L'OMC lance le 18ème cours de politique commerciale

Des fonctionnaires nationaux venant de 30 pays et territoires douaniers ont assisté hier à la séance d'ouverture du 18^ème cours de politique commerciale de l'OMC. Cette brève cérémonie a été présidée par M. Ablassé Ouedraogo, Directeur général adjoint de l'OMC, qui a accueilli tous les participants au nom de M. Mike Moore.

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M. Ouedraogo a fait observer que les 30 fonctionnaires chargés des questions commerciales auraient l'occasion unique de suivre, de l'intérieur, les travaux de l'OMC. L'Organisation traverse un moment important dans sa jeune existence, marqué par l'accession de la Chine et du Taipei chinois, dont les processus sont arrivés à leur toute dernière étape, et par les débats préparatoires en vue de la prochaine Conférence ministérielle qui sont entrés dans une phase décisive pour parvenir à un consensus sur les futures négociations commerciales.

M. Ouedraogo a mis l'accent sur les actions menées par l'OMC pour contribuer au renforcement des capacités des pays en développement et des économies en transition en matière commerciale. Il a invité les participants au cours à prendre une part active à la formation prévue. Il s'est déclaré convaincu que des fonctionnaires nationaux bien informés contribueront de façon déterminante à consolider le système commercial international et à le rendre véritablement multilatéral.

Pendant les trois mois que durera le cours, c'est-à-dire jusqu'au 30 novembre, les 30 participants seront familiarisés, grâce à des conférences, des tables rondes et des exercices de simulation, avec presque toutes les activités menées dans le cadre de l'OMC et avec les aspects liés au commerce des travaux d'autres organisations internationales établies à Genève.

On trouvera en annexe la liste des participants à ce 18ème cours de politique commerciale.

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Azerbaijan	Miss Nargiz GURBANOVA, Attaché, Department of Economic Cooperation and Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Baku.
Barbados	Miss Julie Ann Georgina MAPP, Economist II, Division of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, St. Michael.
Botswana	Miss Kelebogile Maureen LEKAUKAU, Commercial Officer I, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Trade, Industry, Wildlife and Tourism, Gaborone.
China	Mr. Gang LIU, Trade Official, Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Beijing
Comoros	Mr. Attoumane DAOUD, Chief, Division of the U.N. Specialized Institutions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Comoros.
Croatia	Mrs. Nada MINCIC, Counsellor, Foreign Economic Relations Division, Trade Policy Department, Ministry of Economy, Zagreb.
Cyprus	Mr. Christakis D. PAPAGEORGIOU, Planning Officer, Planning Bureau, Directorate for Macroeconomic Policy, Research and Studies, Nicosia.
Ecuador	Mr. Homero LARREA MONARD, Assistant to the Director General, Chancellor II, Directorate General for International Economic Negotiations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Quito.
Fiji	Miss Yok Yee Yolinda CHAN, Acting Senior Economic Planning Officer, WTO Unit, Trade and Economic Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Suva.
Hong Kong, China	Ms. Soo Wai Irene TANG, Trade Officer, Textiles Controls Branch (Europe), Trade and Industry Department, Kowloon.
Kuwait	Mr. Hasan ALOBAIDLI, Administrative Researcher, Commercial Organizations Department, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Kuwait.
Kyrgyz Republic	Mr. Azizbek Toutogulovich SABITOV, Chief Specialist, Department of External Economic Relations, Trade and WTO Issues, Ministry of External Trade and Industry, Bishkek City.
Macau, China	Mr. Kuan Hou LEI, Economist, Research and Statistics Department, Monetary Authority of Macau, Macau.
Mozambique	Mr. Januario SUMBANE, Third Secretary, Directorate of Multilateral and Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Maputo.
Myanmar	Mrs. Ni Ni KHIN, Assistant Director, International Trade Promotion Department, Directorate of Trade, Ministry of Commerce, Yangon.
Namibia	Mr. Alfred NDABENI, Chief, Trade Promotion Officer, International Trade Department, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Windhoek.
Nepal	Mr. Damodar REGMI, Section Officer, WTO Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Kathmandu.
Oman	Mr. Akram Hassan AL-MARAZZA, Director General, Directorate General of Commerce and Industry, Dhofar Governorate, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Salalah.
Panama	Miss Cristina Elena THAYER, Chief, Section of Multilateral Trade Negotiations Affairs, Department of Legal Affairs, Vice-Ministry of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Panama.
Papua New Guinea	Mrs. Bridgette Alfred TUITALELE-KAMISH, Principal Trade Officer, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Branch, Trade Division, Department of Trade and Industry, Waigani NCD.
Sierra Leone	Mr. Barba Brima FORTUNE, Senior Assistant Secretary, Trade Division, Ministry of Trade, Industry and State Enterprises, Freetown.
Solomon Islands	Mr. Heinz Kubau VAEKESA, Director of Trade, Trade Division, Ministry of Commerce, Employment and Trade, Honiara.
South Africa	Miss Mpho LESEKA, Assistant Director, European Union Desk, Trade Negotiations Sub-Division, Department of Trade and Industry, Pretoria.
Sudan	Mr. Mohammed IBRAHIM, Director, Department of Commodities, Secretariat General for WTO, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Khartoum.
Syrian Arab Republic	Mr. Kosay MOUSTAFA, Desk Officer, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Damascus-Muhajereen-shora.
Chinese Taipei	Mr. Wen-cheng Martin KE, Staff Member, The Third WTO Department, Board of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taipei.
Thailand	Miss Aumaporn SUTTIWONG, Trade Official, Bureau of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Department of Business Economics, Ministry of Commerce, Bangkok.
Trinidad and Tobago	Miss Myrna Theresa HUGGINS, Foreign Service Officer II, International Organisations Division, Foreign Affairs Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Port of Spain.
Turkmenistan	Mr. Takhir Kemalovich ATAKHANOV, Senior Expert, Department of the Analysis and Regulation of the Foreign Trade, Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations, Ashkhabad.
Uzbekistan	Mr. Erkinjon Yakubjanovich YUNUSOV, Leading Specialist, Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Tashkent.