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REPUBLIK INDONESIA

CO-CHAIRS' STATEMENT ON THE NEW ASIAN-AFRICAN STRATEGIC
PARTNERSHIP, TSHWANE, 17 MARCH 2008

We, the Co-Chairs of the New Asian African ·Strategic Partnership, having

met in Tshwane on 17 March 2008;
RECALLING

the

Declaration

on

the

Establishment of the

New

Asian-African Strategic Partnership, in Jakarta, Indonesia on 24 April 2005;
RECONFIRMING our conviction to reinvigorate the Spirit of Bandung and

its core principles of solidarity, friendship and cooperation as enshrined in
the Declaration of the New Asian-Africa Strategic Partnership Summit of
2005 in Jakarta;
RECALLING our commitment to champion projects within the cooperative

framework of the NAASP;

RECALLING als.o the Asia-Africa Summit decision to strongly support the

Struggle of the Palestinian People to establish an independent state;

ENDORSED the convening of the Asia-Africa Conference on Capacity

Building for Palestine this year;

RECOMMIT ourselves to the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership

(NAASP) as a framework to build a bridge between Asia and Africa covering
three broad areas of partnership, namely political solidarity, economic
cooperation, and socio-cultural relations;

REMINDED of our commitment to develop an institutionalized process for

the NAASP;
HEREBY ENDORSE for consideration and adoption by the NAASP

Member States the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership Framework
Document to enhance managerial coordination of NAASP activities, setting

out the Fundamental Principles, Objectives, Institutional Mechanisms, and
Procedural and Administrative Guidelines for the New Asian-African
Signed

Strategic Partnership, attached hereto.

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· Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

President

President

Republic of South Africa

Republic of Indonesia

DECLARATION ON THE NEW ASIAN-AFRICAN STRATEGIC
PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT: TSWANE, 17 MARCH

2008
At the inaugural New Asian-African Strategic Partnership Summit Meeting
in Jakarta, Indonesia on 24 April 2005, the participants agreed on the
establishment of a New Asian-African Strategic Partnership (NAASP),
taking cognisance of the preceding and preparatory work done by the Asian
African Sub-Regional Organisations Cooperation (AASROC) since its
inception in Bandung in 2003.
Recalling the Declaration on the Establishment of the New Asian-African
Strategic Partnership, in Jakarta, Indonesia on 24 April 2005 as well as our
commitment to develop an institutionalized process of the NAASP.
Hereby adopt the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership Framework
Document as a framework to build a bridge between Asia and Africa setting
out the Fundamental Principles, Objectives, Institutional Mechanisms, and
Procedural and Administrative Guidelines for the New Asian-African
Strategic Partnership.
VISION
We underscore the urgency of promoting economic development in the
Asian and African regions, as stipulated in the 1955 Bandung Conference.
We stress that poverty and under-development, gender mainstreaming,
communicable diseases, environmental degradation, natural disasters,

drought and desertification, digital! divide, inequitable market access, and
foreign debt, remain as issues of common concern that call for our closer
cooperation and collective action.

We envision an Asian-African region at peace with itself and with the world
at large working together as a concert of nations in harmony, bonded in a
non-exclusive dynamiq partnership and conscious of our historical ties and
cultural heritage. We visualize an affluent Asian-African region
characterized by equitable growth, sustainable development as well as a
common determination to enhance the quality of life and well-being of our
people. We further envisage a caring Asian-African society where the
people live in stability, prosperity, dignity and free from the fear of violence,
oppression and injustice.
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FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
The New Asian-African Strategic Partnership (NAASP) will serve as a
framework to build a bridge between Asia and Africa covering three broad
areas of partnership, namely political solidarity, economic cooperation, and
socio-cultural relations. The strategic partnership will provide momentum in

achieving peace, prosperity and progress, and will be based on the
following principles and ideals:

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The Ten Principles of Bandung of the 1955 Asian - African
Conference;
Recognition of diversity between and within the regions, including
different political social and economic systems and levels of
development;

Commitment to open dialogue, based on mutual respect and benefit;
Promotion of non-exclusive cooperation by involving all
stakeholders;
Attainment of practical and sustainable cooperation based on
comparative advantage, equal partnership, common ownership and
vision, as well as a firm and shared conviction to address common
challenges;
Promotion of sustainable partnership by complementing and building
upon existing regional/sub-regional initiatives in Asia and Africa;
Promotion of a just, democratic, transparent, accountable and
harmonious society;
Promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
including the right to development;
Promotion of collective and unified efforts in multilateral fora.

