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23 May 2000
(00-2092)
Committee on Trade and Development
Twenty-ninth Session
REPORT ON TECHNICAL COOPERATION 1999
Note by the Secretariat
Table of Contents
     Page No.
INTRODUCTION  3
I. OVERVIEW OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES  4
A. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN RELATION TO THE
  THREE-YEAR PLAN (TYP) 1999  4
B. RELATIVE SHARE OF ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY WTO
  AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS  5
C. REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION
   ACTIVITIES  5
D. DISTRIBUTION OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES
   BY MODES OF DELIVERY  8
E. RELATIVE SHARE OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION DIVISION
   IN ALL TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES  9
II. TECHNICAL COOPERATION: SUBJECTS COVERED 10
A. ACCESSION 10
B. AGRICULTURE 10C. BRIEFING SESSIONS AND BILATERAL ASSISTANCE 12
D. COMPETITION POLICY 12
E. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT 13
F. ESTABLISHMENT OF WTO REFERENCE CENTRES AND
   INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT 14
G. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 17
H. MARKET ACCESS 18
I. NOTIFICATIONS 19
J. RULES 20
K. SANITARY AND PHYTO-SANITARY MEASURES 22L. SERVICES 23
M. TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE 25
N. TEXTILES AND CLOTHING 25
O. THE WTO – A TRAINING PACKAGE 26
P. TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT 26Q. TRADE AND INVESTMENT 27
R. TRADE POLICY REVIEW (TPR) 27WT/COMTD/W/70
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III. REGIONAL/NATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND SPECIALLY  27
FUNDED  PROJECTS
A. AFRICA 27
B. ASIA AND THE PACIFIC   30
C. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 31D. EUROPE / EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN AND
   CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES 32
E. MIDDLE EAST 33
IV. HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON INTEGRATED INITIATIVES FOR 33
LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES' TRADE DEVELOPMENT:
INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR TRADE-RELATEDTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
V. BUDGETARY ASPECTS 36
ANNEX I  TABLES – TECHNICAL COOPERATION 38
ACTIVITIES IN 1999
ANNEX II ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT UNDER THE INTEGRATED 97
FRAMEWORK
ANNEX III  WTO REFERENCE CENTRES 105WT/COMTD/W/70
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INTRODUCTION
The number of WTO technical cooperation and training activities carried out in 1999
totaled 382 representing an increase of 24 per cent over 1998.  These activities took place in
127 countries and covered most WTO Members (100), countries and territories in accession (20),
countries that have expressed an interest in joining the WTO (7), and a large number of least-developed countries whether a WTO Member or not (27). The increase in number of activities
compared to previous years has again largel y been made possible through extra-budgetary
contributions and the active participation of WTO Divisions. In addition to funds provided by the
more regular donors, new contributions were received in 1999.
At present, extra-budgetary contributions constitute  some ninety percent of total funding of all
technical cooperation activities. It was anticipated that the Third Ministerial Meeting in Seattle wouldlead to a decision to increase WTO's regular budget for technical assistance on a permanent basis to
sustainable levels, thus reducing the reliance on ad hoc extra budgetary contributions. In the absence
of such a decision, the sustainability of the level of activity reached in terms of financial support
continues to be questionable.
The WTO Secretariat continued to design, plan, monitor and evaluate technical cooperation
activities on the basis of its guidelines, modalities and other documentation prepared to that effect.
During 1999 discussions continued in the Committee on Trade and Development on
modalities for evaluating technical cooperation in the WTO. As of last summer, the Secretariat hasstarted using two questionnaires with the specific purpose of evaluating technical cooperation and to
produce a first evaluation report contained herein.
The present report contains a factual and qualitative description of WTO's technical
cooperation activities undertaken during 1999. In general, it can be said that while respecting thedemand-driven approach, a geographical balance was maintained in the delivery of assistance and
priority given to least-developed countries and to low-income economies. WTO's technical assistance
covered a very broad and diverse range of countries, including Members and non-Members and a very
broad range of trade-related topics, which were addressed in a general and/or specific way, depending
on the requirements of the beneficiary countries.
In this report on technical cooperation (1999), Chapter I provides a broad overview of all
technical cooperation activities, their characteristics, regional distribution and specific areas covered;
Chapter II provides a non-exhaustive overview of the main subject matters covered in technical
cooperation activities; Chapter III elaborates further on regional/national activities and programmes;
Chapter IV focuses on the follow-up to the High-Level Meeting on Integrated Initiatives for Least-
Developed Countries; and Chapter V addresses budgetary issues.WT/COMTD/W/70
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I. OVERVIEW OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES1
During 1999, a total of 382 technical cooperation activities were organized, involving most
Divisions in the WTO. This compares with 308 activities in 1998, representing an increase of 24 per
cent. These activities were held in 127 countries, of which 100 were WTO Members, 20 in the
process of accession, while the remaining 7 countries had expressed interest in joining the WTO.  Outof the 100 Members where technical assistance activities were held, the large majority were
developing countries, 19 were least-developed.
2  Another 8 LDCs, not Member of the WTO were also
visited.
A. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN RELATION TO THE THREE-YEAR PLAN (TYP) 1999
The WTO Programme for Technical Cooperation (WT/COMTD/W/64), generally referred to
as the 'Three-year Plan' contains a list of activities for the period 2000-2001. This is a 'rolling' plan,
which is adjusted and updated every year.  Out of the 153 activities planned, 79 were actually carried
out.  Out of the remaining 74 activities, 26 were carried over to the Three-year Plan for the year 2000.
The other 48 were either combined with other activities or were cancelled.
From the above, one can conclude that about half of the planned activities for 1999 were
conducted, representing a share of 21 per cent of the total number of activities in 1999. To this should
be added some 34 activities that were contained in the Three-year Plan of 1998, but not conducted
during 1998 and thus carried over to 1999. This brings the total number of activities having a
reference in the Three-year Plans for 1998 and 1999 to 113, thus representing a share of 30 per cent ofall activities carried out during 1999.
Table I
Three-Year Plan 1999 (TYP99)
TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES 382
Activities contained in TYP99 153
Relative share of activities contained in TYP99, compared to all activities 40 %
Activities contained in TYP99 and carried out 79
• Execution rate TYP99
• Activities carried out from TYP99/total activities52 %
21 %
Activities contained in TYP98 (and carried over to 1999) 34
Total number of activities having a reference in TYP98 and TYP99 113
• Relative share to all activities 30 %
Activities not having a reference in TYP98 or TYP99 269
• Relative share to all activities 70 %
A total of 269 activities (over 70 per cent) did not have a reference in the Three-year Plan.
This can be explained by the fact that most requests for technical assistance are made 'ad hoc', i.e. inthe course of the year, often on short notice.  This total also includes activities organized jointly with
                                                     
1Full details on all technical cooperation activities are provided in Annex I.
2The WTO currently counts 29 Members that are recognized as least-developed countries.  A total of
48 countries are recognised as least-developed according to the UN definition.WT/COMTD/W/70
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other organizations and activities to which WTO experts are invited.  Countries often cannot
anticipate their specific needs long in advance. While this is understandable, the uncertainty it
engenders has wider repercussions, including those on planning, human resource allocation and on the
budgetary and financial aspects of technical assistance. It complicates the Secretariat's task to give
clear indications to donors what the financial needs are likely to be for technical assistance in years to
come or even in the next year.
B. RELATIVE SHARE OF ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY WTO AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS
Given WTO's Secretariat relative small size it cannot take charge of all technical cooperation
activities it undertakes. In fact, as illustrated in Table II, 158 activities were fully organized by the
WTO, representing a share of 41 per cent of total activities.  In addition, 86 activities were held jointlywith other institutions, representing a share of 23 per cent compared to all activities and the WTO was
invited to participate in 138 activities, representing 36 per cent of all activities.
The WTO is increasingly developing and strengthening links with regional and other
institutions, bodies and organizations to cooperate in the organisation of activities.  Also, it isincreasingly outsourcing activities, when and where feasible so as to alleviate the task of the
Secretariat and to share the burden of the preparatory process. Memoranda of Understanding have
been signed between the WTO Secretariat and the Se cretariat of other bodies to formalize such ties.
Table II
Technical Cooperation Activities by Lead Organizer
ACTIVITIES FULLY ORGANIZED BY WTO 158
• Relative share to all activities 41 %
ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED JOINTLY BY WTO AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS 86
• Relative share to all activities 23 %
ACTIVITIES WHERE WTO WAS INVITED 138
• Relative share to all activities 36 %
C. REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES
Looking at the geographical distribution of technical cooperation activities held, Table III
gives a regional breakdown which shows that major efforts were directed in assisting Africancountries, which benefitted from nearly 28 per cent of all activities (106) in 1999.  Activities in other
regions also increased with 79 held in Asia and the Pacific, 64 held in Europe/Eastern and Central
European and Central Asian countries, 100 in Latin America and the Caribbean, and 33 in the Middle
East.
The table also shows that the share of Africa in all technical cooperation activities represents
nearly 28 per cent and an increase of 14 per cent compared to the year 1998. North/Latin America &
the Caribbean had 100 activities, representing a share of 26.2 per cent and corresponding to a growth
rate of some 43 per cent compared to 1998. The Asia/Pacific region had 79 activities, representing
over 20 per cent of all activities and a growth of 27.4 per cent.  Activities in Europe/Eastern andCentral European and Central Asian countries numbered 64, or 16.8 per cent of all activities, an
increase of 12.3 per cent. The Middle East had 33 activities, or 8.6 per cent of total, an increase of
26.9 per cent.WT/COMTD/W/70
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Table III
1999 Technical Cooperation Activities by Region
Total Percentage
1999Relative Increase
1999/1998
Africa 106 28 14
Asia / Pacific 79 21 27
Europe/Eastern and Central European andCentral Asian countries64 17 12
North3/Latin America & the Caribbean 100 26 43
Middle East 33 9 27
The rather important increase in all technical cooperation activities over time (growth rates)
and their regional distribution is shown in Table IV. It also shows that all regions have substantially
seen an increase in the absolute number of activities, but at a different pace. African countries have
systematically been the largest beneficiaries, followed closely by North/Latin America and theCaribbean in 1999.
Table IV
Technical Cooperation Activities by Region
(Growth Rates)
Region 1995 1996 1996/
19951997 1997/
19961998 1998/
19971999 1999/
1998Total
Africa 20 43 115 % 66 53 % 93 41 % 106 14 % 328
Asia/Pacific 20 28 40 % 53 89 % 62 17 % 79 27 % 242
Europe/Eastern and
Central European andCentral Asian countries17 16 -6 % 32 100 % 57 78 % 64 12 % 186
North 3/Latin America
and the Caribbean16 26 62 % 58 123 % 70 21 % 100 43 % 270
Middle East 6 11 83 % 18 64 % 26 44 % 33 27 % 94
Total 79 124 57 % 227 83 % 308 36 % 382 24 % 1,120
                                                     
3  Refers to activities for developing countries held in North America.WT/COMTD/W/70
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Also, as presented in the annexes to this document, the distribution of technical cooperation
activities is given by region and by lead agent. As indicated earlier, the WTO also undertakes joint
technical cooperation activities with other international organizations and is also invited to activities
organized by other institutions. This information is summarized in Table V.
Table V
1999 Technical Cooperation Activities  by Region and Lead Agency
Total: 382
Annex 1: Activities undertaken by WTO Total Percentage of
total activitiesPercentage
distribution
Total 158 41 100
a.  Africa 43 11 27
b.  Asia / Pacific 33 9 21
c.  Europe/Eastern and Central European and 
Central Asian countries25 6 16
d.  North / Latin America and the Caribbean 43 11 27
e.  Middle East 14 4 9
Annex 2: Activities undertaken jointly with
other organizationsTotal Percentage of
total activitiesPercentage
distribution
Total 86 23 100
a.  Africa 31 8 36
b.  Asia / Pacific 15 4 17
c.  Europe/Eastern and Central European and 
Central Asian countries12 3 14
d.  North / Latin America and the Caribbean 23 6 27
e.  Middle East 5 2 6
Annex 3: Activities where WTO was invited Total Percentage of
total activitiesPercentage
distribution
Total 138 36 100
a.  Africa 32 8 23
b.  Asia / Pacific 31 8 23
c.  Europe/Eastern and Central European and 
Central Asian countries27 7 20
d.  North / Latin America and the Caribbean 34 9 24
e.  Middle East 14 3 10WT/COMTD/W/70
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D. DISTRIBUTION OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES BY MODE OF
SUPPLY
It is recalled that WTO's technical cooperation activities are conducted by basically four
modes of supply: national seminars, regional seminars, technical missions and workshops,conferences, symposia and training courses. Summary information on the modes of supply is
contained in Table VI.
Table VI
Technical Cooperation Activities by Mode of Supply
Type of Activity Area
YearAfrica Asia/
PacificEurope/
Central and Eastern
European andCentral Asian
CountriesLatin/
North America
and CaribbeanMiddle East Total
National Seminars 1995
19961997199819997
1313
7
127
47
10128
14777
101613184
144833
29444157
Total 52 40 27 64 21 204
Regional Seminars 1995
19961997199819993
7
1417158
7
1319111
24596
8
1622140
238218
26507151
Total 56 58 21 66 15 216
Technical Missions 1995
199619971998199910
9
2144333
5
1220190
18852
19
12351
356916
195590
101
Total 117 59 22 59 24 281
Workshops,Conferences,Symposia, TrainingCourses1995
19961997199819990
141825462
122113378
121637431
7
1723331
568
1412
5078
106173
Total 103 85 116 81 34 419
All Activities 1995
199619971998199920
436693
10620
28536279 17
1632576416
265870
1006
1118263379
124227308382
Total 328 242 186 270 94 1,120WT/COMTD/W/70
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With respect to the modes of supply, Table VI shows that the distribution of activities in 1999
consisted of technical cooperation workshops and conferences (173) technical missions (101),
national seminars (57) and regional seminars (51).
Compared to 1998, the number of workshops and conferences in which the Secretariat
participated increased considerably from 106 to 173 in 1999 in all regions, with the fastest growth in
Asia/Pacific.  In absolute terms, the largest number of such activities continue to be held in Africa
(46). This strong demand reflects a continuously strong interest in the WTO issues and the need to
address implementation issues of the Agreements. The topics of the workshops, conferences, round
tables, training courses were wide-ranging and generally dealt in-depth with specific issues.
Workshops follow a 'hands-on' approach,  with officials being trained and/or familiarised with the
intricacies of a specific agreement.  Furthermore, the expertise of the WTO Secretariat continued to be
solicited by other organizations.  The number of technical missions increased from 90 in 1998 to 101
in 1999, reflecting a continuous demand for specific assistance in implementation and regulatory
issues.
Technical cooperation activities in Africa were mainly delivered in the form of workshops,
conferences, symposia and training courses (46), te chnical missions (33), regional seminars (15) and
national seminars (12).  The increase in the number of workshops, conferences, symposia and training
courses  (from 25 in 1998 to 46 in 1999) can largely be explained by the implementation of the JITAP
and the Integrated Framework (cf Chapter IV).
In Asia and the Pacific the total number of activities increased to 79 from 62 in 1998; with
most of the technical cooperation delivered through workshops and conferences (37), technical
missions (19) national seminars (12) and regional seminars (11).
In North/Latin America and the Caribbean, a total of 100 activities were carried out, up from
58, mostly consisting of workshops and conferences (33), technical missions (35), national seminars(18) and regional seminars (14).
Of the 33 activities held in the Middle East, most consisted of workshops and conferences
(14), national seminars (8) and technical missions (9).
In Europe / Eastern and Central European and Central Asian countries, technical cooperation
activities (64) were largely organized in the form of workshops, conferences, symposia, training
courses (43), most of which actually took place at the WTO headquarters in Geneva.
While the mode of delivery can vary among regions, each region continued to be covered by a
variety of activities.
