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Bangkok Post - November 21, 2004
Mr Thaksin said on yesterday's Prime Minister Thaksin Talks to the People radio programme, taped before he left for the Apec summit, that Chile as host of the Apec Summit 2004 had asked Thailand, which hosted the Apec Summit 2003 and the 15th World Aids Meeting last year, to present information about Aids problems under the concept of One Community Our Future.
Under this concept, all Apec member countries were considered a single community and should discuss issues important to their economy including human security, terrorism and diseases, and find how developed countries could help developing countries just as they did last year during the bird flu outbreak in Asia, he said.
Other issues expected on the agenda of this year's Apec summit included free trade, the World Trade Organisation's Doha round of trade talks resuming next month in Hong Kong, oil prices, and a proposal to form the Asia Bond as Asia's new financial structure.
Mr Thaksin gets back from Chile on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Ministry said the Santiago Commitment and Plan of Action would include a pledge by Asia-Pacific leaders to fight corruption and terrorism, and pledges on energy and life science cooperation.
Members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) were still divided on whether security issues should overshadow the economics-oriented talks, especially concerning the topics of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), portable anti-defence systems, and the UN protocol of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Apec foreign ministers agreed that commitments to deal with those issues should be non-binding and countries should be left to decide whether to adopt or ratify the protocols, said spokesman Sihasak Phuangketkaeow.
The Apec ministers also discussed Apec reform, which was mentioned at the Bangkok summit last year. Proposals to hasten the Bogor Declaration would be tabled.
The Santiago Commitment and Plan of Action to be announced by leaders today has also been discussed and was likely to include a pledge against corruption, good governance in government procurement.
It would also include cooperation to fight terrorism, and on energy and life science, including development of drugs for longer life expectancy.
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