The Declaration of ASEAN Concord II also includes a part in which the memberstates adopt a framework to achieve a: “dynamic, cohesive, resilient and integrated ASEAN community”. To achieve this overarching goal the Association will strive to create an ‘ASEAN Security Community’ (ASC), an ‘ASEAN Economic Community’ (AEC) and, an ‘ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community’ (ASSC) (ASEAN Concord 2).
In the field of conflict management the ASC is the most relevant to examine and it contains twelve points. Point 3 relates to the fact that ASEAN shall continue to promote regional solidarity and cooperation and in this context it is stated that “member countries shall exercise their rights to lead their national existence free from
outside interference in the internal affairs.”5 Point 4 also relates to this dimension but is more general and it states that