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The ASEAN Charter - not daring, lacking in Vision |
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by Jenina Joy Chavez
This article was first published in the Jakarta Post, 19 November 2007.
When Leaders of
Member Governments of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) meet for their Thirteenth Summit in Singapore on Tuesday
(November 20th), the world’s attention would be focused on what they
will do on the matter of Myanmar/Burma. It will be recalled that in the
last week of September, protests led by monks were met with violence by
the military junta. The protests, triggered by soaring fuel prices,
were the largest peaceful demonstrations since the military took over
in 1988. The Burma question has become a yearly embarrassment and
pressure point for ASEAN, and everyone is curious whether the
collective global indignation after the September violence would prompt
ASEAN Leaders to do something different this year.
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Global Europe and ASEAN: Impacts of EU’s Competitiveness Strategy on Southeast Asia |
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by Joseph Purugganan, August 2007
The European Union has for a number of
years been trying to consolidate and fine tune strategies aimed at
strengthening its competitiveness and its capacity to address the new
challenges of the rapidly changing global market. Promotion of trade
and investment is clearly a priority for Europe. In 2000, it came up
with the Lisbon Strategy, the blueprint for making EU "the most
dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world capable
of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs, greater
social cohesion and respect for the environment by 2010." (1)
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by Jenina Joy Chavez
This article first appeared in the Yellow Pad column of the BusinessWorld on 15 January 2007.
Over
the weekend (January 13 and 14, 2007) the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN) held its 12th Summit in Cebu City, after a
controversial postponement in December last year.
The Summit
produced some significant agreements. These include the Mutual
Recognition Arrangement on Nursing Services, which makes it possible
for nurses with at least three years of experience in their home
countries to practice in other ASEAN countries without having to go
through additional licensing requirements; the Declaration on the
Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers, which, albeit limited, at
last recognizes the contributions and needs of migrant workers in the
region; and the blueprint for the proposed ASEAN Charter that seeks to
formalize rules of engagement in the regional body. ASEAN Leaders are
hopeful that initiatives like these will bring it closer to the dream
of an ASEAN Community and the ambition of a single market by 2020.
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