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Basic Documents of Japan-ASEAN Relations
Department
of Advanced Social and International Studies,
Second
Protocol Amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in
Manila,
Philippines, 25 July 1998
The
Government of Brunei Darussalam
The
Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia
The
Government of the Republic of Indonesia
The
Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
The
Government of Malaysia
The
Government of the Union of Myanmar
The
Government of the Republic of the Philippines
The
Government of the Republic of Singapore
The
Government of the Kingdom of Thailand
The
Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
The
Government of Papua New Guinea
Hereinafter
referred to as the High Contracting Parties:
DESIRING to
ensure that there is appropriate enhancement of cooperation with all
peace-loving nations, both within and outside Southeast Asia and, in
particular, neighboring States of the Southeast Asia region;
CONSIDERING
Paragraph 5 of the preamble of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast
Asia, done at Denpasar, Bali, on 24 February 1976
(hereinafter referred to as the Treaty of Amity) which refers to the need for
cooperation with all peace-loving nations, both within and outside Southeast
Asia, in the furtherance of world peace, stability and harmony.
HEREBY
AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING:
Article 1
Article 18,
Paragraph 3, of the Treaty of Amity shall be amended to read as follows:
"States
outside Southeast Asia may also accede to this Treaty with the consent of all
the States in Southeast Asia, namely, Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of
Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic,
Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic
of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam."
Article 2
This
Protocol shall be subject to ratification and shall come into force on the date
the last instrument of ratification of the High Contracting Parties is
deposited.
DONE at
Manila, the twenty-fifth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and
ninety-eight.