Trilateral Commission

www.trilateral.org: the founders of the Commission believed it important that cooperation among Western Europe, North America (the United States and Canada), and Japan be sustained and strengthened not only on issues among these regions but in a global framework as well, given the weight and leadership capacity of these countries. It was hoped that a policy-oriented discussion group composed of members of high stature, but not including individuals currently holding posts in their national administrations, would help foster the habit and practice of working together among these three key regions by focused analysis of the main issues that lay ahead. The Commission was launched in mid-1973 with a three-year mandate. It was later renewed for a second triennium (1976-79), and is now in its thirteenth triennium, which ends in mid-2012 - Sent using Google Toolbar