1. ASEAN - Noun
2. ASEAN - Proper noun
an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism
Source: WordNetThe fact that President Obama gave up his public holiday (today is the President's Day) and held the US-Asean Leaders Summit has shown Washington's recognition towards the importance of Asean. Najib Razak
Asean is obviously a very important association for us. Over the past 30 years Asean has made great strides in regional cooperation covering a number of areas, although recently it has been under strain because of the financial crisis and other challenges. Hassanal Bolkiah
Assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN isn't going to do anything about improving the lives of people. Aung San Suu Kyi
We will host the Asean summit in November this year. It will be an occasion to reflect on our achievements collectively and to look at how Asean can maintain its leading role in regional and international cooperation. Hassanal Bolkiah
We hope that through these trade arrangements, through collaboration in training, in manpower development, and what have you, ASEAN in, say, ten years' time, will be a very different ASEAN. Sellapan Ramanathan
All of the states except for East Timor are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Source: Internet