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History and Membership. ASEAN is a regional intergovernmental organization formed by the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand through the Bangkok Declaration which was signed by their foreign ministers on 8 Aug. 1967. Brunei joined in 1984, Vietnam in 1995, Laos and Myanmar in 1997. The decision on whether to admit Cambodia, which has for some time enjoyed observer status in ASEAN, was deferred in July 1997 due to civil unrest there. Papua New Guinea also has observer status. In 1998, the combined GDP of member countries was estimated to be US$500,000m.
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Broinowski, A., Understanding ASEAN. London, 1982;-(ed.) ASEAN into the 1990s. London, 1990
Tran Van Hoa (ed), Economic Developments and Prospects in the ASEAN. London, 1997
Wawn, B., The Economies of the ASEAN Countries. London, 1982.
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Turner, B. (1998). Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271272_35
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