E. RELATIVE SHARE OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION DIVISION IN ALL TECHNICAL
COOPERATION ACTIVITIES
It has often been emphasized that technical cooperation is provided by the WTO as a whole
and not solely by the Technical Cooperation Divisi on.  The information available (Table VII) shows
that of all activities, 115 were carried out by the Technical Cooperation Division, representing a share
of 30 per cent. A total of 43 activities were conducted jointly between TCD and other Divisions,
representing 11 per cent, and the vast majority of activities (224) were conducted by other Divisions
representing a share of 59 per cent. It should also be noted that this increasing number of activities
carried out by all Divisions in the WTO is carried out with only a modest increase in staff.  As pointedout further in the report, the increase in demand for technical assistance translates into an equivalent
increase in workload for most Divisions.WT/COMTD/W/70
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Table VII
1999 Technical Cooperation Activities:
TCD and/or other Divisions
TOTAL PERCENTAGE
1999
TCD only 115 30
TCD jointly with other divisions 43 11
Other Divisions (excl. TCD) 224 59
II. TECHNICAL COOPERATION: SUBJECTS COVERED
A. ACCESSION
During 1999, the Secretariat continued to provide technical assistance to countries in the
process of accession to the WTO.  The year was marked by a rush to conclude as many accessions as
possible prior to the Seattle Ministerial Conference, and thus the workload of Accessions Division
was at a peak.  Due to the unusually extensive programme of accession meetings in Geneva, thenumber of technical missions had to be reduced, with more emphasis on assistance provided to
delegations of acceding governments during their vi sits to the WTO.  The Secretariat also spent
considerable time assisting governments, at differ ent stages of accession, to ensure that the flow of
information between them and WTO Member governments remain pertinent and timely.
Countries visited in 1999 included Saudi Arabia, Georgia and Estonia.  Requests for, and
consequently the number of, technical assistance missions is expected to increase in 2000.
B. AGRICULTURE
The Agriculture and Commodities Division was extensively involved in technical cooperation
activities in 1999.  The Division was frequently contacted by Geneva-based delegations or fromcapitals for assistance in the preparation of notifications and with regard to responses to specific
implementation questions.  Also in Geneva assistance was provided through the 3-week trade policy
courses organized by the Technical Cooperation Division and through meetings arranged with
representatives of developing countries, such as Uruguayan officials on administration of tariff quotas
and Kenyan officials on safeguards.  In addition, a number of meetings were held with representativesof private sector companies, such as South African sugar and Caribbean rum producers, and non-
governmental organizations, such as Consumers International and the World Wide Fund for Nature.
In Geneva, a number of acceding countries sought assistance with the accession process, including
Georgia, Jordan and Chinese Taipei,  while others asked for assistance in their capitals, such as
Vietnam and China.
A wide variety of seminars, workshops and symposia took place in 1999 ranging from one
day seminars in Europe organised by NGOs to week long workshops in Africa organised by official
aid agencies.   Others included participation in trade policy courses organised by the Technical
Cooperation Division in conjunction with regional bodies such as Inter-American Institute for
Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA) and the Islamic Development Bank which were held in Paraguayfor Latin American countries, in Pakistan for Central Asian countries and in Austria for East
European countries.  The Division also participated in national and regional seminars organised by
international and national organisations such as in Côte d'Ivoire organized by UNCTAD, in Colombia
organized by the Colombian Ministry for Agriculture and in Nigeria organized by ECOWAS.WT/COMTD/W/70
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The type of assistance provided depended very much on the requirements of the particular
mission.  For many developing countries a genera l overview of the Agreement on Agriculture is
needed, but for many regional seminars a short presentation followed by discussion, when specific
issues can be addressed, might better suits their needs.  The understanding of the Agreement varies
considerably from one country to the next and from one group within a country to another, and it is
necessary to tailor the presentations to suit the audience.  In general, the presentations could be said tofall into three general categories.  The first provides a general overview of the Agreement on
Agriculture, the second deals with specific sets of provisions within the Agreement covering a single
generic issue such as market access, and the third covers the whole agreement and how it affects a
particular product or product group such as sugar or beef.  In addition, since the start of 1999, another
type of presentation has become necessary to help countries prepare for the mandated negotiations on
continuing the reform process for agriculture.
It is clear that there is still a great deal to be done in many countries about the details and the
implications of the Agreement on Agriculture.  At the same time rising trade volumes and improved
trade opportunities are increasing the importance of the Agreement.  There is some evidence that the
work of the WTO and other international organisations such as the FAO, ITC and the World Bank is
beginning to have some impact although it is also clear that trade policy is one of many factors that
must be addressed by some of the poorer countries before they can take advantage of the opportunitiescreated by the WTO Agreements.  Improving infrastructure, recovering from natural and man-made
disasters and finding the most appropriate macro-ec onomic policy are also very important.  As trade
becomes more important these physical constraints, as well as difficulties sometimes encountered
when dealing with cumbersome systems of customs administration are being commented on by more
participants in more meetings.
The main difficulties facing the agriculture technical cooperation activities include the
following:
- Internal co-ordination within countries requesting technical cooperation is difficult to
achieve as different ministries deal with agriculture, trade and foreign affairs.
(Indeed, countries at all stages of development have difficulties co-ordinating theirvarious ministries.);
- Co-ordination among international agencies could be improved by participation of
WTO representatives in activities run by other agencies although limited human and
financial resources often prevent this;
- Many national constraints need to be overcome before trade opportunities can be
fully exploited.  These constraints vary from legal and social stability to poor physical
infrastructure.  While the importance of trade to development is acknowledged,
governments sometimes focussed on the more obvious constraints;
- The wealth of developed countries along with the Generalised System of Preferences,
which gives developing countries preferential access to richer markets, have resulted
in a concentration on the North American and European markets.  However, high
technical and safety standards, established brands and saturated markets make futurepotential expansion difficult.  A re-focus, to concentrate on the potential growth
markets closer to home, may offer scope for increasing trade and improving
development.
Finally, although agriculture exports from deve loping countries have improved since the
conclusion of the Uruguay Round, some developing countries feel that their position has deteriorated.This is a sensitive issue as the WTO starts nego tiations on the continuing reform in agriculture.WT/COMTD/W/70
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Preparing countries for these negotiations has been increasing in importance as 1999 progressed and
is likely to increase throughout 2000.
C. BRIEFING SESSIONS AND BILATERAL ASSISTANCE
In the first week of November 1999, the WTO organized what is generally referred to as the
"Geneva Week" for Non-Geneva based WTO Members and Observer delegations.  The aim of the
"Geneva Week" was to allow the "out-of-town" delegations to gain as clear a picture as possible of
the issues for the Third WTO Ministerial Meeting in Seattle, the way in which these issues were being
approached, and the assistance made available from the WTO and other agencies in Geneva.  The
interactive format allowed for the active participation of the visiting delegations.
Briefing sessions for Geneva-based delegations and visiting officials of least-developed
countries, developing countries, economies in transition and countries in the process of accession are
organized on a regular basis.  These briefings are provided either to individual delegations and
officials or in the form of briefing sessions for several delegations.  They constitute a very important
aspect of technical assistance and address specific concerns of individual or groups of countries.
On an ongoing basis the Secretariat provides bilateral technical assistance to Members.  This
mainly consists of assisting Members and acceding countries by providing information and guidance
upon their request on any area covered by WTO Agreements.  Such assistance can be provided in
meetings between WTO staff members and delegations, through e-mail, in writing or by
telephone/fax.
D. COMPETITION POLICY
Paragraph 22 of the Singapore Ministerial Declaration provides that the technical cooperation
programme of the Secretariat shall be made available to developing and, in particular, least-developedcountry Members to facilitate their participation in the work of the WTO Working Group on the
Interaction between Trade and Competition Policy (WGTCP) which is established by Paragraph 20 of
the Declaration.  More specifically, the purpose of the Organization's technical cooperation
programme in this area has been to facilitate developing and other countries' participation in the
WTO's work on trade and competition policy by:  (i) disseminating information on technical andpolicy developments relating to trade and competition policy, both among Geneva-based delegates
and in the various regions of the developing world; and (ii) exposing delegates directly to, and
enabling them to enter into a two-way dialogue with, knowledgeable academics and experts from the
private sector and civil society as well as senior capital-based competition policy officials from
developed and developing countries on the questions before the WTO in this area.  During the past
year, a number of activities were undertaken in support of these objectives.  In several cases, these
activities were undertaken with financial assistance and/or input from staff members of otherintergovernmental organizations including UNCTAD and the World Bank.
Two symposia on issues concerning Competition Policy and the Multilateral Trading System
were held at the WTO during the year.  The first of these, held on 17 April 1999, dealt with the
Relevance of Fundamental WTO Principles, International Cooperation and the Contribution ofCompetition Policy to WTO Objectives.  The second, which took place on 13 September 1999, dealt
with the views of civil society organizations on questions concerning the role of competition policy in
a healthy market economy and its relationship with the multilateral trading system.  These symposia
were organized with financial assistance from, and input from the staff of the Secretariats of,
UNCTAD as well as the World Bank and other organizations.  The papers and proceedings of thesesymposia along with two other symposia that were held in 1997 and 1998, respectively, will be
published in a volume.  The volume, to be jointly edited by staff members of the Secretariats of the
WTO, UNCTAD and the World Bank, is intended as a further contribution to public understanding of
the issues discussed at the symposia.WT/COMTD/W/70
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In May 1999, the WTO Secretariat, jointly with the Asian Development Bank, presented a
regional seminar on Trade Remedies and Competition Policy, in Chiang Mai, Thailand.  The Seminar
was attended by a large number of countries from South, East and Southeast Asia.
During the year, staff members of the WTO Secretariat also participated in conferences,
workshops and training seminars sponsored by other organizations that dealt with the interface
between trade and competition policy and were for the benefit of developing countries.  These
included:  (i) an APEC workshop on Competition Policy and Deregulation in Christchurch, New
Zealand, in April - May 1999; (ii) a training se minar for staff of non-governmental organizations
sponsored by the Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS), in Jaipur, India, in July 1999; (iii) a
seminar on competition policy for Caricom member countries sponsored jointly by UNCTAD, the
Caricom Secretariat and the University of the West Indies in October 1999; and (iv) a conference oncompetition policy in Mercosur organized by the Brazilian national competition agency, CADE, in
November 1999.
As a further element of the WTO Secretariat's technical cooperation activities relating to the
interaction between trade and competition policy, lectures were presented as part of several sessionsof the Organization's Trade Policy Course.  Special lectures and presentations were also given for
various organizations that visited the WTO during the year.  Finally, it is worth noting that an
important activity of WTO staff members in this area throughout the year was the provision of
information and advice, on an ongoing and informal basis, to delegations to facilitate their
participation in the work of the WGTCP.
E. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
In accordance with Article 27.3 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the
Settlement of Disputes (DSU), the Technical Cooperation Division, jointly with the Legal Affairs
Division, organized the Thirteenth, Fourteenth a nd Fifteenth Special Training Courses on Dispute
Settlement Procedures and Practices.  These courses were held on 22-25 March 1999, 1-4 June 1999
and 26-29 October 1999, respectively.  The objective of these courses was to enhance the
understanding of officials, from developed and de veloping country Members as well as acceding
countries, of the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding so as to enable them to advise their
governments effectively on all matters relating to the implementation and application of the WTOAgreement.  The programme included a general presentation on the GATT/WTO system, followed by
detailed presentations on the dispute settlement procedures and practices.  The courses also contained
an important practical component requiring active involvement and interaction from the participants,
through case studies and simulated panel exercises.  A total of 120 participants took part in these
courses.
As was foreseen in last year's report, the Secretariat with the financial assistance of donor
governments, held a number of regional and sub-regional workshops on dispute settlement proceduresand practices for government officials from developing countries.  Six courses were held last year; the
first was held for Pacific Island Countries on 13-16 April 1999 in Sydney, Australia; the second in
Budapest, Hungary on 26-29 April 1999; the third in Rabat, Morocco on 29 June - 2 July 1999; the
fourth for Arab countries on 13-16 September 1999 in Beirut, Lebanon; and the fifth for Attorneys-
General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States on 6-8 December 1999 in Roseau,Commonwealth of Dominica.  Also a regional advanced training workshop on dispute settlement was
held on 6-8 April 1999.   It is intended to hold similar courses over the next two years in all regions,
should funding be available under the regular budget of the WTO or from donors.
During the year 1999, developing countries were actively involved in the dispute settlement
process, both as complainants and as respondents.  Pursuant to the provisions of Article 27.2 of theDSU, a number of developing countries sought the assistance from the Technical CooperationWT/COMTD/W/70
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Division in a variety of legal matters and situations.  Assistance which was provided included
advising countries on their legal rights and obligations under the WTO Agreement; commenting on a
Member's submission to initiate or defend an action under a covered agreement, and undertaking legal
research and providing legal opinions.
F. ESTABLISHMENT OF WTO REFERENCE CENTRES AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT
Information technology tools have been increasingly used to enhance the delivery of WTO
technical cooperation.  A WTO training package in electronic form was developed to extend the
outreach of explanation and understanding of WTO Agreements.  On-line fora were organized to
permit government officials of WTO Members in distant locations to participate in topical
discussions.  Themes of on-line fora in 1999 incl uded Low-Income Developing Countries in the
GATT/WTO Framework organized in January-March; Regionalism organized in March-April; and
Developing Countries and the Millennium Round orga nized in October.  In addition, the Trade and
Development Web site jointly initiated by the WTO and the World Bank continued to provide useful
information on-line to enable decision-makers in developing countries to better understand and make
use of the rules and mechanisms of the WTO.
(i) WTO Reference Centres
The establishment of WTO Reference Centres in several developing countries has contributed
to improve information flows between the WTO Secretariat and Ministries of Commerce of WTOMembers. The WTO Reference Centre programme has its origins in the Technical Cooperation
Division.  It initially started as a component of the WTO-UNCTAD-ITC Joint Integrated Technical
Assistance Programme (JITAP)
4 to provide enhanced technical assistance to the countries visited by
the Director-General of the WTO and the Executiv e Director of the ITC in January 1996.  Later in
April 1996, the JITAP was jointly launched at Midrand (South Africa) by the WTO, UNCTAD andITC, and covered eight countries.  Following the conclusion of the High-Level Meeting on Integrated
Initiatives for Least-Developed Countries' trade development in October 1997 and taking cognizance
of the difficulties faced by Small Island Developing Members, WTO Reference Centres have
expanded to cover sixty-eight countries at the end of December 1999. The implementation of the
programme commenced in the last quarter of 1997 and has been predominantly supply-driven.
The emphasis on least-developed Countries in the programme implies that Africa, the
continent which has the largest number of LDCs, is the major beneficiary of WTO Reference Centres.
All African least-developed country Members and observers, with the exception of Sierra Leone
(because of political instability), have been covered by the WTO Reference Centre programme.  The
regional distribution of WTO Reference Centres is graphically presented below.  For LDCs, both the
equipment and training are provided while for other developing countries only training is given.
                                                     
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and other countries in Africa to participate more effectively in the evolving multilateral trading system and to
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There are thirty-seven WTO Reference Centres in Africa, fourteen in the Caribbean, nine in
Asia, six in the Pacific and two in the Middle East.
Follow-up activities in 1999 have included replacement of computer equipment for Central
African Republic, a printer for Mozambique, a CPU (central processing unit) for Bénin, an UPS
(uninterruptible power supply device) for Burkina Faso and Ghana, and procurement of "surge arrest"
for Central African Republic, Chad and Burkina Faso. Close to 48,000 pages of Daily WTO News
Headlines were sent to all WTO Reference Centres during 1999.
A feedback from WTO Reference Centres demonstrates that they have become indispensable
sources of information on the WTO for the Government and the business community.  Some depict
the Reference Centres as a "one-stop shop" for trade-related information on the WTO, while others
describe the training provided as useful to the extent of reducing the amount of time spent searchingon-line for documents, for information on the WTO.  Countries benefiting from WTO Reference
Centres have increasingly recognized them as WTO national offices located in cyberspace from where
they obtain an instantaneous response to most of their WTO-related queries and relevant information.
A list of WTO Reference Centres with contact addresses is contained in Annex III to this report.
