Context:
External Affairs Minister for India participated virtually in the first ‘ASEAN Future Forum’, held in Hanoi, Vietnam
ASEAN Future Forum:
- A common platform for ASEAN member states as well as partner countries to share new ideas and policy recommendations.
- Proposed by – Vietnam, at the 43rd ASEAN Summit in 2023
ASEAN:
- Establishment – In 1967, with the signing of the Bangkok Declaration
- Founding members – Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
- Objective – To promote political and social stability amid rising tensions among the Asia-Pacific’s post-colonial states.
- Motto – “One Vision, One Identity, One Community”.
- ASEAN Secretariat – Indonesia, Jakarta.
- 3 pillar structure of ASEAN –
- ASEAN Political-Security Community
- ASEAN Economic Community
- ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community
- Current members – Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia
- Chairmanship – Rotates annually, based on the alphabetical order of the English names of Member States.
- 8th August – ASEAN Day.
- ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM)-Plus Meeting – Platform for ASEAN and its partners to strengthen security and defence cooperation for peace, stability, and development in the region.
- ADMM-Plus Countries – 10 ASEAN Member States and plus 8 countries, namely Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, and the United States.
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Source: Business Standard
Previous Year Question
The Global Infrastructure Facility is a/an:
[UPSC Civil Service Exam – 2017 Prelims]
(a) ASEAN initiative to upgrade infrastructure in Asia and financed by credit from the Asian Development Bank.
(b) World Bank collaboration that facilitates the preparation and structuring of complex infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to enable mobilization of private sector and institutional investor capital
(c) Collaboration among the major banks of the world working with the OECD and focused on expanding the set of infrastructure projects that have the potential to mobilize private investment
(d) UNCTAD funded initiative that seeks to finance and facilitate infrastructure development in the world.
Answer: (b)
