March 12, 2002

IGLESIAS, TAVARES, PRESENTED HIGHEST AWARD OF STATE OF CEARA Governor Tasso Ribeiro Jereissati presents Medal of the Abolition

FORTALEZA, Brazil -Inter-American Development Bank President Enrique V. Iglesias and Brazil’s Planning Minister Martus Tavares were presented the highest award of the state of Ceará today - a diploma and Medal of the Abolition.

The medal commemorates the abolition of slavery in 1884 by the state of Ceará - the first state in Brazil to take that measure - and is awarded to persons for distinguished public service.

Ceará Governor Tasso Ribeiro Jereissati presented the awards in a ceremony in President Iglesias’ office at the Convention Center, site of the 43rd IDB Annual Meeting.