The Governments of the Republic of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Republic of the Philippines, the republic of Singapore and the Kingdom of Thailand:
BEING members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (hereinafter referred to as ASEAN) and of the International Civil Aviation organization (hereinafter referred to as ‘ICAO’);
DESIRING to accelerate and intensify the implementation of the aims and purposes of ASEAN as embodied in the ASEAN Declaration;
AND CONSIDERING that, having adopted the Standards and Recommended Practices contained in the Search and Rescue, Annex 12 to the Convention of International Civil Aviation, it is in the interest of Contracting Parties to the Agreement to undertake to provide such measures of assistance to aircraft in distress in their territories as they may find practicable and to permit the owners of the aircraft or authorities of the State in which the aircraft is registered to provide such measures of assistance as may be necessitated by the circumstances;
DO HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE 1
(b) as soon as possible, indicate in the permission required under Article 3 the conditions, if any, under which the projected mission may be undertaken. (b) at the same time to grant any necessary permission for the flight of the aircraft concerned into and over its territory, and to make the necessary arrangements with the appropriate customs, immigration, and other authorities to expedite the entry and transit of the aircraft, vessel, personnel and equipment provided for the purpose of search and rescue.
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(a) immediately acknowledge receipt of the request referred to in Articles 5 (1), and
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(a) to request from Rescue Co-ordination Centre (s) of other Contracting Parties such assistance, including aircraft, vessels, personnel and equipment, as may be needed, and
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Agreement.
DONE at Singapore in five copies in the English Language this Fourteenth Day of April 1972.
(sgd)
ADAM MALIK
For the Government of Malaysia;
(sgd)
TUN DR. ISMAIL
For the Government of the Republic of the Philippines
(sgd)
DR. JOSE D. INGLES
For the Government of the Republic of Singapore
(sgd)
S. RAJARATNAM
For the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand
(sgd)
THANAT KHOMAN