Annual Meetings

October 13-15, 2025

Governor Statements

2024 Annual Meetings Statements

Address by Ajay Banga
President of the World Bank
to the Board of Governors of the World Bank, at the Joint Annual Discussion
Opening Address by the Chairman of the Boards of Governors
the Hon. Ahmed Munawar, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank for Maldives at the Joint Annual Discussion
Address by Kristalina Georgieva
Chair of the Executive Board and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
to the Boards of Governors of the Fund at the Joint Annual Discussion
- Full Text - English
Statement by the Hon. Joe Biden
President of the United States
at the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank
- Full Text - English
Statement by the Hon. Nirmala Sitharaman
Governor of the IBRD for India
- Full Text - English
Statement by the Hon. Katsunobu Kato
Governor of the IBRD for Japan
- Full Text - English
Statement by the Hon. Alexander Demarco
Governor of the IBRD for Malta
- Full Text - English
Statement by the Hon. Delvin O'Neale Thoma
Alternate Governor of the IBRD for Nauru, on Behalf of the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu
- Full Text - English
Statement by the Hon. Bishnu Prasad Paudel
Governor of the IBRD for Nepal
- Full Text - English
Statement by the Hon. Ralph G. Recto
Governor of the IBRD for the Philippines
- Full Text - English
Statement by the Hon. Andrzej Domański
Governor of the IBRD for the Republic of Poland
- Full Text - English
Statement by the Hon. Ali bin Ahmed Al-Kuwari
Governor of the IBRD for Qatar, on Behalf of the Arab Governors
- Full Text - English
Statement by the Hon. Tiofilusi Tiueti
Governor of the IBRD for Tonga
- Full Text - English
Statement by the Hon. Hong Thi Nguyen
Governor of the IBRD for Viet Nam
- Full Text - English

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