THIRD, that to carry out these aims and purposes, the following machinery shall be established:
(a) Annual Meeting of Foreign Ministers, which shall be by rotation and referred to as ASEAN Ministerial Meeting. Special Meetings of Foreign Ministers may be convened as required.
(b) A Standing committee, under the chairmanship of the Foreign Minister of the host country or his representative and having as its members the accredited Ambassadors of the other member countries, to carry on the work of the Association in between Meetings of Foreign Ministers.
(c) Ad-Hoc Committees and Permanent Committees of specialists and officials on specific subjects.
(d) A National Secretariat in each member country to carry out the work of the Association on behalf of that country and to service the Annual or Special Meetings of Foreign Ministers, the Standing Committee and such other committees as may hereafter be established.
FOURTH, that the Association is open for participation to all States in the South-East Asian Region subscribing to the aforementioned aims, principles and purposes.
FIFTH, that the Association represents the collective will of the nations of South-East 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.
DONE in Bangkok on the Eighth Day of August in the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-Seven.
For the Republic of Indonesia: ADAM MALIK, Presidium Minister for Political Minister for Foreign Affairs
For Malaysia: TUN ABDUL RAZAK BIN HUSSEIN, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and Minister of National Development
For the Republic of the Philippines: MARCISO RAMOS, Secretary of Foreign Affairs
For the Republic of Singapore: S. RAJARATNAM, Minister of Foreign Affairs
For the Kingdom of Thailand: THANAT KHOMAN, Minister of Foreign Affairs.