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	LESSENING THE DESIRE FOR WAR: The ASEAN Regional Forum and Making of Asia-Pacific Security (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		ARF Concept Paper (agreed to by all participants at the 1995 ARF Plenary) did say that it “would be unwise for a young and fragile process” to tackle all the challenges to the security of the Asia-Pacific simultaneously.
		ASEAN’s insistence on retaining the central diplomatic role in the ARF is a cause of friction with the Forum.
		The ASEAN Regional Forum pp 57, 58 and 59
	www.vuw.ac.nz /css/docs/working_papers/WP11.html (8057 words)

	Barry Desker
		In the light of criticisms of the ARF highlighted in the opening paragraphs of this paperdiscussion, it is useful to re-visit the critical elements behind its establishment.
		The interest of regional defence ministers in such confidence-building dialogues is seen in the participation of 14 ARF defence ministers or their senior representatives in informal discussions during the inaugural Asian Security Conference organised by the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) in Singapore from 31 May to 2 June 2002.
		The approach adopted by the ARF may be indicative of the direction that should be adopted in creating multilateral and regional security institutions an emphasis on cooperative security, building mutual confidence, engaging in preventive diplomacy and developing mechanisms for conflict prevention and conflict resolution.
	www.asian-affairs.com /Crisis/barrydesker.html (6433 words)

	THE ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL
		ASEAN is still in the process of development, and for the present is encountering some difficulties due to the effects of the financial crisis and the instability and crises afflicting its largest member, Indonesia.
		The ARF at present is focused mainly on confidence-building while it explores the possibilities for preventive diplomacy in the region.
		If the ARF participants are patient and pragmatic but determined in their pursuit of regional cooperation for the benefit of all and to the serious detriment of none, the Forum can have a promising future.
	www.ndu.edu /inss/symposia/pacific2001/jawharpaper.htm (4427 words)

	The EU and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) - Overview
		The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is the only Asia-wide multilateral forum on regional security, which met for the first time in 1994.
		The EU is represented in ARF by the troika.
		ARF is also in EU view an appropriate forum to address key regional security issues and build a consensus among Asian countries on such issues.
	europa.eu.int /comm/external_relations/asean/intro/arf.htm (731 words)

	ASEAN Regional Forum: Promoting U.S. Interests
		ARF was created in 1994 by the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to "foster constructive dialogue and consultation on political and security issues of common interest and concern...and to make significant contributions to efforts towards confidence-building and preventive diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific region."
		While the ASEAN nations agree among themselves that a binding "code of conduct" for disputed areas is necessary to preserve peace, China's refusal to restrain its activities in the area has led only to a non-binding political declaration.
		The prospect that ASEAN might reach an accord on the disposition of maritime claims in the region that could gain international recognition would oblige China to join or face the increasing concerns in the region that stem from its overbearing territorial and EEZ claims in the South China Sea.
	www.heritage.org /Research/AsiaandthePacific/BG1659.cfm (4247 words)

	PakDef Forums - Asean regional forum admits Pakistan
		ARF includes the 10 ASEAN countries and partners Australia, Canada, China, the European Union, India, Japan, South and North Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Russia, and the United States.
		The objectives of the ASEAN Regional Forum are to foster constructive dialogue and consultation on political and security issues of common interest and concern and to make significant contributions to efforts towards confidence-building and preventive diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific region.
		Maritime security is a high priority for the ASEAN Regional Forum and the Asia Pacific region as a whole, which is a hub of regional and international commercial activity.
	www.pakdef.info /forum/showthread.php?t=5713 (1583 words)

	Congressional Research Service
		The ASEAN Regional Forum and the proposals for other groups reflect changing regional circumstances that are affecting the American leadership role: the removal of security issues from the sphere of U.S.-Russian rivalry, the U.S. military withdrawal from the Philippines, and the new strength and assertiveness of East Asian governments.
		ASEAN promotes economic cooperation and integration among the member states and is a forum for diplomatic cooperation.
		ASEAN Regional Forum--This is a recent organization established by the ASEAN-PMC countries at their July 1993 meeting.
	www.fas.org /man/crs/94-79f.htm (6153 words)

