Meanwhile, the EASG group comprised of senior officials took a more cautious approach, dividing the EAVG's recommendations into "short term" and "medium term and long term" measures.
(29) East Asia Study Group (EASG) Report, Final Report of the East Asia Study Group, 2002 <http://www.aseansec.org/4918.htm>, p.
It is perhaps indicative of the strong economic impulse behind the EAC that more than two-thirds of the 26 recommendations in the EASG list are economic or financial in nature.
Both the EAVG and EASG Reports begin to hint at these issues.
The EAVG and EASG Reports emphasised the need to address health concerns, whether primary or major health issues such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.
In the case of the EAC, there are hints in the reports of the EAVG and the EASG that some degree of democratisation is part of the East Asian vision.
(13.)
EASG, "Final Report of the East Asia Study Group", submitted to ASEAN+3 Summit, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 4 November 2002, p.