Post 49 th AMM and Related Meetings
21-26 July 2016 Vientiane, Lao PDR
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Briefing by
Hirubalan V P
DSG – APSC, ASEAN Secretariat
SIGNIFICANCE
• First Formal ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) as ASEAN Community
• Six Months into ASEAN Community Vision 2025
• Monitor Progress
ANTECEDENTS
(ASEAN Related)
Institutional
• AMM Retreat
• Senior Officials’ Meetings (SOMs) and Related Meetings
• Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) – Enhanced Role
• External Relations Special
• ASEAN-US Sunnylands Summit
• ASEAN-Russia Sochi Summit
• Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
• Joint Working Group (JWG)/SOM on DOC/COC
ANTECEDENTS
(Regional/International)
• Terrorism/Violent Extremism
• Nuclear/Ballistic Missiles Test
• South China Sea
• Brexit
MOOD/EXPECTATIONS
• The Kunming Episode
• Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Decision (12 July 2016)
• ASEAN Unity and Centrality
Pre-AMM
Officials
• CPR
• SOM
• Executive Committee of the Southeast Asia Nuclear
Weapon-Free Zone Commission (SEANWFZ EXCOMM) Ministerial
• SEANWFZ Commission
• Interface with the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)
• Special FMs Meeting
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thAMM
• Four New FMs – Laos (Chair), Cambodia, Myanmar, the Philippines
• Plenary
ASEAN Community Building
ASEAN Community Vision 2025 Implementation
Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) 2025 and Initiative for ASEAN Integration Work Plan (IAI WP) III
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030
Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) – 40th Anniversary
(New Accessions – Chile, Egypt, Iran, Morocco)
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thAMM
• Retreat
Formal Partnership with ASEAN
(Switzerland – Sectoral Dialogue Partner) (Germany – Development Partner)
Transnational Crimes/Maritime Security
Regional Issues
ASEAN Unity and Centrality
Side Event
• Informal Meeting with Norway
Consistent
• Strong reaffirmation of partnership
• Committed to ASEAN development
• Manifest support for Narrowing the Development Gap
• Explored ways to enhance economic relations
• ASEAN Connectivity
• Cooperation to combat Transnational Crime and Non- Traditional Security
Regional Issues
• South China Sea – peaceful settlement of disputes;
support for DOC/COC
• Korean Peninsula
Post-Ministerial Conferences
(Represented by Dialogue Partners’ Foreign Ministers)
• Forging closer cooperation
Trade and Investment Cooperation
Poverty Alleviation
Narrowing the Development Gap
Enhancing People-to-People Contact
Connectivity
• APT Cooperation Work Plan (2013-2017)
• Commence discussion for successor work plan (post- 2017)
• Projects/Activities under East Asia Vision Group Plan II
ASEAN Plus Three (APT)
• Defining Document – EAS 10th Anniversary Declaration
• Reaffirmed EAS as key strategic forum for the region
• Strengthening of EAS processes
• Welcomed EAS Ambassadors Meeting in Jakarta
• Reiterated ASEAN’s central role in EAS
• RegionaI issues – frank and candid discussions
South China Sea
Korean Peninsula
Regional Security Architecture
East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign
Ministers’ Meeting
• Regional/International Issues
Terrorism/Violent Extremism
DPRK
South China Sea
• Activities/Projects/Meetings
23 for 2016-2017
11 new activities
• Creating Synergy
Avoid duplication
EAS, ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meetings (ADMM) Plus, Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum (EAMF)
Experts/Eminent Persons (EEPs) to study subject
ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)
DOCUMENTS
• Joint Communiqué
• ASEAN FMs Statement on Maintaining Peace, Security and Stability
• ASEAN-China Statement on DOC and COC
• ARF Statement on Terrorism
• Chairman’s Statements
Forthcoming Key Events
• 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits
• ASEAN Plus One Summits
ASEAN-China 25th Anniversary Commemorative Summit
Australia (biennial)
India
Japan
Republic of Korea
United Nations
United States
• 19th ASEAN Plus Three Summit
• 11th East Asia Summit
Outcome Documents
Please visit:
http://asean.org/asean-political-security-
community/asean-foreign-ministers-meeting-
amm/asean-foreign-ministerial-meetings/the-49th- amm-and-related-meetings/