CONTENTS Speakers by Session I PII sessininiinsinesseivietistsaasionsinlaisiiileicicnishasabisaiiiasaataiaitiidahiigilamaeond xi Address by the President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel Opening Address by the Chairman oft he Boards of Governors and Governor oft he Fund and the Bank for South Africa, Trevor Andrew Manuel Presentation of the Fifty-Fifth Annual Report by the Chairman of the Executive Board and Managing Director oft he International Monetary Fund, Horst Kéhler Opening Address by the President of the World Bank Group, James D. Wolfensohn Report to the Board of Governors oft he International Monetary Fund by the Chairman oft he International Monetary and Financial Committee of the Board of Governors, Gordon Brown...34 Report to the Boards of Governors of the Fund and the Bank by the Chairman oft he Joint Ministerial Committee of the Boards of Governors on the Transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries (Development Committee), Yashwant Sinha Albania, Anastas Angjeli Armenia, Levon Barkhudaryan Australia, Rod Kemp Austria, Karl-Heinz Grasser Bangladesh, Shah A.M.S. Kibria Belarus, Gennady V. Novitsky nhc I I cathe nhumilctbesinntiainbniniahinlitauaenieuill 67 Brunei Darussalam, Dato Haji Selamat Haji Munap Cambodia, Chea Chan To and Keat Chhon Canada, Leonard M. Good SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS, 2000 China, Dai Xianglong Croatia, Mato Crkvenac Cyprus, Takis Klerides Czech Republic, Pavel Mertlik Dominica, Ambrose George Fiji, J. Y. Kubuabola France, Jean-Claude Trichet Germany, Ernst Welteke Greece, Yannos Papantoniou India, Yashwant Sinha Indonesia, Prijadi Praptosuhardjo Iran, Islamic Republic of, Mohsen Nourbakhsh sienna 127 Ireland, Charlie McCreevy Israel, David Klein Italy, Vincenzo Visco Japan, Masaru Hayami Kiribati, Beniamina Tinga* Korea, Nyum Jin Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Boungnang Vorachith Lebanon, Georges Corm Lithuania, Vytautas Dudenas Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of, Liube Trpeska Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of, Nikola Gruevski Madagascar, Tantely R.G. Andrianarivo Malaysia, Dato' Shafie Mohd. Salleh Malta, John Dalli Myanmar, U Khin Maung Thein Nepal, Mahesh Acharya Netherlands, Gerrit Zalm New Zealand, Michael Cullen Pakistan, Shaukat Aziz Papua New Guinea, John R. Kaputin Paraguay, Federico Zayas Chirife Philippines, Jose Pardo Poland, Jaroslaw Bauc Portugal, Joaquim Pina Moura Russian Federation, Aleksei Kudrin San Marino, Clelio Galassi Spain, Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo BB I cin ccsierciennscnececsoontisecnecseteainsonsteuabedinenteunnninnie 235 Sweden, Bosse Ringholm* Switzerland, Kaspar Villiger Thailand, Pisit Leeahtam CONTENTS Tonga, Kinikinilau Tutoatasi Fakafanua Turkey, Recep Onal Turkmenistan, Seyitbay Kandymov Ukraine, /gor Mityukov United Kingdom, Gordon Brown United States, Lawrence H. Summers Vietnam, Le Duc Thuy Yemen, Ahmed Mohamed Sofan* Concluding Remarks Statements by The Governor of the Fund for Costa Rica Eduardo Lizano Fait The Chairman of the Executive Board and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Horst Kéhler The President of the World Bank Group, James D. Wolfensohn...279 The Chairman of the Boards of Governors and the Governor of the Fund and the Bank for South Africa, Trevor Andrew Manuel Resolutions 55-1 Salary of the Managing Director 55-2 Direct Remuneration of Executive Directors and their Alternates 55-3 2000 Regular Election of Executive Directors 55-4 Financial Statements, Report on Audit, and Administrative and Capital Budgets 55-5 Amendment of Section 20(b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of the SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS, 2000 Interim Committee of the Board of Governors on the International Monetary System Press Communiqué (September 24, 2000) Interim Committee Composition (as of September 24, 2000) 320 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 (September 25, 2000) Development Committee Composition (as of September 25, 2000) Joint Meeting of the Interim and Development Committees, Joint Statement by Co-Chairmen Attendance Members of Fund Delegations ................ccscccsssssccescssessecesceeseses . 331 Observers, Representatives of International Organizations, and Special Invitees Executive Directors, Alternates, and Advisors List of Abbreviations