An outlook for the year 2000 points to an expansion of the WTO Reference Centre
programme to other developing countries in Africa , in Central and Latin America, and other Middle-
East and Asian countries, subject to availability of funds. Activities will entail the organization of a
series of regional WTO Reference Centre training seminars in Africa, Asia, Caribbean and the Pacific.
These activities will enable the WTO to bring trade policy officials from LDCs and other developing
countries into a regional centre for additional hands-on training.  It is also planned to expand the
WTO Reference Centre programme to regional and sub-regional bodies such as CARICOM, SADC,ECOWAS, UEMOA and COMESA which can assist the Secretariat in providing to their respective
members WTO-related information and training.  The practice of providing Daily WTO News
Headlines to all Reference Centres will continue in 2000.  In addition, the WTO is considering the
option of providing free internet connection to all WTO Reference Centres located in least-developed
countries to be financed through Trust Funds.
Once again during the past year, the Technical Cooperation Division enjoyed close
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Reference Centre programme.  These were the Information and Media Relations Division (IMRD),
Informatics Division, Language Services and Do cumentation Division, and the Statistics Division.
(ii) Information Technologies for Development (ITD)
The Web site of the Trade and Development Centre is an Internet site with information and
training guides designed to meet the needs of LDCs and other developing country trade officials. The
Internet site is used by about 5,000 visitors per month. The content includes:
- On-line fora on trade issues of interest to developing countries: Three fora were
organized over the past year with participation from users worldwide, mostly from
LDCs and other developing countries;
- Developing country case studies: Case studies have been developed and are available
on the Internet site;
- Interactive training guides. These can be viewed online or downloaded from the
Internet site.
Development of electronic training and information materials remains crucial for LDCs and
other developing countries.  Some of the current and future activities are:
-  Continued development of Internet and CD-based information material for WTO
Reference Centres, as well as for use in other WTO activities, including Trade Policy
Courses;
- Expansion of the ITD Internet site to include more case studies, on-line fora and other
content;
- Development of a library of interactive training tools on CD-ROMs. The first such
module on the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing offers users three hours of
interactive course material. The objective is to develop similar modules for all other
WTO Agreements;
- The World Bank Global Distance Learning  Network (GDLN).  This is a project
initiated by the World Bank aimed at using communications technologies to deliver
training programs (distance learning) and to provide access to computerized
databases to developing countries.  It is a global communications system with
computer links, analog video-conferencing and interactive classrooms.  The World
Bank developed the first Centres in 1997 using facilities in its network of field officesin capitals of developing countries.  The current phase of the project is to establish
Distance Learning Centres (DLCs) which ar e owned and operated by training and
educational institutions in each participating country.  The existing GDLN network
covers several countries in Africa, Asia, Caribbean and South America.  The WTO
continued its collaboration with the World Bank on this project in 1999.  There hasbeen one pilot project to-date in which the WTO used the Bank's network for a 6-hour
interactive seminar on notifications.  This session was conducted from the WTO
Secretariat in Geneva for about 60 trade ministry officials in four African countries.
The trial enabled a lively exchange between WTO specialists in Geneva and the
60 participants from Africa.
Training in the use of  information material on the Internet and on CD-ROM, including the
use of specialized databases, remains the most important need identified by LDCs and other
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G. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Cooperation with WIPO has been a key feature in this area, based on the Cooperation
Agreement between the two Organizations.  For example, the two Secretariats often provided resource
persons to each other’s seminars held outside Geneva and to training activities organized in Geneva.In pursuance of the Cooperation Agreement, the International Bureau of WIPO and the Secretariat of
WTO launched, in July 1998, a Joint Initiative on Technical Cooperation to assist developing
countries to meet their commitments under the TRIPS Agreement by the year 2000.  Under the joint
initiative, the two Organizations committed themselves to use available resources to provide, on
request, assistance to enable developing country Members of the WTO to comply with obligations
under the TRIPS Agreement within the applicable time limits.  By the end of 1999, more than thirty
Members had made requests for assistance to one or both of the Organizations under the JointInitiative.  It should be noted that this number refers only to those developing countries which
requested assistance specifically under the Joint In itiative.  Technical assistance provided by each
Organization, or jointly under the Cooperation Agreement, has of course covered a much larger
number of countries.
Following a discussion between the two Organi zations on the way to respond to each of the
requests under the Joint Initiative, the International Bureau of WIPO took the lead in organizing and
providing the bulk of the assistance requested.  The WTO Secretariat contributed to these activities to
the extent that its resources permitted.  In 1999, WTO staff members participated in eight events
organized by WIPO outside Geneva.  In certain instances, the WTO Secretariat took the lead inproviding assistance under the Joint Initiative, in particular when it came to matters relating to WTO
mechanisms.  Another mode of follow-up was the organization of joint events to respond to matters
raised under the Joint Initiative.  A WIPO-WTO Joint Symposium on the Implementation of TRIPS
was organized for the French-speaking Sub-Saharan African countries, and two joint national
seminars were held in Latin America.  Also re levant under the Joint Initiative was a Joint UPOV-
WIPO-WTO Symposium on the protection of plant varieties held in Geneva.  This Symposium was
followed by three joint UPOV-WIPO-WTO regional workshops on the protection of plant varieties,
held in Egypt, Kenya and Thailand.
The Secretariat also provided technical assistance in cooperation with a number of other
intergovernmental organizations, including the European Patent Office, United Nations EnvironmentProgramme and the World Health Organization, and national governments and agencies.  The
Secretariat provided speakers to 11 intellectual property events outside Geneva organized by these
organizations, governments or agencies.
In addition, it should be recalled that a large part of the work of Secretariat officials dealing
with intellectual property matters has been the prov ision of information in response to questions put to
them by representatives of Member governments in Geneva and by capitals.  Such advice and
information has also been given to officials from acceding countries and representatives of the privatesector.
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5 For further information, please see a note by the Secretariat entitled "WTO Secretariat Technical
Cooperation in the TRIPS Area", dated 15 October 1999 and circulated in document IP/C/W/156.  Furtherinformation on WIPO's technical cooperation activities re levant to the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement,
including those relating to the implementation of the Joint Initiative, can be found in document
IP/C/W/155/Add.4.WT/COMTD/W/70
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H. MARKET ACCESS
In 1999, the Market Access Division – in conjunction with the Technical Cooperation
Division and external consultants – provided technical assistance on the following issues under its
administration:  tariff issues and non-tariff barriers, as well as assistance for the implementations of
the WTO Agreements on customs valuation, preshipment inspection, import licensing, rules of origin.Assistance was further provided on the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), and the WTO
work programme on trade facilitation.
Assistance on market access issues was furnished in the context of market access seminars
and workshops.  A number of technical missions was conducted to help developing and acceding
countries with the preparation and transposition of their tariff schedules.  In addition, a particular
assistance programme was devised for the implementation of the Customs Valuation Agreement, aswell as for the submission of data to the Integrated Data Base (the latter serviced by the Statistics
Division).
Customs Valuation
The Market Access Division Technical Assistance Program on Customs Valuation continued
to send expert consultants on customs valuation to developing countries which are currently under the
5-year transition period allowed by Article 20.1 of the Agreement.  During 1999, the Program grew
considerably.  A total of 23 missions were carried out, up from 10 during the period of May to
December 1998.  Activities carried out included the setting-up of implementation programs;reviewing draft legislation; advising on restructuring and reorganizing customs administrations;
explaining with examples and case studies the Agreement; holding seminars for customs officers,
other government officials, and the private sector; and advising on the uses of data bases and
computer systems.
Integrated Data Base (IDB)
On 16 July 1997, the General Council adopted a decision on the Supply of Information to the
Integrated Database for Personal Computers (IDB)6, stating:
"1. That WTO Members shall supply to the Secretariat, on an annual basis, the
information referred to in document G/MA/IDB/1/Rev.1.
2. That the Secretariat shall, upon request, provide technical assistance to Members in
relation to the submission of the data required for the Integrated Data Base forPersonal Computers."
As was proposed in the document "IDB Technical Assistance Programme"
(G/MA/IDB/W/3/Rev.1), technical assistance fo r the IDB has taken different modes of delivery. The
Secretariat has participated in the elaboration of a PC software for submission preparation in
collaboration with the IADB and the SIECA secretariat, has conducted IDB regional seminars and
national missions and/or seminars, and has particip ated in regular WTO regional seminars to provide
IDB training.
(i) Elaboration of a PC Software for Submission Preparation
In December 1997, the WTO Committee on Market Access decided that the data entry
software developed jointly by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and the Secretariat for
                                                     
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Economic Integration of Central America (SIECA) should be used to assist Member countries in
preparing their IDB submissions. The WTO Secretariat has participated in the preparation and
improvement of this software since the beginning of its development. During 1999, three Workshops
to present the Market Access Data Entry Software to users were organized in Argentina (INTAL,
Buenos Aires), Guatemala (SIECA, Guatemala) and Peru (Andean Community,  Lima) during the
month of July 1999. The countries themselves selected the participants who represented the differentMinistries and secretariats in charge of the collection and/or preparation of the trade and tariff data.
During the Workshops, the representatives of 13 countries prepared their national submissions (or
samples when their own data were not complete) of trade and tariff data.
(ii) National Missions and Regional Seminars
Since the start of the technical assistance programme (1998), the Secretariat has organized
five national technical assistance missions. These missions covered the preparation of the tariff and
trade submissions and the solving of specific problems countries encountered in preparing theirsubmissions. The Secretariat also organized t wo regional IDB seminars for 18 APEC economies (1998)
and for ten ASEAN countries (1999).  Furthermore, IDB has been included in regular WTO regional
seminars (six in Africa, two in Asia, one in Central America and one in the Caribbean), as well as in
WTO Trade Policy Courses for developing countries, which take place three times a year in Geneva,
and in other occasional WTO Short Trade Policy Courses.
(iii) Impact of the Technical Assistance
The national and regional technical assistance missions have resulted in additional
submissions of IDB information to the Secretariat.  For example: the seminar for APEC economies
resulted in eight new submissions; seven of the ten countries participating in the seminar for ASEAN
countries have submitted information (the remaining three are acceding countries which have noobligation to do so); and all but one of the national technical assistance missions have resulted in
submissions to the IDB, either directly to the IDB officer on mission or soon thereafter, including two
African least-developed Members. The exception was a Member country which had already submitted
data, but where the need for assistance was principally focused on technical expertise in order to
improve the quality of its data.
(iv) Consolidated Tariff Schedules
Work is currently in progress in the Secretariat and amongst Members to bring together all
Members' tariff concessions into a standardized database format. When completed,  training in the useof the Consolidated Tariff Schedules database functionalities will be included in the Secretariat
technical assistance activities aimed at official s from Developing and Le ast-Developing Members.
I. NOTIFICATIONS
Several Members, in particular least-developed and developing country Members, face
difficulties in complying with the extended and expanded notification requirements of the multilateral
trading system as noted in the Singapore and Geneva Ministerial Declarations.
In order to raise Members' awareness of their notification obligations, the Secretariat almost
systematically includes a module on notification requirements in national as well as in regional
seminars.  Additionally, each year a specialized two-day Workshop is organized in Geneva for the
benefit of Geneva-based and capital-based officials. In 1999, a new mode of delivery was introduced
in cooperation with  the World Bank. On 25 February 1999, a videoconference using the World Bank
Learning Network (WBLN) linked the WTO headquarters in Geneva to World Bank field offices in
Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Zimbabwe (cf. C ii).WT/COMTD/W/70
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Upon request, the Secretariat organizes technical missions to assist Members and acceding
Observers in understanding and complying with their notification obligations.  In 1999, three such
missions took place, two in sub-Saharan Members and one in Asia.
J. RULES
The Rules Division is responsible for the ad ministration of the WTO Agreements on Anti-
Dumping, Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, and Safeguards, as well as the Understanding on
State Trading Enterprises.  These agreements impos e very complex and highly technical obligations on
Members and their implementation requires technical expertise and skill which is often not available in
Member countries, particularly in developing count ries.  The Rules Division, therefore, faces constant
requests from Members for training and legal assistan ce at a High-Level of expertise.  Responding to
these requests is one of the most important tasks of the Rules Division in the implementation process.However, due to a significant workload increase in other areas of Rules Division's responsibility, mainly
dispute settlement, the Division could not respond to  many requests from Members;  and given the
limited availability of staff it has had to reduce its activities in the field of technical assistance.  The
following is a report on the different forms of impl ementation assistance and technical assistance of the
Division for 1999.
(i) Regional Training Workshops (Anti-Dumping, Countervail and Safeguards)
The purpose of the training workshops is to prepare national investigating authorities to use
contingent trade remedies (anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguards measures) in a WTO-consistent
manner.  Over the past several years, an increasin g number of countries have identified the need for
some form of contingent trade protection as a quid pro quo  for comprehensive trade liberalization.  For
1999, as a result of the work already done in this area in  previous years, the level of technicality of these
workshops has increased to deal with specific su bjects which arise in the conduct of trade remedies
investigations.
In 1999, the Rules Division carried out two of th eses advanced workshops for trade remedies
administrators from the select Latin-American c ountries.  The first of these workshops covered the
subject of injury determinations in trade remedi es investigations and the second one was on dumping
margin calculations.
(ii) Seminars on Subsidies
The Division prepares workshops to reinfor ce Members' understanding of their obligations
regarding the notification of subsidies and of the mu ltilateral disciplines applicable to the provision of
subsidies.  The workshops aim to provide Members with the knowledge and analytical tools necessary
to make an inventory of their subsidies programmes  and to assess their WTO obligations with respect to
those programmes.  The workshops are targeted primarily to developing country Members and
Members who must modify or eliminate prohibited subs idies within the transition periods set forth in the
SCM Agreement.  Participants in these subsidy wo rkshops include government officials from agencies
which administer subsidy programmes, as well as capital-based officials responsible for WTO affairs.
In 1999, one regional seminar on subsidies was conducte d in Hungary with the attendance of officials
from various Eastern European countries.
(iii) Country Specific Assistance
A growing number of countries making use of contingent trade remedies request the Rules
Division to provide individual training and help to assist them on the development of substantive legal
provisions and procedures that conform to the relevant WTO Agreements.  Assistance is mostly in the
form of one-week missions with technical instruction focused on the most problematic issues in theadministration of contingent trade remedies legisl ation.  In 1999 the Rules Division carried out twoWT/COMTD/W/70
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country specific technical assistance missions, the beneficiaries of these two missions were Latvia and
Cuba.
(iv) National Legislation Preparation and Review
One of the most important implementation assistance activities performed by the Rules
Division is the assistance it provides in the preparation and review of Members’ draft nationallegislation in the area of contingent trade remedies. Upon request, the Division's staff analyse and
provide comments on the consistency of the draft legislation with the Agreements on Antidumping,
Subsidies and Countervailing measures, and Safeguards.  The staff also comments on the
administration of the system that is being put into place, as well as offer their advice on calculation
methods and investigating procedures.  Members are reminded of their obligations towards exporters
in the conduct of investigations, and of their obligations to ensure that their procedures are free of bias
and that their investigations are carried out in the fairest possible manner.  This type of assistancerequires a careful study of the draft legislation and tends to be a time-consuming process involving
close interaction with the Members’ responsible authorities and delegations in Geneva.
(v) Legal Advice
The Division receives frequent requests for advice on issues covered by the various
Agreements within its competence.  Questions usually come from the Members’ administering
authorities or other government officials with responsibilities in the area. The questions are mostly
directed at seeking clarification on the meaning of specific provisions in the Agreements and how
they should be applied in practice.
(vi) Speaking Engagements
In addition to the detailed assistance provided in the contexts just described, the Rules
Division is requested to make presentations on the general introduction of contingent trade remedy
rules.  Such presentations have been organized for business groups as well as government officials,
and may serve as a complement of or forerunner to a more in-depth assistance effort.  In 1999, theRules Division made a presentation on contingent trade remedies to Indian industry officials.
(vii) Seminars on Contingent Trade Remedies and Competition
In an effort to increase Members’ understanding of the relationship between anti-dumping,
countervailing and safeguards measures on the one hand, and competition principles and laws on the
other, the Rules Division has conducted regional se minars on the issue.  For 1999, one such seminar
was carried out in Thailand with the attendance of government officials from the trade remedies and
competition authorities of several Asian Members.
