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524 By: ROS Size: 7.5" x 10.25" J/No: 03-14474 Fonts: New Baskerville Singapore Declaration Of 1992 Singapore, 28 January 1992 1. We, the Heads of State and Government of ASEAN, are encouraged by the achievements of ASEAN in the last twenty-five years, and are convinced that ASEAN cooperation remains vital to the well-being of our peoples. 2. Having reviewed the profound international political and economic changes that have occurred since the end of the Cold War and considered their implications for ASEAN, we declare that : • ASEAN shall move towards a higher plane of political and economic cooperation to secure regional peace and prosperity; • ASEAN shall constantly seek to safeguard its collective interests in response to the formation of large and powerful economic groupings among the developed countries, in particular through the promotion of an open international economic regime and by stimulating economic cooperation in the region; • ASEAN shall seek avenues to engaged member states in new areas of cooperation in security matters; and • ASEAN shall forge a closer relationship based on friendship and cooperation with the Indochinese countries, following the settlement on Cambodia. POLITICAL AND SECURITY COOPERATION 3. In the field of political and security cooperation, we have agreed that: • ASEAN welcomes accession by all countries in Southeast Asia to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, which will provide a common framework for wider regional cooperation embracing the whole of Southeast Asia; • ASEAN will also seek the cognizance of the United Nations for the Treaty through such means as an appropriate Resolution. This will signify ASEAN’s commitment to the centrality of the UN role in the maintenance of international peace and security as well as promoting cooperation for socioeconomic development; • ASEAN could use established fora to promote external dialogues on enhancing security in the region as well as intra-ASEAN dialogues on ASEAN security cooperation (such as the regional security seminars held in Manila and Bangkok in 1991, and the workshops on the South China Sea held in Bali in 1990 and Bandung in 1991), taking full cognizance of the Declaration of ASEAN Concord. To enhance this effort, ASEAN should intensify its external dialogues in political and security matters by using the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conferences (PMC); • ASEAN has made major strides in building cooperative ties with states of the Asia-Pacific Reprinted from the ASEAN Secretariat website by permission of the ASEAN Secretariat. 108 AR Docu A3 22/9/03, 1:04 PM 524 525 By: ROS Size: 7.5" x 10.25" J/No: 03-14474 Fonts: New Baskerville region and shall continue to accord them a high priority; • ASEAN will seek to realise the Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN) and a South east Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (SEANWFZ) in consultation with friendly countries, taking into account changing circumstances; • ASEAN will closely cooperate with the United Nations and the international community in ensuring the full implementation of the Peace Agreements signed in Paris in October 1991. • ASEAN supports the Cambodian Supreme National Council in calling on the UN Secretary General to despatch UNTAC as early as possible in order to preserve the momentum of the peace process and to implement the gains realised by, the signing of the Paris Peace Agreements ASEAN calls on all parties in Cambodia to implement seriously the process of national reconciliation which is essential to a genuine and lasting peace in Cambodia; and • ASEAN will play an active part in international programmes for the reconstruction of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. 4. Conscious of the central role of the Unite Nations in the post-Cold War, we agree that: • The proposed Summit of members of the United Nations Security Council should help shape the United Nations’ role for the promotion of a more equitable international political and economic order, and for the democratisation of the United Nations’ decision-making processes in order to make the organization truly effective in meeting its obligations; • ASEAN will participate actively in efforts to ensure that the United Nations is a key instrument for maintaining international peace and security; and • ASEAN will encourage all efforts to strengthen the United Nations, including its role and capabilities, in peacekeeping and peacemaking, in accordance with the United Nations Charter. DIRECTIONS IN ASEAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION 5. In the field of economic cooperation, we have agreed that: • To further accelerate joint efforts in enhancing intra-ASEAN economic cooperation, ASEAN shall adopt appropriate new economic measures as contained in the Framework Agreement...

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