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The ASEAN Media Cooperation was conceived by the ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information (AMRI) which was created on 25 May 1989 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Affirming their commitment to the decisions on information taken by the ASEAN Heads of Government in Manila in December 1987 embodied in the Manila Declaration of 1987, AMRI cited the importance of the role of press and television, radio, film and video in the national development of the respective ASEAN member countries and in enhancing ASEAN regional cooperation.

In the 1989 Jakarta Declaration, AMRI agreed that: 1.	The ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information shall strengthen ASEAN cooperation and their role in the promotion and development of the press, television, radio, film and video areas. 2.	ASEAN cooperation in the field of information shall promote increasing greater awareness of ASEAN through wider involvement and increasing participation in ASEAN activities and cooperation among the peoples of ASEAN and the development of their human resources. 3.	An effective exchange of news and information among member countries shall be promoted in order to achieve a free and balanced flow of information among ASEAN member countries. 4.	Considering the importance of the role of the press and television, radio, film and video in strengthening ASEAN regional cooperation and cohesion, the ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information adopted the Principles of ASEAN Media Cooperation.

Ref: Declaration of ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information, 25 May 1989, Jakarata, www.aseansec.org