Genève, le 13 février 2001
M. Moore souligne le succès des cours de politique commerciale de l'OMC
Le 12 février 2001, le Directeur général, M. Mike Moore, a dit à près de 70 anciens participants aux cours de politique commerciale organisés par l'OMC à l'intention des pays en développement et des économies en transition qui sont maintenant en poste à Genève qu'ils étaient “la preuve vivante que les cours étaient utiles et devaient être encouragés en tant qu'activité essentielle du Secrétariat de l'OMC”.
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Regretting that currently available resources do not permit to increase substantially the capacity of the organization to contribute to capacity building, Mr. Moore reaffirmed his determination to pursue the matter with a view to expanding and improving the WTO technical assistance and training programme. He underlined that the Residential WTO Trade Policy Courses constitute only one facet of the organization's contribution to strengthening human resources in developing countries and economies in transition. The Director-General also mentioned the project, further down the road, to establish a WTO Trade Policy Academy or Institute.
At the meeting, the participants have decided to reactivate the “Association of Former Participants in GATT/WTO Trade Policy Courses”. Mr. Alberto Dumont, Deputy Permanent Representative of Argentina, has been elected President of the Association and Mr. Mohamed Samir Koubaa, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Tunisia, Secretary/Treasurer of the Association.
Delegates who attended the meeting unanimously welcomed the reactivation of the Association as it will, in an informal and convivial setting, offer an additional forum to share views and opinions on a number of issues of common interest in relation to the evolution of the Multilateral Trading System.