2004: Key APEC Documents

INTRODUCTION Key APEC Documents 2004 is the eleventh in a series produced by the APEC Secretariat to provide a reference set of the key policy decisions and initiatives endorsed by APEC Leaders and Ministers each year. Collectively, these documents frame the policy directions for APEC’s annual work programmes. This issue presents a compilation of the statements from each of the APEC Ministerial Meetings held during 2004 together with the APEC Economic Leaders’ Declaration from their recent meeting in Santiago, Chile. The Executive Summary of the annual APEC Business Advisory Council Report to APEC Economic Leaders is also included for easy reference. The enclosed CD provides the complete text of all documents contained in this publication together with supplementary policy papers and selected key APEC 2004 Reports. The APEC website, www.apec.org, offers a further source of documentation and information relating to the wide-ranging activities of APEC. APEC Secretariat December 2004 Introduction and Contents • Key APEC Documents 2004 i ii Key APEC Documents 2004 • Introduction and Contents CONTENTS Twelfth APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, 20–21 November 2004 Santiago Declaration......................................................................................................... 1 Sixteenth APEC Ministerial Meeting, 17–18 November 2004 Joint Statement .................................................................................................................5 2004 APEC Tourism Ministers Meeting, 14 October 2004 Patagonia Declaration On Tourism In The APEC Region ............................................... 23 APEC Small And Medium Enterprise Ministerial Meeting, 6–7 October 2004 Joint Ministerial Statement .............................................................................................. 25 Eleventh APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting, 2–3 September 2004 Joint Ministerial Statement .............................................................................................. 31 Annex: Policy Initiatives Review...................................................................................... 34 Fourth APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting, 27–29 July 2004 Joint Ministerial Statement .............................................................................................. 39 First Meeting of APEC Ministers Responsible For Mining, 16–17 June 2004 Joint Statement ............................................................................................................... 43 Sixth Meeting OF APEC Energy Ministers, 10 June 2004 Statement ........................................................................................................................ 47 Meeting of APEC Ministers Responsible For Trade, 4–5 June 2004 Statement of The Chair ................................................................................................... 51 Ministerial Statement On Doha Development Agenda (DDA) Negotiations .................... 57 Third APEC Education Ministerial Meeting, 29–30 April 2004 Joint Statement ............................................................................................................... 59 Annex A: List of Projects By Priority Area According To The 2nd AEMM (Singapore, April 2000) ................................................................................................... 62 Annex B: Recommendations Submitted By Each Sub Theme Paper At The 3rd AEMM (Santiago, April 2004) ..................................................................................................... 64 Annex C: The APEC Education Network’s Accomplishments 2000 Through 2004......... 67 Fourth APEC Ministers’ Meeting on Regional Science and Technology Cooperation, 10–12 March 2004 Communiqué .................................................................................................................. 69 Leaders’ Statement To Implement APEC Transparency Standards – 2004 Update ....... 81 Introduction and Contents • Key APEC Documents 2004 iii APEC Business Advisory Council Report to APEC Economic Leaders 2004, Executive Summary ................................... 107 Abbreviations .....................................................................................................................111 ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS FOUND IN THE ATTACHED CD-ROM: Policy/Strategy papers referred to in Leaders’ and Joint Ministerial statements as follows: 1. APEC Best Practices for RTAS/FTAS (2004/AMM/003) 2. APEC Course of Action on Fighting Corruption and Ensuring Transparency (2004/AMM/033rev2) 3. APEC Guidelines on Controls and Security of Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) (2004/AMM/035) 4. APEC Key Elements for Effective Export Control Systems (2004/AMM/036) 5. APEC Life Sciences Innovation Forum (LSIF): Strategic Plan (2004/AMM/009) 6. APEC Privacy Framework (2004/AMM/014rev1) 7. APEC Reform: Reforms for Immediate Action (2004/AMM/022) 8. APEC’s Strategies and Actions toward a Cross-Border Paperless Trading Environment (2004/AMM/004) 9. Comprehensive Action Initiative Recognising the Need For Strengthening The APEC Energy Security Initiative - Energy Security, Sustainable Development And Common Prosperity (CAIRNS) (2004/AMM/030rev1) 10. Fighting Against Aids in APEC (2004/AMM/021) 11. