Statements Given on the Occasion of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Meeting—April 24, 2004


Last Updated: May 3, 2005
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IMFC Statement by Gordon Brown MP(Chairman), Chancellor of the Exchequer United Kingdom (pdf file, 92 kb)
On behalf of: United Kingdom

IMFC Statements Hon. Peter Costello, MP, Australian Treasurer (pdf file, 576 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: Australia, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Republic of Korea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Mongolia, New Zealand, Philippines, Republic of Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Vanuatu, Samoa

IMFC Statement by Mr. Hans Eichel, Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany (pdf file, 572 kb)
On behalf of: Germany

IMFC Statement by Mr. Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., Chairman of the Financial Stability Forum (pdf file, 568 kb)

IMFC Statement by Mr. Foss, Minister of Finance, Norway (pdf file, 590 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: Denmark, Republic of Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Republic of Lithuania, Republic of Latvia, Norway, Sweden

IMFC Statement by the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Finance of Canada (pdf file, 88 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Français (pdf file, 73 kb)

IMFC Statement by His Excellency, Mohamed K. Khirbash, Minister of State for Finance and Industry, Ministry of Finance and Industry, United Arab Emirates (pdf file, 559 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, Arab Republic of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, The Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Maldives, Oman, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic, Republic of Yemen

Acting Managing Director’s Statement to the IMFC on the Global Economy and Financial Markets (pdf file, 597 kb)

IMFC Statement by Mr. Aleksei L. Kudrin, Governor for the Russian Federation, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation (pdf file, 455 kb)
On behalf of: Russian Federation

IMFC Statement by the Honorable Mohammed Laksaci, Governor of the Bank of Algeria (pdf file, 553 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Algeria, Ghana, Islamic Republic of Iran, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia

IMFC Statement by the Honorable Roberto Lavagna, Minister of Economy and Production of Argentina Speaking on behalf of the Southern Cone Countries of Latin America (pdf file, 586 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay

IMFC Statement by Mr. Tito Mboweni, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (pdf file, 606 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: Angola, Burundi, Botswana, The State of Eritrea, The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Lesotho, Republic of Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Kingdom of Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

IMFC Statement by Mr. Charlie McCreevy, Minister for Finance of Ireland and Governor of the IMF in his capacity as Chairman of the EU Council of Economic and Finance Ministers (pdf file, 79 kb)

IMFC Statement by Dr. Y.V. Reddy, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Leader of the Indian Delegation to the International Monetary and Financial Committe(IMFC) (pdf file, 588 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka

IMFC Statement by Klaus Regling, Director-General of the Directorate General of Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission, on behalf of the European Commission (pdf file, 566 kb)

IMFC Statement by H.E. Didier Reynders, Minister of Finance of Belgium (pdf file, 431 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: Austria, Belgium, Republic of Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Republic of Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Slovak Republic, Republic of Slovenia, Turkey

IMFC Statement by Hon. Jean-Pierre Roth, Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank (pdf file, 556 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: Republic of Azerbaijan, Switzerland, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Poland, Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Republic of Uzbekistan

IMFC Statement by Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, Ministre d'Etat, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry (pdf file, 624 kb)
On behalf of: France
Français (pdf file, 204 kb)

IMFC Statement by the Honorable John W. Snow, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America (pdf file, 158 kb)
On behalf of: United States

IMFC Statement by H.E. Sadakazu Tanigaki, Minister of Finance of Japan and Governor of the IMF for Japan (pdf file, 74 kb)
On behalf of: Japan

IMFC Statement by the Honorable Giulio Tremonti, Minister of Economy and Finance and Governor of the IMF for Italy (pdf file, 584 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: Albania, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Republic of San Marino, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

IMFC Statement by James D. Wolfensohn, President, World Bank (pdf file, 93 kb)

IMFC Statement by Gerrit Zalm, Minister of Finance of the Netherlands (pdf file, 610 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: Republic of Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Georgia, Republic of Croatia, Israel, Republic of Moldova, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kingdom of the Netherlands-Netherlands, Romania, Ukraine

IMFC Statement by Governor ZHOU Xiaochuan, People's Bank of China (pdf file, 579 kb)
On behalf of: People's Republic of China