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Subject: Declaration on the admission of Myanmar into ASEAN


			DECLARATION
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     	ON THE ADMISSION OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR 
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     INTO THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei Darussalam, the Minister
for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, the Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of the Philippines, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Singapore, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom
of Thailand and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam; 

HAVING CONSIDERED the communication of the Union of Myanmar
expressing its desire to become a member state of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations ("ASEAN"); 

HAVING REGARD to the ASEAN Declaration of 8 August 1967, which
established ASEAN, wherein it was declared that the Association is open for
participation to all States in the Southeast Asian region subscribing to 
the aims,
principles and purposes of ASEAN; 

HAVING REGARD also to the Declaration of ASEAN Concord; 

NOTING the Union of Myanmar's accession to the Treaty of Amity and
Cooperation in Southeast Asia on 27 July 1995; 

NOTING ALSO that the Union of Myanmar has agreed to subscribe or
accede, as the case may be, to all ASEAN Declarations, Treaties and
Agreements, including ASEAN Agreements with Dialogue Partners, Sectoral
Dialogue Partners and Consultative Partners, the Framework Agreement on
Enhancing ASEAN Economic Cooperation and the Agreement on the
Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) Scheme for the ASEAN Free
Trade Area (AFTA); 

NOTING FURTHER that the Union of Myanmar will, from the date of its
membership in ASEAN, extend on a reciprocal basis Most Favoured Nation
Treatment to ASEAN Member States; National Treatment on products of the
territory of any ASEAN Member State imported into the territory of the
Union of Myanmar vis-a-vis like products of national origin in respect of all
laws, regulations and requirements (including sales tax, exchange rate
determination and foreign exchange control) affecting their internal sale,
offering for sale, purchase, transportation, distribution or use; and ensure
transparency in its trade regime on goods and services by keeping ASEAN
Member States informed of all its laws, regulations and requirements and
subsequent changes thereto which affect its trade in goods and services with
ASEAN Member States; and 

HAVING REGARD to the unanimous expression by ASEAN Member
States of their agreement to admit the Union of Myanmar into ASEAN; 

and, 

The Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar,
representing the Union of Myanmar, 

HAVING SOLEMNLY ACCEPTED the conditions of membership; 

NOW THEREFORE, the ASEAN Foreign Ministers and the Minister for
Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar do hereby agree and declare as
follows: 


   1.The Union of Myanmar shall be a member state of ASEAN from the
     date of this Declaration; 

   2.The Union of Myanmar, pursuant to its solemn agreement to do so,
     shall subscribe or accede, as the case may be, to all Declarations,
     Treaties and Agreements of ASEAN. 

This Declaration on the Admission of the Union of Myanmar into the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations shall be deposited with the
Secretary-General of ASEAN. 

DONE at Subang Jaya, Malaysia, on the Twenty-Third day of July in the year
One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Seven. 

(ASEAN)

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