COMMENT The Asean civil society congratulates the Asean leaders for the launching of the new Asean Community. This community, our community, is what we have been looking forward to for a long time.

The 27th Asean Summit and Related Summits 2015 has officially signed the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on the Establishment of the Asean Community and the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on the Asean Community Vision 2025. Further, we have also witnessed the signing of the Asean Convention against Human Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (ACTIP).