Based on regulations of the ASEAN Chapter and with an awareness of the strategic importance of ASEAN Connectivity in accelerating integration and improving the international status of ASEAN, cooperative process and friendship between ASEAN and dialogue partners and the necessity to enhance ASEAN cooperation in key global matters, they decided to approve the bloc’s joint platform on global issues.

The Concord stipulated an ASEAN of connectivity and closer cooperation in international matters of mutual concern, an increasingly common voice for ASEAN at related international forums; an ASEAN with enhanced capacity to contribute and deal with key global matters of mutual concern in the interest of all member countries; and an ASEAN Secretariat with increased enforcement capacity.

The ASEAN member countries pledged cooperation in the fields of politics-security, economics, and culture and society at both regional and global levels.

Regarding economic cooperation, Bali Concord III also defines agenda issues on integration, economic stability and development on the basis of goals and common principles to implement the ASEAN Economic Community and promote ASEAN’s full integration into the global economy.

In socio-cultural cooperation, Bali Concord III defines ways to strengthen global ASEAN cooperation to promote efforts to cope with climate change, mobilise the greatest participation of social classes in disaster mitigation programmes and coping with emergencies, boost cooperation among ASEAN member armies within the framework of humanitarian activities and disaster relief, and step up cooperation between the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management and regional organisations.