1. Department of ASEAN Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ONE ASEAN-
ONE HEALTH
Department of ASEAN Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2. About ASEAN Population 575 million Area 4.5 million square km.
Founding Members
Thailand
Malaysia
Indonesia
Philippines
Singapore
Additional Members
Brunei Darussalam
1984
Viet Nam 1995
Lao PDR 1997
Myanmar 1997
Cambodia 1999
Population 575 million
Area 4.5 million square km.
Main religions Islam Buddhism Hinduism
Combined GDP USD $ 737 Billion
Trade USD $ 720 Billion

3. “The establishment of ASEAN began with the signing of Bangkok Declaration by the Foreign Ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand in Bangkok on 8th August 1967.”

4. ASEAN: over 40 years
Bangkok Declaration establishing ASEAN
Declaration on the Zone of Peace,
Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN)
First ASEAN Summit, Bali, Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC)
signed
ASEAN Leaders met with HOGs of
Australia, Japan and New Zealand,
in Kuala Lumpur
Brunei Darussalam became member
Political Settlement of “Kampuchean
Problem”
AFTA agreed at Singapore Summit
ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)
launched in Bangkok
Vietnam became member
1995 SEANWFZ Treaty signed in Bangkok
1997 Laos and Myanmar became
member
First ASEAN+3 Summit in KL,
Vision 2020
1998 Hanoi Plan of Action
1999 Cambodia became member (10 Member Countries)
“For over 40 years, ASEAN has developed comprehensive cooperation with its dialogue partners and other international organizations.”
2000
1st ASEAN-UN
Summit, Bangkok
2003 Bali Concord II : Establishment of ASEAN Community with 3 pillars
2004 Vientiane Action Plan (VAP): Roadmap for ASEAN Community
2005 First East Asia Summit (EAS);
Declaration on Establishment of ASEAN Charter in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Acceleration of ASEAN Community to 2015, Cebu, Philippines

5. Secretary General of the United Nations,
“Today, ASEAN is not only a well-functioning, indispensable reality in the region. It is a real force to be reckoned with far beyond the region. It is also a trusted partner of the United Nations in the field of development”
Kofi Annan,
Secretary General of the United Nations,
16 February 2000

6. What is the ASEAN Charter?
A constitution of ASEAN
To provide legal and institutional framework for ASEAN
To give ASEAN a legal personality
Comprising 13 Chapters and 55 Articles
Entered into force on 15 December 2008

7. Objectives of the ASEAN Charter
To make ASEAN
More effective and efficient;
More rule-based; and
More people-oriented

8. Structure of the ASEAN Community

9. Main Thrusts of 3 Pillars of ASEAN Community APSC AEC ASCC
Rules-based community
Peaceful, evolutionary, shared-sense of responsibility, and possessing comprehensive security
Dynamic, supports efforts to form a global outreach and mutual interdependence
Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
Common market and shared base of production
Competitive with other regions
A region with few developmental gaps
A region that is integrated and yet able to retain its own momentum in moving forward external economic relations
Human resources Development
Provide adequate social welfares and services
Social rights and justice
Environmental sustainability
ASEAN identity
The narrowing of developmental gap between Member States

10. CONNECTIVITY 10

11. ASEAN External Relations
Global Outreach: Dialogue Partners
10 Dialogue Partners: Japan, China, Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, United States, Russia and European Union
1 Sectoral Partner: Pakistan

12. Issues Confronting ASEAN
INTERNAL:
reneging of commitments
national interest dictate decision-making
archipelagic states versus mainland states
lack of people’s participation and awareness
integration versus sovereignty
different political systems
huge development gap
policy driven versus rule-based regimes

13. Issues Confronting ASEAN
EXTERNAL:
competition from emerging economies
rising energy prices
volatile capital flows
uncertain political security environment
newly emerging diseases
climate change & environmental degradation
East Asia Community vs ASEAN Community

14. Issues Confronting ASEAN
OUTSIDE INFLUENCE/
RIVALRY:
China, Japan,
Russia, India
DIFFERENCES:
economic gap,
pol. system, agenda,
religion, language,
ethnicities
WEAK
INSTITUTIONAL
MECHANISM
ASEAN COMMUNITY:
lack of real commitment
unclear goals
slow integration
COMPETITION:
resources
export
investment
MUTUAL SUSPICION:
historical animosity
cold war legacy
size
NATIONAL INTEREST vs
COMMUNITY
INTEREST

15. Issues confronting ASEAN: Possible Solution?
CHALLENGE:
ASEAN Community;
Linked to East Asia;
Leading change
and innovation.
SYMPTOM/
CONSTRAINT:
Bold declaration,
weak action.
Driving force
in rhetoric,
passenger
in reality.
ROOT CAUSE:
Still a loose
organization. Decision
by consensus,
cumbersome.
Agreements based on
least common
denominator. National
Interests prevail.
SOLUTION:
ASEAN Charter, Partnership with
Dialogue Partners

