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THE SITUATION IN LEBANON, THEY REAFFIRMED THEIR SUPPORT FOR EFFORTS TO RE-ESTABLISH FULL SOVEREIGNTY, TERRITORIAL INTERRITY, NATIONAL IMDEPENDENCE AND UNITY. THEY CALLED ON IRAN AND IRAQ T

TO CEASE HOSTILITIES AND NEGOTIATE THE RESOLUTION OF THEIR DEISPUTE.

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

8.

TERRORISM, WHEREVER IT OCCURS AND WHOEVER COMMITS IT,

IS A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM AND IS CONDEMNED

UNIVERSALLY. ASEAN AND EC MINISTERS AGREED THAT IT IS THE DUTY OF GOVERNMENTS RESOLUTELY TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND TO RESIST TERRORIST DEMANDS AND UNDER TAKE TO COOPERATE CLOSELY IN

COMBATTING TERRORISM.

NARCOTICS

9.

ASEAN AND EC MINISTERS STRESSED THE CONTINUED THREAT POSED TO MEMBER STATES BY THE INCREASING PROBLEM OF DRUG PRODUCTION, TRAFFICKING AND MISUSE. THEY WERE DETERMINED TO COOPERATE CLOSELY IN TACKLING EFFECTIVELY ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM. ASEAN MINISTERS EXPRESSED THE IR APPRECIATION TO THE EC MINISTERS FOR THE IR SUPPORT IN COMBATTING THE DRUG PROBLEM.

THE MINISTERS WARMLY WELCOMED THE HOLDING OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ABUSE OF DRUGS AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING WHICH WOULD TAKE PLACE IN JUNE 1987. THEY

CONSIDERED THIS AS A VERY IMPORTANT STEP IN INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO ERADICATE THE DRUG PROBLEM AND STRESSED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COMMITTING THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO COMBAT THE DRUG PROBLEM AT THE HIGHEST POLITICAL LEVEL. THE EC MINISTERS AGREED TO INFORM THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS OF THE REQUEST OF ASEAN FOR SUPPORT OF ITS CANDIDACY TO THE POST OF PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ABUSE OF DRUGS AND ILLICIT

TRAFFICKING.

UNITED NATIONS FINANCIAL CRISIS

10.

ASEAN AND EC MINISTERS NOTED WITH CONCERN THE FINANCIAL CRISIS FACED BY THE UNITED NATIONS. THEY SUPPORTED EFFORTS BEING MADE TO FIND A COMPREHENSIVE AN DURABLE SOLUTIONG TO THE PROBLEM, CNCLUDING THOSE MADE BY THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL THE THE

HIGH LEVEL GROUP OF 18. ASEAN AND EC MINISTERS APPEALED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS.

CULTURAL COOPERATION

11.

THE MINISTERS AGREED ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DIMENSION OF THEIR COOPERATION. THEY ALSO AGREED THAT GREATER EMPHASIS SHOULD BE GIVEN TO ENHANCING AND UPGRADING THIS AREA OF COOPERATION IN THE FUTURE.

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