Adopted at the 13th ASEAN Summit in November 2007, the Charter forms the
constitution of ASEAN. The intention to draft the document was formally tabled
at the 11thASEAN Summit held in December 2005 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Subsequently, the Eminent Person Group (EPG), comprising one high level
eminent representative from each member state, was set up to make
recommendations to the draft Charter (Wayne Arnold, 2007).