A representative of ACWF participated the NGO Forum of the 5th East Asia & Pacific Ministerial Consultation (MinCon) on Sharing the Future for Children in Thailand from April 24 to 26, 2001.

　　The forum was the preparation for the Beijing MinCon in May which will further carry out the UN Special Assembly on Children in September. Together with another 27 participants from children's organizations in Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Thailand and some international organizations, ACWF representative reviewed children's development in the last 10 years since the 1990 Children's Summit, made recommendations on the program for the next ten years to the MinCon, and discussed the roles that NGOs were playing to implement the Convention on the Right of Child and support the fulfillment of children's right.

　　Participants at the Forum defined 4 priorities for the region: children and health, children and education, protection of children's rights and children's participation. On this basis, recommendations were made to the NGOs on redressing these issues in the next decade.

　　6 representatives including ACWF's were elected to attend the Beijing MinCon on behalf of the Forum.