The 14 NEAR General Assembly
• NEAR Chair: Ulsan Metropolitan City, South Korea
• Date: Tuesday, October 24 ~ Thursday, October 26, 2023
• Venue: UECO, Ulsan Metropolitan City
• Format: hybrid (online/offline), simultaneous interpretation provided (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Russian)
• Theme: Our Future, Newly Together Northeast Asia
• No. of members that submitted advance written resolutions: 62 members from five countries
(two regions from North Korea not participating)
• Participants: 150 persons from 52 members of 5 countries (China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia), Secretariat staff members

○ Participating Members
• China: Heilongjiang Province, Henan Province, Hunan Province, Jilin Province, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Shanxi Province, Liaoning Province, Gansu Province, Anhui Province (online), Shaanxi Province (online), Tianjin City (online)
• Japan: Shimane Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, Akita Prefecture (online)
• Korea: Daegu Metropolitan City, Incheon Metropolitan City, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Ulsan Metropolitan City, Sejong Special Self-Governing City, Gyeonggi-do Province, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province, Chungcheongbuk-do Province, Chungcheongnam-do Province, Jeollabuk-do Province, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
• Mongolia: Bulgan Aimag, Govisumber Aimag, Dornod Aimag, Dundgovi Aimag, Uvurkhangai Aimag, Sukhbaatar Aimag, Selenge Aimag, Tuv Aimag, Uvs Aimag, Khovd Aimag, Khuvsgul Aimag
• Russia: Republic of Buryatia, Republic of Sakha, Tomsk Region, Khabarovsk Territory, Altai Region (online), Amur Region (online), Zabaikalsky Territory (online), Irkutsk Region (online), Kemerovo Region (online), Krasnoyarsk Territory (online), Magadan Region (online), Republic of Khakassia (online), Republic of Altai (online)

○ Program Highlights
• Multilateral Dialogue Among NEAR Member Heads/Co-Heads
• Opening Ceremony
- Welcoming Remarks – KIM Doo-gyum, Mayor of Ulsan Metropolitan City
- Opening Remarks – LIM Byung-jin, NEAR Secretary-General
- Congratulatory Remarks – LEE Cheol-woo, Governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Korea
- Congratulatory Remarks – JIN Guowei, Vice Governor of Liaoning Province, China
- Congratulatory Remarks – BATBAYAR Ariun-Erdene, Governor of Bulgan Aimag, Mongolia
- Congratulatory Remarks – ZHANG Min, Vice Governor of Henan Province
- Congratulatory Remarks – MUKHIN Vsevolod, First Deputy Chairman of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia
- Congratulatory Remarks – NITTA Hachiro, Governor of Toyama Prefecture, Japan (Speech Delivery)
- Congratulatory Remarks - BAN Ki-moon, the Eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations (Video Speech)
- Congratulatory Remarks = PARK Byeong-joon, Mayor of Busan Metropolitan City, Korea (Video Speech)
- Congratulatory Letter by ZHAO Gang, Governor of Shaanxi Province, China
∙General Assembly Session I
- Report on the Outcomes of the 13th NEAR Working Committee Meeting (Ulsan Metropolitan City, Korea)
- Report on the Major Activities of the NEAR Secretariat
- Presentation of Agenda and Resolutions
① NEAR Approval of New Members (Gansu Province, China; the Republic of Altai, Russia)
② NEAR Approval of New Subcommittees (Energy Cooperation-Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China; Digital Economy-Liaoning Province, China)
③ NEAR Approval of a Name Change to NEAR High-Level Working Committee
④ Election of Liaoning Province, China as the 15th NEAR Chair
∙General Assembly Session II
- Northeast Asia’s Wings of Exchange in Shimane (Shimane Prefecture, Japan)
- Activities and Plans of the Subcommittee on Environment (Toyama Prefecture, Japan)
∙Presentations by NEAR Members
- China (Shanxi Province, Jilin Province)
- Korea (Sejong Special Self-Governing City)
- Mongolia (Khovd Aimag)
- Russia (Tomsk Region)
• The 14th NEAR General Assembly Declaration (Ulsan Metropolitan City, Korea)