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2010 Yokohama, Japan

JAPAN’S APEC YEAR

APEC Japan 2010 focused its theme on “Change and Action”.
H.E. Barack Obama, President
APEC 2010 envisioned the necessary “changes” and put them
of the United States of America,
into concrete “actions.” It has worked on formulating a addressing the APEC CEO
Summit in Yokohama, Japan.
“new vision” for further growth and prosperity in the
APEC Voices delegates at the APEC CEO Summit 2010, Yokohama, Japan.
Asia-Pacific region based on the following agenda, namely:
regional economic integration, growth strategy, human “It is my wish that APEC Voices delegates will make long-lasting
security and economic and technical cooperation.
friendships with their peers and learn more about the operations

Over 100 Voices delegates from 16 APEC Economies, namely L to R: James Soh, Co-Chair, APEC Voices and the important work of APEC.”
Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, People’s Republic 2010, Ambassador Muhamad Noor,
APEC Executive Director, Teng Theng Dar, H.E. Seiji Maehara H.E. Naoto Kan, Prime Minister of
of China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Japan, Co-Chair, ABAC 2010, Hitoshi Kawaguchi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan, 2010 Japan, addressing the APEC CEO

Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Senior Vice-President, Nissan Motor Co Ltd, Summit in Yokohama, Japan.
Yoshihiro Watanabe, ABAC Japan Member,
Singapore and the United States of America, gathered in Vice-Minister Makiko Kikuta, Mayor Fumiko
Yokohama, Japan for the Voices of the Future Program. Hayashi and Noel Gould, Co-Chair,
APEC Voices 2010.

Ambassador Muhamad
Noor, Executive Director,
APEC Secretariat and
Fumiko Hayashi, Mayor of Yokohama,
H.E. Makiko Kikuta, Parliamentary addressing the APEC Voices delegates keynote speaker at the APEC
Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of at the opening ceremony. Voices 2010 Youth Forum.
Japan and Guest-of-Honor at the
APEC Voices 2010 Youth Forum.

The opening ceremony of the Voices of the Future Ambassador Muhamad Noor, APEC Executive Director
was held on 9 November 2010 at the magnificent new delivered the keynote address. Ambassador Noor

Nissan Global Headquarters Auditorium in Yokohama, shared lessons drawn from developments in the world
Japan. The opening ceremony was graced by H.E. Makiko economy over the last couple of years and APEC’s new
Kikuta, Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs growth strategy for the region. He emphasized that

of Japan and attended by The Honorable Mayor of participation of youth leaders at the APEC Summit is
Leaders from the 21 APEC Member Economies gathering for the official group photograph during the APEC Leaders’ Week 2010
in Yokohama, Japan. Yokohama, Ms Fumiko Hayashi. important because much of what the APEC Leaders
decide today will lead to outcomes in the future.
One of the highlights of the Voices of the Future 2010

was the Youth Forum.

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