MEDIA ARRANGEMENTS FOR G-20 FINANCE MINISTERS AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORS MEETING IN NEW DELHI

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The Meeting of G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors will be held on November 22 - 23, 2002 in New Delhi. The meeting will be chaired by the Union Minister of Finance & Company Affairs , Shri Jaswant Singh. India will be hosting the G-20 Meet for the first time.

Media coverage of the meeting would be permitted to all correspondents and camerapersons who are accredited specifically for the Meeting. Accreditation is open to all bonafide news organisations. Freelance media representatives must be sponsored by a recognized news organization and present a letter of assignment. Accreditation would be done on 18^th, 20^th and 21^st November, 2002 at Press Information Bureau (PIB), Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi and on 22^nd & 23^rd November, 2002 at the Media Centre in Hotel Taj Palace, venue of the Conference. Registration forms for accreditation are available with PIB and also online at www.g20.nic.in. A separate form should be used for accreditation for each media representative requesting accreditation.

The Group-20, formed in 1999, is a forum of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors representing 19 countries, the European Union, IMF and the World Bank. The Group comprises the G-7 countries (United States, UK, Canada, France, Italy, Germany and Japan), Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Australia, Indonesia, China, South Africa, India, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Republic of Korea. The Group provides a forum of dialogue among countries representing both developed and emerging economies from every region of the globe and addresses key policy challenges facing the international economy. It brings together important economic policy makers from countries representing over 85% of the world GDP and over 60% of the world's population, as well as the heads of the IMF and the World Bank.