Statements Given on the Occasion of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Meeting—April 16, 2005


Last Updated: May 2, 2005
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IMFC Statement by Honorable Burhanuddin Abdullah, Governor of Bank Indonesia (pdf file, 36.14 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: Brunei Darussalam, Republic of Fiji, Indonesia, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, Vietnam

IMFC Statement by His Excellency, Sultan Bin Nasser Al-Suwaidi, Governor of the United Arab Emirates Central Bank (pdf file, 37.51 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, Arab Republic of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Maldives, Oman, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic, Republic of Yemen

IMFC Statement by Mr. Alipour-Jeddi, on behalf of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (pdf file, 672.18 kb)

IMFC Statement by Commissioner Joaquin Almunia, on behalf of the European Commission (pdf file, 678.58 kb)

Statement by Mr. Breton, French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry (pdf file, 110.73 kb)
On behalf of: France
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IMFC Statement by Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, United Kingdom (pdf file, 49.57 kb)
On behalf of: United Kingdom

IMFC Statement by Honourable Finance Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram, Leader of the Indian Delegation to the IMFC (pdf file, 175.95 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka

IMFC Statement by Mr. Hans Eichel, Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany (pdf file, 44.08 kb)
On behalf of: Germany

IMFC statement by The Hon. Nicolás Eyzaguirre, Minister of Finance, and The Hon. Vittorio Corbo, Governor of the Central Bank of Chile (pdf file, 740.22 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay

IMFC Statement by Mr. Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., Chairman of the Financial Stability Forum (pdf file, 656.65 kb)

IMFC Statement by Mr. Per-Kristian Foss, Minister of Finance, Norway (pdf file, 53.53 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, 741.58 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
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IMFC Statement by The Hon. Duck-Soo Han Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy of the Republic of Korea (pdf file, 683.87 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 Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, in his capacity as Chairman of the EU Council of Economic and Finance Ministers (pdf file, 683.49 kb)

IMFC Statement by Mr. Aleksei L. Kudrin, Governor for the Russian Federation, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation (pdf file, 37.59 kb)
On behalf of: Russian Federation

IMFC Statement by the Honorable Mohammed Laksaci, Governor of the IMF for Algeria (pdf file, 665.38 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Algeria, Ghana, Islamic Republic of Iran, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia

IMFC Statement by H. E. Hans-Rudolf Merz, Minister of Finance of Switzerland (pdf file, 717.18 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 IMF Managing Director, Rodrigo de Rato on the Global Economy and Financial Markets (pdf file, 741.66 kb)

IMFC Statement by Mr. Didier Reynders, Minister of Finance of Belgium (pdf file, 667.48 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: Austria, Republic of Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Republic of Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Slovak Republic, Republic of Slovenia, Republic of Türkiye

IMFC Statement by Mr. Li Ruogu, Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of China (pdf file, 610.37 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: People's Republic of China

IMFC Statement by Honorable Domenico Siniscalco Minister of Economy and Finance and Governor of the IMF for Italy (pdf file, 243.26 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 the Honorable John W. Snow, Secretary of the Treasury, United States of America (pdf file, 666.60 kb)
On behalf of: United States

IMFC Statement by Mr. Juan Somavia, Director General, International Labour Office (pdf file, 791.96 kb)

Statement by HH.E. Sadakazu Tanigaki Minister of Finance of Japan and Governor of the IMF for Japan (pdf file, 36.28 kb)
On behalf of: Japan

IMFC Statement by James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank (pdf file, 56.54 kb)

IMFC Statement by the Honorable Gerrit Zalm, Minister of Finance of The Netherlands (pdf file, 892.60 kb)
On behalf of the constituency consisting of: Republic of Armenia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Georgia, Republic of Croatia, Israel, Republic of Moldova, Republic of North Macedonia, Kingdom of the Netherlands-The Netherlands, Romania, Ukraine