(viii) Participation in the Technical Cooperation Division and Training Division Programmes
The Rules Division cooperates with the Technical Cooperation Division programmes where
expertise on antidumping, subsidies, countervailing measures, safeguards and state trading enterprises
is needed.  This includes trade policy courses, notification workshops, seminars on the functioning of
the WTO and its Agreements, presentations for capital-based officials and individuals, and
presentations for officials from secretariats or bodies of regional arrangements.  Among other
activities in this field, the Rules Division participated in three courses organized by the TechnicalCooperation Division in cooperation with other intern ational organizations, two of which were held in
the United States with the attendance of developing country members of the Organization of
American States.  The other activity in this area was carried out in Pakistan for member countries of
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K. SANITARY AND PHYTO-SANITARY MEASURES (SPS)
In 1999, the Agriculture and Commodities Division participated in a significant number of
technical assistance activities related to the implementation of the Agreement on the Application of
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, including national and regional workshops or seminars,
conferences, and technical advise on specific topics.  In particular, the Secretariat organized a specialworkshop with trade specialists in Geneva, a regional SPS seminar in Namibia and a special SPS
Committee meeting on Transparency.  The Divisional staff also actively participated in a wide range
of seminars and workshops organized by other regional or international organizations.  These
included, inter alia , an ASEM/TFAP
7 Seminar on Quarantine and SPS Procedures held in Thailand; a
workshop on the SPS Agreement held in Mongolia;  a special workshop in the framework of the OIE
Conference for the Middle East on "The Impact of the SPS Agreement on Animal Trade and Trade in
Animal Products in the Middle East Region" held in Oman;  a Consumers International CodexTraining Workshop held in Zimbabwe;  and an World Bank/EMBRAPA/IICA
8 Regional Workshop
on Future Strategies for Food Safety held in Costa Rica. The Divisional staff also provided technical
assistance to Oman, Jordan and Moldova on their processes of accession to the WTO
Seminars and workshops organized by the Secretariat typically consisted of two aspects.
First, enhancing the awareness and understanding of basic rights and obligations under the SPS
Agreement, and the WTO in general;  and second, with the support of the Codex, OIE, IPPC and/orindependent experts, addressing implementation related concerns which are of a more technicalnature, including risk analysis, equivalence, r egulatory reform, development of Hazard Analysis
Critical Control Point (HACCP) techniques, etc.  Whenever possible, the Secretariat also encouraged
the active involvement of the private sector in th ese activities in an effort to educate and sensitise
these countries' industries and consumers on food safety and animal and plant health protection
requirements.
Overall, the combined efforts of the Secretar iat, Members and of international and regional
organizations, seem to be bearing fruits.  In particular, i n the area of transparency, the recommended
notification procedures appear now to be better understood.  The Secretariat intends to publish ahandbook on the transparency provisions of the Agreement, developed with the assistance of the NewZealand authoritie s.  The handbook is meant as a practical guide for governments to facilitate the
implementation of the transparency provisions of the SPS Agreement.  While it may be especiallyuseful for developing and least-developed countries (LDCs), it may also be a useful reference for
countries that are acceding to the WTO and for establishing notification authorities, as well as WTO
Members in general.
SPS technical assistance activities continued to reveal different concerns and needs, which can
be summarized as follows:
- Lack of coordination and exchange of information on a national level, not only within
but among the different services responsible for the three sectors - food safety, animalhealth and plant health – and also among officials attending meetings of the SPSCommittee and those attending meetings of the three standard-setting bodies, namely,Codex, OIE and IPPC;
- Need for continued technical assistance with regard to the establishment of national
regulatory frameworks, including the development of legislation;
                                                     
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- Need for increased emphasis on technical assistance pertaining to technical and
scientific issues, including risk analysis methodologies, veterinary and quarantineservices, the creation of reference laboratories, development of appropriate testingprocedures, etc.;
- Need for continued efforts to help developing countries' participation in the
development and implementation of international standards, through appropriatetraining.
Finally, Members continue to stress the need for improved coordination among the relevant
international organizations in their approach to technical assistance in developing countries, to ensure
adequate geographic coverage, to ensure consistency in the advice offered and to avoid unnecessaryoverlap.  Similarly, improved coordination among Members providing bilateral or regional technical
assistance is requested.  The SPS Committee is addressing this question and, in this context, the
Secretariat prepared a questionnaire addressed to all Members with the objective of identifying any
assistance which has been provided to developing countries in the context of the Article 9 of the SPS
Agreement.  The Secretariat is also making effo rts for better coordination with the international
organizations, and whenever possible, several technical assistance activities have been organized in
the context of other international or regional organizations meetings or initiatives.
L. SERVICES
In 1999, staff members of the Trade in Services Division (TSD) participated in, and
contributed to, a wide range of services-related conferences, workshops and seminars in virtually allregions of the world.  In general terms, Division members sought to disseminate information on the
structure and functioning of the General Agreem ent on Services (GATS), its potential role in
integrating national services sectors in the international economy, and the consequences for the
scheduling of market access and national treatment obligations under GATS.  Due to budget and
manpower constraints, the Division was unable to meet the high and rapidly growing demand on itsresources, which was driven in particular by developing countries' interest in preparing themselves
effectively for the new services round and rega rding acceding countries' needs to understand the
operation of the Agreement and the implications of commitments envisaged in the accession process.
These factors are likely to persist.
From the perspective of the Division's involvement, two principal types of events may be
distinguished:  (i) conferences and meetings organized by national bodies (including ministries and
regulators), national or international industry associations, or international institutions to which WTO
staff is invited;  and (ii) "traditional" training seminars, mainly for country officials, but sometimes
including industry representatives, which were held and staffed by the WTO Secretariat.  The latterevents, in turn, consist of national seminars, normally attended by representatives from various
services-related agencies of the host country, as well as regional seminars which are attended by
officials, mostly with a trade policy background, fr om several countries.  Recent experience shows
that, given the complexity of GATS, the time required for such seminars to be effective is at least two,
preferably three days.
Participation of the Secretariat in "external" conferences helps to familiarise experts from
administrations and industry with the implications  of GATS for their respective areas of competence.
In turn, such information is instrumental in en abling developing country governments and industries
to seize the opportunities and minimize the risks associated with an increasingly globalized economy.
Given the relatively broad agenda of many such meetings, the Secretariat has sought to confine its
participation to events which allowed sufficient scope for an effective presentation of GATS-relatedissues.  The range of sector-specific conferences with developing country participation, to which TSD
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tourism, transport, health and education services.  The Secretariat's participation in various such
conferences was facilitated by the organizers assuming a large part of the costs involved.
The benefits that developing countries may expect from national seminars are threefold:  first,
the generation of trade intelligence in agencies and industries not previously confronted with the
concept of international trade in services and/or the existence of GATS;  second, the creation ofcountry-internal coordination and cooperation links between sector-specific bodies (ministries,
agencies, regulators, industry associations) and the departments in charge of GATS;  and, finally, in-
depth training of staff whose daily workload often prevents them from closely monitoring
developments in Geneva.  Such training has also helped to establish longer-term working relations
with TSD staff, in turn implying positive produ ctivity effects for the administrations concerned.
Compared to national seminars, regional seminars may be viewed as more cost-effective,
given in particular current resource constraints.  However, cost savings and efficiency gains
associated with wider regional coverage may need to be set against a generally more limited impact
on the individual countries involved.  National teams are normally made up of two to four officials
from trade policy divisions, and much depends on the "multiplier effects" they may be able to
generate on return.  These effects, in turn, depend on various factors beyond the Secretariat's control,including appropriate selection of participants and their continued involvement at home in the areas
covered.  While, on the one hand, it is more difficult for lecturers to provide focused, country-specific
advice at regional seminars, there are, on the other hand, positive educational and motivational effects
attributable to the breath of participants' country background.  In addition, past experience suggests
that regional seminars tend to be particularly well prepared, in technical terms, by host countriesand/or agencies.
There should be no doubts that the majority of the services seminars held in 1999 were well
organized and allowed for effective presentations and in-depth discussions of the issues covered.
Nevertheless, there was also some scope for improvement.  In a few cases, the level of attendance wasdisappointingly low (less than ten officials);  participants lacked the necessary professional
background;  interpretation and other technical facilities proved insufficient;  and/or the organizers
failed to copy and circulate the material provided by the Secretariat in advance.  Also, a few events
were cancelled by the authorities on such short notice that the Secretariat was unable to redirect
resources to other countries where missions could have been held instead.  Such problems areinevitable to a certain extent, given the high number of missions conducted and many beneficiary
countries' technical and resource constraints.  However, some frictions might have also been rooted in
the organizing entities' inexperience in organizing such events.  The WTO could consider providing
some guidance for holding technical cooperation ac tivities.  Such guidance could consist, for
example, of a list of recommendations, endorsed by WTO Members, to be made available in time to
countries interested in organizing training seminars.
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9 Recommendations to be possibly included in such a list  are: careful assessment whether participation of TSD
staff in a seminar is vital (video-conferencing might suffice in certain cases);  internal coordination between
potentially interested agencies to coordinate their needs (one comprehensive seminar tends to be more effectivethan two smaller, more specialized seminars in the sa me country or region);  proper technical preparation of
events (adequate meeting room, advance circulation of agen da and training material, etc.);  timely information
and invitation of relevant ministries and agencies;  and provision of technical equipment such as projectors, if
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M. TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (TBT)
In 1999, the Secretariat held TBT Seminars jointly with the ISO, ITC, EAC and OAS in
Japan, Tanzania, the United States and South Africa for groups of countries from East and South-East
Asia, East Africa, Latin America and SADC region respectively.
The main objective of holding such seminars for developing countries are to:
- Help implementing the TBT Agreement by these countries, e.g. setting up enquiry
points and fulfilling notification obligations;
- Increase awareness within government authorities of the obligations and disciplines
under the TBT Agreement, in particular within all ministries involved in thepreparation of standards, technical regulation and conformity assessment procedures;
- Promote the coordination and cooperation of  relevant government authorities and
other bodies involved in TBT matters, e.g.  the national standardizing body and trade
authorities;
- Increase awareness of the importance of standardization and the adoption of
international standards for the production of goods and services, and for the
protection of consumers, animal, plant life and health and of the environment;
- Increase the awareness of and help building resources for ensuring the quality and
safety of products for domestic consumption and export;
- Assist developing countries in meeting the requirements of standards, technical
regulations and conformity assessment procedures in main export markets;
- Help developing countries develop the human and institutional resources, in
particular, with respect to conformity assessment procedures;
- Give support to coordination and cooperation efforts in regional settings which will
facilitate developing countries' participation in relevant international bodies;
- Explain matters concerning the WTO/TBT Agreement to interested parties;  and- Help the private sector, in particular SMEs, to benefit from the WTO system.
N. TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
The technical cooperation plan of the Textiles Division aims to respond to requests for
assistance made by Members and  by countries in the process of accession through regional and
national seminars, for both Geneva-based delegations and capital-based officials, covering the three
broad regions of developing countries.  In many cases this involves participation in joint programmeswith other international organizations in order to pr esent the widest possible range of information and
views on the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) and on the situation in overall textiles trade.
In 1999, the Textiles Division participated in five regional and four national seminars in Asia,
Africa and Central America.  Several of these were jointly sponsored activities involvingITC/UNCTAD/WTO and other international organi zations.  The seminars provided detailed
information on the provisions of the ATC, progress in the implementation of the Agreement in its first
five years, requirements of Members in the remaining five years, recent developments in textiles and
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other WTO Agreements affecting textiles trade, dispute settlement procedures with emphasis on this
sector and notification obligations.  In addition, in order to establish the relationship of these
developments to the overall situation in the WTO, presentations were made on the WTO's principles,
structure and functions.
Two seminars were held under the joint ITC/UNCTAD/WTO technical assistance programme
(JITAP), in Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire, involving participants from seven countries.  Also, in
cooperation with ITC, a regional seminar was held in Bangkok covering the ATC as well as issues
relating to eco-labelling.
In Central America, a seminar for seven countries was presented under the sponsorship of the
Central American Bank for Economic Integration.  On this occasion, not only government officials
but also industry and academic representatives took part in three days of discussion.  Thepresentations were shared between the WTO and a representative of the International Textiles and
Clothing Bureau (ITCB).
In Geneva, a seminar on the ATC was arranged by the Agency for International Trade
Information and Cooperation (AITIC) which brought together almost 30 local representatives of24 "less advantaged countries".
The four national seminars were held in Asia, the largest single exporting region for textiles
and clothing.  These included seminars in Yangon, Myanmar;  Brunei Darussalam;  and in Dhaka and
Chittagong, Bangladesh.  The other, held in Xi'an, China, was organized by the Chinese authorities incooperation with the FAO and WTO.
O. THE WTO – A TRAINING PACKAGE
A computer-based package on the World Trade Organization has been prepared by the
Secretariat and is now accessible on the WTO web-site ( www.wto.org ) . It mirrors the structure of a
general seminar and covers all concepts developed in a normal 4 to 5 day seminar run by TCD. It
consists of ten modules. Each of the first nine modules corresponds to a three-four hour seminar
lecture, and includes a review section using the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) approach.  The
last module - module 10 - contains the Final Act as well as other key WTO documents.
This package can be seen as two inter-related components: (i) a set of over 350 “slides”; (ii) a
“book” that contains a short explanation for each bullet point appearing on the slides.  The slides and
the book are both available in English, French and Spanish on-line. Shortly, a CD-ROM containing
the full package in the three working languages will be pressed and distributed. The same material is
also available upon request in printed form, i.e. a "book" and a set of slides.
Among the advantages in using this distance learning tool are: 24 hour access; self-directed
and self-paced (convenient for users); interactive and collaborative; content can be modified in a
relatively easy manner; each slide allows the user to send an e-mail to the WTO Secretariat for further
clarifications.
P. TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT
The WTO conducted several regional training seminars on Trade and Environment in Asia,
the Caribbean, South America,  Central and Easter n Europe, and Africa. The idea behind the seminars
was to have trade officials meet their environmental counterparts and exchange views, and gain abetter understanding of trade and environment discussions in the WTO and their implications for their
regions.   The seminars attempted to increase awareness of the WTO's role and activities in this area
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The seminars contributed to:
- The understanding that greater coordination between trade and environmental policy
makers is vital for policy coherence at both the national and international levels.
Trade officials were exposed to the views of their environmental counterparts (and
vice versa).  Through concrete case studies, e.g. on the relationship betweenmultilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and WTO rules, it was demonstrated
how a lack of proper coordination in the past has sometimes resulted in the
negotiation of what are potentially conflicting international obligations;
- Having government officials from both the trade and the environmental sides meet
with their regional counterparts and exchange country experiences and views.  They
reflected both formally and informally on the implications of WTO trade andenvironment discussions on their region as a whole.
Q. TRADE AND INVESTMENT
Technical assistance in the area of trade and investment has mainly been in the form of a
series of seminars jointly organized by UNCTAD and the WTO for Geneva-based delegates to
UNCTAD and the WTO. These seminars have focused on trends in foreign investment, the
relationship of foreign investment to economic development and international trade, and key concepts
and principles in international investment agreem ents.  Following two such seminars held in 1998 in
English, a third seminar in this series took place in French on 21-22 April 1999.
R. TRADE POLICY REVIEW (TPR)
In 1999, two technical assistance missions were held in conjunction with a TPR mission, i.e.
to Tanzania and Bangladesh. The main objectives of  these joint missions were to gather information
on trade-related  technical assistance requirements in these countries, which would be reflected in the
TPR reports and subsequently to organize technical cooperation missions taking into account the
needs that were identified.  This ap proach will be followed in future.
Technical assistance was also provided to several developing countries in the preparation of
their trade policy reviews.  While the reviews of  developing and least-developed countries are less
frequent than for developed countries, the number of requests has gradually increased.  The
Secretariat provides assistance in this area to all requesting developing countries, in particular African
and least-developed countries.
