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The Nation - Dec  30, 1999.
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Asean leaders ready for Bangkok summit

ASEAN leaders have confirmed that they will attend the first informal =
Asean-United Nations summit in Bangkok in February preceding a major =
conference, Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan said yesterday.=20

He said that Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid had confirmed his =
intention to participate when he visited Jakarta last week.=20

The informal Asean-UN summit will be the first of its kind and will =
highlight future cooperation between the two organisations. Asean has =
supported the UN's activities and programmes, particularly peacekeeping =
operations and developmental projects.=20

Surin said the top agenda will include cooperation in peace and security =
policy-making, human-resource development and the future role of the UN =
in the region.=20

Asean has supported the UN agenda for peace initiated by UN =
Secretary-General Kofi Annan's predecessor. In 1991, the UN General =
Assembly recognised the Asean Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in =
Southeast Asia as part of the UN resolution.=20

Thailand is hosting the UNCTAD summit on Feb11-12. More than 100 world =
leaders are expected to attend this important symposium which will =
discuss issues related to trade and development. The recent failure of =
world-trade talks in Seattle has raised the significance of this summit =
-- the first economic parley on a global scale after the Seattle fiasco. =


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<DIV>The Nation - Dec&nbsp; 30, 1999.<BR>Headlines <BR>Asean leaders =
ready for=20
Bangkok summit</DIV>
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<DIV>ASEAN leaders have confirmed that they will attend the first =
informal=20
Asean-United Nations summit in Bangkok in February preceding a major =
conference,=20
Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan said yesterday. </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>He said that Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid had confirmed =
his=20
intention to participate when he visited Jakarta last week. </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>The informal Asean-UN summit will be the first of its kind and will =

highlight future cooperation between the two organisations. Asean has =
supported=20
the UN's activities and programmes, particularly peacekeeping operations =
and=20
developmental projects. </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Surin said the top agenda will include cooperation in peace and =
security=20
policy-making, human-resource development and the future role of the UN =
in the=20
region. </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Asean has supported the UN agenda for peace initiated by UN=20
Secretary-General Kofi Annan's predecessor. In 1991, the UN General =
Assembly=20
recognised the Asean Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia =
as part=20
of the UN resolution. </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Thailand is hosting the UNCTAD summit on Feb11-12. More than 100 =
world=20
leaders are expected to attend this important symposium which will =
discuss=20
issues related to trade and development. The recent failure of =
world-trade talks=20
in Seattle has raised the significance of this summit -- the first =
economic=20
parley on a global scale after the Seattle fiasco. </DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>The Nation<BR></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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