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PRESS/283
8 April 2002
(02-1858)
19th WTO TRADE POLICY COURSE ENDS
Government officials from 30 countries and customs territories attended the closing session of
the 19th WTO Trade Policy Course, on 5 April 2002. The ceremony, during which the participants
were presented with a Diploma testifying that they had successfully completed the three-month
training programme, was chaired by Mr. Paul-Hen ri Ravier, Deputy Director-General of the WTO.
On behalf of Mike Moore, he congratulated all the participants for their achievement.
Mr. Ravier referred to the substantial effort made by WTO Members and donors to allow the
Secretariat to cope with the challenges in the area of capacity building and technical cooperation, in
particular after last year's launch of the Doha Development Agenda. Against this background, he
underlined the substantial increase of training activities carried out by the WTO Secretariat in general
and the Training Institute in particular. The Deputy Director-General nevertheless confirmed that
Residential Trade Policy Courses would remain the main benchmark for the development of adiversified programme of training activities which will also make use of modern technology to
disseminate information and increase the interactivity between trainers and participants. Mr. Ravier
stressed the importance of keeping alive the network of contacts that participants were able to make
during the course.
On behalf of the thirty participants to the course, Mr. Andrew Osborne Satney, from Saint
Lucia, thanked the WTO Secretariat and the WTO Training Institute for hosting the course.  He
underlined the importance of this type of capacity building event which permits to understand from
the inside how the WTO functions. He underscored Mr. Ravier's appeal to maintain the contact with
the WTO and conveyed the appreciation of the participants to the WTO for having allowed them toconstitute solid bases for building a more active participation of their countries in the work conducted
under the auspices of the WTO, and in particular  in the negotiations leading to the next WTO
Ministerial Conference to be held in Mexico in 2003.
The WTO Training Institute's mandate goes beyond organizing the traditional three-month
trade policy courses, which were instituted already under the GATT, in 1955, and includes the
development of activities in the following areas: training for trainers, a diversified range of short-term
trade policy courses, distance-learning services, as well as increased co-operation with universities
and other institutions of learning handling WTO and trade-related issues.
The list of participants of the 19
th Trade Policy Course is annexed.PRESS/283
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MORE19TH WTO TRADE POLICY COURSES  -  LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Belarus Mr. Aleksandr KULINKOVICH, First Secretary, WTO Section, Department of
Tariff Regulation and WTO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minsk.
Belize Miss Carmen Melina SILVA, Foreign Service Officer, International Trade Desk,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belmopan.
Bosnia and 
HerzegovinaMr. Emir DJIKIC, Senior Official, Sector for International Trade Relations,
Department for Multilateral Trade Relations, Ministry of Foreign Trade and
Economic Relations, Sarajevo.
Brunei 
DarussalamMrs. Ainatol Zahayu MOHAMMAD, Project Officer, International Relations
and Trade Development Division, Ministry of Industry and Primary
Resources, Bandar Seri Begawan.
Bulgaria Mrs. Rouslana Anguelova STOYANOVA, Head, WTO and other International
Economic Organizations Division, Multilateral Trade and Economic PolicyDirectorate, Ministry of Economy, Sofia.
Cameroon Mrs. Marie Madeleine Cocovi NGUIDJOI, Sub-Director of External Trade
Affairs, Department of Commercial Promotion and Services, Ministry of
Industrial and Commercial Development, Yaounde.
Eritrea Mr. Berekhet-AB Habtemariam OGBAZGHI, Director, Foreign Trade Division,
Department of Trade, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Asmara.
Gambia Mr. Lamin JAMMEH, Trade Economist,  Trade Division, Department of State
for Trade, Industry and Employment, Banjul.
Grenada Mr. Junior Glenroy MAHON, Trade Officer/Economist, International Trade
Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs a nd International Trade, St. George's.
Hong Kong,
ChinaMrs. Kit Mui Patricia LUI, Principal Trade Officer, Multilateral Division, Trade
and Industry Department, Kowloon.
Indonesia Mr. MBA MUGHOFUR, Section Manager of Environment and Development,
Sub-directorate of Trade Policy, Directorate of Multilateral Cooperation,
Ministry of Industry and Trade, Jakarta.
Iran Mr. Mohammad Reza ALIPOUR NAND EL, Expert, Multilateral Economic
Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran.
Kenya Mr. Michael Moses OTIENO, Trade Development Officer II, Department of
External Trade, WTO Division, Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry,Nairobi.
Lebanon Miss Lama OUEIJAN, Trade Economis t, Minister's Cabinet, Ministry of
Economy and Trade, Beirut.  PRESS/283
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ENDMalawi Miss Christina ZAKEYO JERE, Trade Officer, Foreign Trade Section, Ministry
of Commerce and Industry, Lilongwe.
Malaysia Mr. Mohd Daud MOHD ARIF, Assistant Director, Regional Economic
Cooperation Division, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Kuala
Lumpur.
Mauritius Mrs. Soraya Farah RAMJANALLY-NUTHAY, Trade Analyst, International
Trade Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and International Trade,
8th Floor, Air Mauritius Centre, Port Louis.
Mexico Mr. Guillermo MALPICA SOTO, Director of Multilateral Negotiations and
Regional Organizations, Directorate General of Negotiations in Services,
Ministry of Economy, Mexico D.F.
Mongolia Mr. Urjinlhundev TUGS BILGUUN, Desk Officer, Department of Trade Policy
and Cooperation, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ulaanbaatar.
Qatar Mr. Khalifa Ahmad ALSOWAIDI, Foreign Trade Researcher, Department of
Commerce, Ministry of Finance, Economy and Commerce, Doha.
Russian 
FederationMiss Elena Sergeevna ALDAKUSHKINA, Chief Specialist, Department for
Trade Policy and Multilateral Negotiations, Trade in Services Division,
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Moscow.
Rwanda Mr. Elias BAINGANA, Executive Assistant to Ag. Commissioner General,
Office of the Commissioner General, Rwanda Revenue Authority, Kigali.
Saint Lucia Mr. Andrew Osborne SATNEY, Senior Economist Affairs Officer, Economic
Affairs Division, Organisation of Ea stern Caribbean States, Castries.
Samoa Miss Aida FAUMUI, Principal Trade and Investment Promotion Officer, Trade
and Investment Promotion Unit, De partment of Trade, Commerce and
Industry, Apia.
Singapore Mr. Soo Chuan ONG, Desk Officer, International Economics Directorate,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore.
Tuvalu Mr Pugameau TAUFILO, Trade Officer, Ministry of Tourism, Trade and
Commerce, Funafuti.
Yemen Mr. Hamoud Ali AL-NAJAR, Commerci al Attaché (WTO Affairs), Permanent
Mission of Yemen to the United Nations Office at Geneva and otherspecialized Agencies in Europe, Geneva.
Yugoslavia Mrs. Sofija ARANJELOVIC, Senior Advisor, WTO Department, Ministry for
Foreign Economic Relations, Beograd.
Zambia Mrs. Ikayi Gertrude SAMBONDU, Economist, Trade Department, Ministry of
Commerce, Trade and Industry, Lusaka.