FUNCTIONAL COOPERATION
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17. MEMBER STATES SHALL, THROUGH EDUCATION INSTITUTIONAL LINKAGES, AND IMPROVED FLOW OF INFORMATION, SEEK TO ENHANCE AWARENESS OF ASEAN, INCULCATE IN THE PEOPLE THE COMMON SOCIO-ECONOMIC VALUES AND HERITAGE, AND PROMOTE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE CULTURE, TRADITIONS AND WAYS OF LIFE OF THEIR NATIONS.
18. INTRA-ASEAN FUNCTIONAL COOPERATION SHALL BE DESIGNED FOR A WIDER INVOLVEMENT AND INCREASED PARTICIPATION BY THE WOMEN AND YOUTH, AS WELL AS NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS, INTER- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AND ASEAN INTER PARLIAMENTARY ORGANIZATION.
19. ASEAN SHALL INTENSIFY ITS COOPERATION ON HEALTH, DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND COMBATTING ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN DURGS, LABOUR, LAW, POPULATION, CHILD SURVIVAL AND WELFARE, SOCIO-CULTURAL PROGRAMMES, AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
20. IN THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENT, ASEAN SHALL COOPERATE IN PROMOTING THE PRINCIPLE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND SYSTEMA- TICALLY INTEGRATING IT INTO ALL ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT AND SHALL FOCUS ON THE NEED FOR POLICY GUIDELINES TO PROTECT ASEAN'S COMMON RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT.
21. ASEAN SHALL EMPHASIZE DEVELOPING AN INTELLIGENT AND HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE WORKFORCE BY INCREASING INVESTMENT IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND BY PROVIDING EFFECTIVE TRAINING IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE EFFECTIVE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY.
MACHINERY FOR ASEAN COOPERATION
22. THE ASEAN ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE SHALL CONTINUALLY BE IMPROVED WITH A VIEW TO ENHANCING ITS EFFECTIVENESS.
DONE IN THE CITY OF MANILA OF THE PHILIPPINES, THIS FIFTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, THE TWENTIETH YEAR OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH- EAST ASIAN NATIONS.
FOR BRUNEI DARUSSALAM:
SULTAN HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH
SULTAN AND YANG DI PERTUAN
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA:
SOEHARTO, PRESIDENT
FOR MALAYSIA:
DATO SERI DR MAHATHIR MOHAMAD, PRIME MINISTER
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