III. REGIONAL/NATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND SPECIALLY FUNDED PROJECTS
A. AFRICA
Technical assistance delivered by the WTO Secretariat has consisted of five types of
activities: regional seminars; national seminars; technical missions; establishment of WTO official
Reference Centers; and participation of WTO representatives in symposia and other colloquia (cf.Section II for a more detailed discussion of all activities in 1999).
The total number of activities amounted to 106 in 1999. Regional seminars accounted for 15,
and technical missions for 33 activities.  National seminars and participation of WTO experts in
symposia and other colloquia accounted for roughly half of all activities.  The establishment of newWTO Reference Centres in Africa accounted for 7 activities.WT/COMTD/W/70
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Roughly 40 per cent of the total technical assistance activities were delivered in the context
of the follow-up of specific initiatives launched in 1997, in particular, with respect to the Integrated
Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance Activities and the Joint ITC/UNCTAD/WTO
Technical Assistance Programme, and the WTO Information Technology for Development Project.
(i) Regional Seminars
Some 15 regional seminars were held in 1999, of which several of them were jointly
organized with other international organizations:  namely WIPO, the World Bank, ITU and with
regional institutions such as COMESA, ECOWAS; SADC or other intergovernmental bodies like the
ACP Secretariat and the Islamic Development Bank.
Participants from selected African countries have also participated in short trade policy
courses organized at inter-regional level by UNCTAD, Islamic Development Bank or individual
countries in particular Singapore, the United States, and Australia.
(ii) National Seminars
A total of 12 national seminars have been organized at the request of individual countries
during the period under consideration.  Most of these seminars were seminars of a general nature
aimed at providing a better knowledge of the multilateral trading system.  Several of these seminars
were held in least-developed countries and were or ganized in the context of the Integrated Framework
for Trade-Related Technical Assistance Activities and the JITAP programme. A specific part of theprogramme often concerned implementation issues, in particular notifications.
(iii) Technical Missions
Technical missions continue to be one of the most important activities undertaken for African
countries even though there has been a decrease in its absolute number. A total of 33 activities were
undertaken in 1999, compared to 44 in 1998.  Most of these missions were undertaken with the view
to helping individual countries adapt their existing legislations and regulations to the WTO
Agreements.  In particular, six of them were intended to assist countries in implementing the Customs
Valuation Agreement.  Nine technical missions were undertaken in the framework of the JITAPProgramme.  One technical mission was held in connection with the accession process of a specific
country.
(iv) WTO Reference Centres
In continuation of the WTO Information Technology for Development project launched in
1997, seven new Reference Centres have been established in individual countries.  Among these,four of them were least-developed countries, and three developing countries.
(v) Participation in Workshops, Symposia/Conferences and Training Courses
In 1999, the WTO  participated in 46 workshops, symposia/conferences and training courses,
organized either by the WTO and/or by other international institutions, regional institutions, or
individual countries.  In many of these events, WTO officials informed the audience of the
preparation for the Ministerial Conference held in Seattle in December 1999.
(vi) Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme
Virtually all JITAP activities are now moving forward at an accelerated pace.  Additional
attention need to be given to capacity-building aspects and certain programme tools need to be more
fully developed.  But it is now expected that the programme will be largely completed by the end ofWT/COMTD/W/70
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2000, some two and one-half years following its launching in 1998.  Expansion of the programme,
particularly to other African LDCs, could be consid ered for initiation in late 2000.  An evaluation is
scheduled for the Spring/Summer 2000.  The cost of implementing the project in 1999 was estimated
at US$ 3 million.
A highly centralised programmme implementation and management (needed in the initial
phase of the programme) did slow the procurement of equipment, and was responsible for delays in
operationalising regional coordinators and national facilitators, as well as for the inadequate funding
for local costs of national activities.  Thus in early 1999, JITAP management commissioned a
Business Process Review (BPR) of the programme  (Report which was sent to Steering Group
members in July), identifying key issues impeding delivery and sustainability of the programme and
offering suggested solutions.  These were principally: (i) decentralisation of the programme in Geneva
to the field and (ii) provision of urgently needed financial support to the countries for undertakingnational level activities such as Multilateral Trading System (MTS) training and dissemination.
Efforts to decentralise the programme had started early in the year and by late spring in the
case of ITC, functional Divisions were fully responsible for the delivery of technical assistance in
their respective areas.  Decentralisation to the field was more complex than anticipated, because of thecapacity of partner countries to initiate activities and on adequate funding.
At the end of July 1999, a JITAP mission to Africa consulted on solutions together with focal
points and other counterpart organizations.  The frame of reference was the BPR report.  During
discussions the lack of JITAP financial support for national Multilateral Trading System (MTS)training and other activities emerged as the key issue and there was strong consensus among focal
points that this problem needed to be addressed fully and immediately, if JITAP was to achieve its
objectives.  The mission found none of the countries were in a position to finance needed Multilateral
Trading System (MTS) training and dissemination programmes.  Nor were most, particularly the
LDCs, able to initiate effectively the WTO/inter-in stitutional processes or support all recurrent costs.
As a result of the mission, it was determined that funds in the order of US$ 500,000
programme-wide were urgently needed for a number of national initiatives which could be funded
from economies under the cluster approach.  To gain momentum and time, while maintaining the
prerogatives of the Steering Group under CTF by-laws, the three Agencies agreed to limit initialfunding to half this amount i.e., about 3 per cent of  the average project costs (more modest funding for
Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya would be made available from Window I).  These limited funds were made
avaliable in August along with guidelines for specific activities through UNDP offices, with approval
authority vested in regional coordinators.  Feedb ack from the field indicated that planning and
implementation of national activities in areas concerned had begun, but not in all cases at the expected
pace.
Additional facilitative support may be needed to  help partner countries prepare local training
and dissemination activities in synergy with other JITAP programme activities.  This and more
broadly, capacity-building opportunities and objectives  need to be reviewed in light of the several
programme activities that interact and reinforce one-another.  An analysis is also foreseen of current
programme methodologies in selected areas of key relevance to capacity-building, e.g. work of theinter-institutional committees, as well as the capac ity in key instituitions.  The capacity-building
strategy for JITAP will be updated, including articulation of end project status and benchmarks.
JITAP Implementation gained momentum during the fall with a number of activities taking
place as planned. The highlight of the period was the holding of national symposiums in 5 out of 7countries. These were seen as the main milestones of the programme and were held before the Seattle
Ministerial to contribute to preparing countries for the Ministerial Conference. The National
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from the government (Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and other senior officials, parliamentarians),
the private sector, NGO’s, academia etc..
Eight sub-regional workshops on WTO Agreements , designed to expand national networks of
trainers/experts/advisors covering Multilateral Trading System (MTS) issues, were organised in the
East and West for TBT/SPS, Customs Valuation, Agriculture, and the Agreement on Textiles andClothing.  Additional such workshops are planned for 2000.
All reference centres for the business community were set up. Training of reference centers
managers was completed and the reference centres are now operational. Most reference centers
managers expressed a need for some guidelines on how to maket and promote reference centers
services.  These guidelines will be developed during the current year of implementation. Additional
equipment to strenghen the WTO-established reference centres for official use in all countries wasdelivered.
The Communication and Discussion Facility (CDF ) prototype was made fully operational and
all its modules were tested satisfactorily.  The feasibility study for the production version was
completed and the call for tenders made in cooperation with UNICC.
B. ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Several regional activities took place in Asia and the Pacific that were funded from the
regular WTO budget and from WTO Trust Funds.  These included:
- The sixth annual WTO conference for the 23 Asian developing economies, held in
Shanghai, People's Republic of China from 2 to 5 March 1999, that provided an
opportunity for Asian national WTO desk officers to get a deeper understanding of
the WTO and of the implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreements.  It assistedthem also to set up the necessary linkages between the WTO multilateral trading
system and the conduct of their respective national trade policies;
- The aim of the WTO/ACP Regional Seminar, held in Samoa, from 6-10 September
1999, with the participation of Pacific ACP countries, was to prepare the regioncontribution to the ACP Trade Ministerial Meeting that took place in Brussels on 21
October 1999 in preparation for the Seattle Ministerial Conference.  The Pacific ACP
countries emphasized the necessity for the WTO to organize regionally or nationally
more training seminars of a three to four-day duration to facilitate their participation
in WTO activities;
- A WTO Regional Workshop on dispute settlement procedures and practices for
23 Asian developing economies was held in Sidney, Australia from 13 to
16 April 1999.  This conference is part of a training programme covering all regions
and sub-regions of developing countries;
- A Joint Singapore/WTO Trade Policy Course was held in Singapore from 8 to
15 March 1999.  This course, which is held annually in Singapore for trade officials
from developing and least-developed countries, was initiated by the Memorandum of
Understanding signed by the Trade Minister of Singapore and the Director-General of
the WTO at the 1996 WTO Ministerial Conference;
- A series of seminars were held on trade negotiations simulation at the request of
WTO Members and countries in accession.  The simulation exercises give the
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among themselves and in relation to non-WTO Members.  The bilateral and
plurilateral negotiations which they experience, help them to get acquainted with
GATT technicalities concerning tariff schedules, bindings of tariffs, renegotiations,
etc., and the multilateralization of the results of a tariff negotiation through the
application of the MFN treatment.  These seminars were held regionally (at Nadi, Fiji
for the 14 Pacific Island countries, at Khon Kaen, Thailand for the six Mekong Sub-Region countries) and nationally (at Beijing, PRC and at Ulanbaataar, Mongolia);
- The annexed table on technical cooperation activities in 1999 shows that a large
number of additional activities were carried out at the regional or national levels,
directly by the WTO Secretariat or jointly with national administrations, international
or regional organization.  These activities cover virtually all subjects of responsibility
within the WTO legal system, including needs assessment missions and theestablishment of WTO Reference Centres in Asian least-developed countries.
C. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
In 1999, technical cooperation activities with Latin American and Caribbean countries
continued to be organized around three broad lines of action:  first, carrying forward WTO's
collaboration with regional institutions in the region, particularly the Institute for Latin American and
Caribbean Integration (INTAL) of the Inter- American Development Bank (IADB), second,
responding to requests from individual WTO Memb ers on specific issues, through technical missions
and national seminars and workshops; and third, responding to requests for the establishment ofcoherent national programmes of activities. Finally, the programme on WTO Reference Centres was
extended to small economies and island countries in the region.
INTAL and the WTO have been working together since 1997 in the organization and delivery
of sub-regional seminars and workshops of a specialized nature. Working with this institution presentsa number of advantages for the WTO, such as: putting at the disposal of the WTO a regional
institution enjoying a large measure of prestige and respect from countries in the region, plus a sizable
amount of both physical, logistical and financial resources; providing the WTO with a "privileged"
main regional partner for technical cooperation activities, through which these activities could be
managed in a more systematic way and made more efficient at the regional level; directing requestsfrom some of the other regional institutions through INTAL, thus helping mobilize larger amounts of
resources; minimize the pressure on WTO resources and achieve a multiplier effect and a much better
cost/benefit ratio for technical cooperation activities in the region; and falling clearly within the
guidelines of the new "outsourcing" policy being pursued at the WTO on technical cooperation
activities. In this context, INTAL provides financ ing for government participants of beneficiary
countries, plus all of the logistical and local arrangements, whereas the WTO contributes with the
travel expenses of its staff. Substance, that is , preparation of agendas and documentation, as well as
the selection of participants, are jointly decided by the two institutions.  This collaboration will be
further enhanced and consolidated in 2000 and beyond through the Joint IADB-INTAL/WTO
Programme of Technical Cooperation for Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Among regional activities, two of them deserve special mention. One was the Short Trade
Policy Course for MERCOSUR agricultural negotiat ors and trade policy analysts, whose objective
was to provide these officials with an overview of the WTO and its agreements and the way the
Agriculture Agreement related to the wider WTO framework. It is planned to continue this exercise in
the other sub-regions in the region, with the coll aboration of the Inter-American Institute for
Cooperation in Agriculture and the support of INTAL.  The second is the OAS/Georgetown
University/WTO advanced training programme on the trade agenda for the Americas, covering
multilateral and regional approaches for the benefit of small economies in the region, which is
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delivered in 1998 and is planned as well for 2000, has become one of the highlights of technical
cooperation activities in the region each year.
D. EUROPE/EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES
Several countries in this region are currently in the process of accession, others have joined
the WTO as full Members more recently, and some have been WTO Members for a long time. One
main objective in designing technical cooperation for countries in this region is to ensure that the offer
meets the specific needs that have been identified by beneficiary countries in writing, during country
visits, in seminars or in bilateral discussions. Technical cooperation activities carried out in
Europe/Eastern and Central European and Central Asian Countries included a mix of national and
regional seminars, technical missions, workshops and training courses, largely financed through extra-
budgetary resources. The activities conducted followed in some cases a general and in other cases amore specific approach, depending on the requirements.
Activities of a specific nature to which countries were invited to nominate officials included,
inter alia , agriculture, rules, market access issues, dispute settlement courses, and services. The
duration of these activities varied between several days and a week.  Also, short (two- or three-week)
training courses were held both in Geneva, at the WTO headquarters, as well as at the Joint Vienna
Institute (Austria). These training courses aim at assisting countries in developing a better
understanding of the WTO rules and agreements and sharing information and experiences between
participants. The courses are mostly conducted by WTO experts from various Divisions. They provide
officials with an opportunity to deepen their knowle dge in areas of interest to them and establish
contacts with WTO officials, thus providing a basis for further exchange of information in writing,
through, e-mail, fax or by telephone.
Efforts continue to be pursued to assist countries in the region in their accession process, or,
for those that are Member of the WTO, in meeting the requirements of the WTO Agreements.Countries that are in the accession process mostly require a broad range of assistance, often starting in
the early stages of the drafting process of the memorandum on the foreign trade regime, on tariff
schedules, bindings, services commitments, and also include requests to provide general and/or
specific explanations on the agreements.  At later stages  in the accession, the Secretariat is often
called upon to provide explanations to a broader audience, to increase awareness on the WTO system,including the public and private sector and Members of Parliament. This type of activity is often
considered important by the government officials who have negotiated the accession to the WTO, to
broaden the domestic support for its accession and to disseminate information on the WTO to those
that have not directly been involved in the accession process.
Countries that have recently joined the WTO have often expressed a need to be trained on the
operation of the system, particularly in those areas that contain new obligations. Problemsencountered in the implementation process are often related to a weak knowledge base in specific
areas and/or a weak institutional framework to implement the agreements. Efforts by the Secretariat
have mostly consisted of providing assistance in the legislative process and are furthermore geared
towards achieving a better understanding of the Agreements, mostly by providing information through
technical missions and training on the implementation of the agreements. Training material is put atthe disposal of the officials.
Given the very limited financial and human resources available in the Secretariat to meet the
increased demand for technical assistance, the Secretariat continues cooperate with other bodies and
international organizations.  Cooperation is mainly sought and developed with other regional and/orinternational specialized agencies, organizations and institutes to enhance efficiency in the delivery of
information and organization of the activities. Various (bilateral) donor agencies are active in the
field, who often call upon the WTO to provide its expertise on specific agreements. This cooperation
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sponsoring governments, whereby a WTO (donor) Member finances and organizes a specialized
activity, thus assuming the logistical preparations, with the active participation of the WTO
Secretariat.
E. MIDDLE EAST
Technical cooperation activities in the Middle East countries spiralled upwards in 1999,
relative to 1998, in response to interest shown in the work of the WTO prior to the Seattle Ministerial
Conference.  Overall thirty-three technical cooperation activities were organised in 1999 (compared to
twenty-six in 1998) in the Middle East region.  These comprised eight national seminars;  nine
technical missions;  two regional seminars;  fourteen training courses, conferences, workshops and
symposia.  The main destinations of national seminars were Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the
United Arab Emirates (UAE).  A national seminar each was also held in Cyprus, Jordan and Kuwait.Technical missions were mainly directed to Jordan, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia.  Other countries
benefiting from technical missions were Kuwait, Om an and the UAE.  Regional seminars were held in
Oman and Saudi Arabia;  while training courses were organised in Kuwait, Palestine and Saudi
Arabia.  Conferences and symposia were held in Lebanon and UAE; while one conference being
organised in Oman.
