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The speeches made by officials attending the IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings are published in this volume, along with the press communiqués issued by the International Monetary and Financial Committee and the Development Committee at the conclusion of the meetings.
Following is a press release issued on April 27. The text of the press release and a joint report by the IMF and the World Bank, The Economic Consequences of the Kosovo Crisis: A Preliminary Assessment of External Financing Needs and the Role of the Fund and the World Bank in the International Response, are available on the IMF’s website (www.imf.com).
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Mr. Chairman, Governors, honored guests, it is a pleasure to welcome you to these meetings on behalf of the International Monetary Fund. I would also like to extend a special welcome to my friend and colleague Bob Zoellick, and to thank him for his inspiring speech. Bob’s words make it clear that the Fund and the Bank are united by a common purpose—to serve the interests of the people of our member countries—and also a common commitment to reform. Welcome Bob.
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October 20, 2007
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October 21, 2007
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I would like to welcome you all to the 2007 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund. It is a great honor for my country, Algeria, to chair these meetings.
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Mr. Chairman, Governors, and Distinguished Guests: I am pleased to welcome you to our Annual Meetings. I would like to express my special appreciation to our Chairman, Karim Djoudi, for these meetings and to Augustón Carstens, for his leadership of the Development Committee, as well as for his fine counsel as I assumed this new post.