2. to promote regional and stabilit

2. to promote regional and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law in the relationship among countries of the region and adherence to the principle of the united nations charter

3. to promote active collaboration and mutual assistance on matters of common interest in the economic, social, cultural, technical, scientific and administrative fields

4. to provide assistance to each other in the form of training and research facilities in the educational, professional, technical and administrative spheres

5. to collaborate more effectively for the greater utilisation of their agriculture and in dustries, the expansion of their trade, including the study of the problems of international commodity trade, the improvement of their transportation and communications facilities and the raising of the living standards of their peoples

6. to promote southeast asian studies

7. to maintain close and beneficail cooperation with existing international and regional organisations with similar and purposes and explore all avenues for even closer cooperation among themselves