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MEETINGS
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Inaugural Meeting, March 13, 2006 : Summary
The inaugural meeting of the Global Network of Export-Import Banks and Development Finance Institutions (G-NEXID) took place in the premises of the United Nations in Geneva, on Monday 13 March, 2006.
Key Points
- The meeting was opened by Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD. He expressed the hope that this multilateral forum will unlock the full potential of cooperation among the South's financial institutions, and emphasized that UNCTAD stands ready to extend its support.
- The meeting concurs on having G-NEXID registered in Geneva. They put emphasis on the importance of Geneva being the principal forum of world negotiation, and a natural home to intense diplomatic and networking activity, due to the numerous International Organizations and NGOs located in this city.
- The meeting considered a number of possible logos designed by Diego Oyarzun of the UNCTAD secretariat.
- The Exim Banks and DFIs elected, in the meeting, the following office bearers:
- as President: Mr. T.C. Venkat Subramanian, of the Exim Bank of India
- as Secretary: Mr. Michael Gondwe, of the PTA Bank
- as Treasurer: Mr. Iulian Velicu, of the Eximbank of Romania.
- The meeting had agreed that there shall be nine steering committee members. This number could be reduced in the future, but in the current inception phase it is important to have a strong steering committee with the capacity to drive forward the development of G-NEXID.
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