It has been something that the seven countries of the region have been working on.

It's not something that grew up unplanned.

There is nothing inevitable about the tensions between our two countries or on the Korean peninsula or in the region,

These are countries that are starting, together, themselves to identify as a region, as the Central American region. The Central American Free Trade Agreement is one example. Countries in that region, for example, have contributed troops to Iraq, and they've contributed at least a commitment to work on maybe joint peacekeeping activities, things of that nature. So, it's developing an identity as a component of the inter-American system and I think the Secretary would very much like to strengthen that.

Different countries have different region codes. To watch movies from around the world requires DVD players that can convert all signals from all regions.

The war and terrorism in the Middle East, the crisis of leadership in many of the oil-supply countries in the developing world, the crisis of global warming - all these are very clearly tied to energy.