	Global Beat Syndicate: ASEAN Regional Forum
		The pledge by ARF’s member states to fight international terrorism might not have been enough to change old images, but the significance of the Brunei meeting can be found in the substance of that commitment.
		Thus, ARF had to start with the most elementary of confidence-building measures before it could begin to consider conflict prevention, and eventually, the most sensitive issue: conflict resolution.
		The United States must now acknowledge the growing importance of ASEAN and the Forum, and take advantage of all that can be gained by cooperating with it and its member states.
	www.nyu.edu /globalbeat/syndicate/glosserman082602.html (816 words)

	Rice Misses the ASEAN Regional Forum: Now What?
		The ASEAN countries were anti-communist during the Cold War, but they practiced nonalignment and aggressively avoided being drawn into the wars in Indochina and becoming pawns to the big powers.
		ASEAN invited Burma, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam to join and created the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) to integrate their economies and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) to manage regional security.
		The ASEAN Regional Forum was conceived as a meeting to bring together all contending powers in Southeast Asia, great and small, and get them to discuss their security issues at the diplomatic level.
	www.heritage.org /Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm813.cfm (1116 words)

	Transcript: State's Kelly on Upcoming ASEAN Regional Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This accomplishment in getting together in a world forum setting with interested countries from around the world is something that is very valuable, and that's really what we are looking forward to introducing ourselves and introducing our secretary to people in the region so that they can get to know him better.
		With respect to the preventive diplomacy in the ASEAN Regional Forum, I don't think we have had expectations of this rather tentative process moving along, if only because there are so many partners with very many different interests and histories.
		What I think we are seeking in the ARF is a process that steadily moves the countries to understand each other, to get a sense of the security issues, and to move in ways that leave everyone feeling secure and safe towards ways of solving and addressing these problems when they become more acute.
	japan.usembassy.gov /e/p/tp-se0241.html (5896 words)

	Disarmament Documentation: ASEAN & ASEAN Regional Forum Meetings, July 29-31
		We are fully committed to strengthening our bilateral, regional and international cooperation to counter terrorism in a comprehensive manner and to make Southeast Asia a safer place for all as reflected in the 7th ASEAN Summit Declaration [November 2001] on Joint Action to Counter Terrorism.
		In assessing regional and international security developments, the Ministers believed that the terrorist acts of September 11, 001 in the United States had a tremendous impact on the overall security environment.
		The Ministers recalled the Statement of October 2001 issued by the ARF Chair on behalf of ARF participants and emphasised the need for the ARF to find ways and means to cooperate further in the fight against terrorism.
	www.acronym.org.uk /docs/0207/doc06.htm (1412 words)

	Deputy Secretary Talbott July 27 at ASEAN Regional Forum
		Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott told members of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Bangkok July 27 that the United States is supportive of the efforts regional leaders have made to improve their bilateral ties, particularly as regards North Korea.
		Distinguished Foreign Ministers and colleagues, I am pleased to represent the United States at this seventh meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), and Secretary Albright sends her regrets that she will not be able to join all of you until Friday.
		And we believe the ARF is right to continue deliberations, based on Singapore's excellent draft paper, of the "Concepts and Principles of Preventive Diplomacy"' as we consider how the ARF might undertake specific preventive diplomacy initiatives.
	www.usembassy.it /file2000_07/alia/a0072808.htm (3234 words)

	The Acorn » Asean Regional Forum: Admitting Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pakistan has been long lobbying Asean countries to admit it into the Asean Regional Forum (ARF) - a security forum consisting of Asean nations, China, Japan, India and others.
		Admitting it into the ARF prematurely may be a decision both Indian and other ARF nations will come to regret.
		To exchange commonwealth and arf membership for temporary peace would be the greatest blunder of indian government,especially when it is in a position of strength(ps.with congress now coming in power the thoughts expressed may not be relevant anymore)
	opinion.paifamily.com /?p=496 (538 words)

