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PRESS/41
29 January 1996
Third
WTO Trade Policy Course opens in Geneva
The WTO inaugurates today its third trade policy course for twenty-four officials
from developing countries. The course, to be held in Spanish, begins today and will end 3
May 1996. 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. Participants also attend official meetings.
During the course, participants undertake a study tour in Switzerland and a study tour abroad,
which include visits to institutions and enterprises connected with foreign trade. 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.
Since 1955, GATT/WTO has organized 80 training courses for 1,440 officials from 128 developing countries and ten regional organizations. These figures do not include the 122 senior trade officials from Eastern and Central European and Central Asian countries who participated in the five special courses organized by GATT since 1991, with the financial support of the Swiss Government, nor the 48 senior officials from Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine who attended the two special GATT/WTO courses funded by the United States in 1994 and 1995.
List of participants/liste des participants/ lista de participantes
Argentina
Sr. Jorge G. D虯Z DE BIASI, Secretario de Embajada, Subsecretar韆 de Negociaciones
Econ髆icas Internacionales, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y
Culto, Buenos Aires.
Bolivia
Srta. Zandra E. RODR虶UEZ CAMPOY, Tercer Secretario, Encargada de Negociaciones
Econ髆icas Multilaterales, Subsecretar韆 de Integraci髇, Ministerio de Relaciones
Exteriores y Culto, La Paz.
Brasil
Srta. Elba C. LIMA R蔊O, Economista, Departamento Econ髆ico, Banco Nacional de
Desenvolvimiento Econ髆ico y Social (BNDES), R韔 de Janeiro.
Colombia
Sra. Clara GAV蚏IA AGUDELO, Asesor, Direcci髇 de Negociaciones, Ministerio de Comercio
Exterior, Bogot?
Cuba
Sra. Mayra 罫VAREZ GONZ罫EZ, Especialista en Pol韙ica Comercial, Ministerio del
Comercio Exterior, Ciudad Habana.
Sr. Pedro P. SAN JORGE RODR虶UEZ, Especialista en Pol韙ica Comercial, Ministerio del Comercio Exterior, Ciudad Habana.
Chile
Sr. Alejandro M. BUVINI$ ALARC覰, Subdirector, Departamento Jur韉ico, Direcci髇 General
de Relaciones Econ髆icas Internacionales, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Santiago.
Sra. Mar韆 A. JARA VALDERRAMA, Jefe del Departamento Acceso a Mercados, Direcci髇 General de Relaciones Econ髆icas Internacionales, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Santiago.
Ecuador
Sr. Pablo H. PORRAS VINUEZA, Canciller II, Analista y Asistente de la Direcci髇 General
de Asuntos del GATT, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Quito.
Sr. Edison D. S罭CHEZ NEIRA, Coordinador de la Subsecretar韆 de Comercio Exterior e Integraci髇, Ministerio de Industrias, Comercio, Integraci髇 y Pesca, Quito.
El
Salvador
Sr. Francisco A. PE袮 RODR虶UEZ, Subdirector de Pol韙ica Comercial, Ministerio de
Econom韆, San Salvador.
Guatemala
Srta. Mar韆 V.E. MEZA CORTEZ, Subdirector T閏nico de Comercio Exterior, Ministerio de
Econom韆, Guatemala.
Sra. Mariella V蒐EZ GAIT罭 DE GARC虯, Ministro Consejero, Subdirectora de Pol韙ica Comercial, a.i., Direcci髇 de Pol韙ica Econ髆ica Internacional, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Guatemala,
Honduras
Sra. Nyoby GODOY FLORES, Inspector de Empresas, Departamento de Pol韙ica Comercial,
Secretar韆 de
Econom韆 y Comercio, Direcci髇 General de Pol韙ica Comercial, Tegucigalpa.
Sra. Jer髇ima URBINA CRUZ, Economista III, Jefe de Pol韙ica Comercial, Ministerio de Econom韆 y Comercio, Tegucigalpa.
M閤ico
Srta. G. Amalia ARREORT贏 L覲EZ, Jefe de Departamento, Asuntos Normativos e
Institucionales de la OCDE, Secretar韆 de Comercio y Fomento Industrial, M閤ico.
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Sr. Donato ROSALES ORTEGA, Presidente, Legislador-Comisi髇 de Comercio, Palacio Justo
Arosemena, Panam?
Paraguay
Sr. Yamil A. D罺ALOS OLMEDO, T閏nico, Unidad de Negociaciones Econ髆icas
Internacionales (UNEI), Ministerio de Industria y Comercio, Asunci髇.
Sr. Juan A. DELGADILLO FRANCO, Consejero, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Asunci髇.
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Srta. Rosa E. TORRES HUAYANE, Subdirectora del Sector Externo, Ministerio de Econom韆 y
Finanzas, Lima.
Uruguay
Sr. Hugo A. CAYR赟 MAUR蚇, Secretario de Segunda del Servicio Exterior, Direcci髇 de
Organismos Econ髆icos Internacionales, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Montevideo.
Sr. Hebert N. MART蚇EZ BARRIOS, Asesor en Comercio Exterior, Direcci髇 General de Comercio Exterior, Ministerio de Econom韆 y Finanzas, Montevideo.
Venezuela
Sra. Libia Z. PINO TORCAT, Planificador Jefe de Negociaciones sobre Servicios de la OMC,
Instituto de Comercio Exterior, Caracas.
Aladi
Sr. Joaqu韓 M. PI袮 GONZ罫EZ, Jefe del Sector de Transportes, Divisi髇 de Servicios e
Integraci髇, Asociaci髇 Latinoamericana de Integraci髇 (ALADI), Montevideo, Uruguay.