OBJECTIVES
The New Asian-African Strategic Partnership will facilitate and promote
political solidarity, economic cooperation, and socio-cultural relations, and
wi ll develop practical cooperation in areas such as trade, industry,
investment, finance, tourism, information and communication technology,

energy, health, transportation, agriculture, water resources and fisheries.

The NAASP will also address issues of common concern such as armed
conflict, weapons of mass destruction, transnational organized crime and
terrorism, which are fundamental to ensuring peace, stability, and security.
We are determined to prevent conflict and resolve disputes by peaceful
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means and endeavour to explore innovative mechanisms for confidence
building and dispute resolution as well as for post- conflict peace-building.
The NAASP will promote human resource development, enhanced capacity
building and technical cooperation in order to create an enabling
environment for the betterment of the regions.
The New Asian-African Strategic Partnership will deliberately focus on
sustainable economic development and in particular address
underdevelopment, job creation and eradication of poverty.
MEMBERSHIP
Acknowledging the fundamental role in the establishment of the NAASP, as
well as existing intra-regional structures/organisations for cooperation in
Asia and in Africa, membership of the NAASP will be open to all sovereign

member States of the Asian and African continents which may also be
members of existing Asian and African Regional Organisations. Members
must adhere to the principles and objectives of the Charter and be willing to
undertake commitments under the Charter.

Asian and African Regional Organisations will have the right to participate in
all NAASP activities.
Representatives of private sector, academia, non-governmental
organizations and other civil society formations will be encouraged to
participate in the NAASP activities with the consent of the incumbent
Co-Chairs.
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF NAASP MEMBERS
Members will have the right to be informed, on a regular basis on any
NAASP activity including the work of the Co-Chairs.

Members will have a right of access to all documentation produced by the
NAASP.
Members will have the right to participate in all NAASP activities and
projects. In cases where limited funds are available to fund any NAASP
project, the Champion Country in charge of the lead role for that

project/activity will have a right to select the invitees.
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Members will have an obligation to contribute to NAASP projects and
activities, either in terms of substance and or by way of a financial
contribution to the project.
OBSERVERS AND GUESTS
Observers and guests may be invited by the Co-Chairs to a NAASP meeting
at which they will be informed about activities of the NAASP.

The participating observers and guests may, upon the discretion of the
Co-Chairs, be given an opportunity to articulate their positions on a number
of issues within the NAASP framework.
Observers and guests will be encouraged to support the objectives of
NAASP and to participate in the execution of NAASP projects, subject to
agreement by the NAASP Member States.
Observers and guests may not be regarded as full members of NAASP.

INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS
The NAASP will be conducted through three tiers of interaction: an
intergovernmental forum; sub-regional organizations; and people-to-people
interaction, particularly business, academia, and civil society.
Foreign Ministers and Senior Officials (SOM) are responsible for the overall
coordination of NAASP. To facilitate a rapid and effective exchange of
information among all NAASP partners, a network of NAASP Focal Points,
appointed by the Foreign Ministers of all NAASP member states, will
provide a direct and informal channel of communications.
A matrix of NAASP activities and projects will be developed with the view to
monitor the progress on implementation of NAASP initiatives.
Any proposed NAASP activity or programme should meet the following
criteria:
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It should meet the NAASP fundamental principles and advance
NAASP objectives
Participation by sufficient NAASP members must be assured
It must be adopted by the NAASP Ministerial Meeting as a NAASP
project or activity
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Unless otherwise agreed by the NAASP Ministerial Meeting the
champion countries of the NAASP activities and program must
consist of members of Asian and African regions.
The champion countries must take initiatives to generate the funding
of their proposed NAASP activities and programs including when
necessary to obtain third party financing

