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GOPAC Conference Objectives Statement by Senator Edgardo J. Angara (March 16, 2012)
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Transcript of GOPAC Conference Objectives Statement by Senator Edgardo J. Angara (March 16, 2012)
SEN. EDGARDO J. ANGARA
Vice Chair, GOPAC
President, SEAPAC
Conference Objectives Statement by
Guest of Honor H.E. Gen. Teeradej Meepien
President of the Senate & Vice President of the National Assembly
Kingdom of Thailand
Welcome!
Hon. Roy Cullen, P.C., C.A. GOPAC Management Committee Member Former Member of Parliament in Canada
Welcome!
2013 January 31 to February 2, 2013
MANILA
GOPAC is helping parliamentarians
worldwide achieve good governance in their home countries through capacity
building workshops such as this.
GOPAC’s objective
Conference objectives
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING
UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION (UNCAC)
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2
ASIA BY YEAR 2050 Popula:on 3 BILLION Per capita income
$39,000
WORLD’S GLOBAL
DOMESTIC PRODUCT by 2025
ASIA
30%
EUROPE
20%
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
ASIA CAN
ACCOUNT FOR 51% OF GLOBAL ECONOMY
by 2050
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
BUT WEALTH WILL COME AT A PRICE…
BENEFITS OF PROGRESS SHOULD TRICKLE
DOWN TO
EVERYONE
THIS IS ASIA’S CENTURY
Good governance will be the bedrock of that future.
SEAPAC
Thank you.
Presenta+on of Senator Edgardo J. Angara Republic of the Philippines Vice Chair Global OrganizaGon of Parliamentarians Against CorrupGon (GOPAC)
President South East Asian Parliamentarians Against CorrupGon (SEAPAC)
Office of Sen. Edgardo J. Angara Senate of the Philippines Room 504, GSIS Building, Financial Center, Pasay City, Philippines Tel: (632) 552 6779 Fax: (632) 552 6852 E-‐mail: [email protected] Website: www.EdAngara.com