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ASEAN in Enforcing Asian Community

An organization is said to be established in order to achieve the members' common goals and objectives, particularly in the name of the organization's purposes, mission, and vision to success. 

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN, as the highest policy-making office in Southeast Asia, has contributed enormous development in its Member States moreover to the almost 700 million constituents of the region. For more than five decades of its existence, the progress and prosperous stability it aims has been ensured economically, socio-culturally, politically, environmentally, and in every single aspect, it covers. 

It is more than proven and evenly expanded in facilitation, the organization's promotion of efficient response, with its members' needs and demands, through effective cooperation, of each and every state and nation, upon attaining excellent outcomes, as seen in the evolution of the Member States, from pre to post ASEAN's foundation. As a regional community organization in Asia, the ASEAN successfully and continuously employs the advancement in the diverse aspects while upgrading the quality of human life as an advocate of human rights through the practice of equality and equity in performing peace, order, and justice intents. Furthermore, in the progression of the region's economic performance stability and political arrangement, the Member States made it possible to self-identity as independent inter-depending nations and states. 

Since the 21st century, a biannual meeting happens which is commonly known as ASEAN Summit in order to conduct an open forum for the Member States' updates and changes in some aspects that the ASEAN may be responsible for, as much as the agreements covered, the strengthening of the formed connections and relationships, establishment of new proposals and other matters that may be called for concern. 

In conclusion, the ASEAN's role in enforcing the Asian community, Southeast Asia in particular, is significantly proven and tested of time and evolution of the region.