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy Progress Mapping And Follow-up Report On “Comprehensive Strategy On IPR In APEC” (2004/AMM/011) 12. Implementing the e-APEC Strategy - Progress and Recommendations for Further Actions: Overview Report 13. Leaders’ Agenda to Implement Structural Reform (LAISR) (2004/AMM/020) 14. Report to the 16th APEC Ministerial Meeting on Preparation for Mid-term Stocktake of the Bogor Goals (2004/CSOM/018rev1) 15. Santiago Commitment to Fight Corruption and Ensure Transparency (2004/AMM/032rev1) 16. Santiago Agenda on Entrepreneurship (2004/SMEMM/014) 17. Statement to Implement APEC Policies on Trade and the Digital Economy (2004/AMM/027) CTI, EC and ESC Annual Reports: 18. 2004 APEC Committee on Trade and Investment: Annual Report to Ministers 19. 2004 APEC Senior Officials Report on Economic and Technical Cooperation 20. APEC Economic Committee Publications - 2004 APEC Economic Outlook - Realising Innovation and Human Capital Potential in APEC, 2004 - Trade Facilitation and Trade Liberalisation: From Shanghai to Bogor, 2004 Other Reports: 21. Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) Report to Ministers (2004/AMM/029) 22. APEC Business Advisory Council: Report to APEC Economic Leaders 2004 Bridging the Pacific: Coping with the Challenges of Globalization iv Key APEC Documents 2004 • Introduction and Contents Meeting 12th Leaders’ 12th 12TH APEC ECONOMIC LEADERS’ MEETING Santiago de Chile 2021 November 2004 SANTIAGO DECLARATION “ONE COMMUNITY, OUR FUTURE” We gathered in Santiago for the 12th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, under APEC’s 2004 theme, “One Community, Our Future”. We reaffirmed our commitment to achieve sustainable and equitable growth and reduce economic disparities for the well-being of our people by meeting the Bogor Goals of trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, enhancing human security, and promoting good governance and a knowledge-based society. Advancing Development through Trade and Investment Liberalization We reaffirmed the primacy of the rules-based multilateral trading system, which allows us to pursue trade liberalization on a global scale. We welcomed the new momentum acquired by the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations resulting from the July Package adopted by the General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO). We pledged to provide leadership to continue this momentum. With a view toward fulfilling the development objectives of the DDA, we agreed: • To work with a renewed sense of urgency to achieve a balanced overall outcome that will meet the high levels of ambition set for these negotiations, while respecting flexibility and taking into account the principles of special and differential treatment. Particularly in the core areas of agriculture, non-agricultural goods, services, and rules, the outcome should be substantially greater market access and fewer distortions; • To seek substantial results at the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference and instruct our Ministers and officials to work in earnest toward this goal. Our Ministers will review progress of the DDA negotiations at their next meetings; • To contribute to negotiations on trade facilitation by sharing our considerable experience within APEC with the rest of the WTO and strengthening our work in this area; • To redouble our efforts to provide technical assistance and capacity building -in a more strategic manner- thus underpinning progress in the WTO through full and effective participation of all Members; and • To support efforts to conclude promptly the accessions of the Russian Federation and Viet Nam to the WTO. We call on all WTO Members to join us in this endeavor. With regard to Regional Trading Arrangements and Free Trade Agreements (RTAs/FTAs), we agreed that they play a constructive role in accelerating liberalization in the region, thus contributing to the achievement of the Bogor Goals and advancing the WTO process. To strengthen this contribution and ensure high-standard agreements, we welcomed the APEC Best Practices for RTAs/FTAs which are a meaningful reference for APEC members when undertaking RTAs/FTAs negotiations. We also committed to greater transparency in RTAs/ FTAs to facilitate public understanding of the scope and effect of these agreements. We

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