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The Heads of State/Government of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met in Myanmar’s capital for the 25th ASEAN Summit on November 11-13, 2014. During this Summit, the ASEAN Leaders also engaged with the Heads of States/Governments of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, India, Australia, New Zealand, Russia and the United States. The discussions focused on human capital development through improving quality of education and employment skills, labour market development and investment in innovation. The ASEAN leaders adopted Declaration on the ASEAN Community's Post-2015 Vision.
ASEAN summit became an important event for Myanmar which reemerged as a vital international relations actor after a period of foreign political noninvolvement.
Key Summit documents include:
Agreements & Declarations
Nay Pyi Taw Declaration on the ASEAN Community's Post-2015 Vision
Declaration on Strengthening ASEAN Secretariat and Reviewing ASEAN Organs
EAS declaration on combating wildlife trafficking
Statements
ASEAN Joint Statement on Climate Change 2014
EAS statement on Rapid Disaster Response
Joint Statement/Declaration of the 9th EAS on regional response to outbreak of Ebola virus disease
EAS Statement on the rise of violence & brutality committed by terrorist/extremist org. in Iraq and Syria