Through this Declaration, the ASEAN Member States agreed to further consolidate and enhance the achievements of ASEAN as a dynamic, resilient, and cohesive regional association as well as the need to further strengthen the Association’s guidelines in achieving a more coherent and clearer path for cooperation between and among them. The ASEAN Community comprises three pillars, i.e., The ASEAN Security Community; The ASEAN Economic Community and The ASEAN Socio-cultural Community.

The Head of States or Government of the Member States of ASEAN assembled in Singapore for the 40th Anniversary of the foundation of ASEAN and agreed to this Charter. Through this Charter they established the legal and institutional framework for ASEAN.

The INDC for Cambodia includes both adaptation and mitigation actions based on national circumstances. Cambodia’s INDC is composed of five sections:  Section 1: National context, presenting national circumstances relevant to the INDC  Section 2: Adaptation, covering Cambodia’s vulnerability to climate change and prioritised adaptation actions  Section 3: Mitigation, including Cambodia’s intended contribution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with information to ensure clarity, transparency and understanding, and consideration of fairness and ambition  Section 4: Planning and implementation processes, with indications of the institutions, policies, strategies, and plans that will support the implementation of the INDC  Section 5: Means of implementation, with information on the support needed for the implementation of the INDC.

Affirms INDC's alignment with national development priorities and includes both adaptation and mitigation actions based on national circumstances. Brunei Darussalam's INDC is composed of six sections: Section 1: National circumstances , presenting national context relevant to the INDC; Section 2 : Mitigation contribution, highlighting the actions Brunei Darussalam is and could be undertaking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with information to ensure clarity , transparency and understanding of the activities being proposed; Section 3: Adaptation contribution, covering Brunei Darussalam's vulnerability to climate change and prioritised adaptation actions; Section 4: Fairness and ambition, outlining how Brunei Darussalam's contributions are rational in a global context; Section 5: Planning for implementation, highlighting the policies, strategies , institutions and plans that will support the implementation of the INDC; Section 6: Means for implementation, which assess the support Brunei Darussalam's needs to implement the INDC.

The AEC Blueprint 2025 will build on the AEC Blueprint 2015 consisting of five interrelated and mutually reinforcing characteristics, namely: (i) A Highly Integrated and Cohesive Economy; (ii) A Competitive, Innovative, and Dynamic ASEAN; (iii) Enhanced Connectivity and Sectoral Cooperation; (iv) A Resilient, Inclusive, People-Oriented, and People-Centred ASEAN; and (v) A Global ASEAN.

The ASEAN Investment Report 2015 was prepared under a technical cooperation arrangement between the ASEAN Secretariat and the UNCTAD Division on Investment and Enterprise (DIAE). It focuses on infrastructure investment and connectivity and highlights the important role of the private sector in helping governments to bridge the infrastructure gap in ASEAN and the linkages of various players across the infrastructure value chain, this Annual Report continues to provide useful updates on the latest developments in the ASEAN investment landscape.

The document provides for a general overview on the country's national context after which it defines the stated INDCs, mitigation actions and adaptation measures. Also, it offers an overview on expectations for future - near term plans and action, barriers and needs. Finally, it deals with INDC development and implementation.

The 1997 ASEAN Vision 2020 is focused on the promotion of regional cooperation in Southeast Asia in the spirit of equality and partnership and thereby towards peace, progress and prosperity in the region. It was issued thirty years after the birth of ASEAN, based on current realities and prospects in the decades leading to the Year 2020. The Vision in 2020, is to have a Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality, as envisaged in the Kuala Lumpur Declaration of 1971.

The Vientiane Action Programme (VAP) is the successor to the HPA, to be implemented for the period 2004-2010, as an instrument to unify and cross-link the strategies and goals of the three pillars of the ASEAN Community and as an integral part of the action plans and programmes building up to the realisation of the goals of ASEAN Vision 2020. The Plan focuses on two dimensions, the first being the broader integration of the ten Member Countries into one cohesive ASEAN Community, and the second being the identification of new strategies for narrowing the development gap to quicken the pace of integration, and working closely among ourselves, with our Dialogue Partners and others, to mobilise political will and generate the required resources for the effective implementation of the VAP. Energy forms part of the Strategic Thrusts and is linked to the ASEAN Investment Area.