Technical missions on standardisation in Arab countries, and on negotiating techniques—
brainstorming session for Arab countries took place in Jordan;  on Technical Barriers to Trade for
UNESCWA staff and on training and setting-up a WTO Unit in the Ministry of Commerce and Trade
were conducted in Lebanon;  and those relating to the General Agreement on Trade in Services
(GATS) and trade policies review mechanism were held in Saudi Arabia.  Kuwait benefited from atechnical mission on training and establishment of a WTO Reference Centre, while Oman and the
UAE were the destinations of technical missions on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures in the
context of accession to the WTO; as well as Agriculture, TRIPS, Services and other WTO
Agreements respectively.  The three training courses held in Kuwait, Palestine and Saudi Arabia
centred on respectively WTO and the multilateral trading system for Middle East officials,commercial diplomacy training modules on TRIPS and TRIMS, and the WTO Agreements and their
impact on the Arab world.  The three conferences held in Lebanon, Oman and UAE were respectively
related to maritime and air transport services in the Arab region, Agreement on Sanitary and
Phytosanitary measures, and implications of the WTO Agreements for industry and business.
An assessment of the technical cooperation missions points to a deepening of knowledge of
the WTO Agreements in the Middle East region.  In particular, the missions have triggered proposals
from several countries to set up national committees to co-ordinate WTO-related matters, and to
demand more emphasis on implementation issues rather than explanation of the Agreements, in future
WTO missions.
IV. HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON INTEGRATED INITIATIVES FOR LEAST-
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES' TRADE DEVELOPMENT:  INTEGRATEDFRAMEWORK FOR TRADE-RELATED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (IF)
Since the High-Level Meeting of October 1997, which endorsed the Integrated Framework
for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least- Developed Countries (WT/LDC/HL/1/Rev.1) as part
of the Comprehensive and Integrated WTO Plan of Action for Least-Developed Countries, 40 out of48 LDCs have joined in and submitted their Needs Assessment of trade-related assistance.  The six
core agencies (IMF, ITC, UNCTAD, UNDP, WB, and WTO) provided Integrated Responses
10 to
these Needs Assessments. These responses were based on existing programs and budgetary
                                                     
10 These are published, after consultations with the country concerned, in the document series
WT/COMTD/IF/1-40.WT/COMTD/W/70
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commitments by each agency.  They were also coordinated among agencies in order not to overlap in
the provision of the requested Technical Assistance.
The six agencies manage the IF process through an Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG), of
which WTO is the chair.  The IAWG, which is composed of coordinators in each of the six core
agencies, meet approximately three times a year to take stock of: (i) progress on implementation of
the Integrated Framework, (ii) countries’ requests, and (iii) coordination among the six agencies.  AnAdministrative Unit located in the ITC, manages the database, the web-site and the administrative
aspects of the IF.  The IAWG launched a review of the IF in November 1999, as mandated by the IF
(WT/ LDC/HL/1/Rev.1)  The results of the review are expected for mid-summer and will be made
available to WTO members.
The IF is based on least-developed countries' (LDCs') requests for such assistance and on
their full ownership of the process.  After a phase centered on the production of Needs Assessments
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by the Least-Developed Countries, the IF has evolved into a new phase centered on the production of
multi-year programs of trade-related assistance and the organization of Round Tables (RTs) on trade-
related assistance.
The IF requires that each country update and rank its needs in order to produce a multi-year
program of trade-related assistance to be presented at a trade-specific RT, if possible, in the context of
the Consultative Group meetings organized by the World Bank or roundtable meetings organized by
the UNDP. For each participating LDC, this consultation should lead to a concrete program ofpledged trade-related assistance. The process of producing such a program is an opportunity to build
capacity and coordination on trade issues. More multilateral agencies and bilateral donors participate
in the IF process in the context of the Multi-Y ear country programs for trade-related assistance.
After providing assistance to a number of LDCs in drawing up their Needs Assessment, in
1998 the WTO, jointly with the other five core agen cies, reported on the status of implementation of
the Integrated Responses, disseminated on the IF web-site.  The implementation of the integrated
response took place in part within the JITAP (Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Program) in
cooperation with ITC and UNCTAD.  By the end of 1999, the WTO had delivered 85% of the
technical assistance committed in the context of the Integrated Response exercise.  Annex II listsmissions organized by WTO.
The present stage of the IF focuses on the preparation of Multi-Years programs of trade-
related assistance by the countries.  In order to ensure ownership of the process, development of the
multi-year program is handled by a National Steering Committee. The Steering Committee, organizedby the country government, includes the different government agencies that deal with trade issues
together with representatives of the private sector, and interested donors. The main task of the
Steering Committee is to establish priorities among the items in the country’s Needs Assessment,
priorities that are consistent with their development.
Country teams of the multilateral agencies assist the government whenever requested. Given
their presence in the field and their experience in organizing donor meetings, the World Bank and
UNDP are considered best placed to assist the countries in organizing such meetings.  Guidelines for
the Multi-Year Program and the organization of the RT have been published by the IAWG.
                                                     
11 Needs Assessment typically cover areas ranging from compliance with WTO rules and
obligations to supply-side constraints, such as in frastructure,  issues of human and institutional
capacity building,  needs of the private sector, etc..WT/COMTD/W/70
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Seventeen LDCs have initiated this exercise with the support of one or more multilateral
agencies chosen by each country.  Five LDCs have completed the multi-year programs and presented
them at Round Table meetings.  Thus far, only Uganda has organised the RT in the context of a
Consulting Group meeting, in December 1998.  At this meeting, development partners expressed their
interest in financing some of  the projects presen ted by the government in its Multi-Year program for
trade-related assistance.  No specific pledging took place and the government was asked to fine-tunethe projects in the context of the National Steering  committee that included also private sector's and
donor representatives.  After a few months, this support materialized in a  project for capacity
building in the trade area, a project by the Austrian trade agency, and support by DFID in hiring a
lawyer to draft national legislation consistent with the WTO agreements.
In 1999, the other countries that organized a RT for trade-related  assistance were Tanzania,
The Gambia, and Haiti, while the RT for Bangladesh was postponed to January 2000. Twelve moreLDCs have expressed an interest in organizing such "roundtables" and a number of them are in
various stages of preparation, with the assistance of one or more of the agencies.
The outcome of the RTs in Haiti, and The Gambia was a disappointment for the two countries
involved.  The Haiti' s Round Table presented several positive aspects:, i) the government presented acoherent trade policy that was discussed and agreed upon by different parts of the administration and
with the private sector; ii)  ownership of the Integrated Framework process by the government and its
private partners was evident not only from the participation in the meeting – from the prime minister
to several private sector representatives—but also from the quality of the participation in the
discussion; iii) the partnership built between the government and private entrepreneurs during theIntegrated Framework exercise has been consid ered the most important achievement by all
participants; iv) a follow-up committee was created at the end of the RT not to disperse the
coordination capacity built in this exercise;  and v) the coordination and synergy of the 6 core
agencies has made possible this RT.
However, the participation of bilateral donors was scarce and pledges limited to the World
Bank and Japan (for the latter it is a case of reallocation of aid rather than new money). Even the
UNDP, the lead agency supporting the preparation of the Multi-year program of trade-related
assistance  and the RT, declined to make specific pledges for projects for which it was identified as
possible source of financing.  This outcome is at odds with the results of a pre-RT meeting for Haiti(October 1999) organized by WT O with donors' delegations in Geneva, at which several donors
expressed interest in financing specific projects presented in the Multi-year program of Haiti.  Pre-RT
meetings were also organized by WTO for The Gambia (September 1999), Tanzania (October 1999),
and Bangladesh (December 1999).
The Gambia RT, organized by the UNDP in Geneva had a similar outcome. In Tanzania, the
National Steering Committee decided to organize a shortened RT where the commercial policy of thecountry was presented to development partners, together with priority areas for trade-related
assistance while the specific projects will be presented for financing at the World Bank's Consultative
Group meeting in May 2000.  As for Bangladesh, the support by the lead agency, the World Bank in
this case, was mainstreamed from the beginning because the IF approach was embodied in a project
for export diversification, which was at an advanced stage of preparation;  in turn the IF helpedaccelerate the approval process for the project.  In 1999 this export diversification project, equivalent
to US$ 52 million, was approved by the World Bank Board.
Bangladesh, Guinea, Mali, Togo and Tanzania received additional support for the IF by WTO
in the context of their Trade Policy Reviews.  In 1999, Launch Workshops to raise political attentionto the IF process were organized in Bangladesh, Zambia, Tanzania, and Djibouti.WT/COMTD/W/70
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In addition to the IF specific activities, in 1999, the WTO has assisted LDCs with activities to
be found under the following sections: Africa (JITAP and other technical assistance), national and
regional seminars, short-term trade policy courses in English and French, technical missions and
WTO Reference Centers.
V. BUDGETARY ASPECTS
Following the request of delegations at the Twenty-Fourth Session of the Committee on Trade
and Development, in March 1999, the internal Task Force Report on Enhanced WTO Technical
Cooperation was circulated to Members. In the doc ument, it was observed that resource needs for
technical cooperation are of a large magnitude, due to the increasing requirements from developing,
least-developed and economies in transition Members, as well as states and customs territories in the
process of accession.  Over the years, the financial outlays for technical cooperation activities haveincreased manifold, with extra-budgetary resources now contributing over 90 per cent of the
requirements.  Dependence on ad hoc grants made it difficult to plan technical cooperation activities.
The Task Force emphasized that the goal of increasing the regular budget for technical cooperation
remains a priority.
An assessment of resource needs should take into account the evolving nature of the rules-
based multilateral trading system and, in this context, the need for at least, three levels of activity:
- First, general dissemination of the overview of the WTO and its agreements, present
and future;
- Second, more in-depth upgrading of developing countries' human resources skills in
order to function efficiently in their participation in the WTO, including its decision-
making process;  and
- Third, the level of specialized knowledge required for the implementation of WTO
commitments, (i.e. training customs officials on the WTO customs valuation
methods, establishing inquiring points, standardization systems and conformity
assessment procedures as required by the TBT agreement, evolving risk assessment
techniques as required in the SPS agreement;  training on the calculation of anti-dumping and countervailing duties, etc.).
An additional element to be considered is the continuous renewal of developing countries'
administrations, with new government officials requiring repeats of information and training on the
WTO agreements.
Against this background, in June 1999, Members decided to establish the WTO Global Trust
Fund for Technical Cooperation (GTF), the terms of reference of which are contained in the
memorandum of understanding on the Establishment of a Global Trust Fund for WTO Technical
Cooperation. As stated therein, the objectives of the GTF are:
- To achieve a more efficient management and implementation of WTO Technical
cooperation activities whilst at the same time minimizing administrative costs and
procedures;
- To support and complement the regular budget of the WTO towards financing
technical cooperation activities;
- To enhance WTO technical assistance and cooperation to developing countries,
particularly least-developed countries, and economies in transition, both WTO
Members and countries and territories in the process of accession; andWT/COMTD/W/70
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- To enable the secretariat to deliver technical cooperation in a flexible, timely and
pertinent manner, and to adjust it when necessary to suit the specific needs of
recipient countries.
In the preparatory process of the 1999 Ministerial Conference various proposals were made to
increase the regular budget in the WTO for technical cooperation.  Document WT/GC/W/259
contains a communication from Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland in
which it is stated that '…The necessary increase in the budget to meet at least the current annual
demand for technical assistance, i.e. Sw F 10 million, shall be phased in by the same amount over a
period of three years starting from the year 2000.  Ministers recognize that this does not include
potential extra-budgetary contributions.'.  The Third Ministerial Meeting, however, did not lead to a
decision to increase the regular WTO budget for technical cooperation.  The financial situation forTechnical Cooperation Activities in 1999 can briefly be summarized as follows: total expenditures
amounted to some CHF 6.05 million against projected activities at the beginning of the year of some
CHF 10 million.  A large number of activities could not be carried out because of the shortfall in
financing activities.
