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17 January 2000
THIRTEENTH WTO TRADE POLICY COURSE OPENS IN GENEVA
The WTO's thirteenth Trade Policy Course for tw enty-nine officials from developing countries
starts today (17 January).  The list of participants is attached. The course, being held in English, will end
on 7 April 2000.
The aim of the training courses is to provide th e participants with greater understanding of trade
policy matters, the functioning of the multilateral tradin g system and the work of the WTO.  The courses
also address the provisions of the agreements resulting from the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade
negotiations and the rights and obligations of WTO Members. Offered in English twice every year and
in French and Spanish every second year, the cour ses are open to officials from developing, least-
developed countries/customs territories and ec onomies in transition, including countries/customs
territories which are not WTO Members.
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 countries in the multilateral tr ading 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 trade
disputes. The participants also attend official meetings.
During the course, the participants undertake a one-week study tour abroad as well as shorter
study tours in Switzerland, which include visits to in stitutions and enterprises connected with foreign
trade.  Finland will host the study tour abroad for the participants of the thirteenth Course.  In addition to
WTO Secretariat officials, many guest lecturers, in cluding senior officials of government delegations
and international organizations, as well as academics, are invited to address the participants.
The year 2000 will mark the 45th anniversary of the GATT/WTO training courses.  Since
1955, the GATT/WTO will have organized 95 regular courses for more than 1,800 officials from over
160 countries/customs territories and more than ten regional organizations.  These figures do not
include the 212 senior trade officials from Eastern and Central European and Central Asian countries
who participated in the nine special courses or ganized by GATT/WTO since 1991, with the financial
support of the Swiss Government, nor the 100 senior officials from Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the
Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and Ukraine who attended the four special GATT/WTO
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MORELIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Bosnia and
HerzegovinaMr. Nenad KLACAR, Senior Official, Department for Multilateral Trade
Relations, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations
Brazil Mr. Celso de Tarso PEREIRA, Third Secretary, Mercosul Division, Department
of Latin-American Integration, Ministry of Foreign Relations
Bulgaria Miss Elitza Dimitrova STOYANOVA, Senior Expert, Multilateral Trade and
Economic Policy Department, Ministry of Trade and Tourism
Cambodia Mr. Sovann KE, Chief, WTO Office,  ASEAN and International Organizations
Department, Ministry of Commerce
Cameroon Mr. Solomon Enoma TATAH, Desk Of ficer in charge of U.N. Specialized
Economic Institutions, Department of the U.N. and Non-Governmental
Cooperation, Ministry of External Relations
China Mr. Xiaowei LIU, Deputy Director, Division I (WTO Affairs), Department of
International Trade and Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Trade and
Economic Cooperation
Fiji Mr. Amenatave Yauvoli VAKASAVUWAGA, Chief Assistant Acting Secretary,
Department of External Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External
Trade
Grenada Mr. Oliver Thomas Ira JOSEPH, Economist II, Economic Affairs Division,
Ministry of Finance
Guinea Mr. Souleymane BERETE, In charge of Studies at the WTO Section, Ministry of
Trade, Industry, Small and Medium Enterprises
Hong Kong,
ChinaMiss Tsui Ping Ada YEUNG, Assist ant Secretary, Regional Cooperation
Division, Trade and Industry Bureau
Indonesia Mr. Asianto SINAMBELA, Head, Section of Multilateral Economic
Cooperation, Directorate for Multilateral Economic Cooperation, Department
of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kenya Mrs. Anne Mwhihaki KAMAU, Trade Development Officer I, Department of
External Trade, Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry
Korea Mr. Myung-soo JANG, Deputy Director, Central America and Caribbean
Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Malaysia Mrs. Wan Suraya WAN MOHD. RADZI, Assistant Director, ASEAN Economic
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ENDMauritius Mrs. Seela Devi JEELALL, Trade Officer, International Trade Division, Trade
Policy Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Mexico Mr. Alberto GALLEGOS, Deputy Direct or for Injury, Injury and Safeguards
Division, Unit of International Trade Practices, Ministry of Trade and
Industry
Mongolia Mr. Tsogtbaatar DAMDIN, WTO Desk Officer, Foreign Trade and Economic
Cooperation Department, Ministry of External Relations
Myanmar Mrs. Thinn Htut THIDAR, Assistant Director, International Trade Promotion 
Department, Directorate of Trade, Ministry of Commerce
Namibia Mr. Willem NEKWIYU, Trade Policy Officer, International Trade Directorate,
Division of Trade Policy and External Trade Relations, Ministry of Trade and
Industry
Nepal Mr. Kailash Kumar BAJIMAYA, Under Secretary, Foreign Trade Section,
Ministry of Commerce
Niger Miss Florentine Pierrette ARAOYE, Senior Trade Promotion Officer, Direction
of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Trade and Industry
Pakistan Mr. Shoukat Ali Anwar RANDHAWA, Assistant Chief, WTO Wing, Ministry of
Commerce
Papua
New GuineaMr. Brian WAPI, Foreign Service Officer APEC, Trade, Economics and
Development Cooperation Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Peru Mrs. Margarita María TRILLO RAMO S, Senior Economist, International
Relations Area, Human Resources and Technical Cooperation Department,
Instituto de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad
Intelectual (INDECOPI - GRC)
Samoa Mr. Lyndon CHU LING, Senior Trade an d Investment Promotion Officer, Trade
and Investment Promotion Unit, De partment of Trade, Commerce and
Industry
Sudan Mr. Abdel Aziz Mohamed Mohamed AHMED, Assistant Under Secretary, 
General Secretariat of WTO, Ministry of Foreign Trade
Chinese Taipei Mr. Stanley Tzu-An TSENG, The Third WTO Department, Board of Foreign
Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs
Thailand Miss Saowanit PONGSAI, Economist, Bureau of Multilateral Trade Negotiation,
Department of Business Economics, Ministry of Commerce
Zambia Mr. Boniface KUNDA, Senior Economist, Department of Trade, Ministry of
Commerce, Trade and Industry