The Convention aims to prevent the commission of terrorist acts by implementing early warning systems; the use of ASEAN members’ respective territories by those who finance, plan, facilitate, or commit terrorist acts; and movement of terrorists and terrorist groups by means of effective border control and identity/travel documentation. But cooperation against terror is easier said than done, given the region’s diversity of governance, culture, language, and religion, as well as ASEAN’s central policy of keeping out of non-interference in its members’ internal affairs.