PREAMBLE

The Universities of Asia and the Pacific through their representatives assembled at a conference at Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, on 28 July 1995:

 

Believe   that regional cooperation among universities can contribute substantially to the improvement of national systems of higher education, to economic and social development, to human resources development and to mutual understanding and respect among people, and  

Further believing   that such co-operation can be highly effective and manageable on a regional scale, and  

Conscious   that the diversity of the institutions and systems of higher education of Asia and the Pacific constitutes a resource that can be drawn upon to the advantage of all concerned, and  

Believe   that an association of the universities of the region can enhance mutual cooperation among individual institutions to enrich their role in teaching, research, and service and thus in promoting justice, human dignity, progress, and peace, and  

Believing   also that in these matters the efforts of a regional association will complement those of international, sub-regional and national bodies concerned with higher education,  

Hereby decide   to establish an association: Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific.