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{{Infobox treaty|name=ASEAN Declaration|mediators=|wikisource1=|wikisource=|languages=|language=|citations=|depositories=|depositor=|ratifiers=|parties=|signatories=|original_signatories={{flagcountry|Indonesia}}<br/>{{flagcountry|Malaysia}}<br/>{{flagcountry|Philippines}}<br/>{{flagcountry|Singapore}}<br/>{{flagcountry|Thailand}}|negotiators=|date_expiry=|long_name=|date_expiration=|condition_effective=|date_effective=|date_sealed=|location_signed=[[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]|date_signed={{Start date|df=yes|1967|8|8}}|date_drafted=|context=|type=multilateral treaty|caption=|image_alt=|image_width=|image=|footnotes=}}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]].<ref>{{cite book| last1 = Eccleston| first1 = Bernard| last2 = Dawson| first2 = Michael| last3 = McNamara| first3 = Deborah| last4 = McNamara| first4 = Deborah J.| title = The Asia-Pacific Profile| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=l07ak-yd6DAC&pg=PA311| year = 1998| publisher = Routledge (UK)| isbn = 978-0-415-17279-0}}</ref>ASEAN Declaration laid the foundation for regional cooperation in political, economic, and cultural fields. The date is now celebrated as ASEAN Day.<ref>{{cite web|title=ASEAN Day|url=http://www.asean.org/asean/about-asean/asean-day|access-date=11 February 2015|website=ASEAN|archive-date=13 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413083129/https://asean.org/asean/about-asean/asean-day/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== ASEAN Declaration Media ==
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File:Malaysian_Rangers,_Malay-Thai_border_(AWM_MAL-65-0046-01).JPG|[[Sarawak Rangers]] hop out a [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois|Bell UH-1]] helicopter to guard the [[Malaysia–Thailand border]]. By 1964, Southeast Asia was at a [[brinkmanship]] of regional war.

File:Signing_of_the_Jakarta_Accords_11_August_1966.jpg|[[Abdul Razak Hussein|Tun Abdul Razak]] and [[Adam Malik]] signing the Bangkok Agreement, 11 August 1966. The end of [[Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation|confrontation]] marks the beginning of ASEAN.

File:Thanat Khoman (cropped).jpg|[[Thanat Khoman]], chose an informal approach to ease tensions within Southeast Asia

File:ASEAN Declaration draft recomendations.jpg|Excerpt of recommendations made by the Singaporean and Indonesian delegations for the drafting of the ASEAN Declaration

File:Saranrom Palace.20231209.jpg|[[Saranrom Palace]] in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]], the site of the signing of the ASEAN Declaration.

File:Asean_Declaration_On_8_August_1967.webm|A newsreel documenting the signing ceremony of the ASEAN Declaration.

File:Adam Malik 1970.jpg|Minister Hadji Adam Malik van Buitenlandse Zaken van Indonesie, kop

File:Bangkok Signature Indonesia.svg|Bangkok Declaration - Final Act Signature by Indonesian representative
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