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This site contains some of the statements made
in the plenary sessions of the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group (Bank)
and the International Monetary Fund (Fund), as submitted in electronic form to the Joint Secretariat.
These statements are reproduced as submitted by
the delegates concerned and have not been checked against delivery; they have not been edited, but in a few cases
grammatical and/or typographic errors have been corrected.
The statements reflect only the views of the speakers and not those of the Bank and the Fund.
Paper
copies of all speeches are issued as press releases and are normally made available at the
Meetings' site upon
delivery. The English version of all speeches made at the plenary sessions will be issued in the Summary
Proceedings of the institutions.
| Press Release | Title | Country | Session |
| 1 |
Opening Address by the Chairman, the Hon. WOLFGANG RUTTENSTORFER, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank for AUSTRIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
Text in French
Text in Spanish
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| October 6 AM
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| 2 |
Address by MICHEL CAMDESSUS, Chairman of the Executive Board and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, to the Board of Governors of the Fund
Text in French
Text in Spanish
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| October 6 AM
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| 3 |
Address by JAMES D. WOLFENSOHN, President of the World Bank Group, to the Board of Governors of the World Bank Group, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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| October 6 AM
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| 4 |
Remarks by the Hon. WILLIAM CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, at the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group
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| October 6 AM
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| 5 |
Statement by the Hon.CARLOS SAUL MENEM, President of the REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA, at the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group
Text in Spanish
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| October 6 AM
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| 6 |
Report to the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund by the Chairman of the Interim Committee of the Board of Governors on the International Monetary System, the Hon. CARLO AZEGLIO CIAMPI, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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| October 6 PM
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| 7 |
Report to the Boards of Governors of the Fund and the Bank by the Hon. TARRIN NIMMANAHAEMINDA, Chairman of the Joint Ministerial Committee of the Boards of Governors on the Transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries (Development Committee), at the Joint Annual Discussion
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| October 6 PM
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| 8 |
Statement by the Hon. NGUYEN TAN DUNG, Governor of the IMF for VIETNAM, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| VIETNAM
| October 6 PM
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| 9 |
Statement by the Hon. U KHIN MAUNG THEIN, Governor of the World Bank for MYANMAR, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| MYANMAR
| October 7 PM
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| 10 |
Statement by the Hon. JIM PETERSON, Temporary Alternate Governor for the Fund and Bank for CANADA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| CANADA
| October 6 PM
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| 11 |
Statement by the Hon. WOLFGANG RUTTENSTORFER,
Governor of the IMF and the World Bank for AUSTRIA, on behalf of the Member States of the European Union, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| AUSTRIA
| October 6 PM
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| 12 |
Statement by the Hon. KIICHI MIYAZAWA, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank for JAPAN, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| JAPAN
| October 6 PM
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| 13 |
Statement by the Hon. YOLLY A. GURBANMURADOV,
Governor of the IMF for TURKMENISTAN, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| TURKMENISTAN
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| 14 |
Statement by the Hon. DAI XIANGLONG, Governor of the IMF for the PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
| October 6 PM
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| 15 |
Address by the Hon. RAM SHARAN MAHAT, Governor of the World Bank for NEPAL, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| NEPAL
| October 6 PM
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| 16 |
Statement by the Hon. JEAN-CLAUDE TRICHET, Alternate Governor of the IMF for FRANCE, at the Joint Annual Discussion
Text in French
| FRANCE
| October 6 PM
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| 17 |
Statement by the Hon. MIKHAIL MIKHAILOVICH ZADORNOV,
Governor of the World Bank for the RUSSIAN FEDERATION, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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| 18 |
Statement by the Hon. BAMBANG SUBIANTO, Governor of the World Bank for INDONESIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| INDONESIA
| October 6 PM
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| 19 |
Statement by the Hon. MATTI VANHALA, Governor of the IMF for FINLAND, on behalf of the Fund Nordic and Baltic Countries, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| FINLAND
| October 6 PM
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| 20 |
