Bangkok Declaration 1967
Asean Aims and Purposes
cooperation in the economic, social, cultural, technical,
educational and other fields,
promotion of regional peace and stability through abiding
respect for justice and the rule of law and adherence to the
principles of the UN Charter.
Representing the collective will of the nations of Southeast
Asia to bind themselves together in friendship and
cooperation and, through joint efforts and sacrifices, secure
for their peoples and for posterity the blessings of peace,
freedom and prosperity