○ Overview
• Regional Chair Government: the Republic of Sakha, Russia
• Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 15:00–18:05 (KST)
• Venue: POSCO International Center, Pohang City, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province
• Format: Video conference via Zoom, Interpretation services provided in six languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Mongolian, and English)
•Slogan: After 25 years together, into the future we go!
• Members which submitted a resolution: 100% submitted, including 76 members from 5 countries (excluding two members from North Korea)
• Participants: 239 from 73 regional governments from six countries, China, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Mongolia, and Vietnam, related organizations, the Secretariat, and others, including NEAR Honorary Ambassadors, Secretariat Promotional Ambassadors
○ Participant Member Regional Governments
• China: Anhui Province, Heilongjiang Province, Henan Province, Hubei Province, Hunan Province, Jilin Province, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Shandong Province, Shanxi Province, Shaanxi Province, Liaoning Province
• Japan: Aomori Prefecture, Akita Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture (observer)
• South Korea: Busan Metropolitan City, Daegu Metropolitan City, Incheon Metropolitan City, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Daejeon Metropolitan City, Ulsan Metropolitan City, Sejong Special Self-Governing City, Gyeonggi-do Province, Gangwon-do Province, Chungcheongbuk-do Province, Chungcheongnam-do Province, Jeollabuk-do Province, Jeollanam-do Province, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
• Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar City, Bayan-Ulgii Province, Bayankhongor Province, Bulgan Province, Govi-Altai Province, Govisumber Province, Darkhan-Uul Province, Dornogovi Province, Dornod Province, Dundgovi Province, Zavkhan Province, Orkhon Province, Uvurkhangai Province, Sukhbaatar Province, Selenge Province, Tuv Province, Uvs Province, Khuvsgul Province, Khentii Province
• Russia: Altai Region, Amur Region, Zabaikalsky Territory, Irkutsk Region, Kamchatka Territory, Kemerovo Region, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Magadan Region, Primorsky Territory, Khabarovsk Territory, The Republic of Buryatia, The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), The Republic of Khakassia, Sakhalin Region, Tomsk Region, Novosibirsk Region (observer)
• Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City (associate member)
○ Main Content
• Presentation of General Assembly Agenda and Resolution
- Election of the next (14th) chair regional government (Ulsan Metropolitan City, South Korea)
- Approval of a new member (Liaoning Province, China)
• Report on NEAR Major Activities
- Report on the Outcomes of the 12th Working Committee and the Subcommittee on Sports (Republic of Sakha, Russia)
- Report on the Outcomes of the Subcommittees and the Plans for the Next Meetings
∙Oceans and Fisheries (Shandong Province, China)
∙Disaster Prevention (Hyogo Prefecture, Japan)
∙Environment (Toyama Prefecture, Japan)
∙Educational and Cultural Exchange (Shimane Prefecture, Japan)
∙Economy and Humanities Exchange (Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, South Korea)
- Major Activities at the Secretariat (NEAR Secretariat)
• Presentations by Member Regional Governments
- China (Henan Province, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Hubei Province)
- South Korea (Sejong Special Self-Governing City, Jeollanam-do Province, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province)
- Mongolia (Uvurkhangai Province, Uvs Province)
- Russia (Kamchatka Territory)
• The Declaration of the 13th NEAR General Assembly (Republic of Sakha, Russia)