	ASEAN Regional Forum Letter - May 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		We suggest that the ARF organize a Track II Study Group with participation of local NGOs in order to examine the potential application of PD to the peace and security of Northeast Asia.
		Although we appreciate the efforts the ARF has made in bringing parties together at the sidelines of the ARF, we recommend that the ARF facilitate more substantial bilateral talks between the United States and North Korea.
		On another topic, it appears that the ARF may be stressing greater military cooperation for regional security issues, including rescue/relief efforts and piracy interdiction.
	www.island.net /~pcdsres/arflette.html (800 words)

	Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As a reference, the Joint Co-chairmen’s Statement of 14th EU-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting of January 2003 and the Chairman’s Statement of the Tenth ASEAN Regional Forum of June 2003 are included.
		Both documents refer to the shared commitment of ASEAN and the EU towards peace and stability and the increasing importance of the ARF for dialogue and cooperation on security issues in the Asia-Pacific region.
		The ASEAN Regional Forum at Ten and Europe's Contribution
	www.fesspore.org /p_dc6.htm (539 words)

	ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Seminar on UN Peacekeeping (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An International Seminar on UN Peacekeeping: Best Practices and Lessons Learnt was hosted by India on March 20-21, 2002 in New Delhi with Malaysia and Canada as the two other co-hosts.
		Shashank highlighted the role of India in the UN and UN peacekeeping operations, India’s commitment to the UN Charter and its objectives.
		The seminar was useful exercise in confidence building measures among the members of the ASEAN Regional Forum.
	meaindia.nic.in /pressrelease/2002/03/22pr02.htm (176 words)

	Global Beat: Asean Regional Forum: Global Media Reactio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) meeting in Singapore last week and the recent racheting up of tensions between China and Taiwan in the wake of Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui's "two-states" proposal garnered substantial editorial comment in the region and beyond.
		The situation is happier in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), where the efforts to engage the big powers are bearing fruit.
		Indeed, China's readiness to improve ties with ASEAN was further enhanced by the brusque nature of the visit by U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
	www.nyu.edu /globalbeat/asia/USIA080399.html (6055 words)

	ASEAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Other ASEAN countries that were measured are: Cambodia (rank 63), Malaysia (rank 70), Thailand (71), Indonesia (121) and Vietnam (137).
		The ASEAN BIS is the ASEAN equivalent of the APEC CEO Summit.
		For the past four years the US-ASEAN Business Council has enjoyed the honor and privilege to be invited to hold a dialogue with the ASEAN Finance Ministers, during their annual meting (click here for a Joint Ministerial Statement of the meeting).
	www.us-asean.org /asean.asp (1883 words)

	USIS Washington File: TEXT: ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM MEETING
		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 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.
	usembassy-australia.state.gov /hyper/WF981030/epf509.htm (434 words)

	ARF (ASEAN Regional Forum) Home Page - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
		The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is the principal forum for security dialogue in Asia.
		It draws together 23 countries which have a bearing on the security of the Asia Pacific region.
		ARF Workshop: Managing the Consequence of a Major Terrorist Attack, Darwin 3-5 June 2003
	www.dfat.gov.au /arf (138 words)

	ASEAN Regional Forum
		Bureau of Public Affairs > Office of Regional Media Outreach > Audio and Video Clips > 2003 > January - June
		"The United States is a strong supporter of regional integration and free trade as the best means to help close the development gap within ASEAN...We also focused on a number of security issues, particularly our work against terrorism."
		External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views or privacy policies contained therein.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/rmo/hglt/janjun/21697.htm (94 words)

	gowinning.com - asean regional forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	www.gowinning.com /Asean-Regional-Forum.aspx (211 words)

	ARF (ASEAN Regional Forum) - Global Issues - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
		Annex C: ARF Statement on Cooperative Counter-terrorist Action on Border Security
		Annex D: ARF Statement on Cooperation Against Piracy and other Threats to Maritime Security
		The ASEAN Regional Forum - A Concept Paper
	www.dfat.gov.au /arf/statements (143 words)

	The Acorn: Asean Regional Forum: Admitting Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The ARF includes ASEAN members plus India, Australia, Canada, China, the European Union (EU), Japan, Mongolia, New Zealand, North Korea, South Korea, Papua New Guinea, Russia...
		Posted by: S.Subhash at May 17, 2004 05:45 PM
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	www.paifamily.com /opinion/archives/000703.html (555 words)

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