Forum régional de l'ASEAN (ARF)
Introduction | Objectifs de l'ARF | Forums de l'ASEAN | Membres de l'ARF | Déclarations diverses des pays membres | Bibliographie
Introduction

Depuis 1977, l'ASEAN a établi un "dialogue-partner relationships" avec d'autres pays ayant des intérêts dans la région, incluant les Etats-Unis. Les ministres de l'ASEAN se rencontrent chaque année avec les "dialogue partners" au " the Post-Ministerial Conference", tenu après  l' "ASEAN Ministerial Meeting", habituellement en juillet.
En 1993, l' ASEAN a décidé  dans la  formation de l' ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), d'inclure les "dialogue partners" et d'autres membres. L'inauguration de l'"ARF Ministerial Meeting" -- tenu le 25 juillet 1994,à Bangkok (Thailand)-- confirme l'ARF comme le premier grand forum multilatéral de la région pour des consultations officielles sur les questions de sécurité en Asie-pacifique.

22 Membres de l'ARF : Australie, Brunei, Birmanie, Cambodge, Canada, Chine, Union Européenne, Inde, Indonesie, Japon, Corée du Sud, Laos, Malaisie, Mongolie, Nouvelle Zélande, Papouasie NlleGuinée, Philippines, Russie, Singapour, Thailande, Etats-Unis, Vietnam. 

Membres de l'ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference (PMC) 
     - ASEAN : Brunei, Birmanie, Cambodge, Indonesia, Laos, Malaisie, Philippines, Singapour, Thailande, Vietnam 
     - "Dialogue Partners" : Australie, Canada, Chine, Union Européenne, Inde, Japan, Corée du Sud,  Nouvelle zélande, Russie,
     Etats-Unis
 
 

Les objectifs du Forum Régional de l'ASEAN

Les objectifs du Forum Régional de l'ASEAN qui ont été exposés dans le discours du Président du Premier Forum Régional de l'ASEAN en 1994 sont les suivants : 

  • renforcer une concertation et un dialogue constructifs sur les questions de politique et de sécurité dans l'intérêt commun
  • apporter des contributions et des efforts significatifs en vue d'une diplômatie préventive et d'instauration de confiance dans la région Asie-Pacifique.
La 27ème Conférence Ministérielle de l'ASEAN (1994) stipule que  "Le Forum Régional de l'ASEAN pourrait devenir un Forum consultatif efficace de la région Asie-Pacifique en promeuvant un dialogue ouvert sur la coopération en matière de politique et de sécurité dans la zone. Dans cette optique, l'ASEAN devra travailler avec ses partenaires de l'ARF  pour parvenir à des rapports constructifs et prévisibles en Asie-Pacifique."
Forums de l'ASEAN
  • VIè Forum régional de l'ASEAN, Singapour, 26-28 juillet 1999 : déclaration finale 

    • USA point of view : 
    Secretary's Albright's travel to ASEAN regional Forum and post-ministerial conference
    Albright Remarks to Sixth ASEAN Regional Forum
    ! Commentaires de la presse asiatique et des pays-membres de l'ARF
  • Vè Forum régional de l'ASEAN, Manille, 26-27 juillet 1998 : déclaration finale


    • Programme des activités du Vème Forum régional
    20-22 May 1998 : 5th ARF SOM (Senior Officials Meeting) Manila, PHILIPPINES
    26-27 July 1998 : 5th ARF (Foreign Ministers Meeting) Manila, PHILIPPINES

    First Track

    4-7 November 1998 : Intersessional Support Group (ISG) on Confidence Building Measures (CBMS) (Thailand and US) Honolulu, HAWAI.
    3-5 March 1999 : ISG on CBMS: Second Meeting (Thailand and USA) Bangkok, THAILAND.
    11-14 April 1999 : Intersessional Meeting (ISM) on Disaster Relief (Russia and Thailand) Moscow, RUSSIA
    25-28 April 1999 : ARF Track II Conference on Comprehensive Security and Cooperation in the Asia-PacificVladivostok, RUSSIA.

    Expert Level

    31 August - 3 September 1998 : Seminar on the Production of Defence Policy Documents (Australia and Malaysia) Canberra, AUSTRALIA.
    8-10 September 1998 : Second Meeting of Heads of National Defence Colleges and Institutions (Republic of Korea) REPUBLIC OF KOREA.
    Last half 1998 : Disaster Relief Experts Group (TBC). 
    19-23 October 1998 : Workshop on Approaches to Training for Peacekeeping (EU and Thailand) Dublin, IRELAND.
    25-27 November 1998 : Military Medicine Symposium on Tropical Medicine and Epidemic Control in Tropical Regions (China) Beijing, CHINA.
    November 1998 : Meeting of Specialist Officials on Maritime Issues (USA and Thailand) Honolulu, HAWAI.
    22-26 March 1999 : Peacekeeping Training Course (Japan, Canada and Malaysia) Tokyo, JAPAN.
    Northern Spring 1999 : Regional Security Training Seminar for Foreign Affairs and Defence Officials (USA)Vladivastok, RUSSIA.
    Last half 1998 : ADPC Workshop on Common Principles of Disaster Management (USA) Bangkok, THAILAND.

    ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM MEETING, Honolulu, November 4-6, 1998
    Washington -- Senior foreign affairs and defense officials, as well as military officers, representing members of the the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) will meet in Honolulu from November 4-6. Following is an October 30 statement by the Department of State on the meeting:
    STATEMENT BY JAMES B. FOLEY,  DEPUTY SPOKESMAN, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
    Office of the Spokesman, October 30, 1998
    Senior foreign affairs and defense officials, as well as military officers, representing members of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) will meet in Honolulu from November 4-6. Mr. Ralph L. Boyce, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and Mr. Saroj Chavanaviraj, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, will co-chair this meeting of the ARF's Intersessional Support Group on Confidence Building Measures. A second meeting will be held in Bangkok on March 3-5, 1999.
    The Confidence Building Measures Group is the most active of the ARF's intersessional working groups and its meetings form the core of the ARF's overall work program. The results of its deliberations in Honolulu and Bangkok will form the basis of the agenda for the annual Ministerial meeting in July that Secretary Albright and Department of Defense officials attend.
    The United States has played an active and supportive role in the ASEAN Regional Forum since its inception in 1994. The ARF, comprised of twenty-two members (21 countries plus the EU), is the only region-wide Asia-Pacific government-level security forum.
    Co-chairmanship of the ARF's intersessional groups rotates; the U.S. co-chaired with Singapore a meeting on Search and Rescue in March 1996 and is working with Thailand and New Zealand to conduct a Disaster Relief experts meeting in Bangkok in January 1999.
    In Honolulu and Bangkok, the Group will continue a frank, open and substantive dialogue on security-related and political developments in the region, defense policies, nonproliferation and arms control, and a range of confidence building activities. For the first time, the Group will examine the overlap between confidence building and preventive diplomacy, the second stage of the ARF's evolution.
    In addition, the Honolulu meeting will focus on maritime cooperation, specifically on where the ARF can add value or supplement existing activities and regimes in the areas of maritime safety, law and order at sea, and protection and preservation of the marine environment. A separate but concurrent meeting of maritime officials, chaired by the U.S. Navy and the Royal Thai Navy, will address these issues in detail. Admiral Joseph W. Prueher, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command will conduct a briefing and facilitate a tour of naval facilities for ARF participants.

    5th ARF (Foreign Ministers Meeting) Manila 26-27 Juillet 1998

    ALBRIGHT 7/27 REMARKS AT ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM PLENARY (United States Information Service , 27 July 1998) 
    In an age of interdependence, nations must consider the difference between interference and assistance, according to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. "One thing is clear: if a nation is important to our security and facing problems that could threaten our security, then we must deal with those problems frankly here," Albright said in July 27 remarks at the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Plenary. 

    ROTH 7/21 ON MULTILATERAL APPROACHES TO REGIONAL SECURITY (United States Information Service , 23 July 1998) 
    The creation of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in the mid-1990s was a result of a trend toward multilateral approaches to regional security, according to Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Stanley Roth

    ALBRIGHT WILL DEPART FOR ASIA JULY 24 (United States Information Service , 22 July 1998) 
    Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will depart for the Philippines July 24 to attend the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference (PMC) in Manila.She will also make stops in Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand
  • IVè Forum régional de l'ASEAN a eu lieu à Subang Jaya (Malaisie) en  Juillet 1997, présidé par  Dato' Seri Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi, Ministre des Affaires étrangères de la Malaisie : déclaration finale
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  • IIIè Forum régional de l'ASEAN a eu lieu à  Jakarta (Indonésie) en Juillet  1996,  présidé par  H.E. Mr. Ali Alatas, ministre des Affaires étrangères d'Indonésie :  déclaration finale 

    • CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT THE THIRD ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM (THIRD ARF) Jakarta, 23/7/96
    REMARKS OF MR.UNG HUOT, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF THE KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA, AT THE OPENING SESSION OF THE ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM, JAKARTA,23 July 1996
  • IIè  Forum régional de l'ASEAN, a eu lieu en août  1995 à Bandar Seri Begawan (Bruneï).  présidé par  His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei Darussalam. : déclaration finale 

    • 2ND ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM (ARF) INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING ON SEARCH AND RESCUE KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY MR KISHORE MAHBUBANI, PERMANENT SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SINGAPORE, AT THE OPENING SESSION ON WEDNESDAY, 26 MARCH 1997
    CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT OF THE SECOND ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM ( ARF ), 1/8/95, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
  • Ier Forum régional de l'ASEAN, a eu lieu  à Bangkok le 25 Juillet  1994 conformément à la déclaration lors du IVè sommet de l'ASEAN de 1992,  en présence des chefs d'états et de Gouvernements qui ont proclamé leur intention d'intensifier le dialogue sur les questions politiques et de sécurité  : déclaration finale
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    THE ASEAN REGION & FORUM - A CONCEPT PAPER

    THE ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM AND PEACEKEEPING TRAINING
     
     

    Membres de l'ARF
    Membres ASEAN  Membres ARF *
    Brunei ASEAN
    Indonesia Australia
    Laos Canada
    Malaysia China
    Myanmar  European Union
    Philippines India
    Singapore Japan
    Thailand Mongolia
    Vietnam New Zealand
    Cambodge Russia
    South Korea
    United States
    Papua New Guinea
    ASEAN (10)  Partenaires au dialogue ASEAN  (11)  Observateurs (1)
    *Le Pakistan a établi des relations avec l'ASEAN en 1997 
    Déclarations diverses des pays membres
    - Etats-Unis : discours du secrétaire d'Etat à la Défense, William Cohen (Kuala Lumpur, 12/1/98) 

    - Corée du Sud : ARF-Corée du Sud, 1997, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea

    - Australie : DEFENCE POLICY STATEMENT TO THE ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM, 1996 AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE POLICY

     
    Bibliographie


  • The Asean Regional Forum : Extending Asean's Model of Regional Security (Adelphi Paper (International  Institute for Strategic Studies), 302)  Michael Leifer / Paperback / Published 1996  $26.00 

    • Japan's growing external assets : a medium for regional growth? : proceedings and papers of ASEAN-China Hong Kong Forum 1988 on 22-24 June 1988