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ASEAN DECLARATION
OF CONSENT
TO THE ACCESSION
TO THE TREATY OF AMITY AND
COOPERATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA BY JAPAN
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;
The Government of
the Republic of Indonesia, on behalf of the Governments of Brunei Darussalam,
the Kingdom of Cambodia, 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, hereby declares the consent of all the States
in Southeast Asia to the accession to the Treaty by Japan.
DONE
at
[
Signature ]
Dr. N. Hassan
Wirajuda
Minister for Foreign Affairs