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The ASEAN Eminent Persons Group (EPG) is a group of highly distinguished and well respected citizens from Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Association of Southeast Asian Nations

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly abbreviated ASEAN , is a geo-political and economic organization of 10 countries located in Southeast Asia, which was formed on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand....
 member countries task to create the charter of the ASEAN community.

The group was formed on December 12, 2005, through the 11th ASEAN Summit Declaration in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur , is the largest city of Malaysia. The city proper, making up an area of , has an estimated population of 1.6 million in 2006. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million....
, Malaysia
Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
. ASEAN is a socio-economic community in South East Asia founded

The mandate of the group is to examine and review the ASEAN structure, areas of cooperation, principles and goals contained in numerous agreements, treaties and declarations over the last 38 years; and to provide the ASEAN leaders with broad policy guidelines on the drafting of the ASEAN charter.

  1. Political and security (the ASEAN Security Community)
  2. Economic and finance (the ASEAN Economic Community)
  3. Functional (the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community)
  4. External relations, bilaterally and inter-regionally
  5. Narrowing the development gap among ASEAN Member Countries, in the context of the ASEAN Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI), and the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
  6. ASEAN structure, including decision-making process, administrative modalities, sources of funds, working methods, cross-sectoral coordination, conduct of meetings, documentation of meetings, roles of the Secretary-General and the ASEAN Secretariat






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    The ASEAN Eminent Persons Group (EPG) is a group of highly distinguished and well respected citizens from Association of Southeast Asian Nations
    Association of Southeast Asian Nations

    The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly abbreviated ASEAN , is a geo-political and economic organization of 10 countries located in Southeast Asia, which was formed on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand....
     member countries task to create the charter of the ASEAN community.

    The group was formed on December 12, 2005, through the 11th ASEAN Summit Declaration in Kuala Lumpur
    Kuala Lumpur

    Kuala Lumpur , is the largest city of Malaysia. The city proper, making up an area of , has an estimated population of 1.6 million in 2006. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million....
    , Malaysia
    Malaysia

    Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
    . ASEAN is a socio-economic community in South East Asia founded

    The mandate of the group is to examine and review the ASEAN structure, areas of cooperation, principles and goals contained in numerous agreements, treaties and declarations over the last 38 years; and to provide the ASEAN leaders with broad policy guidelines on the drafting of the ASEAN charter.

    1. Political and security (the ASEAN Security Community)
    2. Economic and finance (the ASEAN Economic Community)
    3. Functional (the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community)
    4. External relations, bilaterally and inter-regionally
    5. Narrowing the development gap among ASEAN Member Countries, in the context of the ASEAN Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI), and the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
    6. ASEAN structure, including decision-making process, administrative modalities, sources of funds, working methods, cross-sectoral coordination, conduct of meetings, documentation of meetings, roles of the Secretary-General and the ASEAN Secretariat


    Recommend desirable key elements of an ASEAN Charter, including, among others :
    1. Vision of ASEAN beyond 2020
    2. Nature, principles and objectives of ASEAN
    3. Membership of ASEAN
    4. Areas for enhanced ASEAN cooperation and integration
    5. Narrowing the development gap among ASEAN Member Countries
    6. Organs of ASEAN and their functions and working methods
    7. ASEAN administrative structure (mechanisms, roles of the Secretary-General and the ASEAN Secretariat)
    8. Legal personality of ASEAN
    9. Effective conflict resolution mechanisms
    10. External relations


    The integration of an ASEAN community is to create a European Union
    European Union

    The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
    -like community in the Asia-Pacific region.

    Members of the EPG

    • Brunei Darussalam
      • H.E. Pehin Dato Lim Jock Seng (Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II)
    • Cambodia
      Cambodia

      The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh....
      • H.E. Dr. Aun Porn Moniroth (Advisor to the Prime Minister
    and Chairman of the Supreme National Economic Council of Cambodia)
    • Indonesia
      Indonesia

      The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
      • H.,E. Mr. Ali Alatas
        Ali Alatas

        Ali Alatas was an Indonesian Diplomacy of Hadhramaut descent, who served as the country's foreign minister from 1988 to 1999.A trained lawyer who also had a brief stint as a journalist, Alatas joined the Indonesian foreign service in 1954 as a 22-year-old....
         (Former Minister for Foreign Affairs)
    • Lao PDR
      • H.E. Mr. Khamphan Simmalavong (Former Deputy Minister of Commerce)
    • Malaysia
      Malaysia

      Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
      • H.E. Tan Sri Musa Hitam
        Musa Hitam

        Malay titles Musa bin Hitam , is a Malaysian politician and a former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, serving under Mahathir bin Mohamad. He was born in Johor Bahru, Johor in 1934....
         (Former Deputy Prime Minister
        Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

        Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia is the second highest political post in Malaysia. Malaysia has so far nine persons appointed to the post. Although there has always been a Deputy Prime Minister since independence, there is nothing preventing a Prime Minister from not taking a Deputy, as the post itself is not mentioned in the Constitution o...
        ) - Chairman of the EPG
    • Myanmar
      Myanmar

      Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar, is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia, or Indochina. The country is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, and the Bay of Bengal to the southwest with...
      • H.E. Dr. Than Nyun (Chairman of the Civil Service Selection and Training Board)
    • Philippines
      Philippines

      The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
      • H.E. Mr. Fidel V. Ramos
        Fidel V. Ramos

        Fidel Valdez Ramos was the 12th President of the Philippines. He succeeded Corazon Aquino and governed until 1998, when he was succeeded by Joseph Estrada....
         (Former President of the Philippines
        President of the Philippines

        File:Flag President of Philippines.pngThe President of the Philippines is the head of state and government of the Philippines. The President of the Philippines in Filipino is referred to as Ang Pangulo or Pangulo ....
        , Former Secretary of National Defense, Chairman of the Boa'o Forum of Asia)
    • Singapore
      Singapore

      Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
      • H.E. Prof. S. Jayakumar (Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Law)
    • Thailand
      Thailand

      The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
      • H.E. M.R. Kasemsamosorn Kasemsri (Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs)
    • Vietnam
      Vietnam

      Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
      • H.E. Mr. Nguyen Manh Cam (Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs)