• To create a single market and production base which is highly
competitive and economically integrated; and has free flow of goods,
services, and investment with facilitated movement of labour, and freer
flow of capital.
• To strengthen democracy, to enhance good governance and the rule of
law, and to promote human rights. ASEAN shall establish a human rights
body, with terms t9 be decided by foreign ministers.
• To respond effectively to all forms of threats, transnational crimes, and
trans- boundary challenges.