Mr. Campbell proposed gathering representatives of business, academia, unions and environmentalists into a new forum to debate trade policy.
New York City's provisions for such a disaster, part of its "all hazards plan," begin with gathering representatives of every relevant agency to meet at 165 Cadman Plaza East, in Brooklyn, in the Office of Emergency Management's war room.
But perhaps, as a commentator in Barrons suggests, the Internet had been rife with rumour that the meeting was a gathering of representatives of the World Temperance Organisation.
In Vienna on Monday, Japan's crisis was a major focus as the International Atomic Energy Agency began a 10-day gathering of representatives of dozens of countries on nuclear safety.
The luncheon on Thursday was an even broader gathering, with representatives of scores of companies as well as foreign policy and trade experts.
That announcement coincided with a gathering of representatives from at least two dozen countries and international organizations, including the World Bank, in Myanmar's capital, where they discussed offering assistance to the country as it moves toward democracy.
Still, progress appears to have been made when deputy finance ministers or state secretaries of the European governments met in Brussels, with a gathering of representatives from the 16 euro zone nations taking place in the sidelines.
These leaders would in turn call a "loya jirga" -- a traditional gathering of representatives of all ethnic groups -- which would meet, potentially for weeks, to elect a new transitional government.
The eyes of the world had been opened to the prevalence of rape and sexual violence in war zones by the gathering of representatives of 123 countries, about 1,000 experts, scores of NGOs, and survivors, Hague said, describing it as an "extraordinary and inspiring" conference.
In October, a gathering of representatives from the 15 present members and the 10 new countries meeting in Brussels in recent months under the presidency of the former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, completed work on the draft text of such a new constitution.
The New Yorker, April 9 , 1949P. 23 Talk story about a gathering of representatives of the Clothing Manufacturers Association of the U.S., the National Wool Manufacturers Association, and the National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers for the purpose of devising ways and means to persuade the American male to dress better, or in other words, to buy more clothes.
