KINGDOM  OF  CAMBODIA
NATION-RELIGION-KING

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

 INSTRUMENT OF ACCESSION TO THE TREATY OF AMITY
AND COOPERATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

Desiring to strengthen friendly relations of friendship and good neighbourliness and active multiform cooperation between all countries in Southeast Asia with a view to secure durable peace, stability and prosperity in the Region and beyond.

Whereas  the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia was signed on the twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seventy six by the Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore and the Kingdom of Thailand and acceded to by Brunei Darussalam by virtue of the Declaration of the Admission of Brunei Darussalam into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, signed on the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred eighty-four.

Whereas  it is provided in Article 18 of the said Treaty as amended by the Protocol  Amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, signed in Manila on the fifteenth day on December, one thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven that the Treaty shall be open for accession by other States in Southeast Asia.

And whereas the Royal Government of Cambodia has considered and examined the said Treaty.

Now therefore the Royal Government of Cambodia, hereby accedes to the said Treaty. In according to the above-mentioned Treaty, the Kingdom of Cambodia undertakes faithfully to observe and carry out all the provisions therein contained.

In witness  whereof, I, Minister of  Foreign  Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Done in Phnom Penh on this twenty-third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five.

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION OF THE KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA

UNG HUOT

PROTOCOL AMENDING THE TREATY OF AMITY AND
COOPERATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

MANILA, 15 DECEMBER 1987

The Government of Brunei Darussalam
The Government of the Republic of Indonesia
The Government of Malaysia
The Government of the Republic of the Philippines
The Government of the Republic of Singapore
The Government of the Kingdom of Thailand

DESIRING to further enhance cooperation with all peace-loving nations, both within and outside Southeast. Asia and, in particular, neighbouring 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:

Article 1:

Article 18 of the Treaty of Amity shall be amended to read as follows:

“This Treaty shall be signed by the Republic of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore and the Kingdom of Thailand. It shall be ratified in accordance with the constitutional procedures of each signatory State.

It shall be open for accession by other States in Southeast Asia.

States outside Southeast Asia may also accede to this Treaty by the consent of all the States in Southeast Asia which are signatories to this Treaty and Brunei Darussalam.”

Article 2:

Article 14 of the Treaty of Amity shall be amended to read as follows:

“The settle disputes through regional processes, the High Contracting Parties shall constitute, as a continuing body, a High Council comprising a Representative at ministerial level from each of the High Contracting Parties to take cognizance of the existence of disputes or situations likely to disturb regional peace and harmony.

However, this article shall apply to any of the States outside Southeast Asia which have acceded to the Treaty only in cases where that state is directly involved in the dispute to be settled through the regional processes.

Article 3:

This Protocol shall be subject to ratification and shall come into force on the date the last instrument of ratification of the High Contracting Parties is deposited.

DONE at Manila, the fifteenth day of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven.