ASIAN DIPLOMACY
APRC offers roadmap to prosperity
- Published: 24 Jan 2013 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: News
The Asian Peace and Reconciliation Council (APRC) was founded in Bangkok on Sept 5, 2012 by a group of world statesmen and former policy-makers consisting mainly of former heads of state, heads of government, cabinet ministers such as foreign and finance ministers, businessmen, as well as distinguished academics and peace experts, some of whom are still serving in their respective governments.
Among the founding members are Tun Abdullah Badawi, Malaysia's former prime minister ; Shaukat Aziz, Pakistan's former prime minister; Jusuf Kalla, Indonesia's former vice-president; Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesia's former foreign affairs minister; Shunmugam Jayakumar, Singapore's former deputy prime minister, foreign affairs minister and senior minister; Tan Sri Dato Seri Syed Hamid Albar, Malaysia's former foreign affairs minister and former home affairs minister; Jose Isidro Camacho, the Philippines' former finance secretary and the current vice-chairman of Credit Suisse Asia-Pacific; Weerasak Kowsurat, Thailand's former tourism and sport minister; Tej Bunnag, Thailand's former foreign affairs minister and current assistant secretary-general to the Thai Red Cross Society; Juha Christensen, director of the Peace Architecture and Conflict Transformation Alliance (Pacta) Finland; and ambassador Virasakdi Futrakul, the secretary-general of the APRC who is former permanent secretary of Thailand's foreign affairs ministry.
Since December 2012, the secretariat has been established at Eastern Asia University near Bangkok.
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