ASEAN Summit

ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations .The twelfth ASEAN Summit was held in Cebu, Philippines. The people of Cebu really prepared for the Summit. Some of the officials who really cooperated were: President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Governor Gwen Garcia, Vice Governor Greg Sanchez, Mayor Tommy Osmeña, Vice Mayor Mike Rama, Mandaue Mayor Teddy Ouano, and Hon. Ace Durano.

The summit should push through on December ten to fifteen but a typhoon hit Cebu on the second and third week of December 2006.Becaus of the typhoon, it was postponed. It gave the officials more time to prepare and beautify the province. The summit was officially held on January ten to fifteen, 2007.me. Logarta asked us to take some notes about what is going on to the province.

Some of the delegates who came before the summit were Laos Prime Minister Bousone Bouphavanh, Malaysian Prime Minister Dato Seri Abdullah Badawi, Myanmar Prime Minister Lt. Gen. Soe Win, Brunei Prime Minister Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah , Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Indonesian Prime Minister Bombang Susilo Yudhuyono, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung , Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen , Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thai Prime Minister Surayua Chulamont, Timor Leste Prime Minister Jose Ramos Horta, Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Australian Prime MinisterJohn Howard, and New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark.

The countries represented were Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, Korea, China, India, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

Some accomplishments were:

*agreements

-Instrument of Extension of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia

- Instrument o Accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia

-ASEAN Convention on Counter Terrorism

*declarations

-Declaration on the Deposit of the Instrument of Accession of the French Republic to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia

-CEBU Declaration on the Acceleration of the Establishment of an ASEAN Community by 2005

-ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers

- CEBU Declaration towards One Caring and Sharing Community

*statements

-Statements of the DOHA Development Agenda of the WTO

- Statements of the ASEAN Leaders of the 12th ASEAN Summit on a Debt Equity Proposal for Funding United Nations Millennium Development Goals Project

-Joint Statement of the Third Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia –Philippines-East Indian Growth Area (3^rd BIMP-EAGA).

Some Cebuano people were affected by the changes. There were negative and positive effects. Some negative effects were the houses of the squatters and the sidewalk vendors were demolished. They have no more places to sell their products. There was a heavy traffic. You can not go directly to your destination. Classes were also suspended. We experienced make-up classes.

The positive effects were: the roads were very nice to see until now. There is no more traffic and you can pass directly in the market. The Tourism in Cebu also improved because of the summit. The foreigners went to the Sinulog Fiesta.

Information taken from:

the notebook of Senied Milcah Ponce.