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PRESS/245
18 September 2001
(01-4451)
18th WTO TRADE POLICY COURSE BEGINS
Government officials from 30 countries and customs territories attended yesterday the
opening session of the 18th WTO Trade policy course. The brief ceremony was chaired by Mr.
Ablassé Ouedraogo, Deputy Director-General of the WTO, who, on behalf of Mike Moore, welcomed
all the participants.
Mr. Ouedraogo underlined that the 30 trade officials will have a unique opportunity to follow,
from the inside, the work of the WTO. The Organization is presently living an important moment inits young history, with the processes of China's and Chinese Taipei's accessions in their very final
stages and preparatory talks in view of the next Ministerial Conference at a critical and decisive
moment in an effort to build consensus on future trade talks.
Mr. Ouedraogo stressed the efforts made by the WTO to contribute to trade-related capacity
building in developing countries and economies in transition. He invited the course's participants to
actively take part in the forthcoming training. He expressed his conviction that well-informed
government officials constitute a determining contribution to a more vigorous and truly multilateral
trading system.
Throughout the three-month training, which will end on 30th November, the 30 participating
officials will become acquainted, through lectures, round-tables and simulation exercises, with
virtually all activities carried out in the framework of the WTO as well as with trade-related aspects of
the work conducted by other international organisations located in Geneva.
The list of participants of the 18
th Trade Policy Course is annexed.PRESS/245
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MORE18TH WTO TRADE POLICY COURSES  -  LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Azerbaijan Miss Nargiz GURBANOVA, Attaché, Department of Economic Cooperation
and Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Baku.
Barbados Miss Julie Ann Georgina MAPP, Economist II, Division of Foreign Trade,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, St. Michael.
Botswana Miss Kelebogile Maureen LEKAUKAU,  Commercial Officer I, Department of
Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Trade, Industry, Wildlife
and Tourism, Gaborone.
China Mr. Gang LIU, Trade Official, Department of International Trade and Economic
Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Beijing
Comoros Mr. Attoumane DAOUD, Chief, Division of the U.N. Specialized Institutions,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Comoros.
Croatia Mrs. Nada MIN ČIĆ, Counsellor, Foreign Economic Relations Division, Trade
Policy Department, Ministry of Economy, Zagreb.
Cyprus Mr. Christakis D. PAPAGEORGIOU, Planning Officer, Planning Bureau,
Directorate for Macroeconomic Policy, Research and Studies, Nicosia.
Ecuador Mr. Homero LARREA MONARD, Assistant to the Director General, Chancellor
II, Directorate General for International Economic Negotiations, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Quito.
Fiji Miss Yok Yee Yolinda CHAN, Acting Senior Economic Planning Officer, WTO
Unit, Trade and Economic Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
External Trade, Suva.
Hong Kong, 
ChinaMs. Soo  Wai  Irene  TANG,  Trade Officer,  Textiles  Controls  Branch
(Europe),  Trade  and  I ndustry  Department, Kowloon.
Kuwait Mr. Hasan ALOBAIDLI, Administrative Researcher, Commercial Organizations
Department, Ministry of Co mmerce and Industry, Kuwait.
Kyrgyz Republic Mr. Azizbek Toutogulovich SABITOV, Chief Specialist, Department of
External Economic Relations, Trade and WTO Issues, Ministry of External
Trade and Industry, Bishkek City.
Macau, China Mr. Kuan Hou LEI, Economist, Research and Statistics Department, Monetary
Authority of Macau, Macau.
Mozambique Mr. Januario SUMBANE, Third Secretary, Directorate of Multilateral and
Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Maputo.
Myanmar Mrs. Ni Ni KHIN, Assistant Director, International Trade Promotion
Department, Directorate of Trade,  Ministry of Commerce, Yangon.PRESS/245
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Namibia Mr. Alfred NDABENI, Chief, Trade Promotion Officer, International Trade
Department, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Windhoek.
Nepal Mr. Damodar REGMI, Section Offi cer, WTO Division, Ministry of Industry,
Commerce and Supplies, Kathmandu.
Oman Mr. Akram Hassan AL-MARAZZA, Director General, Directorate General of
Commerce and Industry, Dhofar Governorate, Ministry of Commerce and
Industry, Salalah.
Panama Miss Cristina Elena THAYER, Chief, Section of Multilateral Trade Negotiations
Affairs, Department of Legal Affairs, Vice-Ministry of Foreign Trade,
Ministry of Trade and Industry, Panama.
Papua New 
GuineaMrs. Bridgette Alfred TUITALELE-KAMISH, Principal Trade Officer, Asia
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Branch, Trade Division,
Department of Trade and Industry, Waigani NCD.
Sierra Leone Mr. Barba Brima FORTUNE, Senior Assistant Secretary, Trade Division,
Ministry of Trade, Industry and State Enterprises, Freetown.
Solomon Islands Mr. Heinz Kubau VAEKESA, Director of Trade, Trade Division, Ministry of
Commerce, Employment and Trade, Honiara.
South Africa Miss Mpho LESEKA, Assistant Director, European Union Desk, Trade
Negotiations Sub-Division, Department of Trade and Industry, Pretoria.
Sudan Mr. Mohammed IBRAHIM, Director, De partment of Commodities, Secretariat
General for WTO, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Khartoum.
Syrian Arab 
RepublicMr. Kosay MOUSTAFA, Desk Officer,  Department of International
Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Damascus-
Muhajereen-shora.
Chinese Taipei Mr. Wen-cheng Martin KE, Staff Member, The Third WTO Department, Board
of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taipei.
Thailand Miss Aumaporn SUTTIWONG, Trade Official, Bureau of Multilateral Trade
Negotiations, Department of Business Economics, Ministry of Commerce,
Bangkok.
Trinidad and 
TobagoMiss Myrna Theresa HUGGINS, Foreign Service Officer II, International
Organisations Division, Foreign Affairs Section, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Port of Spain.
Turkmenistan Mr. Takhir Kemalovich ATAKHANOV, Senior Expert, Department of the
Analysis and Regulation of the Foreign Trade, Ministry of Trade and
Foreign Economic Relations, Ashkhabad.
Uzbekistan Mr. Erkinjon Yakubjanovich YUNUSOV, Leading Specialist, Law Department,
Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Tashkent.
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