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📄ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM STATEMENT TO PROMOTE PEACE, STABILITY, AND PROSPERITY THROUGH CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES AND PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY ✍️Adopted on the Fifth of August in the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-Two (2022) at the 29th ASEAN Regional Forum in Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia. READ IN FULL ☝️ RECOGNISING the impacts and uncertainties posed by the growing complexities of regional and global security challenges, including traditional and non-traditional security issues, and ACKNOWLEDGING that such challenges require a holistic and comprehensive approach to address these challenges; ☝️ RECOGNISING the continued relevance of the ARF and the commitment of its members in promoting and maintaining peace, security and stability in the region and its vital role in building confidence and trust amongst its participants; ☝️ REAFFIRMING the role of #ASEAN as the primary driving force of the ARF and emphasizing that the active, and equal participation and cooperation of all ARF participants is critical for the success of the ARF; DO HEREBY ENDEAVOUR TO: ✅ Commit to maintain and promote peace, stability and prosperity through confidence building measures and preventive diplomacy in the spirit of upholding the fundamental principles of international law as reflected in the UN Charter and ASEAN basic principles, and shared values and norms; ✅ Support ASEAN Centrality as driving force in upholding an open, transparent and inclusive regional architecture based on the principles of international law; <...> _________________ 📄 ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM STATEMENT ON REITERATING COMMITMENT TO PRESERVE SOUTHEAST ASIA AS A NUCLEAR WEAPON-FREEZONE READ IN FULL ☝️ Noting that the Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ Treaty) entered into force on 27 March 1997 and 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty; ☝️ Noting that the current security context requires more efforts to strengthen the indispensable role of the IAEA in nuclear non-proliferation verification through safeguards implementation and efforts to strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of safeguards regime including through universalization of the Additional Protocol; ☝️ Recalling the UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1540 (2004) and the Comprehensive Reviews on the status of its implementation, whose aim is to prevent non-state actors from getting access to nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, their means of delivery and related materials; HEREBY DECIDES TO: ✅ Reaffirm the efforts of ARF Participants at the national, regional and international levels to promote nuclear disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation and the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, strengthen nuclear safety and security, and combat nuclear terrorism; ✅ Reiterate support to the efforts of preserving Southeast Asia as a Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone and free of all other weapons of mass destruction consistent with the SEANWFZ Treaty and the ASEAN Charter; <...>