APEC Media Roundup: MEETING - September 9, 2007
Compiled By Jackson Payne
Links to coverage of the APEC 2007 meeting in Sydney this week from media around the Pacific rim.
Media From:
New Zealand
APEC leaders agree climate change pact
Asia-Pacific leaders have agreed to a "long-term aspirational goal" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but no binding
targets, and are expected to end their summit on Sunday urging a conclusion to world trade talks. LINK
Climate accord is coup for Howard
By TRACEY WATKINS - Sunday Star Times
Protected by steel fences and police snipers, Helen Clark and other world leaders have thrashed out an international
climate change deal; but for those standing outside the fence, it has already become Apec's shame. LINK
Clark pleased with Apec declaration
TVNZ
The Prime Minister says the Sydney declaration on climate change is the best that could be hoped for from the 21 leaders
at the Apec summit. LINK
Clark's lone stand at Apec
TVNZ
The world leaders' Apec summit has wound up in Sydney with Helen Clark taking what appears to be a lone stand against
nuclear energy in the agreement over climate change. LINK
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Australia
Plane breaches security
Two F/A-18 fighter jets have reportedly fired flares at a light plane that entered restricted airspace over Sydney. LINK
APEC ends with thanks
Geoff Spencer
The APEC summit came to a close today, with Prime Minister John Howard thanking the people of Sydney for putting up with
the inconvenience of the city's greatest ever peacetime security clampdown. LINK
Jailed for jaywalking
Matthew Benns
A FATHER of three wept yesterday as he revealed how crossing the road ahead of an APEC motorcade led to his violent
arrest in front of his young son and a traumatic 22 hours in jail. LINK
Bush leaves Australia after APEC summit
US President George Bush left Australia in the middle of the APEC leaders' summit to return to Washington to prepare a
crucial White House report on the war in Iraq. LINK
Guests given an Australian icon courtesy of the missus
Heath Gilmore
JOHN HOWARD emerged from the gloom inside the Opera House yesterday to an explosion of camera flashes - the secret of
the APEC silly shirt was out. LINK
China wary of meeting
Frank Walker
JOHN Howard welcomed 20 world leaders to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit at the Opera House yesterday, with
the Prime Minister anxious to get the leaders to agree on a Sydney Declaration for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. LINK
Better halves meet the natives
Sarah Price and Louise Hall
WHILE the APEC leaders spent yesterday indoors, their spouses took a walk on the wild side of Sydney. LINK
'Tyranny' at Bondi
A Sydney woman says she was locked in changing rooms at the famous Bondi Icebergs complex while the spouses of world
leaders dined in style above. LINK
Sydney Declaration on Climate Change and Energy
We, the APEC Economic Leaders, agree that economic growth, energy security and climate change are fundamental and
interlinked challenges for the APEC region. LINK
Leaders call for action on trade talks
APEC leaders have issued an urgent call to all countries involved in the Doha round of trade talks to find a way to
resolve the negotiations. LINK
Leaders call for action on trade talks
APEC leaders have issued an urgent call to all countries involved in the Doha round of trade talks to find a way to
resolve the negotiations. LINK
APEC in media questions gaffe
APEC organisers have been forced into an embarrassing backdown today after asking journalists to submit the questions
they intended to ask Prime Minister John Howard. LINK
Howard thanks Sydney for APEC patience
PRIME Minister John Howard has thanked Sydney residents for having to endure a week of disruptions caused by an
unprecedented security operation surrounding the APEC summit of 21 world leaders. LINK
PM declares APEC meeting very successful
Prime Minister John Howard has described the APEC summit, which concluded on Sunday, as successful. LINK
APEC organisers try to vet PM questions
APEC organisers have been forced into an embarrassing backdown after asking journalists to submit the questions they
intended to ask Prime Minister John Howard. LINK
Investigation starts into APEC airspace breach
An investigation is being held into how a small aircraft created a security scare in APEC-restricted airspace over
Sydney this afternoon. LINK
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United States
APEC Forges Deal on Climate Change
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Pacific Rim leaders agreed Saturday to curb global warming by improving energy use and
expanding forests, laying out a plan they hope will influence future climate change talks but that critics dismissed as
too timid. LINK
APEC Summit Ends With Pledge For Doha Deal
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asia-Pacific leaders called for a speedy resolution to stalled global trade talks on Sunday, pledging
flexibility and ambition to get the outline of a deal by year's end. LINK
Bush Irks Australians, but They Can’t Look Away
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 8 — “Oh, you people are recording my every move,” President Bush lamented to Annabel Crabb, a
political columnist for a local newspaper, as she watched him pick his way through some pasta salad at a buffet barbecue
for Australian troops the other day. LINK
APEC outlines action on climate
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Pacific Rim nations reached tentative agreement on the need "to slow, stop and then reverse"
climate change, setting nonbinding goals to improve energy use, according to a draft statement Saturday. LINK
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China
Hu: China, Russia need to enhance security co-op
(Xinhua)
China and Russia have the necessity to continue to enhance strategic cooperation in Asia-Pacific security and other
areas in a joint effort to safeguard regional and world peace and stability, Chinese President Hu Jintao said in Sydney
Saturday. LINK
Early ending of FTA talks with New Zealand urged
(Xinhua)
Chinese President Hu Jintao said on Friday the free trade agreement (FTA) talks between China and New Zealand are of
historic significance to bilateral ties and he expressed the hope the talks would be concluded at an early date. LINK
Tsang tells Rice: Rule of law, human rights intact
By Max Kong (HK Edition)
Hong Kong had maintained its rule of law, freedom, human rights and ensured a level playing field for business, Chief
Executive Donald Tsang told US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Sydney on Friday. LINK
APEC leaders hold talks with business leaders
(Xinhua)
Leaders of the member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) began a dialogue with business leaders
from the region prior to their informal annual meeting on Saturday. LINK
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Japan
Abe, Bush show united front on refueling mission
Japan Today
SYDNEY (Kyodo) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President George W. Bush agreed Saturday on the importance of Japan's
refueling mission in the Indian Ocean to support NATO-led antiterrorism operations, with Abe vowing to maximize efforts
to continue the mission and Bush calling Japan's role "vital" and "necessary." LINK
APEC OKs 25% energy efficiency improvement goal by 2030
SYDNEY — Asia-Pacific leaders agreed Saturday to set an "aspirational goal" of improving the energy efficiency of output
by at least 25 percent from the 2005 level by 2030 in a region-wide effort to tackle global warming. The leaders from
the 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum also agreed to pursue a regional goal of
increasing forest cover in the APEC region by at least 20 million hectares of all types of forests by 2020. LINK
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