APEC economies pledge to promote sustainable development with adoption of Bangkok Goals

The declaration, adopted after the two-day APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, affirmed APEC leaders' long-standing commitment to promoting strong, balanced, secure, sustainable and inclusive growth, as well as their commitment to realizing the APEC Putrajaya Vision of an open, dynamic, resilient and peaceful Asia-Pacific community by 2040.

Commentary: Right choices, concrete actions in dire need for a better world

As world leaders gathered in Asia in the past week for two back-to-back major multilateral meetings, one thing was clear: they were willing to sit down together to search for ways to address many of the world's most pressing challenges although differences remain.