ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia

    Author: ASEAN
    Year: 24 February 1976

    The founding treaty of ASEAN in which the organization’s “fundamental principles” were established, namely:
    1. Mutual respect for the independence, sovereignty, equality, territorial integrity and national identity of all nations
    2. The right of every State to lead its national existence free from external interference, subversion or coersion
    3. Non‐interference in the internal affairs of one another
    4. Settlement of differences or disputes by peaceful means
    5. Renunciation of the threat or use of force
    6. Effective cooperation among themselves.
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