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WTO: 2006 PRESS RELEASES

Press/433
8 February 2006
GENERAL COUNCIL

WTO chairpersons for 2006

The WTO General Council today (8 February) noted the consensus on the following slate of names of chairpersons for WTO Bodies:

Chairpersons of WTO Bodies — 2006

General Council	Amb. Eirik GLENNE (Norway)
Dispute Settlement Body	Amb. Muhamad Noor YACOB (Malaysia)
Trade Policy Review Body	Amb. Claudia URIBE (Colombia)
Council for Trade in Goods	Amb. Yonov Frederick AGAH (Nigeria)
Council for Trade in Services	Amb. François ROUX (Belgium)
Council for TRIPS	Amb. C. Trevor CLARKE (Barbados)
Committee on Trade and Environment	Amb. Shree Baboo Chekitan SERVANSING (Mauritius)
Committee on Trade and Development	Mr. Faizel ISMAIL (South Africa)
Committee on Balance-of- Payments Restrictions	Mr. Takehiro KAGAWA (Japan)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements	Amb. Ousmane CAMARA (Senegal)
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration	Amb. Juan Antonio MARCH PUJOL (Spain)
Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology	Amb. Manuel A.J. TEEHANKEE (Philippines)
Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance	Amb. Peter BRNO (Slovak Republic)

Chairpersons of Bodies established under the Trade Negotiations Committee — 2006
(To serve until the next Session of the Ministerial Conference)

Negotiating Group on Market Access	Amb. Don STEPHENSON (Canada)
Negotiating Group on Rules	Amb. Guillermo VALLES GALMÉS (Uruguay)
Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation	Mr. Tony MILLER (Hong Kong, China)
Special Session of the Council for Trade in Services	Amb. Fernando DE MATEO Y VENTURINI (Mexico)
Special Session of the Council for TRIPS	Amb. Manzoor AHMAD (Pakistan)
Special Session of the Dispute Settlement Body	Amb. Ronald SABORÍO SOTO (Costa Rica)
Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture	Amb. Crawford FALCONER (New Zealand)
Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Environment	Amb. Toufiq ALI (Bangladesh)
Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Development	Amb. Burhan GAFOOR (Singapore)

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