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.
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| Press Release | Title | Country | Session |
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Opening Address by the Chairman, the Hon. KASPER VILLIGER, Governor of the Bank and the Fund for SWITZERLAND, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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| SWITZERLAND
| September 23, 2003
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Address by JAMES D. WOLFENSOHN to the Board of Governors of the World Bank Group, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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| September 23, 2003
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Address by HORST KOHLER, Chairman of the Executive Board and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, to the Board of Governors of the Fund
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| September 23, 2003
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Statement by H.H. SHEIKH HAMDAN BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance and Industry, for UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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| September 23, 2003
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Report to the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund by the Chairman of the International Monetary Finanacial Committee of the Board of Governors, the Hon. GORDON BROWN, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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| September 23, 2003
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Report to the Boards of Governors of the Bank and the Fund by the Hon. TREVOR MANUEL, Chairman of the Joint Ministerial Committee of the Boards of Givernors on the Transfer of Real Resources to the Developing Countries (Development Committee), at the Joint Annual Discussion
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| September 23, 2003
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Statement by Major General HLA TUN, Governor of the Bank for MYANMAR, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| MYANMAR
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. GIULIO TREMONTI, Governor of the Fund for ITALY, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| ITALY
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. JOSE ISIDRO N. CAMACHO, Governor of the Bank for the PHILIPPINES, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| PHILIPPINES
| September 24, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. PETAR GOSEV, Governor of the Bank for the FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. M. SAIFUR RAHMAN, Governor of the Bank and the Fund for BANGLADESH, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| BANGLADESH
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. BIRGIR ISLEIFUR GUNNARSSON, Governor of the Fund for ICELAND on behalf of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden at the Joint Annual Discussion
| ICELAND
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. ANDREI KOBYAKOV, Governor of the Bank for the REPUBLIC OF BELARUS, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. PETER COSTELLO, Governor of the Bank and the Fund for AUSTRALIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| AUSTRALIA
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. GEIR HILMAR HAARDE, Alternate Governor of the Bank for ICELAND, on behalf of the Bank Nordic Countries, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| ICELAND
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. JIN RENQING, Governor of the Bank for the PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. JOHN W. SNOW, Governor of the Bank and the Fund for the UNITED STATES, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| UNITED STATES
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. VARATHEP RATANAKORN, Governor of the Bank for THAILAND, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| THAILAND
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. BURHANUDDIN ABDULLAH, Governor of the Fund for INDONESIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| INDONESIA
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. VALDIS DOMBROVSKIS, Governor of the Bank for the REPUBLIC OF LATVIA, on behalf of the Bank Baltic Group, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| REPUBLIC OF LATVIA
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. JOHN MANLEY, Governor of the Bank and the Fund for CANADA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| CANADA
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. YAGA REDDY, Alternate Governor of the Fund for INDIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| INDIA
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. ALI BABACAN, Governor of the Fund for TURKEY, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| TURKEY
| September 24, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. MATO CRKVENAC, Governor of the Bank for the REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
| September 24, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. SAISNARINE KOWLESSAR, Governor of the Bank for GUYANA, on behalf of the Joint Carribean Group, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| GUYANA
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. SOMDY DOUANGDY, Alternate Governor of the Bank for the LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
| September 23, 2003
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| 27 |
Statement by the Hon. TAHMASEB MAZAHERI, Governor of the Bank for the ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. ALEKSEI KUDRIN, Governor of the Fund for the RUSSIAN FEDERATION, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| RUSSIAN FEDERATION
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. TOSHIHIKO FUKUI, Alternate Governor of the Bank and the Fund for JAPAN, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| JAPAN
| September 23, 2003
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| 30 |
Statement by the Hon. JORGE GIORDANI, Governor of the Bank for the REPUBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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| VENEZUELA
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. DAVID KLEIN, Governor of the Bank for ISRAEL, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| ISRAEL
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. JEAN-CLAUDE TRICHET, Alternate Governor of the Fund for FRANCE, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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| FRANCE
