September Holiday Assignment - Nabil (28)

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is  regionally-based international organisation with ten members created by the virtue of a document signed by the Foreign Ministers of 5 countries, Adam Malik of Indonesia, Narciso R. Ramos of the Philippines, Tun Abdul Razak of Malaysia, S. Rajaratnam of Singapore, and Thanat Khoman of Thailand on the 8th of August 1967. This therefore creates the 8th of August the commeration of the creation of the ASEAN

Source: ASEAN History, http://www.asean.org/asean/about-asean/history

The ASEAN Logo


Source: ASEAN Emblem, http://www.asean.org/asean/about-asean/asean-emblem

On the logo, there are several colours, all symbolising a certain aspect about the ASEAN. The blue colours of the text and circle symbolises peace and stability, red typifies courage and positive thinking , white and yellow shows purity and properity respectively. The shape of the emblem, which is a circle, connotes unification. The stalks of padi dreams of the founders of ASEAN, to bound the countries in SEA in friendship and solidarity. This emblem is mainly used to promote ASEAN, its purposes and principles.

Source: (Rephrased from) ASEAN Emblem, http://www.asean.org/asean/about-asean/asean-emblem

The ASEAN motto is "One Vision, One Identity, One Community".

Source: ASEAN Motto, http://www.asean.org/asean/about-asean/asean-motto
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ASEAN Projects

In the 2002s, ASEAN established the  ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution which is an environmental agreement to decrease the haze on Southeast Asia in the 1990s. This agreement was entrenched to react to the land clearing via burning in the Indonesian island in Sumatra. All the countries in the ASEAN, except for Indonesia, signed the agreement. However, Indonesia hopes to ratify the agreement by 2015.

Source: (Rephrased from) ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASEAN_Agreement_on_Transboundary_Haze_Pollution

United Nations (UN)

The United Nations officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, when the UN Charter had been ratified by a majority of the original 51 Member States. The day is now celebrated each year around the world as United Nations Day.

Source: (Rephrased from), Introduction to the United Nations, http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/unintro/unintro.asp

Logo

Source: United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library, http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/maplib/flag.htm

On the logo, the olive branches symbolises peace and the map symbolises the area of concern to the UN to achieve its aims.

Source: (Rephrased from) United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library, http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/maplib/flag.htm

Currently, there are 192 members in the UN. To ensure fairness, every member gets a single vote despite the fortune or the size of the country. Creating this force builds stronger relationships between countries.

Source: (Rephrased from)  Introduction to the United Nations, http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/unintro/unintro.asp

The purpose of making this force is to bring all nations together to promote peace and development, based on the principles of justice, human dignity and the welfare of the people.

Source: (Rephrased from) Charter of the United Nations: Chapter I: Purposes and Principles

Muhammad Nabil bin Jasmani (28)