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	Asia Society AustralAsia Centre
		The Asia Society AustralAsia Centre is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation which leverages the long-established reputation and networks of the Asia Society to broaden interest and understanding in Australia of Asian countries and their politics, business and culture.
		The Asia Society AustralAsia Centre wishes to express our sincerest condolences to the families of those who were lost in the tragic disaster that struck Asia on 26 December 2004.
		The Asia Society AustralAsia Centre is also conscious that a number of our corporate members may have had representatives in the area at the time with their families and expresses its concern for their safety and well being.
	www.asiasociety.org.au (190 words)

	The Asia Society and Museum, New York City
		To meet the increasing demand for greater awareness and understanding of Asia and its dynamic relationship with America, the Asia Society has undergone an extensive renovation and expansion of its world headquarters in New York City.
		The $30 million initiative has substantially enhanced the Asia Society's museum galleries, as well as its public facilities and programs, and has strengthened the Society's role as the only institution in North America addressing the intersection of the arts, economics, politics, and society throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
		The project has built on the Society's more than forty-year record of leadership as a forum for cross-cultural exchange between artists, educators, performers, government officials, Asian-American community leaders, business executives, students, and the public on both sides of the Pacific.
	www.ny.com /museums/asia.society.html (218 words)

	Asia Society Young Professionals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Asia Society Young Professionals is a social and educational program designed to facilitate understanding between Asians and Americans through arts and culture, business, politics, and education.
		The Asia Society Young Professionals is comprised of individuals in their 20s and 30s from a diverse background of professional careers.
		The Asia Society is America's leading institution dedicated to fostering under-standing of Asia and communication between Americans and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific.
	www.asyptexas.org /aboutus.htm (364 words)

	Saving Wildlife Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild lands through careful science, international conservation, education, and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks.
		Thanks to Congressman José E. Serrano and his ongoing dedication to the Bronx River, the Wildlife Conservation Society, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is shepherding efforts for habitat restoration, educational activities, and increased public access to the lower Bronx River.
		In an ambitious new international agreement, experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society together with representatives from 23 ape-range countries vowed to reverse the perilous decline of populations of gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans within the next twenty years.
	wcs.org /home/wild/Asia (248 words)

	Asia Society Cultural Institution
		The Asia Society is America's leading institution dedicated to fostering understanding of Asia and communication between Americans and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific.
		The two exhibits currently on display at the Asia Society and Museum are "Montien Boonma: Temple of the Mind" (through May 11) and "The World of Buddhism" (through October 19).
		"Asia Society is honored to be named NYC & Company’s Cultural Institution of the Month for April, 2003," said Vishakha N. Desai, senior vice president and director of the museum and cultural programs at the Asia Society and Museum.
	www.nycvisit.com /content/index.cfm?pagePkey=925 (757 words)

	AsiaSource: Home Page - A resource of the Asia Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Become an Asia Society Member and receive: invitations to member-only receptions, discounts on tickets to performances, films and lectures, and purchases at Asia Store; and much more.
		Asia Society commissioned Chinese photographer Lu Ning to document the lives of those living with AIDS in China.
		In the first of the new Viewpoints series at the Asia Society, Japanese architect Ban, one of the most innovative architects working today, talks about his design philosophy and various residential, installation and humanitarian projects.
	www.asiasource.org (402 words)

	Asia Society's 10th Annual Corporate Conference in Asia: Keynote Address - ADB.org
		Restoring Asia's growth and preventing similar crises in the future are at present the most challenging tasks.
		Asia is still home to most of the world's poor.
		As a regional development bank located in the region, with warm-hearted and genuine interest in the welfare of the people of the region, ADB will continue to assist the Asian and Pacific region's development for their bright future in the new millennium.
	www.adb.org /Documents/Speeches/1999/ms1999005.asp (2785 words)

	WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources--Asia
		Asia Business Today-- From the CitiGroup Foundation and the Asia Society, excellent source of information on many aspects of Asia, its role in the world economy, and U.S. relations with the region, with fine country pages and daily briefings by e-mail.
		Asia Pacific Management Forum-- Outstanding for news, research articles, columnists, and resources on Asian business, from the Asian business resources of Orient Pacific Century, Anbar Management Intelligence, and their business and academic partners.
		Asia Society-- America's leading institution dedicated to fostering communication between Americans and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific.
	www2.etown.edu /vl/asia.html (1392 words)

	ASIA SOCIETY: THE COLLECTION IN CONTEXT
		The region known as Southeast Asia is composed of eight countries: Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
		For many of these countries, a good deal of their art, culture, and religion as well as their conceptions of law and kingship were originally based on Indian ideals.
		Southeast Asian art in the Asia Society collection consists mainly of Hindu and Buddhist sculpture from Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, and Indonesia, although the museum's holdings range from a stunning bronze ceremonial axehead dating from 500-200 B.C.E. to 15th- and 16th-century Thai and Vietnamese ceramics.
	www.asiasocietymuseum.com /region_main.asp?RegionID=3 (139 words)

	Arts & Culture - Asia Society
		The Asia Society mounts imaginative exhibitions of ancient and contemporary art assembled from private collections in Asia and the West, as well as masterpieces from the Society's permanent museum collection.
		To compliment the rich variety of exhibitions presented at Asia Society's four galleries, experience our exhibition websites that present artwork, virtual tours, artist biographies, and other additional research materials.
		Asia Society also offers a wide variety of performing arts programs highlighting Asian and Asian American artists, screenings of fiction films and documentaries from the U.S. and Asia, as well as lectures and readings by distinguished authors, cultural figures, and scholars.
	www.asiasociety.org /arts (193 words)

	Asia Society Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		As part of the Asia Society's contribution to The Buddhism Project, the Asia Society and Museum presents two exhibitions: Montien Boonma: Temple of the Mind and The World of Buddhism.
		By presenting these exhibitions jointly, the Asia Society is encouraging visitors to expand their notion of what Buddhism and Buddhist art can include.
		He curated Traditions/Tensions: Contemporary Art in Asia at the Asia Society in 1996 and has acted as curator and juror for international exhibitions in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Johannesburg, Osaka, Sapporo, Jakarta and Istanbul.
	www.buddhismproject.org /museums/asia_society/asia_society_main1.html (623 words)

	EurasiaNet Civil Society - Central Asia: NGOs Helping To Develop Civil Society
		In contrast with Central Asia, the role of NGOs is somewhat different in Afghanistan.
		In Central Asia, indigenous civil society was stunted in its development by the Soviet system.
		The Open Society Institute-New York is a private operating and grantmaking foundation that promotes the development of open societies around the world by supporting educational, social, and legal reform, and by encouraging alternative approaches to complex and controversial issues.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/civilsociety/articles/pp091804.shtml (792 words)

	Redefining the Asia Society \| The Wallace Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Wanting to expand its audience, the Society introduced new programming, invested in strategic marketing, offered internships to draw in youth, and collaborated with grass roots and community organizations to entice young Asians and Asian Americans to learn more about their diverse backgrounds and what it means to be Asian American.
		Before her internship at the Asia Society in 1999, Aimy Ko, who was then a sophomore at New York University, wasn't even aware of the organization's existence.
		Another sign that the Asia Society has increased its public profile was its selection last year by the US Postal Service as the site for the annual launch of the Lunar New Year commemorative stamp.
	www.wallacefoundation.org /WF/KnowledgeCenter/KnowledgeTopics/ArtsParticipation/RedefiningTheAsiaSociety.htm (1501 words)

	Connecting Civil Society in Asia and Europe - ASEM Research Platform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The efforts of Civil Society actors, such as NGOs, Trade Unions, Universities, Research institutes, Think Tanks, Foundations, etc are indispensable to the building of a community sense in the two regions.
		Connecting those civil societies should therefore be a key element for a greater and more fruitful cooperation between Asia and Europe.
		At the same time, various civil society organisations from Asia and Europe have formed their own networks and organised meetings alongside ASEM Summits, while ASEF has organised various thematic civil society, academic, and cultural meetings with co-organisers from the civil society of Asia and Europe as part of their long-standing work to bridge both regions.
	iias.leidenuniv.nl /asem/AsiaEurope_conferences/2004/ASEM_Civil_Society.html (523 words)

