"UN to hold summit on financial crisis in June"

EDITH M. LEDERER writes in Public Opinion:

The General Assembly approved a resolution Tuesday inviting leaders of the 192 U.N. member states to a summit on the global financial crisis in June.......The summit at U.N. headquarters in New York from June 1-3 also will focus on reforming and strengthening the international financial and economic system.......The Group of 77, which represents 132 mainly developing countries and China, has already pledged full participation for the June summit.......A commission of experts chaired by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz is providing recommendations on international financial structures and practices in preparation for the summit."