[Title] Third Protocol Amending the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia
Brunei Darussalam
The Kingdom of Cambodia
The Republic of Indonesia
The Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia
The Union of Myanmar
The Republic of the Philippines
The Republic of Singapore
The Kingdom of Thailand
The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
The Commonwealth of Australia
The People's Republic of Bangladesh
The People's Republic of China
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea The French Republic
The Republic of India
Japan
Mongolia
New Zealand
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
The Republic of Korea
The Russian Federation
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
The Republic of Turkey
The United States of America
Hereinafter referred to as the High Contracting Parties:
DESIRING to ensure that there is appropriate enhancement of cooperation with all peace- loving nations both within and outside Southeast Asia, in particular, neighbouring States of the Southeast Asian region, as well as with regional organisations whose members are only sovereign States;
CONSIDERING Paragraph 5 of the preamble of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, done at Denpasar, Bali, on 24 February 1976 (hereinafter referred to as the Treaty of Amity) which refers to the need for cooperation with all peace-loving nations, both within and outside Southeast Asia, in the furtherance of world peace, stability and harmony;
HEREBY AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING:
ARTICLE 1
Article 18, Paragraph 3, of the Treaty of Amity shall be amended to read as follows:
"This Treaty shall be open for accession by States outside Southeast Asia and regional organisations whose members are only sovereign States subject to the consent of all the States in Southeast Asia, namely, Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam."
ARTICLE 2
Article 14, Paragraph 2, of the Treaty of Amity shall be amended to read as follows:
“However, this article shall apply to any of the High Contracting Parties outside Southeast Asia only in cases where that High Contracting Party is directly involved in the dispute to be settled through the regional processes."
ARTICLE 3
This Protocol shall be subject to ratification and shall come into force on the date the last instrument of ratification of the High Contracting Parties is deposited.
DONE at Hanoi, Viet Nam, on the Twenty-Third Day of July in the Year Two Thousand and Ten, in a single copy in the English language.
For Brunei Darussalam:
MOHAMED BOLKIAH
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tread
For the Kingdom of Cambodia:
HOR NAMHONG
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
For the Republic of Indonesia:
DR. R.M. MARTY M. NATALEGAWA
Minister of Foreign Affairs
For the Lao People's Democratic Republic:
DR. THONGLOUN SISOULITH
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
For Malaysia:
DATO' SRI ANIFAH AMAN
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia
For the Union of Myanmar:
NYAN WIN
Minister of Foreign Affairs
For the Republic of For the Philippines:
ERLINDA F. BASILIO
Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs
For the Republic of Singapore:
GEORGE YONG-BOON YEO
Minister of Foreign Affairs
For the Kingdom of Thailand:
KASIT PIROMYA
Minister of Foreign Affairs
For the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam:
DR. PHAM GIA KHIEM
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
For the Commonwealth of Australia:
GILLIAN BIRD
Ambassador to ASEAN
For the People's Republic of Bangladesh:
DIPU MONI NAWAZ
Minister of Foreign Affairs
For the People's Republic of China:
YANG JIECHI
Minister of Foreign Affairs
For the Democratic People's Republic of Korea:
PAK UI-CHUN
Minister of Foreign Affairs
The French Republic:
JEAN-FRANCOIS GIRAULT
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Viet Nam
For the Republic of India:
PRENEET KAUR
Minister of State for External Affairs
For Japan:
KATSUYA OKADA
Minister of Foreign Affairs
For Mongolia:
ZANDANSHATAR GOMBOJAV
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
For New Zealand:
MURRAY McCULLY
Minister of Foreign Affairs
For the Islamic Republic of Pakistan:
MAKHDOOM SHAH MAHMOOD QURESHI
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Papua New Guinea:
CHRISTOPHER S. MERO
Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Immigration
For the Republic of Korea:
YU MYUNG-HWAN
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
For the Russian Federation:
SERGEY LAVROV
Minister of Foreign Affairs
For the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka:
GITANJANA GUNAWARDENA
Deputy Minister of External Affairs
For the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste:
ZACARIAS ALBANO DA COSTA
Minister of Foreign Affairs
For the Republic of Turkey:
AHMET DAVUTOGLU
Minister of Foreign Affairs
For the United States of America:
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Secretary of States