Human Rights and Governance

OVERVIEW

This forum brought together 130 people for discussions, including European federalists from current and future EU member states. Notably, participants highlighted that the EU should play a more active role in diffusing tensions between North and South Korea and across the Taiwan Straits.

The forum also featured an ASEF-sponsored discussion session, titled "Europe's Integration, Seen From Asia." Albrecht Rothacher, then-Public Affairs Director at ASEF, spoke on recent initiatives for regional integration in Asia, which, in his view, still had a long way to go.

KEY SPEAKERS

Prof. Tang Shaocheng, China

Prof. Deok Ryong Yoon, Korea