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Disclaimer This site contains statements and videos relating to the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group, as submitted. The statements reflect only the views of the speakers and not those of the IMF and the World Bank Group. Annual Meetings Addresses and Statements No. Speaker Title Country 1 Opening Address by the Chairman of the Boards of Governors the Hon. Patrick Pruaitch, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Papua New Guinea, at the Joint Annual Discussion    Full Text: English | Español | Français   2 Address by Christine Lagarde, Chairman of the Executive Board and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, to the Board of Governors of the Fund, at the Joint Annual Discussion    Full Text: English | Español | Français | русский | عربي | 中文 | 日本語   3 Address by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, to the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group, at the Joint Annual Discussion    Full Text: English | Español | Français | русский | عربي   4 Statement by the Hon. Erkki Liikanen, Governor of the IMF for Finland, on behalf of the Nordic Baltic Constituency    Full Text: English Finland 5 Statement by the Hon. Amando M. Tetangco, Jr., Governor of the IMF for Philippines    Full Text: English Philippines 6 Statement by the Hon. Ali Hassan Khalil, Governor of the World Bank Group for Lebanon, on behalf of the Arab Governors    Full Text: English | عربي Lebanon 7 Statement by the Hon. Ali Taieb Nia, Governor of the World Bank Group for Islamic Republic of Iran    Full Text: English Iran, Islamic Republic of 8 Statement by the Hon. U Win Shein, Governor of the World Bank Group for Myanmar Myanmar 9 Statement by the Hon. Rimantas Sadzius, Governor of the World Bank Group for Republic of Lithuania, on behalf of the Nordic and Baltic Countries    Full Text: English Lithuania, Republic of 10 Statement by the Hon. Ram Sharan Mahat, Governor of the World Bank Group for Nepal    Full Text: English Nepal 11 Statement by the Hon. Tom Murdoch, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Kiribati, on behalf of Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu    Full Text: English Kiribati 12 Statement by the Hon. Nguyen Van Binh, Governor of the IMF for Vietnam Vietnam 13 Statement by the Hon. Abul Maal A. Muhith, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Bangladesh    Full Text: English Bangladesh 14 Statement by the Hon. Mauricio Cardenas Santa Maria, Alternate Governor of the IMF and Governor of the World Bank Group for Colombia    Full Text: English Colombia 15 Statement by the Hon. Taro Aso, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Japan Japan 16 Statement by the Hon. Patrick Honohan, Alternate Governor of the IMF for Ireland Ireland 17 Statement by the Hon. Arvind Mayaram, Alternate Governor of the World Bank Group for India India 18 Statement by the Hon. Joe Hockey, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Australia Australia 19 Statement by the Hon. Kyunghwan Choi, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Republic of Korea Korea, Republic of 20 Statement by the Hon. Chua Tee Yong, Governor of the World Bank Group for Malaysia Malaysia 21 Statement by the Hon. Edward Scicluna, Governor of the World Bank Group for Malta    Full Text: English Malta 22 Statement by the Hon. Jens Weidmann, Governor of the IMF for Germany Germany 23 Statement by the Hon. Sommai Phasee, Governor of the World Bank Group for Thailand Thailand 24 Statement by the Hon. Bill English, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for New Zealand New Zealand 25 Statement by the Hon. Sarath Amunugama, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Sri Lanka    Full Text: English Sri Lanka 26 Statement by the Hon. Peter Phillips, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Jamaica, on behalf of the Joint Caribbean Group Jamaica 27 Statement by the Hon. Luis de Guindos, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Spain Spain 28 Statement by the Hon. Somphao Phaysith, Governor of the IMF for Lao People's Democratic Republic Lao People's Democratic Republic 29 Statement by the Hon. Rosalia V. De Leon, Alternate Governor of the World Bank Group for Philippines Philippines 30 Statement by the Hon. Muhamad Chatib Basri, Governor of the World Bank Group for Indonesia Indonesia 31 Statement by the Hon. Barry Whiteside, Alternate Governor of the IMF for Republic of Fiji Fiji 32 Statement by the Hon. Luc Coene, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank Group for Belgium Belgium 33 Statement by the Hon. Marek Belka, Governor of the World Bank Group for Republic of Poland Poland, Republic of 34 Statement by the Hon. Aisake Valu Eke, Governor of the World Bank Group for Tonga Tonga 35 Statement by the Hon. Yi Gang, Alternate Governor of the IMF for People's Republic of China China, People's Republic of