Ministers will discuss economic and policy issues focusing on financing of the post-2015 development agenda as well as reform of global economic governance. Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will chair the meeting.
Commonwealth finance ministers will meet in Washington DC on 9 October in the margins of the 2013 International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual Meetings.
The ministers will represent Commonwealth countries from Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Americas, Europe and Pacific. They will discuss economic and policy issues focusing on financing of the post-2015 development agenda as well as reform of global economic governance. Discussions will also cover The Commonwealth-G20 relationship.
Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will chair the meeting.
The ministerial meeting will be preceded by meetings of senior Commonwealth finance officials and central bank governors on 8 October.
Ministers will also receive a report of the high-level advocacy mission on debt problems of small states.
Press Conference
There will be a press conference on Thursday, 10 October at 11:00am in IMF HQ2, Conference Hall 2. All journalists are invited to this press conference.
The press conference will be addressed by:
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Finance Minister, Nigeria
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma
Dr Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis
About The Commonwealth
The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 54 independent countries, spread over Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Americas, Europe and Pacific. It is home to 2.2 billion citizens and over 60% of these are under the age of 30. The Commonwealth includes some of the world’s largest, smallest, richest and poorest countries. Thirty-two of its members are small states, many of them island nations. Five Commonwealth countries are in the G20. They are: Australia, Canada, India, South Africa and United Kingdom.
