New Zealand PM to Attend APEC Meeting in ShanghaiNew Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Tuesday in Wellington that she will be in Shanghai from October 19 to 21 for APEC meeting and deliver a speech on the future of APEC.She said in a statement that many leaders will be present at the meeting and this "helps to symbolize the new challenges facing the APEC economies since our last gathering in Brunei." Clark said she hopes a message APEC can deliver is on the "importance of launching a new WTO Round, in order to reinforce confidence in the world economy and stimulate growth." "With the critical WTO Ministerial in Doha scheduled to take place three weeks after APEC, New Zealand will be working with like-minded economies to achieve the strongest possible impetus for the new round from the APEC leaders' meeting," she said. "Promoting sustainable growth will be a key element of this year's leaders' declaration. I want to emphasize New Zealand's perspective on environmental and social sustainability, and ensure that APEC's current agenda on sustainable development links into the World Summit on Sustainable Development to be held in Brazil next year." In the statement, the New Zealand prime minister also said the APEC meeting in Shanghai will provide a key forum for developing international cooperation in response to terrorism. New Zealand PM to Attend APEC Meeting in Shanghai |
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