The second group I would like to highlight are my colleagues on the Executive Board and Governing Council – both past and present. You have enacted a series of measures over the past eight years in extraordinary circumstances. The bedrock of those decisions has been your consistent and unconditional commitment to our mandate.
You have been unwavering in your determination both to deliver our mandate and to stay within its confines – to never accept failure. You can look back with satisfaction on what you achieved in extremely testing conditions, and in the knowledge that you have improved the welfare of many people.