L'OMC lance le 15ème cours de politique commerciale

Au cours d'une brève cérémonie qui s'est tenue ce jour, M. Paul-Henri Ravier, Directeur général adjoint de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce, a ouvert officiellement le 15ème cours de politique commerciale organisé sous l'égide de l'OMC.

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Au nom du Directeur général de l'OMC, M. Mike Moore, M. Ravier a souhaité la bienvenue aux 28 fonctionnaires responsables des questions commerciales et leur a déclaré: “Pour traiter de la mondialisation, il faut être mondial soi-même”. Il a du reste parlé à ce sujet de la possibilité d'accroître la capacité de formation de l'OMC, qui est actuellement examinée par les Membres de l'OMC dans le cadre de la préparation du budget pour 2001. M. Ravier a également souligné le vif intérêt que M. Mike Moore porte aux activités destinées à améliorer la capacité des pays les moins avancés à participer au système commercial multilatéral.

C'est la première fois que des fonctionnaires venant d'Arménie, de la Fédération de Russie, d'Iran et de Vanuatu participent à ce type de cours ordinaire.

Les 28 participants venus de pays et de territoires douaniers en développement vont suivre le cours de 12 semaines qui se terminera le 8 décembre 2000. Depuis leur création en 1955, 93 cours de politique commerciale ordinaires ont été organisés sous l'égide du GATT puis de l'OMC et près de 2 000 fonctionnaires ont pu suivre cette formation. En outre, un certain nombre de cours de politique commerciale de courte durée sont également organisés par l'OMC dans le cadre de son programme de coopération technique.

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Liste des Participants

Algeria	Miss Dalila BOUBENIDER, Deputy Director, General Direction of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Trade, 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.
Botswana	Mr. Kedibonye LALETSANG, Principal Commercial Officer, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Gaborone.
Burundi	Miss Gaudence KANYANGE, Lawyer Adviser, Office of the Permanent Secretary of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Bujumbura.
Egypt	Mr. Yehia ABDEL HALIM, Commercial Attaché, WTO Unit, International Organization Department, Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade, Cairo.
Ghana	Mr. Kwadwo Ntim ATUAHENE, Senior Commercial Officer, Foreign Trade, Multilateral and Bilaterals Division, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Accra.
Guyana	Mr. Adam St'John LYNCH, Foreign Service Officer II, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Georgetown.
Hong Kong, China	Mr. Cheuk Hang WONG, Trade Officer, Multilateral Division, Trade Department, Trade and Industry Bureau, Mongkok.
Iran	Miss Mandana FAZEL-SARJUI, Research Director for WTO Studies, Research Section, Secretariat for Trade Representative, Ministry of Commerce, Tehran.
Lao People's Dem. Republic	Mr. Khoun SOUTHAMMAKOTH, Deputy Director, Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Tourism, Vientiane
Malawi	Mr. Emmanuel Mtotomoka MUNTHALI, Trade Officer, Commerce Department (External Trade), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Lilongwe.
Maldives	Mr. Abdulla THAWFEEQ, Trade Promotion Officer, International Cooperation Division, Ministry of Trade and Industries, Male.
Nigeria	Mrs. Rita Watirahyel Ladi MSHELIA, Principal Commercial Officer, Department of External Trade, Multilateral Trade Division, Federal Ministry of Commerce and Tourism, Abuja.
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.
Philippines	Miss Margaret MARTINEZ, Senior Trade and Industry Development Specialist, Multilateral and Regional Arrangements Division, Bureau of International Trade Relations, Makati City.
Qatar	Mr. Faisal Abdulla ALMANA, Trade Researcher for WTO Affairs, Commerce Department, Ministry of Finance, Economy and Commerce, Doha.
Romania	Miss Carmen Florina FRATITA, Expert, Directorate for Multilateral Relations - WTO, Trade Department, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Bucharest.
Russian Federation	Miss Olga ANUROVA, Counsellor, Department of Tariff Policy and Trade Remedies Measures, Ministry of Trade, Moscow.
Saint Lucia	Miss Hyacinth RAMSAY, Foreign Service Officer III, Trade and Legal Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Castries.
Saudi Arabia	Mr. Mohammad Al-Ghamdi AL-AIYASH, Head, Trade Policy Division, International Organization Department, Ministry of Commerce, Riyadh.
Sri Lanka	Mr. Sidath Kumar VENGADASALAM SITHANBARAM, Assistant Director of Commerce, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Internal and International Commerce and Food, Colombo.
Chinese Taipei	Mr. Wei-lien William LIU, First Commercial Secretary, Third Division, Board of Foreign Trade, Taipei.
Tanzania United Republic of	Mr. Ulimbakisya Faustin Syangundupu KAMOLA, Assistant Director, Commerce and Trade Policy Section, Division of Commerce, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Dar Es Salaam.
Thailand	Miss Naratchata INTARAPRASIT, Trade Officer, Bureau of Multilateral Trade Negotiation, Department of Business Economics, Ministry of Commerce, Bangkok.
Trinidad and Tobago	Miss Donna Jacqueline DE FOUR, Senior Economist, Hemispheric/International Trade, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Consumer Affairs, Port-of-Spain.
Turkey	Mr. Mesut KOC, Attaché, General Directorate of Multilateral Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ankara.
Vanuatu	Mr. Georges Singana MANIURI, Director General, Director General's Office, Ministry of Trade and Business Development, Vila.