Editing ASEAN (section)

===Expansion===
[[File:ASEAN explained in 5 minutes.webm|thumb|Video: ASEAN explained in 5 minutes]]
On 7 January 1984, [[Brunei]] became ASEAN's sixth member<ref>{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2700.htm|title=Background Note:Brunei Darussalam/Profile:/Foreign Relations|publisher=US State Department|access-date=6 March 2007|archive-date=4 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604183451/https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2700.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and on 28 July 1995, following the end of the [[Cold War]], [[Vietnam]] joined as the seventh member.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asean.org/10098.htm|title=Vietnam in ASEAN: Toward Cooperation for Mutual Benefits|year=2007|work=ASEAN Secretariat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511153326/http://www.asean.org/10098.htm|archive-date=11 May 2011|access-date=28 August 2009}}</ref> [[Laos]] and [[Myanmar]] (formerly Burma) joined two years later on 23 July 1997.<ref name="enlargement">{{cite book|title=ASEAN Enlargement: impacts and implications|author1=Carolyn L. Gates|author2=Mya Than|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies|year=2001|isbn=978-981-230-081-2}}</ref> [[Cambodia]] was to join at the same time as [[Laos]] and [[Myanmar]], but a [[1997 Cambodian coup d'état|Cambodian coup in 1997]] and other internal instability delayed its entry.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic pragmatism: ASEAN's response to the July 1997 coup {{!}} Conciliation Resources|url=https://www.c-r.org/accord/cambodia/diplomatic-pragmatism-aseans-response-july-1997-coup|access-date=2021-02-27|website=c-r.org}}</ref> It then joined on 30 April 1999 following the stabilization of its government.<ref name="enlargement" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asean.org/3338.htm|title=Statement by the Secretary-General of ASEAN Welcoming the Kingdom of Cambodia as the Tenth Member State of ASEAN: 30 April 1999, ASEAN Secretariat|year=2008|work=ASEAN Secretariat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511153639/http://www.asean.org/3338.htm|archive-date=11 May 2011|access-date=28 August 2009}}</ref>

In 2006, ASEAN was given [[United Nations General Assembly observers|observer status at the United Nations General Assembly]].<ref>[http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/news/view_article.php?article_id=28822 RP resolution for observer status in UN assembly OK'd], Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 March 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826051047/http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/news/view_article.php?article_id=28822 |date=26 August 2010 }}</ref> In response, the organization awarded the status of "dialogue partner" to the UN.<ref>{{cite news |title=Philippines to Represent ASEAN in UN Meetings in NY, Geneva |url=http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070307/4/2ykdn.html |work=Yahoo! News |date=7 March 2007 |access-date=13 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312113724/http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070307/4/2ykdn.html |archive-date=12 March 2007 }}</ref> The UK and ASEAN are also perusing a dialogue partnership.<ref>{{Cite web |title=You are being redirected... |url=https://asean.org/asean-uk-joint-ministerial-statement-enhancing-connectivity-for-a-prosperous-and-sustainable-future/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=asean.org}}</ref>