What then can be said about the role of the ASEAN Charter? The role is not one of being innovative, but instead it reaffirms the importance of conflict management though peaceful settlement of disputes. It also reaffirms the established principles and mechanisms established in earlier ASEAN documents, in particular in the TAC. The continued importance of the latter is in evidence in the provisions of the ASEAN Charter. As noted above, the Charter puts strong emphasis on peaceful settlement of disputes among the ASEAN-members. Thus, the ASEAN Charter both reaffirms and assures continuity in the conflict management approach of the Association.