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http://www.weforum.org/ 25.01.2008 The Emerging Asian Community: The Role of ASEAN East Asia, consisting of ASEAN plus China, Japan and South Korea, represents nearly 2 billion people, holds close to US$ 3 trillion in foreign exchange reserves and generates nearly a quarter of the world's economic output. How will the historic signing of the ASEAN Charter change the region's future political economy and its approach to global concerns over climate change and human rights? What are the key next steps to creating a European-style economic community by 2015? Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia Stephen Green, Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings, United Kingdom Lee Hsien-Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of the Philippines With Cham Prasidh, Senior Minister, Minister of Commerce of Cambodia Hoang Trung Hai, Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Kosit Panpiemras, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Pehin Lim Jock Seng, Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General, ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations), Jakarta Soulivong Daravong, Minister of Planning and Investment of Laos N. Hassan Wirajuda, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Co-Chaired by David J. O'Reilly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chevron, USA; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008 Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum