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GOPIO organized Global Convention ’99 along with its 10^th Anniversary Celebrations on September 24^th to 26^th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. Following are more details of this convention:

THEME

"People of Indian Origin: Forming a Global Alliance"

September 24-26, 1999

Crowne Plaza Hotel, LaGuardia Airport,

104-04 Ditmars Blvd., East Elmhurst, New York 11369, USA

Program

Friday (9/24) – 7 p.m. Welcome Reception and Inauguration

Keynote Address

His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana

Saturday (9/25) – 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Conferences, 7.00 to 11 p.m. Banquet and Cultural Program

Sunday (9/26) – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Concluding Session, Resolutions and GOPIO Delegates Meeting

Global convention '99 reevaluated goals and aspirations of 18 million people of Indian origin (PIO) living outside India. Conference Topics were Politics (Human Rights, Political Participation and the New World Order), Religion (Secularism, Religion and the National Ethos), Education (Educational Patterns and Economic Trends), Socio-cultural (Intra-Inter Ethnic Conflict, Women, Men and the Family), and Youth (Adjustment, Inter-generational Conflict and Challenges of the Future). Conference chairman Dr. Mahine Gosine, Tel: 516/851-6283, Conference Co-chairman: Dr. Moses Seenarine, Tel: 516/358-2588, E-mail: moses@saxakali.com