ASEAN Declaration

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constitutive document founding charter international declaration

The ASEAN Declaration is the 1967 founding charter that established the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and set out its core principles of regional cooperation and solidarity.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bangkok Declaration of 1967	2
ASEAN Declaration canonical	1
Bangkok Declaration	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T180340 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ASEAN Declaration
Context triple: [Association of Southeast Asian Nations, foundingDocument, ASEAN Declaration]

A. Lima Declaration
The Lima Declaration is the foundational document that established the Pacific Alliance as a regional integration initiative among several Latin American countries focused on economic cooperation and trade liberalization.
B. Association of Southeast Asian Nations
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional intergovernmental organization comprising Southeast Asian countries that promotes political and economic cooperation, regional stability, and economic integration.
C. Cairo Declaration
The Cairo Declaration was a World War II Allied statement issued in 1943 that outlined the terms for Japan’s surrender and pledged the return of territories seized by Japan to China and other countries.
D. Nagoya Resolution
The Nagoya Resolution is an international sports governance decision that formally established the name "Chinese Taipei" for teams and organizations representing Taiwan in global competitions.
E. Bandung Conference
The Bandung Conference was a landmark 1955 meeting of Asian and African nations in Indonesia that promoted solidarity among newly independent states and laid the groundwork for the Non-Aligned Movement.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ASEAN Declaration
Target entity description: The ASEAN Declaration is the 1967 founding charter that established the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and set out its core principles of regional cooperation and solidarity.

A. Lima Declaration
The Lima Declaration is the foundational document that established the Pacific Alliance as a regional integration initiative among several Latin American countries focused on economic cooperation and trade liberalization.
B. Association of Southeast Asian Nations
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional intergovernmental organization comprising Southeast Asian countries that promotes political and economic cooperation, regional stability, and economic integration.
C. Cairo Declaration
The Cairo Declaration was a World War II Allied statement issued in 1943 that outlined the terms for Japan’s surrender and pledged the return of territories seized by Japan to China and other countries.
D. Nagoya Resolution
The Nagoya Resolution is an international sports governance decision that formally established the name "Chinese Taipei" for teams and organizations representing Taiwan in global competitions.
E. Bandung Conference
The Bandung Conference was a landmark 1955 meeting of Asian and African nations in Indonesia that promoted solidarity among newly independent states and laid the groundwork for the Non-Aligned Movement.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutive document ⓘ founding charter ⓘ international declaration ⓘ
adoptedBy	Foreign Ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand ⓘ
adoptedByBody	Founding Member States of ASEAN ⓘ
adoptionDate	1967-08-08 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	ASEAN Declaration ⓘ surface form: Bangkok Declaration
countryOfDocument	Thailand ⓘ
foundingInstrumentOf	Association of Southeast Asian Nations ⓘ surface form: ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations ⓘ
hasEffect	established ASEAN ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Cold War ⓘ surface form: Cold War era
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	non-binding political declaration ⓘ
numberOfOriginalSignatories	5 ⓘ
predecessorTo	ASEAN Charter ⓘ
purpose	to accelerate economic growth in Southeast Asia ⓘ to promote cultural development ⓘ to promote regional peace and stability ⓘ to promote social progress ⓘ
region	Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedOrganization	Association of Southeast Asian Nations ⓘ
setsOutPrinciple	equality and partnership ⓘ mutual respect for sovereignty ⓘ non-interference in internal affairs ⓘ peace ⓘ peaceful settlement of disputes ⓘ regional cooperation ⓘ regional solidarity ⓘ stability ⓘ
shortDescription	1967 founding charter of ASEAN adopted in Bangkok, Thailand ⓘ
signatoryOrganization	Government of Indonesia ⓘ Government of Malaysia ⓘ Singapore ⓘ surface form: Government of Singapore Thai government ⓘ surface form: Government of Thailand Philippine government ⓘ surface form: Government of the Philippines
signatoryState	Indonesia ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Thailand ⓘ
signedAt	Bangkok ⓘ
signedInCountry	Thailand ⓘ
signedInRegion	Southeast Asia ⓘ
signedOn	1967-08-08 ⓘ
subjectMatter	intergovernmental organization formation ⓘ regional cooperation in Southeast Asia ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Association of Southeast Asian Nations → foundingDocument → ASEAN Declaration ⓘ

ASEAN Declaration → alsoKnownAs → ASEAN Declaration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bangkok Declaration

ASEAN Charter → relatedTo → ASEAN Declaration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bangkok Declaration of 1967

ASEAN Charter → predecessorInstrument → ASEAN Declaration ⓘ