NAASP MEETINGS
A Summit of Heads of State/Government will be convened every four years;
a Ministerial Meeting of Foreign Ministers every two years; and Sectoral
Ministerial and other Technical Meetings when deemed necessary.
A Co-Chairs Senior Officials Meeting will be held annually in preparation of
the Ministerial as well as Summit Meetings, as well as to consolidate
NAASP projects and programmes.
A Business Summit in conjunction with the Summit of Heads of
State/Government will be held every four years.
Any decision taken by the NAASP will be on the basis of consensus.
CO-CHAIRS
The NAASP Summit Meeting will, on the basis of rotation, simultaneously
elect two Co-Chairs to represent respectively the Asian and the African
continents in the NAASP.
The Co-Chairs will have primary responsibility to advance the NAASP
process during their term of office of four years.
The Co-Chairs will be responsible to consult with the Member States of its
respective region, where issues such as rotation of the Co-Chair shall be
discussed.
The Co-Chairs will be responsible to coordinate participation by member
states and regional organizations from their respective regions/continents,
and will create appropriate opportunities for consultation in and amongst
their respective Asian as well as African members.
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The Co-Chairs will arrange, coordinate and chair NAASP meetings for the
duration of their term of office.
The Member States holding the Co-Chairship of the NAASP will provide the
NAASP with secretarial services to enable the Co-Chairs to execute their
duties.
The Co-Chairs will provide policy guidance to the NAASP and make
decisions on matters pertaining to the execution of NAASP projects as well
as monitor and evaluate the progress with implementation of the NAASP
projects.
The Co-Chairs will be empowered to take decisions designed to ensure
rapid implementation of the programmes that would otherwise have to be
delayed until a formal meeting of the NAASP SOM, Ministerial Meeting or
Summit.
The Co-Chairs will provide and disseminate periodic reports to all the
NAASP Members and Stakeholders to demonstrate progress made with the
implementation of NAASP projects.
The Co-Chairs will produce records of the outcome of meetings of the
NAASP at every level, and disseminate these reports to all members. The
Co-Chairs may invite "Friends of the Co-Chairs" to assist in the preparation
of these reports.
Where more than two member states offer to chair the NAASP, the Summit
Meeting will decide on the Co-Chairs by a simple majority.
Reliance will be placed on a voluntary offer by any member state to co-chair
the NAASP.
One year before the term of office of the current Co-Chairs expire, member
states will be invited to apply for the Co-Chairmanship.
HOST COUNTRY
The NAASP will choose the host for all NAASP meetings on a rotational
basis and in accordance with the following procedures:
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Reliance will be placed on a voluntary offer;
A simple majority will decide on the host where there is more than
one offer to host a meeting;
The Co-Chairs will consult with member states in order to
encourage a process of regional and geographical rotation;
In the case of a member state having offered to host a meeting
being unable to do so, reliance will be placed on a voluntary offer
by another member state to host that meeting;
A member state offering to host a meeting will be responsible for
the general organization and conduct of the meeting, logistical
and administrative arrangements, hospitality and security
arrangements;
The date and venue of the NAASP meeting will be decided upon
by the host, in consultation with the Co-Chairs;
The Co-Chairs, together with the Host (if not one of the Co-Chairs)
will be responsible for the issuing of invitations to attend all
meeting of the NAASP as well as issuing public statements ; In
the case where the host is not one of the Co-Chairs, the
Co-Chairs in consultation with the host country, will compile the
list of invitees and draft the letter of invitation;
The Co-Chairs will be responsible to compile the Draft Agenda as
well as Annotated Agenda for all NAASP Meetings; including all
outcome documents.
In the case where the host of a meeting of the NAASP is not also
occupying the position of a Co-Chair, the host will for the duration
of that meeting be co-opted as additional Co-Chair;

TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
Upon the election of the new Co-Chairs, the responsibility of the
Co-Chairs, as set out in this document, will immediately be transferred to
the newly elected Co-Chairs.

The serving Co-Chairs will upon the appointment of the newly elected
Co-Chairs, arrange for the transfer of all documents and records
pertaining to the NAASP, to the offices of the newly elected Co-Chairs.
During the term of office of the newly elected Co-Chairs, the immediately
preceding Co-Chairs will advise, share knowledge and best practice and
assist the Co-Chairs in the execution of their task.
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This "Quartet of Co-Chairs" will be created to ensure continuity and the
smooth functioning of the NAASP and will last for the full duration of the
term of office of the newly elected Co-Chairs.

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