UN General Assembly
1968

43. Finally, it may be stated that, upon the normalization of relations between the Philippines and Malaysia, in 1966, the two Governments, under the communiqué of 3 June 1966, “agreed to abide by the Manila Accord of 31 July 1963 and with the Joint Statement accompanying it, for the peaceful settlement of the Philippine claim to Sabah,” and further expressed recognition of the “need of sitting together, as soon as possible, for the purpose of clarifying the claim and discussing the means of settling it to the satisfaction of both parties in consonance with the said Manila Accord and Joint Statement”. By agreeing to discuss anew the Philippine claim and the modes of settling it, Malaysia voluntarily forfeited any advantage which it might have acquired under the United Nations ascertainment of 1963.