Media Invitation for ADB Annual Meeting in Hyderabad

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Media are invited to cover ADB's 39th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors, to be held in Hyderabad, India, from 3 to 6 May. See the invitation, which gives details of registration, facilities, accommodation, and shipment and display of publications.

Government leaders - including Finance Ministers and Central bank Governors - as well as civil society groups and journalists from around the world are expected to gather for the event, to be hosted at the new Hyderabad International Convention Center, India's largest convention center.

The Opening Session takes place at the Convention Center on Friday, 5 May. Besides the business sessions and seminars, other events during the week that will interest journalists include the ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers' meeting, Open Forum on ADB-NGO Cooperation, and the Governors' seminar. A press briefing and luncheon will be held on 3 May and the Annual Meeting's formal events close on the afternoon of 6 May with a press conference given by ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda.

A detailed program of events can be accessed at http://adb.org/AnnualMeeting/2006/program-events.asp

See Annual Meeting web site at http://www.adb.org/AnnualMeeting/2006/

Read the Annual Meeting invitation.

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