Seoul--(뉴스와이어)--Hosted by the World Economic Forum, Davos 2006 will be held on January 25-29, 2006, in Davos, Switzerland. The theme of this year’s Annual Meeting will be ’Creative Imperative.’ The Korean delegation consists of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ban Ki-moon, the Minister of Information and Communications Jin Dae-jae and Minister for Trade Kim Hyun-jong, as well as government officials and leaders of major Korean companies.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade will be participating in two sessions, "Making Global Institutions Work" and "A New Mindset for the UN." Minister Ban will propose effective measures for the management of international organizations and focus in particular on Korea’s view on the direction of the UN reform. Moreover, the Minister plans to engage in bilateral meetings with heads-of-state, Foreign Service officers and major figures of international organizations to discuss ways to strengthen mutual cooperation in the international arena.

The Minister for Trade will participate in the "Global Trade Architecture Under Duress" session. He plans to conduct bilateral consultations with trade ministers of each country and prominent international businessmen to closely describe the economic trade policy of the Korean government and strengthen international cooperative relations on global economic and trade issues. In addition, he will participate in the WTO ministerial meeting hosted by the Swiss government on the occasion of the Annual Meeting to assess the results of the HongKong WTO ministerial meeting that was held in December. Trade Minister Kim will also hold consultations regarding the direction of this year’s DDA negotiations with the trade ministers of the major 24 countries.

Our government aims to improve the understanding of the international community regarding the various aspects of the Korean government’s foreign policy, trade policy and development aid policy at the Davos Forum, in which the core representatives of governments, academia, industries and the media of the world participate. Korea will also focus on strengthening the foundation for cooperation with other major countries.