New York  - With global economic misery escalating, the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday called for a global financial crisis meeting in June that it hopes will involve the leaders of all its members.

The General Assembly approved the plans by consensus in New York. Assembly President Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann appealed to all leaders of the 192 member states to come in person instead of sending lower ranking representatives, according to his spokesman.

The first priority of the conference from June 1 to 3 is to discuss the effects of the global financial crisis on poor countries.

Leaders from the Group of 20 leading economies (G20) which just held a summit in London last week are slated to meet again in September, after the annual General Assembly session in New York normally attended by all leaders. (dpa)