The deteriorating situation has prompted Malaysian leaders to call for a review of parts of the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (AATHP), which entered into force in 2003.
The agreement is built around the bloc’s longstanding principles of consensus, sovereignty and non-interference. It has no ASEAN-level fines or sanctions for non-compliance, while disputes are to be settled through consultation or negotiation.
But more than two decades after the pact took effect, experts said that strengthening it will be an uphill task.
James Chin, professor of Asian Studies at the University of Tasmania, told CNA that significant changes to…
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