Formation:
The ASEAN is a well-organised organisation. It has a Permanent Secretariat. The Headquarters of the ASEAN is located at Jakarta in Indonesia. Its ‘Permanent Committee’ is located in Singapore. It has eight adhoc committees. Besides, it has ten ‘Special Committees’, viz. Navigation, Trade and Tourism, Industrial Minerals and Energy, Food, Agriculture and forestry Finance and Banking, Science and Technology; social development, etc.