ADB 53rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors: Virtual, 22 May and 17-18 September 2020: Summary of Proceedings
In: http://hdl.handle.net/11540/12705
The Fifty-Third Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank was held virtually in two stages. The first stage was on 22 May 2020 and the second stage was from 17 to 18 September 2020. Resolution no. 398 adopted by the Board of Governors in 2019 provided that the Fifty-Third Annual Meeting would be from 2 to 5 May 2020 in Incheon Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea. In view of the global health situation arising from the coronavirus disease 2019, the Board of Directors approved that the annual meeting be held virtually in two stages. The first stage in the form of a reduced-scale meeting of the Board of Governors (predominantly through their appointed representatives) on 22 May 2020 to ensure that statutory requirements could be met. The second stage, originally planned in Incheon from 18-21 September, was changed to a shorter online meeting from 17 to 18 September 2020, which covered the remaining Annual Meeting agenda and comprised a series of virtual events, including events participated by Governors. The Government of the Republic of Korea renewed its commitment to hosting an annual meeting by inviting ADB to hold the Fifty-Sixth Annual Meeting in Incheon, Republic of Korea in 2023, which the Board of Governors approved on 18 September 2020 (Resolution no. 407). This Summary of Proceedings of the 2020 Annual Meeting is presented in accordance with the provisions of Section 9 of the Rules of Procedure of the Board of Governors. The Governor for the Republic of Korea, the Honorable Hong Nam-Ki, chaired the Meeting. The Governor for Indonesia, the Honorable Sri Mulyani Indrawati, and the Temporary Alternate Governor for Luxembourg, Mr. Yves Weber, served as Vice-Chairs. The views expressed by ADB members at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of ADB.