Release of the report: "Meeting Global Challenges: International Cooperation in the National Interest"

Singapore, 18 September, 2006

Co-Chair Ernesto Zedillo and members Kemal Dervis and Trevor Manuel presented the report of the International Task Force on Global Public Goods during the Annual meeting of the IMF and the World Bank Group on 18 September 2006 in Singapore.

France's Minister for Cooperation and Francophony, Brigitte Girardin, and Sweden' s Deputy Minister of Finance, Jens Henriksson, welcomed the report.

The International Task Force on Global Public Goods was created in 2003 by France and Sweden with a mandate to assess and prioritize global public goods and make recommendations to policy makers and other stakeholders on how to improve and expand their provision.