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19 June 2009
EFG-US-20090619-1
MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT
Media Contact
Jeff Mustard
EurOrient Financial Group
818-206-5322
jeff.mustard@eurorient.org
Mr. Ron Nechemia, Chairman of EurOrient Financial Group, to Attend
United Nations Conference at the Highest Level on the World Financial
and Economic Crisis and its Economic Impact on Development
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.: 19 June 2009 – The United Nations is convening a three-day summit of world
leaders from 24 – 26, June 2009 at headquarters to assess the worst global economic down turn since the
Great Depression. The aim is to identify emergency and long-term responses to mitigate the impact of the
crisis, especially on vulnerable populations, and initiate a needed dialogue on the transformation of the
international financial architecture, taking into account the needs and concerns of all Member States. Mr.
Ron Nechemia, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the EurOrient Financial Group (“EurOrient”)
and a Permanent Representative to the United Nations, will attend the “United Nations Conference at the
Highest Level on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Economic Impact on Development.”
This extraordinary General Assembly session was mandated at the Follow-up International Conference on
Financing for Development, held in December 2008 in Doha, Qatar. Member States requested the General
Assembly President Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann to organize the meeting “at the Highest-level” with the
participations of Heads of State and government. As an officially recognized representative of the private
sector to the United Nations, Mr. Nechemia, who is recognized as the founding father of private sector
development, will be delivering a prepared Policy Statement to the conference. The conference is
comprised of plenary sessions and four interactive roundtable exchanges among world leaders and
representatives of the United Nations system, including the World Bank and the International Monetary
Fund, as well as civil societ