Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Practice Exam

The ASEAN Community rests on three main pillars: Political-Security Community, Economic Community, and Socio-Cultural Community. Environmental protection and sustainable development are important themes, but they aren’t a separate stand-alone pillar. Instead, environmental and sustainability concerns are woven across the work of the three pillars and guided by broader regional development agendas. That’s why an standalone “Environmental and Sustainable Development Pillar” doesn’t fit the official structure.