Rationale

The ASEAN Vision 2020, adopted by the ASEAN Leaders on the 30th Anniversary of ASEAN, agreed on the vision proposed of "a concert of Southeast Asian nations, outward looking, living in peace, stability and prosperity, bonded together in partnership in dynamic development and in a community of caring societies" (ASEAN Secretariat, 2006).

In tandem with the ASEAN Vision 2020, Model ASEAN aims to replicate the workings of ASEAN, the cooperation between Member Countries, as well as recognise the contributions which this association has made to the progress of the South East Asian region and presenting itself as a consolidated association of regional countries on the world stage, namely, the UN. At the same time, it aims to simulate real-world workings of diplomacy and negotiation.

Model ASEAN aims to observe the existing Fundamental Principles adopted by existing ASEAN nations (ASEAN Secretariat, 2006), which are as follow:

"mutual respect for the independence, sovereignty, equality, territorial integrity, and national identity of all nations;
the right of every State to lead its national existence free from external interference, subversion or coercion;

non-interference in the internal affairs of one another;

settlement of differences or disputes by peaceful manner;

renunciation of the threat or use of force; and

effective cooperation among themselves"