This chapter presents an overview of the main activities of the Bank during the past financial year. These activities continued to focus on the promotion of cooperation among the central banking and regulatory community in the area of financial and monetary stability, and on the provision of high-quality financial instruments and services, mainly to central banks. The chapter also documents a number of important changes in the Bank’s Statutes and organisation. The reports mentioned in this overview, as well as much of the Bank’s research output, are available on the BIS website (www.bis.org) or, on request, in hard copy.