Announcement that the Hashemite Kingdom of the Jordan Became a Member of the International Monetary Fund and the Bank on August 29, 1952

• Joint Press Release INTERNATIONAL MONErAFI FOND AND INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR R!CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENI' FOB THE PRESS FOR nf.fEDIATE RELEASE Fund Press Belease No. 197 August 29, 1952 Bank Press Beleaee No. 305 The B:ashemite Kingdom ot The Jordan today became e. member of the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development when the Articles of Asreement of these institutions were sisned in Washington on behalf of the Government of the Jordan by His Excellency, Dr. Yusuf Reikal, Minister to the United States. • Jorda.n's quota in the International Monetary Fund is $3 million and its subscription to the capital stock of the Bank is 30 shares with a total par value of $3 million. Fifty-four nations a~a now members of the Fund and of the Bank. Ad- m!esion of the Jordan bl..ought the total of members• quotas 1n the Fund to $8,736,500,000. The total subscribed capital of the Ba3* is now $9,036,500,000 • •