First of all, I would like to express my appreciation and admiration to our hosts, the Ministry of Education of Korea for their initiative in organizing this APEC International Roundtable.

首先，我想向我们的东道主，韩国教育部，为他们积极筹办本届亚太经合国际圆桌会议表示衷心的感谢和敬意。

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North Korea's deputy U.N.Ambassador Pak Tok Hun categorically rejected the resolution, saying it was a U.S.initiative intended to destroy North Korea.

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The DPRK initiative also helped scare South Korea into providing billions in aid and investment.

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While Japan and South Korea indicated they might support a regional initiative to sway Pyongyang, China -- a key ally and aid donor to the North -- appeared to remain unconvinced.

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For all of the above reasons, we believed that China might begin taking the initiative on touchy issues like North Korea and Iran.

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