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1998 SECOND PROTOCOL AMENDING THE TREATY OF
AMITY AND COOPERATIO N IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Adopted by the Foreign Ministers at the 31 st ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
in Manila, Philippines on 25 July 1998
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https://www.as eansec.org/3633.htm ]

The Government of Brunei Darussalam
The Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia
The Government of the Republic of Indonesia
The Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
The Government of Malaysia
The Government of the Union of Myanmar
The Government of the Republic of the Philippines
The Government of the Republic of Singapore
The Government of the Kingdom of Thailand
The Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
The Government of Papua New Guinea
Hereinafter referred to as the High Contracting Parties:

DESIRING to ensure that there is appropriate enhancement of cooperation with all
peace- loving nations, both within and outside Southeast Asia and, in particular,
neighboring States of the Southeast Asia region;
CONSIDERING Paragraph 5 of the preamble of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation
in Southeast Asia, done at Denpasar, Bali, on 24 February 1976 (hereinafter referred
to as the Treaty of Amity) which refers to the need for cooperation with all peace-
loving nations, both within and outside Southeast Asia, in the furtherance of world
peace, stability and harmony.
HEREBY AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING:

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ARTICLE 1
Article 18, Paragraph 3, of the Treaty of Amity shall be amended to read as follows:
“States outside Southeast Asia may also accede to this 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 t he
Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam.”
ARTICLE 2
This Protocol shall be subject to ratification and shall come into force on the date the
last instrument of ratification of the High Contr acting Parties is deposited.

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DONE at Manila, the twenty -fifth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred
and ninety -eight.

For Brunei Darussalam: PRINCE MOHAMED BOLKIAH, Minister of Foreign
Affairs
For the Kingdom of Cambodia: CHEM WIDHYA , Special Envoy of the Royal
Government of Cambodia
For the Republic of Indonesia: ALI ALATAS, Minister for Foreign Affairs
For the Lao People’s Democratic Republic: SOMSAVAT LENGSAVAD ,
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
For Malaysia: DATUK SERI ABDULLAH HAJI AHMAD BADAWI , Minister of
Foreign Affairs
For the Union of Myanmar: U OHN GYAW, Minister of Foreign Affairs
For the Republic of the Philippines: DOMINGGO L SIAZON , JR ., Secretary of
Foreign Affairs
For the Republic of Singapore: S. JAYAKUM AR, Minister for Foreign Affairs
For the Kingdom of Thailand: SURIN PITSUWAN, Minister of Foreign Affairs
For the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: NGUYEN MANH CAM , Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
For Papua New Guinea: ROY YAKI, Minister of Foreign Affairs