...initiative is the Kuala Lumpur Declaration of November 1971 calling for the neutralization of Southeast Asia as a "zone of peace, freedom and neutrality,...from any form or manner of interference by outside powers" — the neutrality to be recognized by the great powers. ASEAN, however, has not become a major...

...initiative is the Kuala Lumpur Declaration of November 1971 calling for the neutralization of Southeast Asia as a "zone of peace, freedom and neutrality,...from any form or manner of interference by outside powers" — the neutrality to be recognized by the great powers. ASEAN, however, has not become a major...

...to say Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, and Malaysia. It declared the region to be "a zone of peace, freedom and neutrality, free from any form or manner of interference by outside powers." No one is quite sure what this statement means. Indonesia seems to view it as a promise that...

...These countries pledged necessary efforts "to secure the recognition of, and respect for, Southeast Asia as a zone of peace, freedom and neutrality, free...from any form or manner of interference by outside powers." According to commentaries emanating from the capitals of these countries at that time, the...

...a declaration pledging their "necessary efforts toward the recognition of and respect for Southeast Asia as a Zone of Peace, Freedom, and Neutrality,...from any form or manner of interference by outside powers." Razak acknowledged at the time that his government as well as other ASEAN countries had no...

...1967. Indonesia. Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand are determined to initiate the necessary efforts to secure the recognition of. and...from any form or manner of interference by outside powers. This question has been on the agenda of the General Assembly of the United Nations since 1...

...determined to exert initially necessary efforts to secure the recognition of, and respect for, South-East Asia as a Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality, free...from any form or manner of interference by outside Powers.' The reaffirmation of this principle, as well as that of the idea of ZOPFAN as its manifestation...

...Moreover, the associated states committed themselves to the notion that Southeast Asia would become a "Zone of Peace, Freedom, and Neutrality, free from any form or manner of interference by outside powers."21 For all their disclaimers, Thailand and the Philippines continued to have residual connections...

...part of ASEAN doctrine in ZOPFAN, a proposal "to secure the recognition of and respect for Southeast Asia as a Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality, free from any form or manner of interferences by outside powers." In deciding for regional neutrality ASEAN rejected a Malaysian proposal,...

...Declaration stated that ASEAN would endeavour to ensure the recognition of, and respect for, Southeast Asia as a Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality, free...from any form or manner of interference by outside powers. At the first summit in 1976 the ASEAN governments formally adopted ZOPFAN as the framework...