	Asia Society Panel to Suggest Improvements in Education [Free Republic]
		To address these challenges, the Asia Society has drawn together a blue-ribbon panel that will take the next 18 months to devise strategies to support schools and teachers in their teaching of Asia in American schools.
		New data on teachers' preparation and textbooks amassed by the Asia Society supports the widely held perception that Asia is poorly taught.
		On Thursday, Dec. 9, the Asia Society will brief journalists on the embargoed findings from its new polls and research on teacher preparation and textbooks in advance of the first meeting of the National Commission on Asia in the Schools.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a384d531c7ff1.htm (569 words)

	Asia Society's Asia Food - The source for Asian food information and recipes.
		Asia Society's Asia Food - The source for Asian food information and recipes.
		>Dim Sum and Then Some: Join culinary experts for a discussion on Oct. 25, 2005 at the Asia Society of why Chinese food became the first Asian cuisine to become well known to mainstream America, first along the coasts and then in the heartland.
		Please click here for legal restrictions and terms of use applicable to this site and Asia Society's Privacy Policy.
	www.asiafood.org (362 words)

	Asia Society Gallery New York City - JimsDeli NYC Guide
		The Asia Society was founded in 1956 by John D Rockefeller III to further the understanding of Asian arts and history.
		The basis of the Society's permanent collection is that of Mr Rockefeller and his wife, started during a 1951 visit to Japan.
		Reflecting the Rockefeller's eye for quality, the collection is composed of pieces from all major Asian areas and cultures and include pieces from a variety of media and disciplines.
	jimsdeli.com /new-york-city-museums/59-86_e/asia-society-gallery.htm (175 words)

	The Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Society of Asia
		Chairman of Organizing committee shall keep minutes of the meeting and proceedings of the society, maintain an accurate register of the members with their current addresses, and send out announcements of meetings.
		The president of the Congress shall be appointed by the PENSA Regional Representative Committee from a list of candidates submitted by the host international society at least one year prior to the date of meeting.
		The society's constitution may be modified by an affirmative vote of a majority of the PENSA Regional Representative Committee.
	www.pensa.org /minutes1.html (1273 words)

	Asian Society for the Intervention of AIDS - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		ASIA is a registered non-profit society incorporated in 1995 and committed to providing culturally appropriate and language specific support, outreach, advocacy, education, and research on HIV / AIDS and related issues.
		ASIA also works to raise consciousness on issues related to HIV like homophobia, racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination.
		We would like to thank all of our volunteers, donors, and family members who showed their support for ASIA and the Walk for Life.
	www.asia.bc.ca (220 words)

	UT Asian Studies Network Information Center (ASNIC) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Department is the principal academic unit within the College of Liberal Arts for teaching and research on Asia.
		The Center is committed to encouraging the inclusion of international components for students at UT, as well as promoting awareness of East Asian cultures and societies throughout the campus and in the community.
		The Institute houses the Title VI National Resource Center for South Asia funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
	asnic.utexas.edu /asnic.html (207 words)

	ArtForum: 'Contemporary art in Asia:' Asia Society - art exhibit
		The Asia Society's unprecedented fall show, "Contemporary Art in Asia: Traditions/Tensions," exposed the New York art community to these sites of artistic activity and the changing and turbulent cultures, economies, and nationalisms the work indexes and reflects.
		Cities such as Bangkok, Bombay, and Jakarta have spawned in a decade what it took Tokyo a century to develop: a cultural modernity that is autonomous with respect to Western modernism even as it encompasses an authentic mastery of the forms, styles, and ideas that define the international mainstream.
		Both Desai, who is Indian born, and Poshyananda are well-versed in contemporary multiculturalist and postcolonial discourses, and it is identity politics and the resistance to the hegemonic legacy of Orientalism that shape their show's thesis.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0268/is_n8_v35/ai_19416264 (662 words)

