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SEANW FZ
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INDONESIAN FM ALATAS' OPENING STATEMENT INCLUDED A CALL TO EXPEDITE THE FINALISATION OF A DRAFT SOUTHEAST ASIA NUCLEAR WEAP ONS-FREE ZONE (SEANWFZ) TREATY. OTHER MEMBERS IN THEIR OPENING STATEMENTS WERE MORE CAUTIOUS, OR DID NOT MENTION SEANWFZ AT ALL. THE FINAL COMMUNIQUE ADOPTED LANGUAGE MARGINALLY STRONGER THAN HAD BEEN USED IN THE MANILA DECLARATION OF 1987, DIRECTING SENIOR OFFICIALS TO CONTINUE CONSIDERATION OF SEANWFZ
''WITH A VIEW TO COMPLETING THE DRAFTING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF A TREATY ON SEANWFZ, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL ITS IMPLICATIONS'', AND AGREEING THAT ASEAN MEMBERS SHOULD CONSULT WITH OTHER SOUTHEAST ASIAN STATES AND NUCLEAR STATES ON ''PRIMARY ELEMENTS OF SEANWFZ FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE ZONE''
US BASES IN THE PHILIPPINES
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THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THE US BASES QUESTION IN EITHER THE OPENING STATEMENTS OR THE JOINT COMMUNIQUE. THE MATTER WAS RAISED AT THE POST-MEETING PRESS CONFERENCE, AND THE FOREIGN MINISTERS DECLINED TO MAKE ANY COMMENT. MANGLAPUS SUBSEQUENTLY COMMENTED IN A SEPARATE INTERVIEW THAT ASEAN HAD ''FALLEN SHORT OF TAKING POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUPPORTING THE BASES AND THAT THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT WAS THEREFORE FREE OF ASEAN PRESSURE TO RENEW THE BASES AGREEMENT.
COOPERATION WITH THE EC
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THE JOINT COMMUNIQUE EXPRESSED SATISFACTION AT THE OUTCOME OF THE SEVENTH ASEAN/EC MINISTERIAL MEETING IN DUSSELDORF LAST MAY, AND STRESSED THE NEED FOR CLOSE ASEAN/EC CONSULTATION ON THE URUGUAY ROUND.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ISSUES
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10. THE JOINT COMMUNIQUE INCLUDED ANODYNE STATEMENTS ON AFGHANI- STAN AND DISARMAMENT, AN APPEAL FOR AN END TO THE IRAN/IRAQ CONFLICT AND A STRONG STATEMENT ON THE ARAB/ISRAELI CONFLICT CALLING FOR A RESTORATION OF ARAB SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE ''OCCUPIED TERRITORIES' AND THE 'CONVENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE ON THE MIDDLE EAST' UNDER UN AUSPICES. OF THE OPENING STATEMENTS, ONLY INDONESI S HAD INCLUDED A REFERENCE TO THE ARAB/ISRAELI CONFLICT, IN SIMILAR BUT STRONGER TERMS, AS WELL AS REFERENCE TO APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE OCCUPATION OF NAMIBIA (WHICH WAS NOT
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