On Tuesday, June 9th, the Philadelphia Global Interdependence Center (GIC) and the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia (WTCGP) will host H.E. Houda Ezra Nonoo, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States at Lacroix at the Rittenhouse (210 West Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia). 

GIC and WTCGP members will enjoy a private meet and greet with Ambassador Nonoo from 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m., followed by the program and luncheon starting at 12:00 noon.

The U.S. and Bahrain have long worked closely on economic, financial, political, defense and security matters. The US-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement was signed in 2004 as the culmination of a one hundred year old friendship between the two nations. The US and Bahrain are partners in the United Nations, the WTO, and other political and economic forums aimed at promoting peace and prosperity throughout the world. The FTA further facilitates a trade relationship that grew 46 percent from 1999 to 2003 and saw $509 million in American merchandise exported to Bahrain in 2003.

Bahrain is one of the most forward-looking Gulf countries with long-term goals that include continual economic diversification to reduce dependence on oil revenues. Bahrain has reduced its dependency on oil revenue from 80 percent in 1970 to just 20 percent today by consolidating economic activities, encouraging private sector oil development and providing incentives to diversification. So well-regarded is the Bahraini business environment that the Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal ranked Bahrain's economy the "most free" in all the Middle East; sixteenth most-free in the world.

Ambassador Nonoo’s career has included positions as the Financial Director of both Gourmet and Jetflair International in the United Kingdom and Managing Director of Gulf Computer Services in the Kingdom of Bahrain. In 2006, Ambassador Nonoo was appointed to the Shura Council; serving on the Committee for Finance and Economic Affairs. Ambassador Nonoo is one of the founding members of Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society (BHRWS). On October 10th 2008 Ambassador Nonoo was officially welcomed as an honorary member of the Board of Directors of the U.S.-Bahrain Business Council. With her involvement in the organization of various campaigns, Ambassador Nonoo has worked to improve working conditions in factories, raise awareness of the rights of women and children, campaigned for family and domestic law, and raised awareness of the plight of domestic workers.

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For more information or to register, please contact the GIC at 215-898-9453 or info@interdependence.org. 

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