Draft:International Finance Forum

  • Comment: This draft largely just documents the occurrence of their meetings, it doesn't summarize significant coverage of this organization that shows how it meets WP:ORG. 331dot (talk) 06:37, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

The International Finance Forum (IFF)[1] is a nonprofit, unofficial, independent international organization founded jointly in Beijing in October 2003 by the leaders of China, the United States, the European Union, and other G20 countries and emerging economies, as well as related international organizations such as the United Nations (UN), the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). [2] The IFF serves as a platform for dialogue and cooperation in the field of global finance, often referred to as the "Finance 20" or "F20." It has global centers in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, London, Paris, Geneva, Washington DC, and New York.

In September 2023, in response to the international financial situation and needs at the time, the IFF launched a preparatory initiative. Previously, the IFF had received a positive response from the late former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and this latest initiative was welcomed by former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, former US President Bill Clinton, and various relevant Chinese government departments, UN system agencies, relevant international economic organizations, and global financial leaders. In the subsequent development of this initiative, it continued to be joined or supported by more than 200 global political and financial leaders, including former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, current UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, former New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley, and former South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-soo. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, Honorary President of the European Council and former Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, former President of the European Commission and former Portuguese Prime Minister José Manuel Durão Barroso, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, and UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi also indicated their support.