At a meeting here of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, the 151 member nations decided to follow the plan that he proposed.
The article was published a week before the annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF and provoked a strong response.
Votes on the board's decisions are expected later this month in Singapore at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Debt relief was barely discussed at the meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund last September.
Its effort came shortly before the annual ministerial meetings of the World Bank and the I.M.F., scheduled for the end of the month.
That will keep him at his post until after this spring's meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
It will convene just before next week's annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
The outlook for Argentina's debt payments has been discussed often here at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
The ministers are here for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
President Bush addresses the annual meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.