Supranational Unions - Arab League, ASEAN, Global Governance, United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Arab League, ASEAN, Global governance, United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, Supranational aspects of international organizations, Supranational union, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Independent Task Force on North America, Central American Integration System, Regional integration, Pacific Union, Cross-national cooperation and agreements, Singleton, Regional integration law. Excerpt: The Secretariat of ASEAN at Jalan Sisingamangaraja No.70A, South Jakarta, Indonesia.The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly abbreviated ASEAN ( -see-ahn, rarely -zee-ahn), is a geo-political and economic organization of ten countries located in Southeast Asia, which was formed on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Since then, membership has expanded to include Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Its aims include the acceleration of economic growth, social progress, cultural development among its members, the protection of the peace and stability of the region, and to provide opportunities for member countries to discuss differences peacefully. ASEAN covers an area of 4.46 million km, 3% of the total land area of Earth, with a population of approximately 600 million people, 8.8% of the world population. In 2010, its combined nominal GDP had grown to US$1.8 trillion. If ASEAN was a single entity, it would rank as the ninth largest economy in the world. ASEAN was preceded by an organisation called the Association of Southeast Asia, commonly called ASA, an alliance consisting of the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand that was formed in 1961. The bloc itself, however, was established on 8 August 1967, when foreign ministers of five countries - Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand - met at the Thai Department of Foreign...