Statement by the Hon. HANS TIETMEYER, Governor of the IMF for GERMANY, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| GERMANY
| October 6 PM
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| 21 |
Statement by the Hon. HALLDOR ASGRIMSSON, Governor of the World Bank for ICELAND, on behalf of the Bank Nordic Countries, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| ICELAND
| October 7 AM
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| 22 |
Statement by the Hon. CARLO AZEGLIO CIAMPI, Governor of the IMF for ITALY, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| ITALY
| October 6 PM
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| 23 |
Statement by the Hon. LESZEK BALCEROWICZ, Governor of the IMF for the REPUBLIC OF POLAND, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| REPUBLIC OF POLAND
| October 6 PM
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| 24 |
Statement by the Hon. GUNES TANER, Governor of the IMF for TURKEY, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| TURKEY
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| 25 |
Statement by the Hon. HIKMAT M. IBRAHEEM AL-AZZAWI,
Governor of the IMF for IRAQ, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| IRAQ
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| 26 |
Statement by the Hon. TARRIN NIMMANAHAEMINDA,
Governor of the World Bank for THAILAND, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| THAILAND
| October 7 AM
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| 27 |
Statement by the Hon. ANTONIO DE SOUSA FRANCO,
Governor of the World Bank for PORTUGAL, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| PORTUGAL
| October 6 PM
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| 28 |
Statement by the Hon. HOSSEIN NAMAZI, Governor of the World Bank for the ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
| October 7 AM
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| 29 |
Statement by the Hon. EDGARDO B. ESPIRITU, Governor of the World Bank for the PHILIPPINES, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| PHILIPPINES
| October 7 AM
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| 30 |
Statement by the Hon. BORISLAV SKEGRO, Governor of the World Bank for the REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
| October 7 PM
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| 31 |
Statement by the Hon. CHEUANG SOMBOUNKHANH,
Governor of the IMF for the LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
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| 32 |
Statement by the Hon. CHRISTODOULOS CHRISTODOULOU, Governor of the World Bank for CYPRUS, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| CYPRUS
| October 7 AM
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| 33 |
Statement by the Hon. SHAH A.M.S. KIBRIA, Governor of the World Bank for BANGLADESH, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| BANGLADESH
| October 7 AM
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| 34 |
Statement by the Hon. YASHWANT SINHA, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank for INDIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| INDIA
| October 7 AM
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| 35 |
Statement by the Hon. FATHALLAH OUALALOU, Governor of the World Bank for MOROCCO on behalf of the Arab Governors, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| MOROCCO
| October 7 PM
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| 36 |
Statement by the Hon. KEAT CHHON, Governor of the World Bank for CAMBODIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| CAMBODIA
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| 37 |
Statement by the Hon. RODRIGO DE RATO FIGAREDO,
Governor of the IMF and the World Bank for SPAIN, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| SPAIN
| October 7 AM
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| 38 |
Statement by the Hon. BAT-ERDENE BATBAYAR, Governor of the World Bank for MONGOLIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| MONGOLIA
| October 7 PM
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| 39 |
Statement by the Hon. GERRIT ZALM, Governor of the World Bank for the NETHERLANDS, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| NETHERLANDS
| October 7 AM
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| 40 |
Statement by the Hon. JAMES AH KOY, Governor of the World Bank for FIJI, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| FIJI
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| 41 |
Statement by the Hon. SUFIAN AHMED, Governor of the World Bank for ETHIOPIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| ETHIOPIA
| October 6 PM
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| 42 |
Statement by the Hon. ARMEN R. DARBINIAN, Governor of the IMF for the REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
| October 7 PM
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| 43 |
Statement by the Hon. YANNOS PAPANTONIOU, Governor of the World Bank for GREECE, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| GREECE
| October 7 AM
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| 44 |
Statement by the Hon. MART OPMANN, Governor of the World Bank for REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA, on behalf of the Baltic Group, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA
| October 7 PM
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| 45 |
Statement by the Hon. DATO MUSTAPA MOHAMED, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank for MALAYSIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| MALAYSIA
| October 7 AM
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| 46 |
Statement by the Hon. OWEN S. ARTHUR, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank for BARBADOS on behalf of the Joint Caribbean Group, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| BARBADOS
| October 7 AM
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| 47 |
