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Asia Cooperation Dialogue
Member states in yellow
Member states in yellow
TypeRegional cooperation organizations
Members
33 Countries
Establishment2002

The Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) is an intergovernmental organization created in 2002 to promote Asian cooperation at a continental level and to help integrate separate regional organizations such as ASEAN, SAARC and the Gulf Cooperation Council.

History

It is the main objective of the former Thai Prime Minister to form the Asia Co-operation Dialogue or the forerunner to the ASIAN UNION. The ACD's main members states are Kuwait, Pakistan, Iran, Bahrain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Thailand, China and Japan, the so-called major nine ACD Nations.[citation needed] For an analysis of the history of the ACD see Michael, Arndt (2013). India's Foreign Policy and Regional Multilateralism (Palgrave Macmillan), pp. 175-181

Objectives

The main objectives of the ACD are to:

  1. Promote interdependence among Asian countries in all areas of cooperation by identifying Asia's common strengths and opportunities which will help reduce poverty and improve the quality of life for Asian people whilst developing a knowledge-based society within Asia and enhancing community and people empowerment;
  2. Expand the trade and financial market within Asia and increase the bargaining power of Asian countries in lieu of competition and, in turn, enhance Asia's economic competitiveness in the global market;
  3. Serve as the missing link in Asian cooperation by building upon Asia's potentials and strengths through supplementing and complementing existing cooperative frameworks so as to become a viable partner for other regions;
  4. Ultimately transform the Asian continent into an Asian Community, capable of interacting with the rest of the world on a more equal footing and contributing more positively towards mutual peace and prosperity

History

The idea of an Asia Cooperation Dialogue was raised at the First International Conference of Asian Political Parties (held in Manila between 17–20 September 2000) by Surakiart Sathirathai, then deputy leader of the now defunct Thai Rak Thai Party, on behalf of his party leader, Thaksin Shinawatra, then Prime Minister of Thailand. It was suggested that Asia as a continent should have its own forum to discuss Asia-wide cooperation. Afterwards, the idea of the ACD was formally put forward during the 34th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Hanoi (23–24 July 2001) and at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Retreat in Phuket (20–21 February 2002).

Ministerial Meetings
Future ACD Ministerial Meetings

Member States

Membership and expansion of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue
MaldivesBangladeshBhutanNepalSri LankaIndiaMyanmarThailandCambodiaLaosVietnamBruneiIndonesiaMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeAfghanistanPakistanTurkmenistanIranAzerbaijanKazakhstanUzbekistanKyrgyzstanTajikistanChinaRussiaTurkeyJapanMongoliaSouth KoreaBahrainKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesSouth Asian Association for Regional CooperationBay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic CooperationMekong–Ganga CooperationAssociation of Southeast Asian NationsShanghai Cooperation OrganisationOrganization of Turkic StatesEconomic Cooperation OrganizationGulf Cooperation CouncilAsia Cooperation Dialogue
A clickable Euler diagram showing the relationships between various Asian regional organisations v • d • e

The ACD was founded by 18 members. Since September 2013, the organization consists of 33 states[3] as listed below (including all current members of ASEAN and the GCC). Overlapping regional organization membership in italics.:

Name Accession date Regional organization
 Afghanistan 17 October 2012 SAARC
 Bahrain 18 June 2002 GCC, AL
 Bangladesh 18 June 2002 SAARC
 Bhutan [t 1] 27 September 2004 SAARC
 Brunei 18 June 2002 ASEAN
 Cambodia 18 June 2002 ASEAN
 China 18 June 2002 —
 India 18 June 2002 SAARC
 Indonesia 18 June 2002 ASEAN
 Iran 21 June 2004 —
 Japan 18 June 2002 —
 Kazakhstan [t 2] 21 June 2003 CIS
 South Korea 18 June 2002 —
 Kuwait 21 June 2003 GCC, AL
 Kyrgyzstan [4] 16 October 2008 CIS
 Laos 18 June 2002 ASEAN
 Malaysia 18 June 2002 ASEAN
 Mongolia 21 June 2004 —
 Myanmar 18 June 2002 ASEAN
 Oman 21 June 2003 GCC, AL
 Pakistan 18 June 2002 SAARC
 Philippines 18 June 2002 ASEAN
 Qatar 18 June 2002 GCC, AL
 Russia [t 2] 4 April 2005 CIS, CoE
 Saudi Arabia 4 April 2005 GCC, AL
 Singapore 18 June 2002 ASEAN
 Sri Lanka 21 June 2003 SAARC
 Tajikistan 5 June 2006 CIS
 Thailand 18 June 2002 ASEAN
 Turkey [3][t 2] 26 September 2013 CoE [t 3]
 United Arab Emirates 21 June 2004 GCC, AL
 Uzbekistan 5 June 2006 CIS
 Vietnam 18 June 2002 ASEAN
  1. ^ One more membership request was finally confirmed at the ACD Breakfast Meeting of 27 September 2004
  2. ^ a b c Located partially in Europe.
  3. ^ Turkey is a European Union candidate since 1999.

Other Asian countries

The remaining non-member Asian countries and regions have so far not expressed interest in joining the ACD . Overlapping regional organization membership in italics.:

Name Regional organization
 Armenia [I 1] CIS, CoE
 Azerbaijan [I 2] CIS, CoE
 Cyprus [I 1] [I 3] EU, CoE
 East Timor ASEAN candidate, PIF observer
 Egypt [I 4] AL, AU
 Georgia [I 2] CoE
 Iraq AL
 Israel CoE observer
 Jordan AL
 Lebanon AL
 Maldives SAARC
 Nepal SAARC
 North Korea —
 Palestine AL
 Papua New Guinea [I 5] ASEAN candidate, PIF
 Syria AL
 Taiwan [I 6] —
 Turkmenistan CIS associate
 Yemen AL, GCC candidate
  1. ^ a b Located entirely in West Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe.
  2. ^ a b Located partially in Europe.
  3. ^ Cyprus is European Union member since 2004.
  4. ^ Located partially in Africa.
  5. ^ Located entirely in Oceania but having socio-political connections with Asia.
  6. ^ Republic of China (Taiwan) has not been able to join the ACD due to strong opposition from China which claims the island as part of its territory. See Legal status of Taiwan and Political status of Taiwan for details.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Arrangements for media coverage of the 8th Asia Cooperation Dialogue Ministerial Meeting October 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  2. ^ "7th ACD Ministerial Meeting". Retrieved 2008-10-15.
  3. ^ a b "No: 253, 26 September 2013, Press Release on Turkey's Membership to the Asia Cooperation Dialogue". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  4. ^ "Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun Attends the 7th Asia Cooperation Dialogue Foreign Ministers'Meeting in Kazakhstan". Retrieved 2010-06-28.

Further reading

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