WE, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), namely Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, on the occasion of the 38th ASEAN Summit held via videoconference on 26 October 2021:

RECALLING the principles of the ASEAN Charter, signed in Singapore on 20 November 2007; the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER), signed in Vientiane, Lao PDR on 26 July 2005; the ASEAN Declaration on Enhancing Cooperation in Disaster Management, adopted at the 23rd ASEAN Summit in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam on 9 October 2013; the ASEAN Declaration on One ASEAN, One Response: ASEAN Responding to Disasters as One in the Region and Outside the Region, signed at the 28th ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, Lao PDR on 6 September 2016; the Declaration of the Special ASEAN Summit on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), adopted at the Special ASEAN Summit on COVID-19 via videoconference on 14 April 2020; the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework and its Implementation Plan, adopted at the 37th ASEAN Summit via videoconference on 12 November 2020; the ASEAN Declaration on Strengthening of Adaptation to Droughts, noted at the 37th ASEAN Summit via videoconference on 12 November 2020; and, the Chairman’s Statement on the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting held at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia on 24 April 2021;