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PART 1 of 4 (86k PDF) Introductory Note Address by the President of the United States,    William Clinton Address by the President of Argentina,    Carlos Saúl Menem Opening Address by the Chairman of the Boards of Governors    and Governor of the Fund and the Bank for Austria,    Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer

PART 2 of 4 (413k PDF) Presentation of the Fifty-Third Annual Report by the Chairman    of the Executive Board and Managing Director    of the International Monetary Fund, Michel Camdessus Opening Address by the President of the World Bank Group,    James D. Wolfensohn 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, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Report to the Boards of Governors of the Fund and the Bank    by the Chairman of the Joint Ministerial Committee of the Boards of    Governors on the Transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries    (Development Committee), Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda Statements by the Governors for    Armenia—Armen R. Darbinian    Australia—Rod Kemp    Austria—Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer*    Bangladesh—Shah A.M.S. Kibria    Barbados—Owen S. Arthur*    Belgium—Jean-Jacques Viseur    Bosnia and Herzegovina—Mirsad Kurtovic    Bosnia and Herzegovina—Novak Kondic    Cambodia—Keat Chhon    Cambodia—Chea Chan To    Canada—James Peterson    China—Dai Xianglong    Croatia—Borislav Skegro    Cyprus—Christodoulos Christodoulou    Estonia—Mart Opmann*    Ethiopia—Sufian Ahmed*    Fiji—James Ah Koy    Finland—Matti Vanhala*    France—Jean-Claude Trichet    Georgia—Vladimer Papava    Germany—Hans Tietmeyer    Greece—Yannos Papantoniou    Iceland—Halldór Ásgrímsson*    India—Yashwant Sinha    Indonesia—Bambang Subianto    Iran, Islamic Republic of—Hossein Namazi    Iraq—Hikmat M. Ibraheem Al-Azzawi    Ireland—Charlie McCreevy    Israel—Jacob A. Frenkel    Italy—Carlo Azeglio Ciampi    Japan—Kiichi Miyazawa    Korea—Kyu Sung Lee    Lao People’s Democratic Republic—       Cheuang Sombounkhanh    Libyan Arab Jamahiriya—       Mohamed A. Bait Elmal

PART 3 of 4 (278k PDF)    Malaysia—Dato Mustapa Mohamed    Malta—John Dalli    Marshall Islands—Tony Debrum    Mongolia—Bat-Erdene Batbayar    Morocco—Fathallah Oualalou*    Myanmar—U Khin Maung Thein    Nepal—Ram Sharan Mahat    Netherlands—Gerrit Zalm    New Zealand—W.F. Birch    Pakistan—Hafiz A. Pasha    Papua New Guinea—Iairo Lasaro    Paraguay—Heinz Gerhard Doll    Philippines—Edgardo B. Espiritu    Poland—Leszek Balcerowicz    Portugal—Antonio de Sousa Franco    Russian Federation—Mikhail Mikhailovich Zadornov    Solomon Islands—Bartholomew Aba’au Ulufa’alu*    Spain—Rodrigo De Rato Figaredo    Sri Lanka—G.L. Peiris    Switzerland—Kaspar Villiger    Thailand—Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda    Tonga—Kinikinilau Tutoatasi Fakafanua    Turkey—Gunes Taner    Turkmenistan—Yolly A. Gurbanmuradov    Ukraine—Valeriy Pavlovych Pustovoitenko    United Kingdom—Gordon Brown    Uzbekistan—Bakhtiar Sultanovich Khamidov    Vietnam—Nguyen Tan Dung

PART 4 of 4 (230k PDF) Concluding Remarks Statements by    The Governor of the Bank for Nepal, Ram Sharan Mahat    The Chairman of the Executive Board and Managing       Director of the International Monetary Fund,       Michel Camdessus    The President of the World Bank Group,James D. Wolfensohn    The Chairman of the Boards of Governors and Governor of the       Fund and the Bank for Austria, Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer Documents and Resolutions of the Board of Governors Schedule of Meetings Provisions Relating to the Conduct of the Meetings Agenda Reports of the Joint Procedures Committee    Report I       Statement of Results of Election, October 7, 1998    Annex I to Report I. Regulations for the Conduct of the 1998       Regular Election of Executive Directors    Annex II to Report I       Attachment I. Rules and Regulations Amended Since          the 1997 Annual Meeting    Report III Resolutions    53-1 Membership for the Republic of Palau    53-2 Increase in Quotas of Fund Members—Eleventh          General Review       Annex to Resolution 53-2    53-3 Direct Remuneration of Executive Directors and          Their Alternates    53-4 1998 Regular Election of Executive Directors    53-5 Financial Statements, Report on Audit, and          Administrative and Capital Budgets    53-6 Amendments of the Rules and Regulations Interim Committee of the Board of Governors on the       International Monetary System    Press Communiqué (October 4, 1998)    Interim Committee Composition (as of October 4, 1998) Joint Ministerial Committee of the Boards of Governors of the       Bank and the Fund on the Transfer of Real Resources to       Developing Countries (Development Committee) Press Communiqué (October 5, 1998) Development Committee Composition          (as of October 5, 1998) Attendance    Members of Fund Delegations    Observers, Representatives of International Organizations,          and Special Invitees Executive Directors, Alternates, and Advisors List of Abbreviations

*Speaking on behalf of a group of countries.