<p>"The tentatively scheduled informal briefing of the executive board has been postponed pending further developments in New York," IMF spokesman William Murray said in a statement yesterday. He did not offer any details.<br /><br />Strauss-Kahn was arrested yesterday and charged with a sexual assault and attempted rape on a chambermaid in the luxury Sofitel hotel in New York, near Times Square.<br />The 62-year-old IMF chief was expected to be arraigned before a New York judge later Sunday.<br /><br />The IMF announced earlier that John Lipsky, its first deputy managing director, had been appointed acting managing director while Strauss-Kahn was outside Washington.<br /><br />It also said that Nemat Shafik, the deputy managing director who oversees the IMF's work in several European Union countries, will attend Monday's Eurogroup meeting in Brussels instead of Strauss-Kahn.</p>
<p>"The tentatively scheduled informal briefing of the executive board has been postponed pending further developments in New York," IMF spokesman William Murray said in a statement yesterday. He did not offer any details.<br /><br />Strauss-Kahn was arrested yesterday and charged with a sexual assault and attempted rape on a chambermaid in the luxury Sofitel hotel in New York, near Times Square.<br />The 62-year-old IMF chief was expected to be arraigned before a New York judge later Sunday.<br /><br />The IMF announced earlier that John Lipsky, its first deputy managing director, had been appointed acting managing director while Strauss-Kahn was outside Washington.<br /><br />It also said that Nemat Shafik, the deputy managing director who oversees the IMF's work in several European Union countries, will attend Monday's Eurogroup meeting in Brussels instead of Strauss-Kahn.</p>