ASEAN Secretariat. 2006
The Agreement was signed by the ASEAN Environment Ministers during the 9th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Haze (AMMH) on 10 July 2002, in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia . To date, eight ASEAN Member Countries has ratified the Agreement, namely, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam.
The Agreement provide guidance on m onitoring and assessment; prevention; preparedness; national emergency response; joint emergency response through provision of assistance; procedures for deployment of people, materials and equipment across border in the event of transboundary haze pollution and technical cooperation and scientific research.
The Agreement also necessitate a country to provide quick response, such as information, forest fire mitigation resources or consultation to the requesting party during critical land and forest fire incidents; facilitate the establishment of ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Transboundary Haze Pollution (ACC) ; p rovide a framework for the member countries to strengthen and refine its national policy in land and forest fire mitigation; and provide a framework to develop the national standard operating procedures.
