Leff, Alex 22 June 2011 | Nuttall-Smith, Chris 27 November 1997 |
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The Secretariat is staffed by 20 diplomats seconded from APEC member economies and by 20 local staff |
ASEAN's series of post-ministerial consultations,launched in the mid-1980s, had demonstrated the feasibility and value of regular consultations among ministerial-level representatives of both developed and developing economies.
26Gerhardt, Tina 11 November 2011 | The idea of APEC was firstly publicly broached by former Prime Minister of Australia Bob Hawke during a speech in Seoul, Korea, on 30 January 1969 |
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Ten months later, 12 Asia-Pacific economies met in Canberra, Australia, to establish APEC | British Columbia Civil Liberties Association BCCLA |