Editing Foreign relations of Brunei (section)

==International organizations==

Brunei became a member state of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] in 1984,<ref name="Brunei_UK_Commonwealth_1984">{{cite web| url=http://www.mfa.gov.bn/foreignpolicy/commonwealth.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128232720/http://www.mfa.gov.bn/foreignpolicy/commonwealth.htm| archive-date=28 January 2010 |title=MOFAT, Commonwealth| date=30 March 2010| publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei Darussalam}}</ref> [[ASEAN]] and the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]] in 1984,<ref name="UN_1984">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218170858/http://www.mfa.gov.bn/foreignpolicy/unitednation.htm| archive-date=18 February 2008 | title=MOFAT, UN| date=30 March 2010| publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei Darussalam| url=http://www.mfa.gov.bn/foreignpolicy/unitednation.htm| author=US DOS}}</ref> the 7th member of the [[ASEAN-Japan Centre]] in 1990,<ref>{{cite web|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231128090903/https://cil.nus.edu.sg/databasecil/1980-agreement-establishing-the-asean-promotion-centre-on-trade-investment-and-tourism/ | archive-date=28 November 2023 | title= 1980 Agreement Establishing The ASEAN Promotion Centre On Trade, Investment And Tourism | date=12 June 2022| publisher=National University of Singapore| url= https://cil.nus.edu.sg/databasecil/1980-agreement-establishing-the-asean-promotion-centre-on-trade-investment-and-tourism/ | author=National University of Singapore}}</ref> the 159th [[United Nations]] member on 21 September 1985,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1985 |title=$210,000 for UN school |pages=9 |work=Brunei Darussalam Newsletter |url=https://www.information.gov.bn/English%20Publication%20PDF/BDN%20DECEMBER%201985.pdf |access-date=2023-06-25}}</ref> a major player in [[BIMP-EAGA]] in 1994,<ref name="BIMP_1994">{{cite web| url=http://www.mfa.gov.bn/economytrade/bimpeaga.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621071516/http://www.mfa.gov.bn/economytrade/bimpeaga.htm| archive-date=21 June 2008 | title=MOFAT, BIMP-EAGA| date=30 March 2010| publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref> and a founding member of the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) in 1995.<ref name="WTO_2008">{{cite web| url=http://www.mfa.gov.bn/economytrade/wto.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625053100/http://www.mfa.gov.bn/economytrade/wto.htm| archive-date=25 June 2008 | title=MOFAT, WTO| date=30 March 2010| publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref> Since 2009, [[Brunei]] and the [[Philippines]] signed a [[memorandum of understanding]] (MOU) that seeks to strengthen the bilateral co-operation of the two countries in the fields of agriculture and farm-related trade and investments.<ref>Marvyn N. Benaning (29 April 2009) [http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/204239/rp-brunei-seal-agri-cooperation-deal#.UOaoTayyHMo RP, "Brunei seal agri cooperation deal"]{{dead link|date=October 2013}}, ''Manila Bulletin''</ref>