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Fulbright Association
1100 G Street, N.W.
Suite 525
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: (202) 347-5543
Fax: (202) 347-6540 |
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Takatoshi Kato Welcomes Guests to IMF |
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On behalf of the IMF, let me say a few words. Good morning,
ladies and gentlemen. It is my very great pleasure to welcome you
this morning to this impressive gathering of Fulbright Fellows and
special guests to the International Monetary Fund. It is only
fitting that this occasion would take place inside this
international institution, as the Fulbright Association shines a
spotlight on the importance of better understanding around the
globe, and acknowledges President Clinton’s many contributions.
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Takatoshi Kato,
Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, with William
Jefferson Clinton and Madeleine Albright.
(Photograph by Sharon Farmer.) |
To quote President Clinton, when as President of the host
member country, he honored us by addressing the 1999 annual meetings of the
World Bank and IMF, and I quote, “We can build a global economy and global
society that leaves no one behind.” This is the agenda that the Bretton
Woods institutions have been pursuing by way of our respective areas of
competence.
It is a privilege for us that the Fulbright Association has
chosen the IMF Headquarters—as a matter of fact, this is a brand-new
building only completed last September—as a place to honor President Clinton
with this important award today. To all of you who are associated with it
within the Fulbright program, I offer you each a very warm welcome to the
IMF. Thank you very much.
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delivered at the J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding
Award Ceremony honoring William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the
United States of America, on April 12, 2006, at the International Monetary
Fund in Washington, D.C. |
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