We, the Heads of State/Government of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), namely Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, have met in Cha-am, Thailand at the Fourteenth Summit to sustain food security in the region:

Reaffirming the conclusions of the World Food Summit in 1996, which adopted the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the World Food Summit Plan of Action, and the objective confirmed by the World Food Summit: five years later, of achieving food security for all through an ongoing effort to eradicate hunger in all countries; the Declaration adopted at the FAO High-level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate change and Bioenergy held in June 2008 as well as our commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs);

Guided by the ASEAN Charter which aims to ensure sustainable development for the benefit of present and future generations and to place the well-being, livelihood and welfare of the peoples as the focus of the ASEAN Community building process;

Recalling the Bali Concord II establishing an ASEAN Community based on three pillars, namely ASEAN Political-Security Community, ASEAN Economic Community and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community within 2020 and the decision of the ASEAN Leaders at the 12thASEAN Summit in Cebu, Philippines to accelerate the realisation of an ASEAN Community by 2015;

Cognisant of the recent sharp increase in international food prices and global financial crisis, which has brought adverse impacts on food security and serious concern on possible socio-economic impacts of ASEAN Member States;

Noting with satisfaction the progress of initiatives and cooperation on food security guided by the 1979 Agreement on the ASEAN Food Security Reserve, the Vientiane Action Programme (2004-2010), and the newly adopted ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint ;

Determined to make ASEAN dynamic, resilient and cohesive regional organisation for the well-being of its Member States and people with a balance given between economic growth and social development in order to reduce and not to create negative impacts to food security;

Emphasising the need of enhanced ASEAN cooperation as a means to ensure food security through sustainable food production, post-harvest, marketing and trade in the region, especially by strengthening ASEAN initiative/ measures already existed as well as a strategic pursuit of actions to be developed/ enhanced based on strong commitments and ownership among all Member States.

Do hereby pledge to embrace food security as a matter of permanent and high priority policy, review our commitment to achieving objectives of the World Food Summit, the Millennium Development Goals, and commit ourselves to the following measures:

1. Adopt the ASEAN Integrated Food Security (AIFS) Framework and the Strategic Plan of Action on Food Security in the ASEAN Region (SPA-FS) with assurance of resources required to undertaking such a Plan;

2. Task the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) with support from the ASEAN Secretariat to implement the SPA-FS and identify ways in which the Leaders can support the implementation of measures to realise the objective of this Statement. AMAF shall also collaborate with other relevant ASEAN Sectoral Bodies;