Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the IMF and World Bank
DXB2003092303 - DUBAI, U.A.E., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Minister of Finance for the UAE and Deputy Ruler of Dubai, addresses the openning ceremony of the Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the IMF and World Bank on Sept. 23, 2003, in Dubai, U.A.E. Behind him is H.E. Kasper Villiger, center, Minister of Finance and Chairman of Board of Governors, James Wolfensohn, left, President of the World Bank, Paatii Ofosuh-Amaah, center left,World BAnk Corporate Secretary and Shilendra Anjaria, center right, Secretary of IMF. rlw/cac/Charles Crowell UPI
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