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DO HEREBY DECLARE:

1. MEMBER STATES SHALL STRENGTHEN NATIONAL AND REGIONAL RESILIENCE TO ENSURE SECURITY, STABILITY AND GROWTH IN THE ASEAN REGION.

2. ASEAN REGIONALISM FOUNDED UPON POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL COHESION IS MORE VITAL THAN EVEN FOR THE FUTURE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA.

3. ASEAN SHALL PURUSE REGIONAL SOLIDARITY AND COOPERATION UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, ESPECIALLY WHENEVER PRESSURES AND TENSIONS OF ANY KIND, ARISING FROM WITHIN THE REGION OR FROM WITHOUT, CHALLENGE THE CAPACITIES, RESOURCEFULNESS, AND GOODWILL OF THE ASEAN NATIONS.

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INTRA-REGIONAL DISPUTES SHALL BE SETTLED BY PEACEFUL MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE TREATY OF AMITY AND COOPERATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER.

5. WHILE EACH MEMBER STATE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS OWN. SECURITY, COOPERATION ON A NON-ASEAN BASIS AMONG THE MEMBER STATES IN SECURITY MATTERS SHALL CONTINUE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR MUTUAL NEEDS AND INTERESTS.

6. MEMBER STATES SHALL STRENGTHEN INTRA-ASEAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION TO MAXIMIZE THE REALIZATION OF THE REGION'S POTENTIAL IN TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AND TO INCREASE ASEAN'S EFFICACY IN COMBATTING PROTECTIONISM AND COUNTERING ITS EFFECTS.

7. MEMBER STATES SHALL ENGLUHAQE AN ENVLAGNMENT IN WHICH THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN PLAY AN INCREASING ROLE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AND IN INTRA-ASEAN COOPERATION.

8. ASEAN FUNCTIONAL COOPERATION SHALL PROMOTE INCREASED AWARENESS OF ASEAN, WIDER INVOLVEMENT AND INCREASED PARTICIPATION AND COOPERATION AMONG THE PEOPLES OF ASEAN, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS HUMAN RESOURCES.

9. ASEAN SHALL REMAIN FIRMLY RESOLVED IN ERADICATING THE SCOURGE OF DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING WHICH THREATENS THE FABRIC OF IT SOCIETIES AND DEBILITATES ITS PEOPLES.

AND DO HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

POLITICAL COOPERATION

1. ASEAN SOLIDARITY SHALL BE STRENGHTHENED THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF COMMON STANDS AND COLLECTIVE ACTIONS ON MATTERS VITAL TO ASEAN COHESION AND RESILIENCE AND THROUGH CLOSE COORDINATION ON MATTERS OF COMMON INTEREST AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.

Z. ASEAN SHALL CONTINUE AND INTENSIFY ITS EFFORTS IN FINDING A DURABLE COMPREHENSIVE POLITICAL SOLUTION TO THE KAMPUCHEAN PROBLEM

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