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* Cooperation should complement and move towards existing organizations in the region including intergovernmental bodies and less formal consultative bodies such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEA) and Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC).
 
* Cooperation should complement and move towards existing organizations in the region including intergovernmental bodies and less formal consultative bodies such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEA) and Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC).
 
* Participation of Asia Pacific economies maybe expanded in the future based on the consensus among it should be evaluated based on the strength of economic linkages within the region.
 
* Participation of Asia Pacific economies maybe expanded in the future based on the consensus among it should be evaluated based on the strength of economic linkages within the region.
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==Economic Leaders Meeting==
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Originally in 1989, APEC conducts its meetings in an informal senior official and ministerial dialogue until 1992. By 1993, former U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] initiated the establishment of the yearly APEC Economic Leader Meeting (ELM).<ref>[http://www.apec.org/About-Us/About-APEC/History.aspx History]</ref> The first ELM was held in Blake Island, in Seattle, Washington and it was attended by heads of states in the region including:<ref>[http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=5333 President Clinton convenes APEC summit on Blake Island on November 20, 1993]</ref>
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* '''Bill Clinton'''-President U.S.A.
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* '''Jiang Zemin''', President People's Republic of China
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* '''Paul Keating''', Prime Minister Australia
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* '''Hassanal Bokiah''', Sultan of Brunei
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* '''Jean Chretien''', Canadian Prime Minister
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* '''Fidel Ramos''', President of the Philippines
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* '''Suharto'''- Indonesian President
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* '''Kim Young Sam''', President South Korea
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* '''Morihiro Hosokawa''', Japanese Prime Minister
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* '''James Bolger''', New Zealand Prime Minister
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* '''Goh Chok Tong''', Singapore Prime Minister
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* '''Chuan Likpahl''', Thailand Prime Minister
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ELM was the first highest level meeting since APEC's inception and it became an important activity of the organization. Since 1993, it is held during the later months of every year.<ref>[http://www.chinaapec.org/en/about_apec/#chapc China APEC Development Council]</ref>
    
==Bogor Goals==
 
==Bogor Goals==
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