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NEWS: 1998 PRESS RELEASES PRESS/92 The WTO General Council today (19 February) noted the concensus on the following slate of names of chairpersons for WTO bodies: |
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General Council: Amb. John Weekes (Canada) Dispute Settlement Body: Amb. Kamel Morjane (Tunisia) Trade Policy Review Body: Amb. Ali Said Mchumo (Tanzania) Council for Trade in Goods: Amb. Ronald Saborio Soto (Costa Rica) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs): Amb. Istvan Major (Hungary) Council for Trade in Services: Amb. Nobutoshi Akao (Japan) Committee on Trade and Environment: Amb. Chak Mun See (Singapore) Committee on Trade and Development: Amb. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury (Bangladesh) Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration: Mr. Wilhelm Meier (Switzerland) Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions: Mr. Peter R. Jenkins (United Kingdom) Committee on Regional Trading Agreements: Amb. Jean-Marie Noirfalisse (Belgium) Working Group on the Relationship between Trade and Investment: Amb. Krirk-Krai Jirapaet (Thailand) Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and Competition Policy: Prof. Frédéric Jenny (France) Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement: Amb. Werner Corrales Leal (Venezuela) |
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