A REVIEW ON THE NON-DEMARCATION BORDER COOPERATION BETWEEN INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA

Abstract

Indonesia and Malaysia have established cooperation on various aspects of the border regions for decades. For instance, the two countries have ratified the 1984 Security Arrangement Treaty, where the General Border Committee (“GBC”) is established to contend the security aspect of the border areas. The GBC also formed a Social Economic Committee of Indonesia and Malaysia, which is called the SOSEKMALINDO. This committee focuses on the social and economic aspects of the border. Meanwhile, there has been the 1970 Agreement on Border Trade that governs the movement of goods in and out of the border and maintain the border’s economy. As time goes by, the border cooperation between the two countries has developed, resulting the need to meet the new challenges in terms of border security. Hence, this paper provides an analysis on the urgency to reform the 1984 Security Arrangement Treaty.