	American Oriental Society
		The American Oriental Society is the oldest learned society in the United States devoted to a particular field of scholarship.
		The Society was founded in 1842, preceded only by such distinguished organizations of general scope as the American Philosophical Society (1743), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1780), and the American Antiquarian Society (1812).
		The scope of the Society's purpose is not limited by temporal boundaries: All sincere students of man and his works in Asia, at whatever period of history are welcomed to membership.
	www.umich.edu /~aos (265 words)

	Asia Society Websites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Asia Society's family of websites offers a broad range of resources on Asia-related events and information.
		This site is an information portal for the Asia Society-sponsored National Campaign on International Education in the Schools, whose mission is to expand our nation's investments in international studies by stimulating teaching and learning about world history, languages, cultures and current affairs in every school in America.
		This is a one-stop gateway to the best information on Asia on the internet including a daily news digest, special reports, interviews, links, books, country profiles, experts and much more.
	www.askasia.org /websites (358 words)

	Regional Asia Japan Society and Culture Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bureaucrats, Politicians, and Policy Change in Japan - Examines a hypothetical model of policy-making by focusing on the relationship between the transition of political power between government agencies and the subsequent policy changes in the process of administrative reform in the 1990s.
		The Japan Information Access Project - Conducts scholarly research and analysis on critical Asia policy issues to strengthen international understanding of Japanese and northeast Asian science, technology, economic and security policy.
		The Demographic Dilemma: Japan's Aging Society - Three articles with differing viewpoints on what effect Japan's rapidly aging society with have on its economy as well as influence on the world.
	www.iper1.com /iper1-odp/scat/id/Regional/Asia/Japan/Society_and_Culture/Politics (653 words)

	Studio in a School > Projects, Events, & Exhibitions > Asia Society Collaboration
		Studio in a School and the Asia Society have been collaborating for seven years on the "School Art Project." The program, run by Nancy Blume of the Asia Society, offers a few Long Term Program sites a chance to participate in an in-depth exploration of a current Asia Society exhibition.
		The program wonderfully integrates art with classroom studies by giving students the chance to look closely at work by artists from other countries, to learn about what is important to those artists, and what they want to express through their art.
		Speeches by students and adults celebrate the annual event at an elegant reception hosted by the Asia Society.
	www.studioinaschool.org /projects/asia.htm (308 words)

	Southeast Asian Society, Culture and Politics Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Society links are primarily concerned with perspectives and problems in modern Southeast Asian society.
		Focus on Southeast Asia: A History of the Asean Nations.
		Asia Research Centre on Social, Political and Economic Change.
	www.gunung.com /seasiaweb/socculpol.html (599 words)

	ASIA SOCIETY: THE COLLECTION IN CONTEXT
		The Collection in Context presents the Asia Society's collection of nearly three hundred works of art in their historical and cultural context.
		The core of the collection was donated by Mr.
		John D. Rockefeller 3rd and includes masterworks from South, Southeast, and East Asia, dating from 2000 B.C.E. to the 19th century, reflecting the great achievements and wide diversity of Asian arts and cultures.
	www.asiasocietymuseum.com (122 words)

	World Summit on the Information Society - Western Asia Preparatory Conference
		As a follow up to the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and in preparation for its second phase to be held in Tunis on 2005, ESCWA is organizing a roundtable on “Strategies and plans of action for building the information society in Western Asia”.
		A tentative plan of action for the information society in Western Asia, produced by ESCWA and based on the global Plan of Action adopted in the Geneva phase of WSIS, will constitute the basis for discussions at the Roundtable.
		It is expected to be a comprehensive document covering major areas of the information society and including implementation and monitoring mechanisms at regional and national levels.
	www.escwa.org.lb /wsis/meetings/june04/main.html (582 words)

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