This document gives a broad introduction to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (Part I), summaries and assesses the decisions made by APEC Leaders and Ministers at their annual meeting in 2005 (Part II), summarises the main developments in APEC over the past year, focusing on the areas of greatest interest to the APLN (Part III), looks at trade union activities relevant to APEC (Part IV), and concludes by summing up some main considerations for the APLN at the current time (Part V).

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