Summit urges ramping up of Asian tongues

All school students will have to learn Asian languages if delegates to the 2020 ideas summit have their way. In the final summit statement, issued on Sunday night, delegates to the national security and future prosperity stream called for a radical ramping up of language skills. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith declared the goal "a most important thing". Advertisement: Story continues below "We have to make Australia's understanding of Asian literacy and Asian culture almost second nature to us," Mr Smith said. "This is a most important thing we can do, not just from an international relations point of view but also from our young schoolchildren's point of view." The group has asked for the government to research how many people have a second language. International relations expert and section co-chair Michael Wesley said many ideas suggested by the security group focused on developing multilateral relationships both regionally and globally Rosetta Stone Greek- a goal already firmly backed by the government. "The second most passionate issue, I guess, was for closer economic and political integration with the Pacific," Prof Wesley said. He called for "partnerships of development" to achieve growth in struggling Pacific island nations. The difficult question of labour mobility across national borders in the Pacific also was raised although no firm ideas were included in the final statement. Other more obvious national security issues were discussed including the Australia-US alliance with the delegates calling for a three-yearly report card on the relationship's health. Prof Wesley also raised the possibility of building study centres to focus on Australia's relationships with the US, China, Japan and India - the four relationships will most likely be the nation's most important by 2020. On yet another front the group called for the establishment of "a high level advisory council comprised of business, academic and scientific leaders to advise on emerging food, water and energy security challenges. "The role of such a body would include advice on responding to security challenges such as pandemics, energy security, transnational crime, people trafficking and climate change."

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