50th anniversary

The Paris Club celebrated, on 14 June 2006, its fithieth anniversary by holding an international policy forum

As to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, the Paris Club organized, on 14 June 2006 in Paris, an international policy forum during which international high-profile speakers assessed the activity of the Paris Club since 1956 and debated the principal stakes concerning the international financial architecture and the restoration of debt sustainability.

The forum gathered more than 300 participants :

• Representatives of Paris Club's member counties
• Representatives of countries that have recently been granted a debt treatment
• Representatives of international organizations
• Academics
• Members of NGOs
• Journalists

First round Table chaired by Mario Draghi , Governor of the Bank of Italy

Second Round Table chaired by Donal Kaberuka , President of the African Development Bank

Xavier Musca, Chairman of the Paris Club

Stanley Fischer, Governor of the Bank of Israel

Mario Draghi, Governor of the Bank of Italy

Jacques de Larosière, Advisor to the President of BNP-Paribas, former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and former Chaiman of the Paris Club

Mark Carney, Senior associate deputy finance Minister of Canada

Enrique V. Iglésias, Secretary General de Secretaria Iberoamericana

Jean Lemierre, President of the European bank for reconstruction and development

John Lipsky, Chief Economist, JP Morgan Chase

Sergueï Stortchak, Deputy Finance Minister, Russian Federation

Donal Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank

Michel Camdessus, former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and former Chairman of the Paris Club

Agustin Carstens, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund

Daniel Cohen, Professor of economics, Ecole normale supérieure

Vincenzo La Via, Chief financial officer, World Bank

Francesco Oddone, Eurodad

Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Finance Minister, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank

Photograph of past chairmen, co-chairmen, vice-presidents and general secretaries of the Paris Club, and their current counterparts