Summary of Proceedings: 38th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors

Abstract

The Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors was held in Lutfi Kirdar Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre in Istanbul, Turkey from 4 to 6 May 2005. The Governor for Turkey, Mr. Ibrahim Çanakci, chaired the Meeting. The Governor for Cook Islands, the Honorable Sir Geoffrey Henry, KBE, and the Governor for Mongolia, the Honorable Altankhuyag Norov, served as Vice-Chairpersons. At the Opening Session on 4 May 2005, Minister of State in charge of Economy of Turkey, the Honorable Ali Babacan, delivered the opening remarks, followed by Mr. Ibrahim Çanakci, Chairperson of the Board of Governors, followed by the President of ADB, Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda. The Prime Minister of Turkey, the Honorable Recep Tayyip Erdogan, delivered his address on 5 May 2005.