Statement by the Hon. VALERIY PAVLOVYCH USTOVOITENKO, Governor of the World Bank for UKRAINE, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| UKRAINE
| October 7 AM
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| 48 |
Statement by the Hon. HEINZ GERHARD DOLL, Governor of the World Bank for PARAGUAY, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| PARAGUAY
| October 7 AM
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| 49 |
Statement by the Hon. KYU-SUNG LEE, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank for KOREA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| KOREA
| October 7 AM
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| 50 |
Statement by the Hon. G.L. PEIRIS, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank for SRI LANKA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| SRI LANKA
| October 7 PM
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| 51 |
Statement by the Hon. KASPAR VILLIGER, Alternate Governor of the IMF for SWITZERLAND, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| SWITZERLAND
| October 7 AM
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| 52 |
Statement by the Hon. BARTHOLOMEW ABA'AU ULUFA'ALU, Governor of the World Bank for SOLOMON ISLANDS, on behalf of the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Western Samoa, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| SOLOMON ISLANDS
| October 7 AM
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| 53 |
Statement by the Hon. ROD KEMP, Governor of the World Bank for AUSTRALIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| AUSTRALIA
| October 7 AM
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| 54 |
Statement by the Hon. GORDON BROWN, Governor of the Fund and Alternate Governor of the World Bank for the UNITED KINGDOM, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| UNITED KINGDOM
| October 6 PM
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| 55 |
Statement by the Hon. W.F. BIRCH, Governor of the IMF for NEW ZEALAND, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| NEW ZEALAND
| October 7 PM
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| 56 |
Statement by the Hon. CHARLIE MCCREEVY, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank for IRELAND, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| IRELAND
| October 7 PM
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| 57 |
Statement by the Hon. TONY DEBRUM, Governor of the World Bank for MARSHALL ISLANDS, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| MARSHALL ISLANDS
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| 58 |
Statement by the Hon. JACOB A. FRENKEL, Governor of the World Bank for ISRAEL, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| ISRAEL
| October 7 PM
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| 59 |
Statement by the Hon. MOHAMED A. BAIT ELMAL, Governor of the World Bank for the SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
| October 7 PM
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| 60 |
Statement by the Hon. JEAN-JACQUES VISEUR, Governor of the World Bank for BELGIUM, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| BELGIUM
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| 61 |
Statement by the Hon. MIRSAD KURTOVIC, Governor of the World Bank for BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
| October 7 PM
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| 62 |
Statement by the Hon. NOVAK KONDIC, Governor of the IMF for BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
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| 63 |
Statement by the Hon. IAIRO LASARO, Governor of the World Bank for PAPUA NEW GUINEA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA
| October 7 PM
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| 64 |
Statement by the Hon. VLADIMER PAPAVA, Alternate Governor of the World Bank for GEORGIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| GEORGIA
| October 7 PM
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| 65 |
Statement by the Hon. RAM SHARAN MAHAT, Governor of the World Bank for NEPAL, at the Closing Joint Session
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Text in Spanish
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| October 8 AM
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| 66 |
Concluding Remarks by the Chairman, the Hon. WOLFGANG RUTTENSTORFER, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank for AUSTRIA, at the Closing Joint Session
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| October 8 AM
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| 67 |
Concluding Remarks by MICHEL CAMDESSUS, Chairman of the Executive Board and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, at the Closing Joint Session
Text in French
Text in Spanish
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| October 8 AM
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| 68 |
Concluding Remarks of JAMES D. WOLFENSOHN, President of the World Bank Group, at the Closing Joint Session
Text in French
Text in Spanish
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| October 8 AM
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| 69 |
Statement by the Hon. BAKHTIAR SULTANOVICH KHAMIDOV, Governor of the World Bank for REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN
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| 70 |
Statement by the Hon. CHEA CHAN TO, Governor of the IMF for CAMBODIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| CAMBODIA
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| 71 |
Statement by the Hon. HAFIZ A. PASHA, Governor of the World Bank for PAKISTAN, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| PAKISTAN
| October 7 PM
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| 72 |
Statement by the Hon. KINIKINILAU TUTOATASI FAKAFANUA, Governor of the World Bank for TONGA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| TONGA
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