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. CHARLIE MCCREEVY, T. D., Governor of the Bank and the Fund for IRELAND, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| IRELAND
| September 24, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. SHAUKAT AZIZ, Governor of the Bank for PAKISTAN, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| PAKISTAN
| September 24, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. JIN-PYO KIM, Governor of the Fund for KOREA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| KOREA
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. DATO DR. JAMALUDIN MOHD JARJIS, Governor of the Bank and the Fund for MALAYSIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| MALAYSIA
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. ERNST WELTEKE, Governor of the Fund for GERMANY, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| GERMANY
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. MARKOS KYPRIANOU, Governor of the Bank for CYPRUS, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| CYPRUS
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. DIDIER REYNDERS, Governor of the Bank for BELGIUM, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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| BELGIUM
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the H.E. NIKOLAOS CHRISTODOULAKIS, Governor of the Bank for GREECE, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| GREECE
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. SIOSIUA T.T. 'UTOIKAMANU, Governor of the Bank for TONGA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| TONGA
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the H.E. MOHAMED KHALFAN BIN KHIRBASH, Alternate Governor of the Bank for the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, on behalf of the Arab Governors, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. MICHAEL CULLEN, Governor of the Fund for NEW ZEALAND, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| NEW ZEALAND
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. LE DUC THUY, Governor of the Fund for VIETNAM, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| VIETNAM
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by H.E. MS. MANUELA FERREIRA LEITE, Governor of the Bank for PORTUGAL, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| PORTUGAL
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. ANTHONY ABELA, Governor of the Bank for MALTA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| MALTA
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. JOSE ERNESTO BUTTNER LIMPRICH, Governor of the Bank for PARAGUAY, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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| PARAGUAY
| September 24, 2003
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Statement by the H.E. VALERIY KHOROSHKOVSKIY, Governor of the Bank for UKRAINE, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| UKRAINE
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. RYSZARD MICHALSKI, Alternate Governor of the Fund for REPUBLIC OF POLAND, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| REPUBLIC OF POLAND
| September 24, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. KAIRSHASP NARIMAN CHOKSY, Governor of the Bank and the Fund for SRI LANKA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| SRI LANKA
| September 24, 2003
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Statement by the H.E. GERRIT ZALM,Governor of the Bank for the NETHERLANDS, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| NETHERLANDS
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. PRAKASH CHANDRA LOHANI, Governor of the Bank for NEPAL, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| NEPAL
| September 24, 2003
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Statement by the H.E. JEAN BAPTISTE COMPAORE, Governor of the Fund for BURKINA FASO, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| BURKINA FASO
| September 24, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. CASMIR REMENGESAU, Governor of the Bank for REPUBLIC OF PALAU, and on behalf of the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands (Republic of ), Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu at the Joint Annual Discussion
| REPUBLIC OF PALAU
| September 24, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. CHEA CHANTO, Governor of the Fund for CAMBODIA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| CAMBODIA
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. GORDON BROWN, Governor of the Fund for the UNITED KINGDOM, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| UNITED KINGDOM
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the H.E. AGELI ABDEL SALAM BRENI, Governor of the Bank for SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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| SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
| September 24, 2003
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Statement by the H.E. RODRIGO DE RATO FIGAREDO, Governor of the Bank and the Fund for SPAIN, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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| SPAIN
| September 23, 2003
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Concluding Remarks by HORST KOHLER, Chairman of the Executive Board and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, at the Closing Joint Session
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| September 24, 2003
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Concluding Remarks by the Chairman, the Hon. KASPAR VILLIGER, Governor of the Bank and the Fund for SWITZERLAND, at the Joint Annual Discussion
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| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the H.E. ADNAN TERZIC, Governor of the Bank for BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
| September 23, 2003
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Statement by the Hon. RATU JONE YAVALA KUBUABOLA, Governor of the Bank for FIJI, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| FIJI
| September 23, 2003
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Concluding Remarks by the Hon. LIM HNG KIANG, Governor of the Bank for SINGAPORE, at the Closing Joint Session
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| SINGAPORE
| September 24, 2003
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Statement by H.E. BART PHILEMON, Governor of the Bank for PAPUA NEW GUINEA, at the Joint Annual Discussion
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA
| September 23, 2003
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