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The Participants in the ASEAN Regional Forum



The ASEAN Regional Forum adopted in July 1996 the following criteria for participation:


1. Commitment:

All new participants, which must be sovereign states, must subscribe to, and work cooperatively to help achieve the ARF key goals. Prior to their admission, all new participants should agree to abide by and respect fully the decision and statements already made by the ARF. All ASEAN members are automatically participants of ARF.


2. Relevance:

A state should be admitted only if it can be demonstrated that it has an impact on the peace and security of the "geographical footprint" of key ARF activities (i.e., Northeast and Southeast Asia as well as Oceania).


3. Gradual expansion:

Efforts must be made to control the number of participants to a manageable level to ensure the effectiveness of the ARF.


4. Consultations:

All applications for participation should be submitted to the Chairman of the ARF, who will consult all the other ARF participants at the SOM and ascertain whether a consensus exists for the admission of the new participant. Actual decisions on participation will be approved by the Ministers.


The current participants in the ARF are as follows: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russian Federation, Singapore, Thailand, United States, Vietnam,
 

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