The representatives of 34 countries convene to speak about monetary economics in the wake of World War I.

That has raised concerns that an accord remains distant, even though representatives of the six countries - the so-called Group of Friends - have convened to help bolster talks.

In 1774, representatives from 12 colonies convened the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia's Independence Hall to air complaints and debate how to respond.

In the first phase, representatives of the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States convened between August 21 and September 28.

On January 15, 1777, representatives of the New Hampshire Grants convened in Westminster and declared their land an independent republic.

In September 1830, black representatives from seven states convened in Philadelphia at the Bethel AME church for the first Negro Convention.

On October 18, 1847 the representatives convened to the German Postal Conference in Dresden on a suggestion of Prussia and Austria.

On October 5 pro-communist representatives convened at another conference in Floridsdorf (Soviet zone) and admitted failure of the second strike.

For the first time, representatives of many of the bishops of the Church convened to agree on a doctrinal statement.

Two years ago, nearly 300 representatives of government, business, labor, education and civic groups convened to tackle those goals.