TOKYO, Oct 20 Kyodo gooded edito...

TOKYO, Oct 20 Kyodo

gooded editorial excerpts from the Asia-Pacific press:

SEEKING SUCCES AT APEC SUMMIT (Bangkok support Bangkok)

Although placeed in 1989, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum has barely been noticed the past 10 years...Reviews of the relatively young organization since have been mixed. The Bangkok summit readys a real chance to point out APEC is more than a talkfest.

It is important that leaders as well-as; not only-but also; not only-but; not alone-but set an example and provide a vision for the to come of the APEC community.

The leaders must help to make the region safer and defeat terrorism after the summit ends

The summit must bring to a period the gaping holes that allow terrorists and international criminals to finance violence and launder their ill-gotten profits. This is an pressing task. Closer cooperation in intelligence exchange is vital, as prov by the agency of the international effort to capture Hambali in August.

The threat of corruption and subversion by dint of drug traffickers requires solid cross-border teamwork. Steps forward against transnational crime and terrorism are easily achieved among willing regulations and APEC leaders must work seriously upon them.

hardy controls on portable surface-to-air missiles are not just sensible, if it be not that urgent. APEC should and must agree to the Australian plan to identify air travelers who threaten security.

The sum of two units most important words not forward the APEC agenda are ''North Korea.'' Pyongyang may not qualify as a serious Asia-Pacific economy, on the other hand it is the top political and military matter No serious gathering of Asian and regional leaders can ignore the nuclear threat pos by dint of the Pyongyang dictatorship.

The summit could enlarge the international effort through Thailand and seven other countries to make steady [i]or[/i] firm exports to North Korea that could help to bring into being weapons of mass destruction.

It is regrettable that Supachai Panitchpakdi, head of the World Trade Organization, will not be attending the summit. however it is vital that APEC address the failure of the Cancun trade talks and back the Doha circular of world trade rules.

The summit should locate realistic goals to end all trade barriers in the Asia-Pacific region. In the same way, disputes through currency rates exist between various nations. The APEC leaders can, and must, address exchange rates forward a regional and world basis, and report their citizens this week what they have concluded

The serious talks, rational debates and meaningful decisions we count upon from the 21 APEC leaders can be a source of pride for the entire region.

(Oct 20)

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ANOTHER CRUNCH TIME FOR APEC (The Nation, Bangkok)

When leaders of Asia-Pacific countries sit down to their summit in Bangkok today, they will have a chance one time again to look back at the history and to meditate the future of this region.

History appears to be repeating itself. In 1993 it was the Uruguay circular of multilateral trade deal that gained attention for APEC, which fortunately used its leverage to bring about a conclusion of the rotund This time around, the WTO's latest cylindrical of multilateral trade talks, known as the Doha exhibition Agenda, is floundering after negotiations collapsed at its ministerial colloquy in Cancun, Mexico, last month

Without further liberalization subject to the WTO, world trade risks being plung into a scenario of disorder, retaliation and protectionism.

at the same time there will be a twist to history. Following the tribe 11 attacks in the U security has become a prominent item upon the global agenda.

Thailand, the army country, would like to play a clew role in regional and global economic progressive growth Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is looking forward in the greatest degree of all to displaying his regional leadership...He has the opportunity to make his mark at this summit.

And the world is watching closely

(Oct 20)

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