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Every year, since 1974, the Ship for the South East Asian Youth and Japan Program take
place to promote mutual friendship and understanding.
The exchange of peoples especially the youth will carry the future of their countries on their shoulders while cooperating in political and economic affairs.

The participants carry out lively exchanges and activities on culture, government, economics, and technology on-board or at-port-of-calls. They also study and discuss common issues from a global perspective and participate in other various activities that involve multi-cultural and multi-national exchange opportunities.
The SSEAYP is under the sponsorship of the Japanese Government while the selection and orientation is shouldered by each participating country contingent.

Preamble

We, the Alumni Associations of each country, being aware of the existence of the ties established among the countries through the Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program (SSEAYP) that began in 1974, do hereby declare:

Our common intention to foster deeper friendship and mutual understanding;

Our common commitment to abide by the spirit and accomplishments fostered during the first Information Secretariat Conference and the subsequent General Assemblies held in the past years;

Our common confidence that the mutual cooperation so fostered shall make a significant contribution to the development of each country and their respective Alumni Associations as well as to the well being of former participants, members and people of all the nations concerned;

Our common awareness for the need to reinforce mutual cooperation linked to the SSEAYP International General Assembly (SIGA); and

Our common desire that our activities contribute to developing ties and understanding for co-existence among nations and to strengthening peace, harmony and prosperity in the world.

Now therefore, we the Alumni Associations together agree to establish the following Charter for the establishment of an international organization of Alumni Associations.

From my origin;

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OUR SHIP

	M.S.Nippon Maru The M.S.Nippon Maru has served for the SSEAYP since 1974. Although they are different 3 ships. But they can make the same feeling of friendship and mutual understanding among SSEAYP people as well. There are 3 ships to bear the name "Nippon Maru" that is serving the SSEAYP until now (and forever). For identification, we would like to call them as "Nippon Maru-A" ,"Nippon Maru-B" and "Nippon Maru-C".
SSEAYP's Nippon Maru Song
Lyric and Music by Augusto Francisco Jasmin Meyer