Meetings: International Financial Institution Advisory Commission,

[Federal Register: September 10, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 175)]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Departmental Offices; International Financial Institution Advisory Commission

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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:

‹bullet› Sources of financial crises and instability; relation of instability to crises; size of bank failures and depth of crises.

‹bullet› 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. 99-23494Filed9-9-99; 8:45 am]

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