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1995-99
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The courses will
also address the provisions of the agreements resulting from the Uruguay Round of
multilateral trade negotiations and the rights and obligations of WTO Members. Offered in
English twice every year and French and Spanish every second year, the courses are open to
officials from developing, least-developed and transition countries, including countries
which are not WTO Members.The courses have a practical
orientation and are designed to help participating officials, who already have
responsibilities for the formulation and conduct of foreign trade policy in their
respective governments, to perform their functions more effectively, and to promote a more
active and effective participation of their respective countries in the multilateral
trading system. Apart from a series of lectures on WTO law, the programme includes
participation in seminars and group discussions, a workshop on negotiating techniques and
simulation exercises for conducting trade negotiations and for settling disputes. The
participants also attend official meetings.
During
the course, the participants undertake a one-week study tour abroad as well as a shorter
study tour in Switzerland, which include visits to institutions and enterprises connected
with foreign trade. Norway will host the study tour abroad for the participants of the
twelfth Course. In addition to WTO Secretariat officials, many guest lecturers, including
senior officials of government delegations and international organizations, as well as
academics, are invited to address the participants.
The
year 2000 will mark the 45th anniversary of the GATT/WTO training courses.
Since 1955, the GATT/WTO will have organized 94 regular courses for more than 1,800
officials from over 160 countries and more than ten regional organizations. These figures
do not include the 212 senior trade officials from Eastern and Central European and
Central Asian countries who participated in the nine special courses organized by GATT
since 1991, with the financial support of the Swiss Government, nor the 100 senior
officials from Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation
and Ukraine who attended the four special GATT/WTO courses funded by the United States in
1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997.
List of participants
Bangladesh |
Mr.
Md. Abu YOUSUF MIAH, Assistant Economic Adviser, International Trade Organization Wing
(ITO-Wing), Ministry of Commerce, Dhaka.
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Botswana |
Mrs.
Mmakome Felicia MASENDU, Foreign Trade Unit, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs,
Gaborone.
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Chile |
Mr.
Juan A. SOMAVIA, Economic Advisor, Directorate for European Economic Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Santiago.
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Cambodia |
Mr.
Rithipol TITH, Official of WTO Office, ASEAN and International Organizations Department,
Ministry of Commerce, Phnom Penh.
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Cuba |
Miss
Liudmila ORIZ VERJOTUROVA, Specialist on Trade Policy, International Organization
Division, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Havana.
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Ethiopia |
Mr.
Mesfin ALEBACHEW, Third Secretary, International Organizations and Economic Cooperation
General Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Addis Ababa
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Gambia |
Mrs.
Marie Nguda COLY, Trade Economist, Trade Division, Department of State for Trade, Industry
and Employment, Banjul.
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Ghana |
Mr.
Charles Amenyo FOLIKUMAH, Senior Commercial Officer/Unit Head, External/Internal
Divisions, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Accra.
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Guyana |
Mr.
Lancelot Garfield WILLS, Senior Foreign Trade Officer, Department of Foreign Trade,
Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Industry, Georgetown.
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| Hong Kong, China |
Mr.
Jackson Ping Wai WONG, Trade Officer, Computerized Systems Branch, Trade Department, Trade
and Industry Bureau, Kowloon.
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India |
Mr.
Suneel Kumar ARORA, Section Officer, Export Division, Ministry of Textiles, New Delhi.
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Jordan |
Mr.
Tariq AL ZUHD, Researcher, WTO Unit, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Amman.
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Kenya |
Mr.
Rabson Kisuya WANJALA, Trade Development Officer I, WTO Division, Department of External
Trade, Ministry of Trade, Nairobi.
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Kyrgyz
Republic |
Mrs.
Elmira ORMONOVA, Chief Specialist, Department of External Relations, Ministry of
Agriculture, Bishkek.
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Lesotho |
Mrs.
Lucy Ntsebo SEKOBOTO, Legal Officer, Legal Division, Department of Customs and Excise,
Maseru.
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Malawi |
Mr.
Richard Samuel CHIPUTULA, Trade Officer, Trade Department, Ministry of Commerce and
Industry, Lilongwe.
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Paraguay |
Miss
Margarita B. BAEZ, Legal Consultant, International Economic Negotiations Division,
Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Asuncion.
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Rwanda |
Mr.
Geoffrey NDARUHUTSE, Acting Director, Department of External Trade, Ministry of Commerce,
Industry and Cooperatives, Kigali.
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St. Lucia |
Miss
Lucilla RECAI, Foreign Service Officer, Trade and Economic Policy Division, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Castries.
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Suriname |
Miss
Lorette Theresia FORD, Economic Officer, International Economic Affairs (WTO, FTAA Desk),
Ministry of Trade and Industry, Paramaribo.
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Swaziland |
Mrs.
Ndinini Busi MASHWAMA, Export Development Officer, Trade Promotion Unit, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mbabane.
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Uganda |
Mr.
Joseph William KITANDWE, Projects Coordinator, Directorate of Cooperatives and Marketing,
Ministry of Trade and Industry, Kampala.
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Venezuela |
Mr.
Roberto Carlos ARIAS, Specialist II, General Direction of Foreign Trade, Ministry of
Industry and Commerce, Caracas.
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World Bank |
Mr.
Renganaden Raj SOOPRAMANIEN, Senior Counsel, Legal Department,
Washington D.C. 20433, USA.
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Zambia |
Mrs.
Irene Bwalya TEMBO MULOSHI, Chief Economist, Commerce and Trade Department, Ministry of
Commerce, Trade and Industry, Lusaka.
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Zimbabwe |
Mr.
Edwin MEDA, Senior Agricultural Economist, Marketing and Trade Policy Section, Policy and
Planning Division, Ministry of Lands and Agriculture, Harare.
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