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MALAYSIA MEXICO VIET NAM APEC VOICES OF THE FUTURE 70
The Voices of the Future was The first-ever United States-Mexico joint Voices representatives from each APEC To give the program an official identity,
created in 1998 during the multimedia classroom on Asia-Pacific economy shared their APEC vision at the the Voices of the Future was renamed PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC
APEC Leaders’ Meeting in trade and education connected Mexican APEC CEO Summit closing ceremony the APEC Voices of the Future OF CHINA
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and American students and educators to APEC Voices delegates
schools around the Pacific Rim addressed the challenges
54 faced by the younger
18 22 RUSSIA generation in the 88
Asia-Pacific region and
how they can contribute
14 CHILE PERU 34 The APEC Voices of the to make it a vibrant region PERU
Future played a key role and
Leaders reaffirmed their
“A New Commitment to
contributed to the success
APEC Voices delegates were
commitment to achieve Asia-Pacific Development”, JAPAN of the APEC Youth Festival able to find common areas
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM sustainable and equitable highlighted the importance The participation of youth 2012 at the Far Eastern and identified issues and
The Voices of the Future students growth and reduce economic of reducing the gap between leaders at the APEC Summit Federal University concerns to be addressed
engaged policy makers and business disparities for the well-being developed and developing is important because much by the APEC Leaders
leaders at the APEC CEO Summit of its people member economies of what the APEC Leaders
decide today will lead to
outcomes in the future

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THAILAND
VTM Foundation chose not AUSTRALIA
to convene the Voices of Climate change and clean THE PHILIPPINES
NEW ZEALAND the Future program as a renewable energy were THE UNITED STATES APEC Voices of the
The Voices of the Future cautionary measure due highlighted at the Voices of the OF AMERICA Future presented their
students learned and to the SARS epidemic Future program where NYAA The inaugural Wayfinder INDONESIA ideas on how youth
discussed the potential Singapore organized the APEC SINGAPORE Award was presented The inaugural APEC can play a role in APEC
threats Y2K brings and 17 Youth Forum on building a Voices of the Future to the National Youth Voices Outstanding at a special session
the damages it will cause sustainable future delegates engaged APEC Achievement Award Leadership Award with distinguished VIET NAM
to businesses that would 21 and business leaders on Council of Singapore. was presented at the members of ABAC APEC Voices delegates
affect their lives PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC a myriad of APEC-relevant The June Mayne Gould APEC Leaders’ Week in chaired by Ms Doris were encouraged to take
13 OF CHINA KOREA issues at the APEC CEO Leadership Award was Bali. The recipient for Magsaysay Ho, ABAC up the baton of building
Chair 2015
officially launched in
Summit and various
this prestigious award
The Voices of the Future
a vision for a dynamic,
was Ms Aileen Yap,
program was cancelled due The Voices of the Future dialogue sessions Honolulu during the Co-Chair, APEC Voices 78 interconnected,
to the terrorist attack in student leaders witnessed APEC Week to honour sustainable and inclusive
New York, USA the signing of the ABAC 26 outstanding APEC Voices Working Committee APEC community
anti-corruption pledge by the
leader at the annual APEC
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