ABSTRACT

ASEM’s tenth birthday celebrations will be in Finland which has the EU’s Presidency in the second half of 2006. Its capital Helsinki is gearing up to host the largest meeting at the level of Heads of State and Government in the history of the country. Approximately two thousand delegates and one thousand media representatives will gather for the sixth ASEM summit. There will also be a host of parallel meetings and conferences running in the beginning of September surrounding ASEM 6.