The 20^th ASEAN Summit, with the theme of “ASEAN: One Community, One Destiny” held in Phnom Penh, on 3-4 April 2012, was chaired by Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, as Chair of ASEAN, in 2012. The Heads of State/Government of ASEAN Member States had substantive, frank and productive discussions in plenary and retreat sessions.

The Heads of State/Government of ASEAN Member States reaffirmed the importance of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) as a milestone document signed between ASEAN and China embodying the collective commitment to promoting peace, stability, and mutual trust in the East Sea and to ensuring the peaceful resolution of disputes in this area in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, and the universally recognized principles of international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and to move for the eventual realization of a regional code of conduct (COC).

Source: aseansec.org