The General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) participated in the 89th session of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), held from 29 to 30 June 2019 here, in Switzerland. GCC Assistant Secretary General for Economic and Development Affairs Khalifa bin Saeed Al-Abri and Director of the Monetary and Financial Department, at the Economic Sector Saad Al-Kharashi represented the secretariat. The session discussed the annual economic report of the bank, the challenges facing the global banking sector, the importance of mixing monetary and monetary policies, taking precautionary measures to protect the macro economy, the role played by financial services technology, in the banking sector, to protect the financial and economic sector.