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DECLARATION ON
ACCESSION
TO THE TREATY OF
AMITY AND COOPERATION
IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
BY
WHEREAS the Treaty
of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, which was signed on 24 February
1976 in Bali, Indonesia, was amended by the First and Second Protocols Amending
the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, which were signed on 15
December 1987 and 25 July 1998, respectively;
WHEREAS Article
18, Paragraph 3 of the aforesaid Treaty as amended by Article 1 of the
aforesaid Second Protocol provides that States outside Southeast Asia may also
accede to the 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 Viet Nam;
HAVING considered
the aforesaid Treaty as amended by the Protocols,
The Government of
Japan hereby declares its intent to accede to the Treaty upon completion of its
necessary domestic procedures.
DONE
at
[
Signature ]
Yoriko Kawaguchi
Minister for Foreign Affairs