December 1994 to January 1998, Mr Gurría madedialogue and consensus-building one of thehallmarks of his approach to global issues. FromJanuary 1998 to December 2000, he was Mexico'sMinister of Finance and Public Credit. For the firsttime in a generation, he steered Mexico's economythrough a change of Administration without arecurrence of the financial crises that had previouslydogged such changes.As OECD's Secretary-General, since June 2006, MrGurría has reinforced the OECD's role as a "hub" forglobal dialogue and debate on economic policy issueswhile pursuing internal modernisation and reform. mankind today and the OECD is ready to continue towork with all countries to support international climatechange negotiations. nABOUT THE AUTHORAngel Gurría is the Secretary-General of theOrganisation for Economic Co-operation andDevelopment (OECD). He came to the OECDfollowing a distinguished career in public service,including two ministerial posts. As Mexico's Minister of Foreign Affairs from