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Press Release


SG/T/2954

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson travelled to Washington, D.C., to take part in a series of events taking place alongside the spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

DSG/SM/767-ECOSOC/6608
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the special high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), in New York today: