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PRESS/92
19 February 1998
WTO chairpersons for 1998
The WTO General Council today (19 February) noted the concensus on the following slate of names of chairpersons for WTO bodies:
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. Fr閐閞ic Jenny (France)
Working Group on Transparency in
Government Procurement: Amb. Werner Corrales Leal (Venezuela)