[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 175 (Friday, September 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 49273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23494]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Departmental Offices; International Financial Institution 
Advisory Commission

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Under section 603 of the foreign Operations, Export Financing 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999, the International 
Financial Institution Advisory Commission (the ``Commission'') shall 
advise and report to the Congress on the future role and 
responsibilities of the international financial institutions (defined 
as the International Monetary Fund, International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, European Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, International Development Association, International 
Finance Corporation, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, African 
Development Bank, African Development Fund, Asian Development Bank, 
Inter-American Development Bank, and Inter-American Investment 
Corporation), the World Trade Organization, and the Bank for 
International Settlements.

DATES: The second meeting of the Advisory Commission will be held on 
September 28, 1999, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and tentatively ending at 
3:30 p.m., in Room H 327 in the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Designated Federal Official: William 
McFadden Senior Policy Advisory, Office of International Monetary and 
Financial Policy, Room 4444, Department of the Treasury, 1500 
Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Washington, D.c. 20220. Telephone number 202-
622-0343, fax number (202) 622-7664.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2.

Agenda of Meeting

    The agenda tentatively includes discussion of the following:
     Sources of financial crises and instability; relation of 
instability to crises; size of bank failures and depth of crises.
     Role and evolving functions of the International Monetary 
Fund.

Procedural

    This meeting is open to the public. Please note that the meeting 
may close early if all business is finished. Members of the public may 
submit written comments. If you wish to furnish comments, please 
provide 16 copies of your written material to the Designated Federal 
Official. If you wish to have your comments distributed to members of 
the Commission in advance of the first meeting, 16 copies of any 
written material should be provided to the Designated Federal Official 
no later than September 20, 1999.

    Dated: September 3, 1999.
William McFadden,
Designated Federal Official.
[FR Doc. 99-23494 Filed 9-9-99; 8:45 am]
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