Institute (AEI)
- Institute for Asian Studies
- Asia-Europe People's Forum
- The 7th Asia-Europe Meeting Stamps, Sheetlet