16. Challenges for ASEAN Community Building
To narrow the development gap
To enhance connectivity within the region
To maintain ASEAN centrality in the regional architecture
To increase public awareness and the sense of ownership among ASEAN peoples
To provide quality of life and welfare for all the ASEAN peoples

17. CHALLENGES POLITICAL-SECURITY Terrorism and Transnational Crimes
Democracy, Good Governance and Human Rights
ECONOMIC
Negative Impacts of the Free Trade/Market
Labour Movements : MRAs in 8 professions; including medical doctors, dentists, and nurses
SOCIO-CULTURAL
Common Identity
Common Threats: Health, Disaster, Environment

18. CHALLENGES : “Rewriting Security”
PEACE : Political – Military Security
Non-traditional threats : CT-TC, Disaster
Democracy, Good Governance and Human Rights
PROSPERITY : Economic Security
Food Security
Enerty Security
PEOPLE : Socio-Cultural Security
Human Security
Security and Identity

19. CHALLENGES
COMMUNITY
Community-building is an on-going process; beyond 2015
CONNECTIVITY
Connecting within and to the world; beyond ASEAN connectivity
CENTRALITY
Central in the regional architecture; in the ‘driving seat’
CREDIBILITY
Credible to the peoples and the world

20. ONE ASEAN - ONE COMMUNITY
SAFETY
SUSTAINABILITY
SOCIAL WELFARE
HEALTH
CARING
SHARING 20

21. ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community
ONE ASEAN - ONE HEALTH
ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community
Blueprint
The ASEAN Community is to be established by 2015 as a community that is people-oriented and socially responsible, based on the concept of a caring and sharing society where the well-being and welfare of the peoples are enhanced. 21

22. ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community
ONE ASEAN - ONE HEALTH
ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community
Blueprint
Enhancing food security and safety (B3)
Access to healthcare and promotion of healthy lifestyles (B4)
Improving capability to control communicable diseases (B5)
Ensuring a drug-free ASEAN (B6)
Building disaster-resilient nations and safer communities (B7) 22

23. ONE ASEAN - ONE HEALTH Mechanisms
ASEAN Health Ministers’ Meeting : AHMM
Senior Officials Meeting on Health Development : SOMHD
Subsidiary Bodies : Working Group / Experts Group
SOMHD Working Group on Project Development (WGPD)
ASEAN Working Group on Technical Cooperation in Pharmaceuticals (AWGTCP)
ASEAN Technical Working Group on Pandemic Preparedness and Response (ATWGPPR)
ASEAN Experts Group on Communicable Diseases (AEGCD)
ASEAN Expert Group on Food Safety (AEGFS) 23

24. ONE ASEAN - ONE HEALTH Mechanisms
Subsidiary Bodies : Task Forces / Focal Points
ASEAN Task Force on AIDS (ATFOA)
ASEAN Task Force on Traditional Medicine (ATFTM)
ASEAN Task Force on Non-communicable Diseases
ASEAN Task Force on Mental Health
ASEAN Task Force on Maternal and Child Health
ASEAN Focal Points of Tobacco Control (AFPTC)
Notes:
The Philippines will host the next (7th) SOMHD and related meeting in May 2011 in Cebu.
Thailand will host the next (11th) AHMM and related meetings in 2012. 24

25. ONE ASEAN - ONE HEALTH
The 19th ASEAN Summit on 17 November 2011 in Bali
ASEAN Declaration of Commitment : Getting To Zero New HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination, Zero AIDS-Related Deaths (and the launching of the ASEAN Regional Report on HIV/AIDs (2010)
N.B. Negative effects of promoting regional connectivity 25

26. ONE ASEAN - ONE HEALTH
The 19th ASEAN Summit on 17 November 2011 in Bali
Bali Declaration on ASEAN Community in a Global Community of Nations (Bali Concord III)
Bali Declaration on the Enhancement of the Role and Participation of the Persons with Disabilities in ASEAN Community (ASEAN Decade for Disabilities )
ASEAN Leaders’ Statement on Cooperation in Flood Prevention, Mitigation, Relief, Recovery and Rehabilitation 26

27. in Global Health Diplomacy Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
ASEAN Community
in Global Health Diplomacy
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger (Goal 1)
Reduce child mortality rates (Goal 4)
Improve maternal health (Goal 5)
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases (Goal 6)

28. in Global Health Diplomacy
ASEAN Community
in Global Health Diplomacy
Challenges
Healthcare promoting human security at the national and international levels
Access to medicines at reasonable prices
Prevention from newly emerging diseases, including both communicable and non-communicable diseases
Promotion of international healthcare system
Healthcare national agenda setting

29. in Global Health Diplomacy Foreign Policy and Healthcare
ASEAN Community
in Global Health Diplomacy
Challenges
Foreign Policy and Healthcare
Foreign Policy to push forward urgent healthcare agenda
Healthcare cooperation to support foreign policy objectives
Diplomatic forum to support solution to global healthcare problems
Training diplomats on health issues and healthcare experts on diplomacy

30. Thank You
One Vision
One Identity
One Community