1.   Also the regime wants to offer something to Asean and justify constructive engagement by accepting a mediator from an Asean member country.

2.   However it was reported that member countries considered oil and energy problems less urgent than in the past.

3.   International trade was to be encouraged by member countries maintaining par values for their currencies so that stable rates of exchange would prevail.

4.   Such cohesion was dependent also on all member countries achieving through their economic and monetary policies further convergence towards internal stability.

5.   The treaty was ratified by all the EU member countries, with one significant exception, Britain.

6.   They have no qualms about forcing member countries to spend money on water they might think could be better spent elsewhere.