The 12th Policy Plenary Meeting was held
on February 16th 2006 under the theme of "Non-Traditional
Security Issues and Environmental Cooperation in East Asia"
and a report was given by Prof. SHIRAISHI Takashi, Director of
the NEAT WG on "Overall Architecture of Community Building
in East Asia. The said WG is one of the 7 WGs established for
the 4th NEAT Annual Conference to be held in August 2006, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, the three of which Japan is sponsoring.
Prof. SHIRAISHI stated that "it
is Japan's responsibility to survey the current situation of
the network for regional cooperation concerning non-traditional
security issues such as avian influenza, terrorism, piracy,
illegal drug, as well as environmental issues such as depletion
of forest resources, acid rain, air pollution, and chemical
pollution, as she endeavors to maintain an initiative for building
an East Asian Community."
After the report, 22 Council Members
had lively discussions.
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