PREAH REACH KRAM

No. NS/RKM/1199/14

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Preahbath Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk Reach Harivong Uphatosucheat Visothipong Akamohaborasratanak Nikarodom Thammikmohareacheathireach Boromaneat Boromabopit Preah Chau Krong Kampuchea Thipdey  

• Referring to the 1993 Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia;

• Referring to Reach Kram No. NS/RKM/0399/01 of March 8, 1999 on the Amendment of the Articles 11, 12, 13, 18, 22, 24, 28, 30, 34, 51, 78, 90, 91, and 93 and Articles of Chapters VIII to XIV of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia;

• Referring to Reach Kret NS/RKT/1198/72 of November 30, 1998 on the formation of the Royal Government of Cambodia;

• Referring to Reach Kram No. 02/NS/94 of July 20, 1994 promulgating the Law on the Organization and Functioning of the Council of Ministers;

• Referring to Reach Kram No. NS/RKM/0196/10 of January 24, 1996 promulgating the Law on the Establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation;

• Pursuant to the Proposals of the Prime Minister and the Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation.

HEREBY PROMULGATE

The Law on the Ratification of the Second Protocol Amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia done in Manila on July 25, 1998 as ratified by the National Assembly on November 18, 1999 at the third plenary session of the second legislature and as ratified by the Senate as to its entire form and legality on November 25, 1999 at the second plenary session of the first legislature and whose meaning are as follow:  

Law on the Adoption of the Second Protocol Amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia done in Manila on July 25, 1998  

Article 1:

It is hereby ratified the the Second Protocol Amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia which was signed in Manila on July 25, 1998 and whose entire text is attached.

Article 2:

The Royal Government of Cambodia shall prepare all the necessary procedures to implement this Protocol.

Article 3:

This law shall be declared as urgent.

Phnom Penh, November 26,1999

                                                                                                                               His Royal Signature

                                                                                                                               Norodom Sihanouk 

            Has informed to

His Royal Highness for Signature

           Prime Minister

               Signature

                Hun Sen                                                                          

Has informed to the Prime Minister

For Minister of Foreign Affairs 

and International Co-operation.

Uch Kiman  

No. 227 CL  

for copy  

Phnom Penh, November 26, 1999  

Secretary General of the Royal Government  

Nady Tan

Second Protocol Amending the Treaty of Amity and
Cooperation in Southeast Asia

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 Mayanmar
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:

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 the 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 Contracting, Parties is deposited.  

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

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