Strengthening External Linkages Multilateral Relations It was a good year for Bnunei's international relations as it marked several significant anniversaries on the occasion of ils third decade of independence Partner countries recalled the close ties spanning the thirty years; these included the ASEAN Five. Australia. Japan. and the United States. Brunei had also number of international organizations in 1984 that included ASEAN and the United Nations AN the state's leading diplomat, Sultan Ilassanal Bolkiah was in New York in September to address the 69th UN General Assembly, recalling the day when he first attended the assembly in September 19&la rior to that, he had delivered the sultanate's policies to the Climate Summit. He mentioned that Brunei had reduced encrgy consumption by 13.9 per cent the previous year and that the target would be 63 per