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Delegates from the International Visitors Leadership Program during a presentation in Washington DC.
making a tremendous difference in their countries, from Malaysia to Morocco, from the Philippines to Qatar and UAE.” She went on to say that “so many women are becoming agents of change around our world, and I believe that’s good for the future of the world. Statistics show when you educate and empower women, almost every other aspect of the society improves, from its health to its economy.”
In June, at the request of the Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, Paula Dobriasnky, Marleine Davis and Shahira Tewfik, NUSACC’s Directors of Operations and Public Affairs, held a briefing in Washington DC for a delegation of Iraqi women leaders visiting the United States. The NUSACC meeting, held at the Lucent Bell Labs NRSO conference facility in the nation’s capital, focused on the advocacy role played by associations, the importance of civil society, and strategies for winning business contracts.
The visiting delegation of six women brought experiences to share and many questions to ask on making their own businesses and organizations more successful and self-reliant in the challenging circumstances that face Iraq today.
CONCLUSION
NUSACC’s mission is to “promote, support and strengthen U.S.-Arab business and economic cooperation.” NUSACC did that in 2006 in ways large and small, enhancing NUSACC’s reputation as the most effective U.S.-Arab business entity in America.
2006 was an outstanding year for the National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce, and 2007 promises to be even better!
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NUSACC Recognizes
Two Ambassadors for Service
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Don DeMarino and David Hamod of NUSACC bestow the Chamber’s Superior Service Award on H.R.H. Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States.
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NUSACC’s David Hamod honors H.E. Nabil Fahmy, Egypt’s Ambassador to the United States, as the 2006 “Ambassador of the Year.”
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Kuwait: Gateway
to the Gulf
In October, NUSACC supported a conference organized by the American-Kuwaiti Alliance (AKA) entitled “Kuwait: Gateway to the Gulf; Business and Investment Opportunities.” The event was held under the patronage of H.E. Eng. Falah Al-Hajeri, Kuwait’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, and it attracted senior government and private sector decisionmakers from the United States and Kuwait.
The conference touted recent developments in Kuwait that are helping to position that emirate as a future “Gateway to the Gulf.”
“Gateway to the Gulf” conference attracts Kuwaiti and American business leaders.
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David Hamod, NUSACC’s President & CEO, discusses economic issues with H.E. Falah Al-Hajeri, Kuwait’s Minister of Commerce and Industry.
One indication of these new opportunities, noted AKA, is the new Open Skies Agreement and United Airlines’ decision to inaugurate nonstop flights between the two countries.
Among the VIPs who opened the conference were: Minister Al-Hajeri; U.S. Ambassador Richard LeBaron; Kuwaiti Ambassador Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah; Dr. Yousef Al-Ebraheem, Advisor to H.H. the Amir; Scott Dolan, Senior V.P. at United Airlines; and Ambassador Edward “Skip” Gnehm, a NUSACC Executive Committee member and Executive Vice Chairman of AKA.
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