The Eighth Asia Pacific Roundtable addressed issues such as future security in the Asia Pacific, the strengthening of regional security regimes, the future of the Asean Regional Forum and Cscap in the emerging regional security architecture, as well as past and present Asian conflicts, non-conventional threats such as narcotics, labour migration and HIV/Aids to security in the region and the role of major powers in enhancing regional security.
Contributed to several sessions of the he 9th IPPNW Congress .
The 9th IPPNW Congress was attended by nearly 3000 physicians from 76 countries, and received extensive coverage in the Japanese media.
IPPNW is a federation of national groups dedicated to mobilizing the influence of the medical profession against the threat of nuclear weapons. It was awarded the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize
