Interesting Notes From Asian Civil Society Forum 2004

From November 21 to 25,2004,nearly 400 partic-ipants for the 2nd Asian Civil Society Forum(ACSF), representing over 100 NGOs from more than 30 countries and regions of Asia gathered in Bangkok,Thailand.As a member of Chinese Asso-ciation for International Understanding, I had the chance to participate in the forum , and it was a most rewarding visit. The Scene of the Forum The ACSF 2004 was sponsored by CONGO (the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN ).Th…     

Comments on UN Reform

OnOctober9-132004,UnitedNationsSecretary-GeneralKofiAnnanpaidanofficialvisittoChina.Duringhisstay,hehaddiscussionswithChineseleadersonUNreformandchangesintheinterna-tionalsituationandetc.Inrecent59thUNGeneralAssemblySession,UNreformwasalsooneofthehottopics.ThenecessityofUNreform.UNisnowfacingarigorousrealityofinternationalpolitics.Althoughpeaceanddevelopmentstillremainthemainthemesofourtime,theworldisfarfromtranquility.Thegeneralinternationalsituationhaskeptitsba-sicfeaturesasoverall…