(23 Apr 2010) SHOTLIST
Washington, DC - 23 April 2010
1. Wide of G-20 meeting, with Chair of meeting South Korean Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-hyun in the middle (blue shirt, red tie) getting up from seat
2. Mid of meeting
3. Mid of Yoon (centre) at meeting
4. World Bank President Robert Zoellick walking in
5. Various of meeting
6. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke walking in
7. Close-up of International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn,
UPSOUND (English) Dominique Strauss-Kahn, IMF Managing Director: "I guess I am supposed to sit somewhere but I don''t know where"
8. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (blue shirt, striped tie)
9. Zoom out from Zoellick to room
10. Wide of meeting with zoom in to Yoon addressing room
11. Wide of meeting
New York, NY - 23 April 2010
12. SOUNDBITE (English) David Wyss, Senior Economist at Standard & Poor''s:
"The problem is still that they''ve got to fix the underlying problems. We have Greek debt rated at triple B plus, that''s actually a little below the downgrade that Moody''s gave them yesterday, and we still have them with a negative outlook. So until they get the budgets passed I don''t think that''s going to change."
Washington, DC - 23 April 2010
13. Wide exterior of International Monetary Fund building
14. Close of International Monetary Fund building address
15. Close of International Monetary Fund sign
16. Wide of people arriving at IMF
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Gerry Rice, Deputy Director, External Relations Department, International Monetary Fund:
"We have received Greece''s request for a standby arrangement. We have been working closely with the Greek authorities for some weeks on technical assistance and have had a mission on the ground in Athens for a few days working with the authorities and the European Union. We are prepared to move expeditiously on this request."
18. Cutaway of camera
19. Pan from IMF sign to people arriving
20. Security officer holding door for people arriving
STORYLINE
Finance ministers and the heads of central banks from the Group of 20 major economies gathered at International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington on Friday for daylong talks.
Finance officials believe the global economy is in far better shape than a year ago, but they are wrestling with a growing debt crisis in Greece that could unravel the hard-won gains.
The IMF issued a statement stressing that the 186-nation lending agency was prepared to process quickly Greece''s request for emergency loans.
Friday''s talks were in advance of weekend meetings of key policymaking boards of the 186-nation IMF and its sister lending institution, the World Bank.
All the discussions were likely to be overshadowed by Greece''s debt problems, which have roiled global financial markets for weeks.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou requested on Friday the activation of a joint eurozone-IMF financial rescue for his debt-ridden country.
In response, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn issued a statement saying his organisation was ready "to move expeditiously" on Greece''s request.
Strauss-Kahn already had been scheduled to meet with Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou on Saturday.
IMF officials said emergency talks between an IMF team that arrived in Athens at the beginning of the week and the Greek government were continuing.
The G-20 is composed of the world''s richest industrial countries as well as fast-growing developing nations such as China, Brazil, India, South Korea and Russia.
It has taken over as the prime policy-setting body for the global economy.
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