by the spirit of a new ASEAN, as symbolised by the ASEAN Charter, we reaffirm our commitment
to accelerating the establishment of the ASEAN Community, comprising the aforementioned three pillars, by 5
years to 2015, as agreed in Cebu, the Philippines in 2007; that narrowing the development gap shall remain an important task to ensure the benefits of ASEAN integration are fully realized through effective implementation of the Initiative for ASEAN lntegration (IAl) and other sub-regional frameworks;