15TH APEC MINISTERS' MEETING JOINT STATEMENT AND SUMMARY OF KEY
The Fifteenth APEC Ministerial Meeting has concluded in Bangkok and the following documents are now available on the APEC Secretariat Website via the following links:
A listing of the subject areas covered in both the Summary of key issues and the Joint Statement of the Ministers is included at the end of this e-mail for easy reference.
The APEC Ministers' Meeting was held on October 17-18 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre in Bangkok, Thailand, and was chaired by Dr. Surakiart Sathirathai, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Dr. Adisai Bodharamik, Minister of Commerce of the Kingdom of Thailand.
At the meeting APEC Ministers reviewed the achievements of the 2003 APEC year hosted by the Kingdom of Thailand and agreed on initiatives for the 2004 APEC year to be hosted by the Republic of Chile.
The APEC Leaders' Meeting will now take place on October 20-21 in Bangkok.
FIFTEENTH APEC MINISTERIAL MEETING
SUMMARY OF KEY ISSUES
-- The WTO and the Multilateral Trading System
-- Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation
-- Structural Reform
-- Capacity Building to Share Prosperity
-- Knowledge-Based Economy for All
-- Counter-Terrorism and Secure Trade
-- Creating a New Financial Architecture for APEC
-- Supporting SMEs and Micro-enterprises - the New Growth Enterprises
-- APEC Reform
-- Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation
-- Structural Reform
-- Capacity Building to Share Prosperity
-- Knowledge-Based Economy for All
-- Counter-Terrorism and Secure Trade
-- Creating a New Financial Architecture for APEC
-- Supporting SMEs and Micro-enterprises - the New Growth Enterprises
-- APEC Reform
FIFTEENTH APEC MINISTERIAL MEETING
JOINT STATEMENT OF THE MINISTERS
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE FUTURE
ACT ON DEVELOPMENT PLEDGE
-- World Trade Organization (WTO)
-- Structural Reform
-- Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation
-- Individual and Collective Action Plans
-- Trade Facilitation Action Plan
-- Leaders' Statement to Implement APEC Transparency Standards
-- Pathfinder Initiatives
-- Regional Trading Arrangements/Free Trade Agreements
-- APEC Business Advisory Council
-- APEC Business-Government Dialogues
-- Economic and Technical Cooperation and Capacity Building
-- Structural Reform
-- Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation
-- Individual and Collective Action Plans
-- Trade Facilitation Action Plan
-- Leaders' Statement to Implement APEC Transparency Standards
-- Pathfinder Initiatives
-- Regional Trading Arrangements/Free Trade Agreements
-- APEC Business Advisory Council
-- APEC Business-Government Dialogues
-- Economic and Technical Cooperation and Capacity Building
KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY FOR ALL
-- Intellectual Property Rights
-- Cybersecurity
-- Life Sciences Innovation
-- Innovative APEC
-- Biodiversity and Sustainable Development
-- Agricultural Biotechnology
-- Invasive Alien Species
-- Electronic Commerce
-- APEC Education Foundation and Cyber Education Cooperation Consortium
-- E-Learning
-- World Summit on the Information Society
-- Intellectual Property Rights
-- Cybersecurity
-- Life Sciences Innovation
-- Innovative APEC
-- Biodiversity and Sustainable Development
-- Agricultural Biotechnology
-- Invasive Alien Species
-- Electronic Commerce
-- APEC Education Foundation and Cyber Education Cooperation Consortium
-- E-Learning
-- World Summit on the Information Society
PROMOTING HUMAN SECURITY
-- Counter-terrorism
-- Response to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Other Health Threats
-- Social Safety Nets and Workforce Retraining
-- Framework for the Integration of Women in APEC
-- Youth
-- Counter-terrorism
-- Response to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Other Health Threats
-- Social Safety Nets and Workforce Retraining
-- Framework for the Integration of Women in APEC
-- Youth
FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE FOR A WORLD OF DIFFERENCES
-- New Financial Architecture
-- Economic Research and Analysis
-- New Financial Architecture
-- Economic Research and Analysis
NEW GROWTH ENTERPRISES: SMES AND MICRO-ENTERPRISES
APEC REFORM
OTHER ISSUES
SOM Report to Ministers
-- APEC Secretariat
-- Statements by Observers
-- APEC Secretariat
-- Statements by Observers
APEC 2004
-- Future Meetings
-- Future Meetings
ANNEX A - STATEMENT TO IMPLEMENT APEC POLICIES ON TRADE AND THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
-- General Objectives
-- Specific Objectives
-- Services
-- Intellectual Property
-- Tariffs
-- Future Work
-- General Objectives
-- Specific Objectives
-- Services
-- Intellectual Property
-- Tariffs
-- Future Work
The Fifteenth APEC Ministerial Meeting was attended by ministers from: Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; the People?s Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; the Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Mexico; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Peru; the Republic of the Philippines; the Russian Federation; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; the United States of America; and Viet Nam. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat, the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) and the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) attended as observers.