World Leaders Meet At Apec Summit

BANGKOK, THAILAND - OCTOBER 21: (Front L-R) Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Philippine President Gloria Macagapal Arroyo, Thailand Prime Minister and host Thaksin Shinawatra, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, The Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare, (Back row L-R) Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Australian Prime Minister John Howard, U.S. President George W. Bush, Mexican President Vicente Fox, Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, Taiwan delegate Lee Yuan-Tseh, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos and Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa gather in the Ananta Samakhom Throne hall October 21, 2003 in Bangkok, Thailand. The leaders listened to the Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra deliver a joint declaration on the outcome of this years APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit meeting. Shinawatra said that leaders from 21 Asia-Pacific nations have agreed to work towards peace for the Korean peninsula and to address security concerns of all parties concerned. (Photo by Luis Enrique Ascui/Getty Images)