Agenda for the 9^th General Meeting of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum
(As agreed by the Executive Committee)

I. Political and Security Issues in the Asia Pacific Region

A) Review of the 7th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Issue of North Korea’s Entry into the ARF - Report by Thailand B) Sub-Regional Issues Korea Peninsula Inter-Korea Relations after Inter-Korea Summit Meeting - Report by South Korea East Timor Others C) Nuclear and Missile Proliferation

II. Regional Cooperation in the Asia Pacific Region

A) Stabilization of Economy and Further Promotion of Regional Cooperation in the Asia Pacific Region Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Meeting Report by Brunei Darussalam World Trade Organization (WTO) Issue of China’s Entry into the WTO Report by People’s Republic of China ASEAN + 3 Summit Meeting Report by Singapore B) International Cooperation on the Global Issues Environment Drugs Terrorism Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships IT Revolution Infectious Diseases Human Genome Education

III. General Discussion on the Pacific

IV. Report of Domestic Political Situations

Political Situations after the Change of Governments Report by United States, Russia, Japan, etc.

V. Asia Pacific Open Information Network Technology (APOINT 2001)

VI. Accession of new members (Ecuador and Costa Rica)

VII. Convening of the 10th Annual Meeting