Middle East/North Africa Summit in Cairo

Staff: Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Former Director for the U.S./Middle East Project
November 1, 1996 - November 1, 1996

At the request of the Egyptian government and the U.S. Department of State, the U.S./Middle East Project assumed responsibility for a number of programmatic sessions at the 1996Middle East/North Africa (MENA) Economic Summit in Cairo. The Project presented the recommendations of the Middle East Economic Strategy Group on trade liberalization in the region, presented a session on the Palestinian economy, organized a panel on privatization in the region and organized a second Regional Infrastructure Project Presentation.

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