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PRESS/191
21 de septiembre de 2000
Da comienzo el decimoquinto curso de pol韙ica comercial de la OMC
En una breve ceremonia celebrada hoy, el Sr. Paul-Henri Ravier, Director General Adjunto de la Organizaci髇 Mundial del Comercio, inaugur?oficialmente el decimoquinto curso de pol韙ica comercial organizado bajo la 間ida de la OMC.

El Sr. Ravier dio la bienvenida a los 28 funcionarios encargados de cuestiones comerciales en nombre del Sr. Mike Moore, Director General de la OMC, y declar?que para tratar los problemas mundiales, uno mismo deb韆 tener una visi髇 mundial de las cosas. Tambi閚 hizo referencia a la posibilidad de aumentar la capacidad de la OMC en materia de formaci髇, cuesti髇 que est? siendo examinada actualmente por los Miembros de la OMC en el contexto de la preparaci髇 del presupuesto para 2001. Asimismo, el Sr. Ravier subray?el vivo inter閟 que tiene el Sr. Mike Moore por las actividades destinadas a aumentar la capacidad de los pa韘es menos adelantados para participar en el sistema multilateral de comercio.
Participan por primera vez en estos cursos regulares funcionarios de Armenia, el Ir醤, la Federaci髇 de Rusia y Vanuatu.
Los 28 participantes procedentes de pa韘es en desarrollo y territorios aduaneros asistir醤 al curso que durar?12 semanas, hasta el 8 de diciembre de 2000. Desde su inicio en 1955, se han organizado en el GATT y la OMC 93 cursos regulares de pol韙ica comercial en los que han participado cerca de 2000 funcionarios. Adem醩, la OMC organiza tambi閚 una serie de cursos de pol韙ica comercial de corta duraci髇 en el contexto de su programa de cooperaci髇 t閏nica.
Volver al principioLista de los Participantes
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 Attach? 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, Attach? 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. |