WHEREAS the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, which was signed on 24 February 1976 in Bali, Indonesia, was amended by the First and the Second Protocols Amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, which were signed on 15 December 1987 and on 25 July 1998 respectively;
WHEREAS Article 18, Paragraph 3, of the aforesaid Treaty as amended by Article 1 of the aforesaid Second Protocol provides that States outside Southeast Asia may accede to the 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 Viet Nam; and
WHEREAS the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan conveyed its desire to accede to the Treaty in a letter dated 15 April 2004;
NOW, therefore, the Governments of 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 Viet Nam, having considered the said letter, hereby consent to the accession to the Treaty by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Done at Jakarta, Indonesia, on the Second Day of July in the Year Two Thousand and Four.
For Brunei Darussalam
Masna
Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs
For the Kingdom of Cambodia
HOR Namhong
Senior Minister and Minister of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
For the Republic of Indonesia
Dr. N. Hassan Wirajuda
Minister for Foreign Affairs
For the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Somsavat Lengsavad
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs
For Malaysia
Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar
Minister of Foreign Affairs
For the Union of Myanmar
Win Aung
Minister for Foreign Affairs
For the Republic of the Philippines
Delia Domingo Albert
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
For the Republic of Singapore
Prof. S. Jayakumar
Minister for Foreign Affairs
For the Kingdom of Thailand
Dr. Surakiart Sathirathai
Minister of Foreign Affairs
For the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Nguyen Dy Nien
Minister of Foreign Affairs
