该组织成立于去年10月，旨在加速缅甸的民主化进程。 来自泰国、印度尼西亚、马来西亚、菲律宾、新加坡和柬埔寨的国会议员们，以前所未有的姿态跨越了国家和政党的界限，来评估东盟对缅政策，寻求昂山素季的释放并剥夺缅甸的轮值主席国资格。
Established last November to spur progress on democratization in Burma, parliamentarians from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Cambodia took the unprecedented step of crossing national and party lines to review critically ASEAN policy on Burma, seek the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, and disqualify Burma from chairing.