This trend is likely to continue in 2000, with the projected expenditures currently estimated at
over CHF 11 million.  Taking into account the share of the regular budget for the year 2000
(CHF 741,000) and provided all activities are executed, the relative share in the financing of these
activities from the regular budget would be a mere 7 per cent.  Thus, technical cooperation activities
would be financed at 93 per cent by extra-budgetary contributions.WT/COMTD/W/70
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ANNEX I
TABLE OF CONTENTS
         Page
ANNEX 1.a  - ACTIVITIES WHOLLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO (AFRICA) 40
ANNEX 1.b  - ACTIVITIES WHOLLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO
   (ASIA/PACIFIC) 46
ANNEX 1.c  - ACTIVITIES WHOLLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO
   (EUROPE/EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN AND
   CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES) 50
ANNEX 1.d  - ACTIVITIES WHOLLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO
   (NORTH/LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN) 54
ANNEX 1.e  - ACTIVITIES WHOLLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO
   (MIDDLE EAST) 59
ANNEX 2.a  - ACTIVITIES JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO AND
   OTHER ORGANIZATIONS (AFRICA) 61
ANNEX 2.b  - ACTIVITIES JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO AND
   OTHER ORGANIZATIONS (ASIA/PACIFIC) 66
ANNEX 2.c  - ACTIVITIES JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO AND
   OTHER ORGANIZATIONS (EUROPE/EASTERN AND
   CENTRAL EUROPEAN AND CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES) 69
ANNEX 2.d  - ACTIVITIES JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO AND OTHER
     ORGANIZATIONS (NORTH/LATIN AMERICA AND THE
   CARIBBEAN) 71
ANNEX 2.e  - ACTIVITIES JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO AND OTHER
    ORGANIZATIONS (MIDDLE EAST) 75
ANNEX 3.a  - ACTIVITIES WHERE WTO WAS INVITED (AFRICA) 76ANNEX 3.b  - ACTIVITIES WHERE WTO WAS INVITED (ASIA/PACIFIC) 81ANNEX 3.c  - ACTIVITIES WHERE WTO WAS INVITED ((EUROPE/EASTERN
   AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN AND CENTRAL ASIAN   COUNTRIES) 86
ANNEX 3.d  - ACTIVITIES WHERE WTO WAS INVITED (NORTH/LATIN
   AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN) 90
ANNEX 3.e  - ACTIVITIES WHERE WTO WAS INVITED (MIDDLE EAST) 95WT/COMTD/W/70
Page 39
Definition of Trust Funds
In the tables, reference is made to WTO's regular budget as well as the use of various Trust
Funds, which are defined as follows:
Technical Assistance Surplus
To provide additional resources for activities planned for 1998 in the context of the Three-
year Plan (1998 – 2000) of the WTO Progra mme for Technical Assistance (WT/BFA/36)
Legal Assistance Surplus
Reserve Fund which could be used to augment Secretariat resources in order to assist
developing countries requesting the services of legal expert under Article 27.2 of the Understanding
on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes.  The Fund would only be used for
those time periods when normal resources of the Secretariat were insufficient to meet the requests of
developing countries (WT/BFA/36)
Programme Support Fund
Would augment resources in support areas where a demonstrable relationship exists between
the supporting activity concerned and the trust fund activities which generated the revenue (the 13%
overhead fees) (WT/BFA/38)WT/COMTD/W/70
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ACTIVITIES WHOLLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO (158)
AFRICA (43)
Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
25-Jan-99 27-Jan-99 Guinea
National workshop
WTO and the Multilateral Trading SystemWTO WTO/TC (Regular
budget)TCD TC98
08-Feb-99 10-Feb-99 Zimbabwe
Regional seminar
Trade and Environment for African Developing
countriesWTO Sweden Trust Fund;
Technical
Assistance SurplusTCD, TED,
ExRDBotswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya,
Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa,Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda,Zambia, ZimbabweTC98
08-Feb-99 09-Feb-99 Sudan
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference Centre -Follow-up to HLMWTO Poland Trust Fund IMRD,
TCDD134
08-Feb-99 19-Feb-99 Namibia
Technical mission
Legal Advisory missionWTO Legal Assistance
SurplusTCD SSA99
15-Mar-99 19-Mar-99 Ghana
Technical mission
Dispute Settlement Procedures and Practices,Customs Valuation, TRIPS, SPS, TBTWTO WTO/TC (Regular
budget)TCD, LegD,
IPD
22-Mar-99 23-Mar-99 Lesotho
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference Centre -Follow-up to HLMWTO Hong Kong, China
Fund; ProgrammeSupport FundINFD,
IMRDD135
24-Mar-99 28-Mar-99 Lesotho
National seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System -Follow-up to HLMWTO WTO/TC (Regular
budget)TCD
29-Mar-99 01-Apr-99 Namibia
Regional seminar
SPS for Southern African Developing CountriesWTO United Kingdom
Trust FundUSDA AgD Angola, Botswana, Congo, D.R.,
Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius,Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, SouthAfrica, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia,
Zim
babweA9WT/COMTD/W/70
Page 41Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
15-Apr-99 16-Apr-99 Mauritius
Technical missionEstablishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD Combined with Seychelles TC98
19-Apr-99 20-Apr-99 Seychelles
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD Combined with Mauritius TC98
26-Apr-99 30-Apr-99 Ghana
Technical mission
Customs ValuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundMaccD
28-Apr-99 29-Apr-99 Namibia
National seminar
WTO AgreementsWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
29-Apr-99 30-Apr-99 Mali
National seminar
Trade-related Round Table  -  Implementationand Legislation Adjustment (continuation from
TC98) – Follow-up to HLMWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD Combined with Ghana (B73) D117
03-May-99 06-May-99 Djibouti
Regional seminar
Trade and Environment and IDB for French-
speaking African countriesWTO Sweden Trust Fund TED, StatD,
TCDAngola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central AfricanRep., Chad, Comoros, Rep. Of Congo,
Democratic Rep. Of Congo, Côte
d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, GuineaBissau, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar,Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Sao
Tome & Principe, Senegal, Togo,
(UDEAC)
06-May-99 07-May-99 Djibouti
Technical missionBriefing session for IGADWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCDWT/COMTD/W/70
Page 42 Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
17-May-99 18-May-99 Côte d'Ivoire
Technical missionCustoms ValuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundMAccD
20-May-99 21-May-99 Equatorial Guinea
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference Centre -Follow-up to HLMWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD TC98
03-Jun-99 03-Jun-99 Morocco
National workshop
Electronic CommerceWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
07-Jun-99 10-Jun-99 Morocco
Regional workshop
Dispute Settlement Procedures and Practices for
25 French-speaking African countriesWTO Hong Kong, China
FundLegD, TCD Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso,
Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, CentralAfrican Rep., Chad, Rep. Of Congo ,
Dem. Rep.of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire,
Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau,Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco,Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia,
UDEAC, OAUA37
21-Jun-99 23-Jun-99 Zambia
Technical mission
Customs valuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundMAccD
05-Jul-99 08-Jul-99 Madagascar
National seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System forPublic and Private sectorsWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
08-Jul-99 09-Jul-99 Madagascar
Technical mission
Training on WTO Reference Centre and IDBWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
12-Jul-99 13-Jul-99 Madagascar
Technical mission
Implementation of the Agreement on Customs
ValuationWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget);
Switzerland Trust
FundTCD
02-Aug-99 06-Aug-99 Gabon
Technical mission
Customs valuationWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget);Switzerland Trust
FundERAD,
TCDWT/COMTD/W/70
Page 43Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
02-Aug-99 06-Aug-99 Tanzania
Technical missionJoin the process of the Integrated Framework forTrade-Related Technical Assistance to LDCs
with the TPR process. Follow-up to HLMWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
13-Aug-99 13-Aug-99 Zimbabwe
Technical mission
Briefing-session on the Seattle MinisterialMeetingWTO United Kingdom
Trust FundTCD
22-Sep-99 26-Sep-99 Niger
National seminar
Implementation Issues and Notification
requirements: Trade in Services & Goods,TRIPS Notifications- Electronic commerce -Integrated database  (IDB) - Preparation to
SeattleWTO Switzerland Trust
Fund; Programme
Support FundTCD D120
27-Sep-99 28-Sep-99 Egypt
Technical mission
Training on the Establishment of a WTO
Reference CentreWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)IMRD No equipment provided
27-Sep-99 01-Oct-99 Cape Verde
Technical mission
Consultations on implications of WTO
Membership for Cape VerdeWTO Programme Support
FundTCD
04-Oct-99 08-Oct-99 Mauritania
National seminar
Implementation Issues and Notificationrequirements - Follow-up to HLMWTO Switzerland Trust
FundERAD
05-Oct-99 08-Oct-99 Zambia
National seminar
Preparation for Trade-related Round Table  -Follow-up to HLMWTO Programme Support
FundTCD D123
11-Oct-99 15-Oct-99 Mauritania
Technical mission
Technical Assistance on Customs ValuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundERADWT/COMTD/W/70
Page 44 Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
25-Oct-99 29-Oct-99 Uganda
Technical missionTechnical Assistance on Customs Valuation –
fact-findingWTO Norway Trust Fund MAccD
25-Oct-99 29-Oct-99 Côte d'Ivoire
Technical mission
Training of TrainersWTO JITAP Fund TCD
01-Nov-99 05-Nov-99 Tunisia
Technical mission
Technical Assistance on Customs ValuationWTO JITAP Fund MAccD
02-Nov-99 05-Nov-99 Nigeria
National seminar
Implications of the WTO Agreements on the
Nigerian EconomyWTO United Kingdom
Trust FundDD
07-Nov-99 11-Nov-99 Egypt
Technical mission
Technical Assistance on Customs ValuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundMAccD
29-Nov-99 03-Dec-99 Mali
Technical mission
Technical Assistance on Customs ValuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundERAD,
MAccD
13-Dec-99 14-Dec-99 Mali
Technical missionIntegrated Database Technical Assistance –Presentation of IDB.
Consultations with specific governmental
services.WTO Switzerland Trust
FundStat.D
13-Dec-99 17-Dec-99 Guinea
National seminar
Implementation Issues and Notificationrequirements - IDB presentation - Intellectual
PropertyWTO Switzerland Trust
FundTCD
13-Dec-99 17-Dec-99 Democratic Republic of Congo
Technical mission
Technical Assistance on Customs ValuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundMAccDWT/COMTD/W/70
Page 45Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
16-Dec-99 17-Dec-99 Togo
Technical missionIntegrated Database Technical Assistance:presentation of IDB.
Consultations with specific governmental
servicesWTO Switzerland Trust
FundStat.D D139/149WT/COMTD/W/70
Page 46ANNEX 1.b
ACTIVITIES WHOLLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO (158)
ASIA / PACIFIC (33)
Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
22-Feb-99 26-Feb-99 Nepal
National seminarTrade NegotiationsWTO Sweden Trust Fund TCD D125
28-Feb-99 04-Mar-99 Bangladesh
Technical mission
Customs valuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundMAccD
02-Mar-99 05-Mar-99 China, P.R. [Shanghai]
Regional seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System, incl.
IDB, for Asian Developing EconomiesWTO Hong Kong, China;
Japan Trust Fund;Switzerland Trust
FundTCD, TSD,
AgDBangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam,
Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India,Indonesia, Korea, Laos, Macao,
Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia,
Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines,Singapore, Sri Lanka, Chinese Taipei,Thailan
d, Viet NamA3
05-Mar-99 09-Mar-99 China, P.R. [Beijing]
National workshopWTO Notifications Obligations and Proceduresfor Chinese OfficialsWTO Technical
Assistance SurplusWorld Bank AgD, TSD,
TCD,5. March; 8-9 March
18-Mar-99 19-Mar-99 Fiji
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD, INFD Combined with Samoa TC98
22-Mar-99 23-Mar-99 Western Samoa
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD, INFD Combined with Fiji D137
23-Mar-99 27-Mar-99 New Zealand
Regional seminar
WTO Multilateral Trading system for the 6
Pacific Islands. Follow-up to HLMWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget); New
Zealand Trust FundTCD Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon
Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Western SamoaD140
25-Mar-99 26-Mar-99 Cambodia
National seminar
GATSWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TSD
26-Apr-99 30-Apr-99 Thailand
Training course
Advanced Dispute Settlement CourseWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)Government
of ThailandLegD Combined with Singapore A40WT/COMTD/W/70
Page 47Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
27-Apr-99 07-May-99 Cambodia
Technical missionLegal Consultancy – Finalization of theMemorandum Foreign Trade RegimeWTO Legal Assistance
SurplusTCD
16-May-99 18-May-99 Maldives
Regional seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading SystemWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTraining,
TCDBangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives,
Nepal, Pakistan, Sri LankaD130
02-Jun-99 03-Jun-99 Brunei Darussalam
Regional seminar
GATS Negotiations and the Information
Exchange Programme for ASEAN ServicesnegotiatorsWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TSD Combined with  the Philippines
19-Jun-99 19-Jun-99 Brunei Darussalam
National workshop
Agreement on TextilesWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTexD
30-Aug-99 03-Sep-99 Mongolia
Training course
WTO Trade Negotiations Simulation SeminarWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD C106
31-May-99 01-Jun-99 Philippines
Regional seminar
GATS Negotiations and the Information
Exchange Programme for ASEAN ServicesWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TSD
14-Jun-99 18-Jun-99 Thailand
Regional workshop
Integrated Database (IDB)WTO Switzerland Trust
FundStat.D, TCD Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet
Nam
16-Jun-99 17-Jun-99 Myanmar
National seminarAgreement on Textiles and Clothing, and WTONotification Obligations and ProceduresWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTexD D129
22-Jul-99 23-Jul-99 Tonga
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD, INFD Combined with Papua New Guinea TC98
22-Jul-99 23-Jul-99 Sri Lanka
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Sweden Trust Fund USAID PC
EquipmentIMRD,
INFDCombined with Macau TC98WT/COMTD/W/70
Page 48Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
26-Jul-99 27-Jul-99 Macau
Technical missionEstablishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Hong Kong, China
Fund; Sweden TrustFundIMRD,
INFDTC98
26-Jul-99 27-Jul-99 Papua New Guinea
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD, INFD TC98
04-Aug-99 06-Aug-99 Indonesia
Training course
WTO training course for Indonesian Customs
Officials: Overview of the U R Agreements andthe WTOAgreement on Implementation of Article VII of
the General Agreement
Agreement on Rules of OriginHarmonization of R. O.WTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD, WCO A41
25-Aug-99 03-Sep-99 Vanuatu
Technical mission
Accession: assist Government officials indrafting national legislation and implementingWTO obligationsWTO Programme Support
FundAccD
05-Sep-99 09-Sep-99 Fiji
Technical mission
Accession: assist Government officials indrafting national legislation and implementingWTO obligationsWTO Programme Support
FundAccD
06-Sep-99 08-Sep-99 Mongolia
Technical mission
Drafting of legislation on Antidumping,
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures andSafeguardsWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD, RD A27
13-Sep-99 17-Sep-99 China, P.R.
National seminar
WTO Trade Negotiations Simulation SeminarWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD A43
14-Sep-99 15-Sep-99 Mongolia
National workshop
GATS: structure of the Agreement; generalobligations versus specific commitments;potential economic and trade interests of
developing countries under the Agreement;
scope and coverage of the new Services RoundWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTSD A28WT/COMTD/W/70
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CommentsCOMTD
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16-Sep-99 17-Sep-99 Mongolia
Technical missionAgriculture, SPS, TBTWTO Hong Kong, China
FundAgD A46
18-Oct-99 22-Oct-99 Fiji
Regional seminar
Trade Negotiations Simulation Seminar for
Pacific Island countriesWTO United Kingdom
Trust FundTCD Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall
Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, NewZealand, Niue Island, Palau, Papua New
Guinea, Samoa Western, Solomon
Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
18-Oct-99 21-Oct-99 Philippines
National seminar
Agreement on AgricultureWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD, AgD A30
08-Nov-99 11-Nov-99 Bangladesh
Technical mission with TPRWTO Sweden Trust Fund TCD
22-Nov-99 03-Dec-99 Papua New Guinea
Technical mission
Legal Advice on Trade-related LegislationWTO Programme Support
FundTCD A32
01-Dec-99 03-Dec-99 Papua New Guinea
National seminar
WTO Agreements and Notification
RequirementsWTO Netherlands Trust
FundLegD A32WT/COMTD/W/70
Page 50ANNEX 1.c
ACTIVITIES WHOLLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO (158)
EUROPE / EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN AND CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES  (25)
Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
22-Jan-99 22-Jan-99 Belgium
Technical missionConsultations on the Banana case wih
Representatives of the Eastern Caribbean StatesWTO Legal Assistance
SurplusTCD
28-Jan-99 29-Jan-99 Croatia
Technical mission
Agreement on TBT and SPS measuresWTO Sweden Trust Fund,
WTO/TC (Regular
budget)AgD, TED
16-Feb-99 17-Feb-99 Belgium
Technical mission
Consultations on the Banana case wihrepresentatives of the Eastern Caribbean States
and BelizeWTO Legal Assistance
SurplusTCD
19-Feb-99 19-Feb-99 Switzerland
Symposium
Electronic Commerce for Developing countriesWTO Sweden Trust Fund Canadian
GovernmentDD
24-Feb-99 26-Feb-99 Switzerland
Regional workshop
1. Reference Centres Workshop for 17 countries;2. Notification Requirements seminar open to allWTO membersWTO Technical
Assistance SurplusIMRD Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina
Faso, Burundi, Chad, Ghana, Guinea,Kenya, Malawi, Maldives, Mali,Mozambique, Niger, Solomon Islands,Uganda, Zambia
15-Mar-99 19-Mar-99 Switzerland
SymposiumHigh-Level Symposia on Trade andEnvironment and on Trade and Development forWTO members and observersWTO No cost for WTO TED, DD Invited: Bhutan, Chad, Ethiopia,
Madagascar, Myanmar, Togo, Uganda,
Zambia,
22-Mar-99 25-Mar-99 Switzerland
Training course
13th Special Training Course on the WTO
Dispute Settlement Procedures and Practices (32WTO members)WTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD Funding of  5 LDCs' Officials
Bangladesh, Lesotho, Madagascar,
Tanzania, ZambiaD142WT/COMTD/W/70
Page 51Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
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regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
26-Apr-99 29-Apr-99 Hungary
Regional workshopDispute Settlement Procedures and Practices for
25 Central and Eastern European, Central Asian
and Mediterranean countriesWTO United Kingdom
Trust FundTCD Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, CzechRepublic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary,
Israel, Kazakstan, Kyrgyz Republic,
Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta,Moldova, Poland, Russian Federation,Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey,
UzbekistanA35
19-May-99 20-May-99 Georgia
Regional seminarWTO and the Multilateral Trading System forthree Eastern European countriesWTO Sweden Trust Fund TCD, AccD Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
01-Jun-99 04-Jun-99 Switzerland
Training course
14th Special Training Course on the WTODispute Settlement Procedures and Practices (32WTO members)WTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD Funding of  1 LDC Official
LesothoD144
28-Jun-99 30-Jun-99 Latvia
National workshop
Rules implementationWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)RD
12-Jul-99 30-Jul-99 Switzerland
Training course
Short Trade Policy Course for 21 French-speaking LDCs - Follow-up to HLMWTO Switzerland Trust
FundTCD Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Cape Verde, Central African Rep., Chad,Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep., Djibouti,Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial
Guinea, Haiti, Madagascar, Mali,
Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome &Principe, TogoD145
16-Jul-99 16-Jul-99 Switzerland
Symposium
Information Technology Agreement (ITA)WTO Netherlands Trust
FundMAccD All WTO Members
27-Jul-99 28-Jul-99 Moldova
National seminar
Agreement on Agriculture and SPSWTO Technical
Assistance SurplusAgD
20-Sep-99 23-Sep-99 Hungary
Regional seminar
Subsidy disciplines for Central EuropeanCountriesWTO United Kingdom
Trust FundRD (Albania), Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,
Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova,Poland, Romania, Russian Federation,Slovak Republic, Slovenia, UkraineWT/COMTD/W/70
Page 52Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
04-Oct-99 04-Oct-99 Switzerland (for Tanzania)
National seminarPreparation for   Trade-related Round Table -Follow-up to High-Level MeetingWTO JITAP Fund TCD D121
04-Oct-99 05-Oct-99 Latvia
National seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System:
Tariffs, Subsidies, Anti-dumping,
Countervailing duties, Agriculture, Services,Preparation for the Seattle MinisterialConferenceWTO Technical
Assistance SurplusTCD
07-Oct-99 08-Oct-99 Estonia
National seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System:
Tariffs, Subsidies, Anti-dumping,Countervailing duties, Agriculture, Services,Preparation for the Seattle Ministerial
ConferenceWTO Technical
Assistance SurplusTCD
18-Oct-99 05-Nov-99 Switzerland (Geneva)
Regional seminar
Short Trade Policy Course (three-week) for
Central and Eastern European and Central AsiancountriesWTO United Kingdom
Trust FundTCD Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakstan,
Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania,Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania,Russian Federation, Slovak Republic,
Slovenia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
21-Oct-99 22-Oct-99 Ukraine
National workshop
WTO and the Multilateral Trading systemWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)European
Community
LawyersTCDWT/COMTD/W/70
Page 53Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
26-Oct-99 29-Oct-99 Switzerland
Training course15th Special Training Course on the WTO
Dispute Settlement Procedures and Practices (32
WTO members)WTO Hong Kong, China
Fund; JITAP Fund(for Benin and
Tanzania)TCD Benin and Tanzania (JITAP);
Bangladesh, Gambia, Lesotho,Madagascar, Solomon Islands, Zambia
Funding of 8 LDCs' OfficialsD124
01-Nov-99 19-Nov-99 Switzerland (Geneva)
Training course
Short Trade Policy Course for 24 English-
speaking LDCs - Follow-up to HLMWTO New Zealand Trust
FundTCD Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cambodia, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Gambia, Kiribati, Lao, P. Dem.
