ASEAN
ASEAN is the abbreviation used to recognise the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. It is a geopolitical and economic organisation of ten countries from the Southeast Asia. It was formed on the
8th August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia,
The Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Since then, it's membership has expanded to
include Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Its aims include
accelerating economic growth, social progress, cultural
development among its members, protection of regional peace and stability, and
opportunities for member countries to discuss differences peacefully. It's motto is "One Vision, One Identity, One Community".
The ASEAN emblem represents a stable, peaceful, united and dynamic ASEAN. The colours of the emblem, blue, red, white and yellow, represent the main colours of the crests of all the ASEAN countries. The Southeast Asia bound together in friendship and solidarity. The circle represents the unity of ASEAN. blue represents peace and stability. Red depicts courage and dynamism. White shows purity and yellow symbolises prosperity. The ten stalks of paddy represent the dream of ASEAN's Founding Fathers for an ASEAN comprising all the ten countries in Southeast Asia bound together in friendship and solidarity. The circle represents the unity of ASEAN.
One of the projects ASEAN had was the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution which is an environmental agreement to decrease the haze on Southeast Asia. This agreement was entrenched to react to the land clearing via burning on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. All the countries in the ASEAN, except for Indonesia, signed the agreement. However, Indonesia hopes to ratify the agreement by 2015.
United Nations
The United Nations is an intergovernmental
organisation whose stated aims include promoting and facilitating
cooperation in international law and security,
economic development, social progress, human rights, civil rights, civil liberties,
political freedoms, democracy and the
achievement of lasting world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War
II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide
a platform for dialogue. It contains multiple subsidiary organizations to carry
out its missions.
The current United Nations emblem was approved on 7 December 1946. The design is a map of the world representing an azimuthal equidistant projection centered on the North Pole, inscribed in a wreath consisting of cross conventionalized branches of the olive tree, in gold on a field of smoke-blue with all water areas in white. The projection of the map extends to 60 degrees south latitude, and includes five concentric circles. The olive branches symbolise peace. The world map depicts the area of concern to the United Nations in achieving its main purpose, peace and security.
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.
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