M.W.Bro. Yves Max Viton was accompanied by R.W.Bro. Michel Singer, Past Grand Chancellor, and W.Bro. Jacques Bran, all from Paris and R.W.Bro. Vijay Dwarka, Assistant Grand Master Overseas, from Mauritius.
Some of the salient features of the Treaty are:
• They declared to admit in their lodges as members, men of all races, all nationalities, all faiths and opinions.
• They committed themselves to admit in their Masonic bodies, brethren belonging to the Lodges of the contracting Grand Lodges and to give them help and assistance in case of need.
• Members of each contracting Masonic Grand Lodge shall enjoy within the other Grand Lodge the same rights, privileges and guarantees as the members of that Grand Lodge do within their own Masonic Body.
• They agreed to appoint Grand Representatives to look after the interests of each of the contracting Grand Lodges.
Speaking on the occasion, the French Grand Master said that we should work for a new universality, to have a world free from wars and spreading happiness amongst all. He suggested:
1. Extension and spread of knowledge among all;
2. Development of ethnic secularity; and
3. To go beyond the human rights concept, occidental notion and Franco- French notion of secularism
Some of the Other Grand Lodges in Amity
Grand Lodge of Peru, South America was the first Grand Lodge to establish amity with us by a letter dated 11th March 1995.
Grand Lodge of Burkino Faso, West Africa established Amity with us on 12th March 2003, and
Grand Lodge of Estado de Chiapas, Mexico, established amity with us on 28th June 2003.