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 Speaking
in a short ceremony, Mr Moore stressed that the
organization needs to be put in a position to do more in
the area of training and to expand the number of
participants to its courses.
He
said that he is personally convinced that the courses and
other training activities significantly help the
beneficiary countries strengthen their capability to
participate in the multilateral trading system. This, he
added, produces lasting benefits both for the governments
concerned and for the trading system.
Participating
in this course were officials from trade ministries in
developing and least developed countries, and transition
economies, some from governments currently negotiating
membership in the WTO. On behalf of the participants, Mr.
Georges Singana Maniuri from Vanuatu expressed the
group's gratitude for the WTO Secretariat’s efforts
in providing the course.
Mr.
Maniuri assured the WTO Director General that this course
has reinforced the participants’ abilities to defend
the interests of their respective countries and to
increase their participation in the multilateral trading
system.
He
said participants will use the knowledge acquired and
disseminate it when they return to their own
countries.WTO Deputy Director General Paul-Henri Ravier
also highlighted the necessity for the participants to
build on the knowledge and experience they have acquired
during the three-month course held at the WTO.
He
underlined the importance of maintaining and
strengthening the network which has been established
during the Course among participants themselves and
between participants and WTO staff.
The
15th WTO Trade Policy Course lasted from 18 September to
8 December. Three more courses are planned for 2001.
Participants:
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| Algeria |
Miss
Dalila BOUBENIDER, Deputy Director, General
Direction of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce,
Alger. |
| Armenia |
Mr.
Vache KIRAKOSYAN, Head, Department of the WTO
Affairs and Implementation of the Partnership and
Cooperation Agreement with the EU, Ministry of
Industry and Trade, Yerevan. |
| Bhutan |
Miss
Karma Damcho NIDUP, WTO Officer, Department of
Trade, Foreign Trade Division, Ministry of Trade
and Industry, Thimphu.
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| Botswana |
Mr.
Kedibonye LALETSANG, Principal Commercial
Officer, Department of Commerce and Consumer
Affairs, Ministry of Commerce and Industry,
Gaborone.
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| Burundi |
Miss
Gaudence KANYANGE, Lawyer Adviser, Office of the
Permanent Secretary of Commerce, Ministry of
Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Bujumbura.
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| Egypt |
Mr.
Yehia ABDEL HALIM, Commercial Attaché, WTO Unit,
International Organization Department, Ministry
of Economy and Foreign Trade, Cairo.
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| Ghana |
Mr.
Kwadwo Ntim ATUAHENE, Senior Commercial Officer,
Foreign Trade, Multilateral and Bilaterals
Division, Ministry of Trade and Industry,
Accra.
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| Guyana |
Mr.
Adam St'John LYNCH, Foreign Service Officer II,
Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Georgetown.
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| Hong
Kong, China |
Mr.
Cheuk Hang WONG, Trade Officer, Multilateral
Division, Trade and Industry Department, Mongkok.
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| Iran |
Miss
Mandana FAZEL-SARJUI, Research Director for WTO
Studies, Research Section, Secretariat for Trade
Representative, Ministry of Commerce, Tehran.
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| Lao
People's Dem. Republic |
Mr.
Khoun SOUTHAMMAKOTH, Deputy Director, Department
of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and
Tourism, Vientiane
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| Malawi |
Mr.
Emmanuel Mtotomoka MUNTHALI, Trade Officer,
Commerce Department (External Trade), Ministry of
Commerce and Industry, Lilongwe.
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| Maldives |
Mr.
Abdulla THAWFEEQ, Trade Promotion Officer,
International Cooperation Division, Ministry of
Trade and Industries, Male.
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| Nigeria |
Mrs.
Rita Watirahyel Ladi MSHELIA, Principal
Commercial Officer, Department of External Trade,
Multilateral Trade Division, Federal Ministry of
Commerce, Abuja.
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| Oman |
Miss
Hilda Ali AL-HINAI, Representative of the
Sultanate Office to WTO, Permanent Mission of the
Sultanate of Oman to the United Nations in
Geneva, Geneva.
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| Philippines |
Miss
Margaret MARTINEZ, Senior Trade and Industry
Development Specialist, Multilateral and Regional
Arrangements Division, Bureau of International
Trade Relations, Makati City.
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| Qatar |
Mr.
Faisal Abdulla AL-MANA, Trade Researcher for WTO
Affairs, Commerce Department, Ministry of
Finance, Economy and Commerce, Doha.
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| Romania |
Miss
Carmen Florina FRATITA, Expert, Directorate for
Multilateral Relations - WTO, Trade Department,
Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Bucharest.
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| Russian
Federation
|
Miss
Olga ANUROVA, Counsellor, Customs Tariffs Control
and Domestic Market Protection, Ministry of
Trade, Moscow.
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| Saint
Lucia |
Miss
Hyacinth RAMSAY, Foreign Service Officer III,
Trade and Legal Division, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade, Castries.
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| Saudi
Arabia |
Mr.
Mohammad AL-AIYASH, Head, Trade Policy Division,
International Organization Department, Ministry
of Commerce, Riyadh.
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| Sri
Lanka |
Mr.
Vengadasalam Sithanbaram SIDATH KUMAR, Assistant
Director of Commerce, Department of Commerce,
Ministry of Internal and International Commerce
and Food, Colombo.
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| Chinese
Taipei |
Mr.
Wei-lien William LIU, First Commercial Secretary,
Third Division, Board of Foreign Trade, Taipei.
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| Tanzania
United Republic
of
|
Mr.
Ulimbakisya Faustin Syangundupu KAMOLA, Assistant
Director, Trade Policy Section, Division of
Trade, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Dar Es
Salaam.
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| Thailand |
Miss
Naratchata INTARAPRASIT, Trade Officer, Bureau of
Multilateral Trade Negotiation, Department of
Business Economics, Ministry of Commerce,
Bangkok.
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| Trinidad
and Tobago
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Miss
Donna Jacqueline DE FOUR, Senior Economist,
Hemispheric/International Trade, Ministry of
Trade and Industry and Consumer Affairs,
Port-of-Spain.
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| Turkey |
Mr.
Mesut KOC, Attaché, General Directorate of
Multilateral Economic Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Ankara.
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| Vanuatu |
Mr.
Georges Singana MANIURI, Director General,
Director General's Office, Ministry of Trade and
Business Development, Vila.
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