ASEAN Declaration

The ASEAN Declaration or Bangkok Declaration is the first document of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. It was signed in Bangkok on 8 August 1967 by the first five ASEAN members, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.[1] The date is now celebrated as ASEAN Day.[2]

ASEAN Declaration
Typemultilateral treaty
Signed8 August 1967 (1967-08-08)
LocationBangkok, Thailand
Original
signatories		 Indonesia
 Malaysia
 Philippines
 Singapore
 Thailand

References
  1. Eccleston, Bernard; Dawson, Michael; McNamara, Deborah; McNamara, Deborah J. (1998). The Asia-Pacific Profile. Routledge (UK). ISBN 978-0-415-17279-0.
  2. "ASEAN Day". ASEAN. Retrieved 11 February 2015.


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