Rep., Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi,
Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique,Myanmar, Nepal, Solomon Islands,Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Tuvalu,
Uganda, Vanuatu, Western Samoa,
ZambiaD141
01-Nov-99 05-Nov-99 Switzerland (Geneva)
Conference
'Geneva Week' for non-resident delegations:
Preparation for the Seattle MinisterialConferenceWTO Norway trust Fund;
Switzerland Trust
FundDGOff.,
TCD, DDAntigua and Barbuda, Belize, Benin,
Botswana, Burkina Faso, Central African
Republic, Chad, Dominica, Fiji, Gambia,
Grenada, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Macau,Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mozambique,Namibia, Niger, Papua New Guinea, St.
Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent
and the Grenadines, Sierra Leone,Solomon Islands, Suriname, Swaziland,Togo, Andorra, Armenia, Cambodia, Lao,
P.D.R., Western Samoa, Seychelles,
Tonga, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu
08-Nov-99 12-Nov-99 Switzerland
Symposium
Special Meeting on SPS Transparency
Provisions for Least-developed countries'enquiry pointsWTO Norway Trust Fund AgD Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Djibouti,
Haiti, Madagascar, Malawi, Myanmar,
Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
24-Nov-99 25-Nov-99 Austria
Symposium
Meeting with the Executive of the Joint ViennaInstituteWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCDWT/COMTD/W/70
Page 54ANNEX 1.d
ACTIVITIES WHOLLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO (158)
NORTH / LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (43)
Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
17-Jan-99 20-Jan-99 Cuba
SymposiumRepresent the Director General at theSymposium on GlobalizationWTO WTO/TC (Regular
budget)ERAD
26-Jan-99 28-Jan-99 Cuba
Technical mission
ServicesWTO WTO/TC (Regular
budget)TSD A24
01-Feb-99 02-Feb-99 Honduras
National seminar
Financial ServicesWTO WTO/TC (Regular
budget)TED
08-Feb-99 12-Feb-99 Bolivia
Technical mission
Customs valuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundTCD TC98
22-Feb-99 26-Feb-99 Costa Rica
Technical mission
Experts meeting of the Costa Rica - Canada
initiativeWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TED
02-Mar-99 05-Mar-99 Nicaragua
National seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading SystemWTO WTO/TC (Regular
budget)TCD
08-Mar-99 12-Mar-99 Uruguay
Technical mission
Customs ValuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundTCD
17-Mar-99 19-Mar-99 Venezuela
Technical mission
Technical assistance on the IDBWTO Switzerland Trust
FundStat.D
24-Mar-99 26-Mar-99 El Salvador
Technical mission
Tariff Schedules, Harmonized SystemWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)[TCD]WT/COMTD/W/70
Page 55Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
09-Apr-99 09-Apr-99 Costa Rica
National seminarConsultation with Interamerican Institute forCooperation in AgricultureWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD Combined with Guatemala
12-Apr-99 16-Apr-99 Cuba
Technical mission
Customs valuationWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget);Switzerland TrustFundTCD
26-Apr-99 30-Apr-99 Panama
National seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading SystemWTO WTO/TC (Regular
budget)TCD
26-Apr-99 27-Apr-99 Trinidad and Tobago
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Hong Kong, China
FundIMRD Combined with Jamaica TC98
26-Apr-99 27-Apr-99 Costa Rica
Technical mission
Customs valuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundMAccD
26-Apr-99 27-Apr-99 Antigua and Barbuda
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Sweden Trust Fund INFD,
TrainingCombined with Dominica TC98
29-Apr-99 30-Apr-99 Dominica
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Sweden Trust Fund INFD,
TrainingCombined with Antigua TC98
24-May-99 28-May-99 Guatemala
Technical mission
Customs ValuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundTraining
03-Jun-99 04-Jun-99 Barbados
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD, INFD Combined with St Lucia and St Kitts TC98
07-Jun-99 08-Jun-99 Saint Lucia
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD, INFD Combined with Barbados and St Kitts - TC98
08-Jun-99 08-Jun-99 United States of America
Conference
International Trade for United Nations Delegatesbased in NYCWTO Legal Assistance
SurplusTCDWT/COMTD/W/70
Page 56 Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
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regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
10-Jun-99 11-Jun-99 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Technical missionEstablishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD, INFD Combined with Barbados and ST Lucia TC98
10-Jun-99 11-Jun-99 Cuba
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget); HongKong, ChinaINFD,
IMRDCombined with Dominican Republic and
Jamaica; PC under Hong KongTC98
14-Jun-99 15-Jun-99 Dominican Republic
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO WTO/TC Regular
BudgetUSAID PC
EquipmentINFD,
IMRDCombined with Cuba and Jamaica TC98
16-Jun-99 18-Jun-99 Colombia
National seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System -
Preparation for the Third Ministerial ConferenceWTO WTO/TC (Regular
budget)AgD A16
17-Jun-99 18-Jun-99 Jamaica
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO WTO/TC Regular
Budget; Hong
Kong, China FundINFD,
IMRDPostponed to Cuba and Dominican Rep. TC98
28-Jun-99 29-Jun-99 Venezuela
National seminar
Electronic Commerce and the InformationTechnology AgreementWTO Netherlands Trust
FundMAccD
08-Jul-99 09-Jul-99 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Sweden Trust Fund INFD,
IMRDCombined with Grenada TC98
12-Jul-99 13-Jul-99 Grenada
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Sweden Trust Fund INFD,
IMRDCombined with St Vincent TC98
20-Jul-99 22-Jul-99 Ecuador
National seminar
Functioning of WTO and preparations for theSeattle Ministerial Conference - Public and
private sectorsWTO United Kingdom
Trust FundHost
GovernmentTCDWT/COMTD/W/70
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CommentsCOMTD
Reference
21-Jul-99 21-Jul-99 Uruguay
Regional seminarWTO Short Trade Policy CourseWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)IPD Mercosur, Bolivia, Chile
26-Jul-99 27-Jul-99 Jamaica
National seminar
ServicesWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TSD
23-Aug-99 25-Aug-99 Jamaica
Technical mission
Customs ValuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundMAccD
02-Sep-99 02-Sep-99 Colombia
National seminar
Preparation for the Seattle Ministerial Meetingfor Public and Private sectorsWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)LSDoc.
06-Sep-99 10-Sep-99 Cuba
National seminar
Implementation of Trade Remedies Agreements- Anti-dumping, Subsidies and Countervailing
Measures, SafeguardsWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)RD
20-Sep-99 21-Sep-99 Guyana
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Hong Kong, China
FundUSAID PC
EquipmentTCD, INFD TC98
21-Sep-99 22-Sep-99 Colombia
National seminar
Electronic CommerceWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
23-Sep-99 24-Sep-99 Suriname
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD, INFD TC98
25-Oct-99 27-Oct-99 Uruguay
National seminar
TBT Agreement and ImpactsWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TED
01-Nov-99 05-Nov-99 Venezuela
Technical mission
Technical Assistance on Customs ValuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundMAccDWT/COMTD/W/70
Page 58Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
10-Nov-99 11-Nov-99 Brazil
Regional seminarCompetition Policy for MERCOSURWTO Sweden Trust Fund IPD
11-Nov-99 12-Nov-99 Haiti
National seminar
Trade-related Round Table - Follow-up to HLMWTO Norway Trust Fund TCD D108
06-Dec-99 10-Dec-99 Jamaica
Technical mission
Anti-dumpingWTO United Kingdom
Trust FundTCD
08-Dec-99 10-Dec-99 Dominica
Regional seminar
Dispute Settlement Procedures and Practices for
OECS countriesWTO United Kingdom
Trust FundTCD Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British
Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada,
Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia,
St Vincent and the Grenadines, OECSSecretariatWT/COMTD/W/70
Page 59ANNEX 1.e
ACTIVITIES WHOLLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO (158)
MIDDLE EAST (14)
Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
04-Jan-99 07-Jan-99 Saudi Arabia
Technical missionGATSWTO Technical
Assistance SurplusTSD
30-Jan-99 30-Jan-99 Saudi Arabia
Technical mission
Trade Policies Review MechanismWTO Technical
Assistance SurplusTPRD
01-Feb-99 04-Feb-99 United Arab Emirates
Technical mission
Agriculture, TRIPS, Services and other WTO
AgreementsWTO WTO/TC (Regular
budget)TSD, AgD,
TCD,MAccDA2
02-Feb-99 03-Feb-99 Jordan
Technical mission
Standardization in the Arab countriesWTO WTO/TC (Regular
budget)TED Combined with Lebanon (1 Feb. 99)
06-Feb-99 07-Feb-99 United Arab Emirates
National workshop
Regional Integration and Customs UnionsWTO WTO/TC (Regular
budget)DD
09-Feb-99 10-Feb-99 Saudi Arabia
National workshop
Regional Integration and Customs UnionsWTO WTO/TC (Regular
budget)DD
17-May-99 19-May-99 Kuwait
Technical mission
Training on the Establishment of WTOReference CentreWTO Technical
Assistance Surplus;WTO/TC (Regularbudget)Government
of KuwaitIMRD,
INFDTC98
11-Oct-99 12-Oct-99 Oman
National seminar
WTO Agreements for the private and publicsectorsWTO Netherlands Trust
Fund; TechnicalAssistance SurplusTSD, TCD
19-Oct-99 20-Oct-99 Bahrain
National seminar
Preparation for the 3rd Ministerial Conferenceand WTO Agreements for officials in the
Ministries of BahrainWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)LegDWT/COMTD/W/70
Page 60Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
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regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
22-Nov-99 22-Nov-99 Bahrain
National seminarImplications of the SPS Agreement for MemberGovernments and the Business CommunityWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)AgD
24-Nov-99 25-Nov-99 Jordan
National seminar
SPS and TBT AgreementsWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)AgD
24-Nov-99 24-Nov-99 Bahrain
National seminar
Implications of the TBT Agreement for MemberGovernments and the Business CommunityWTO Netherlands Trust
FundTED
29-Nov-99 30-Nov-99 Kuwait
National seminar
Kuwait and GlobalizationWTO No cost for WTO
Government of
KuwaitUNDP
KuwaitERAD
30-Nov-99 02-Dec-99 Saudi Arabia
National seminar
Dispute Settlement Procedures and Practices,Anti-dumping and SafeguardsWTO No cost for WTO Government
of Saudi
ArabiaRDWT/COMTD/W/70
Page 61ANNEX 2.a
ACTIVITIES JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS (86)
AFRICA (31)
Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
15-Feb-99 17-Feb-99 Nigeria
Technical mission WTO and the Multilateral Trading System for
ECOWAS SecretariatWTO / ECOWAS Sweden Trust Fund DD, Ag D ECOWAS Members: Benin, Burkina
Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia,Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia,
Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria,
Senegal, Sierra Leone, TogoB48
02-Mar-99 05-Mar-99 Côte d'Ivoire
Regional workshop
TBT, SPS, Quality management andcertification, agriculture for West AfricaWTO / UNCTAD
/ ITCJITAP Fund TED B69
08-Mar-99 09-Mar-99 Kenya
Technical mission
 WTO and the Multilateral Trading Systemimplementation for policy makersWTO / UNCTAD
/ ITCJITAP Fund TCD Combined with Uganda (B80) B82
09-Mar-99 12-Mar-99 Tanzania
Regional workshop
TBT, SPS, Quality management andcertification, agriculture for East AfricaWTO / UNCTAD
/ ITCSwitzerland Trust
FundTED B70
10-Mar-99 11-Mar-99 Uganda
Symposium
WTO and the Multilateral Trading Systemimplementation for policy makersWTO / UNCTAD
/ ITCJITAP Fund TCD Combined with Kenya (B82) B80
23-Mar-99 26-Mar-99 Central African Republic
Regional seminar
TRIPS Agreement for Sub-Saharan French
speaking LDCs – Follow-up to HLMWTO / WIPO Sweden Trust Fund WIPO TCD D143/45
29-Mar-99 30-Mar-99 Zimbabwe
Regional seminar
TRIPS Agreement for Sub-Saharan English-speaking countriesWIPO No cost for WTO IPD Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius,
Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, South
Africa, Swaziland, ZimbabweA44WT/COMTD/W/70
Page 62 Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
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CommentsCOMTD
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06-Apr-99 08-Apr-99 Tunisia
Technical missionTripartite review of Tunisian project and
implementationWTO / UNCTAD
/ ITCJITAP Fund TCD
26-Apr-99 27-Apr-99 Ghana
Technical mission
Implementation, NotificationsWTO / UNCTAD
/ ITCJITAP Fund TCD Combined with Mali  (D117) B73
03-May-99 04-May-99 Egypt
Regional workshop
Joint workshop on Plant Variety protectionWTO / UPOV /
WIPOSweden Trust Fund IPD
06-May-99 07-May-99 Kenya
Regional workshop
Joint workshop on Plant Variety protectionWTO / UPOV /
WIPOSweden Trust Fund IPD
24-May-99 27-May-99 Egypt
Regional seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading Systemrelating to Regional Trading Agreements for
Selected Arab countriesWTO /
Government ofEgyptSweden Trust Fund DD, AgD,
WCOAlgeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon,
Palestine, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia
07-Jun-99 09-Jun-99 Ghana
National workshop
Investment promotion (Ghana Investment
promotion Centre), Market Access issuesWTO / UNCTAD Sweden Trust Fund MAccD,
UNCTAD
21-Jul-99 22-Jul-99 Ethiopia
Colloquium
Brainstorming Meeting for Africa and the WTO
in the New MillenniumWTO / Economic
Commission for
Africa (ECA)Norway Trust Fund TCD, DD
02-Aug-99 05-Aug-99 Guinea
Regional seminar
SPS and TBT for French-speaking African
Members of the IsDB (10) - Implications of theTBT and SPS Agreements for the BusinessCommunityWTO  / ITC /
Islamic
Development
Bank (IsDB); incooperation withFAONo cost for WTO IsDB TED Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Comoros,
Djibouti, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal,
Togo
23-Aug-99 26-Aug-99 Kenya
Regional seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System forAfrican states (ACP)WTO / ACP
SecretariatWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)European
Commission /
ACP FundTCD, DD B91WT/COMTD/W/70
Page 63Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
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regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
07-Sep-99 10-Sep-99 Benin
Regional workshopMarket Access Issues for West Africa (Customs
valuation, tariffs, rules of origin, regional
integration, PSI)WTO / UNCTAD
/ ITCJITAP Fund TCD Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire,
GhanaB86, B67
21-Sep-99 24-Sep-99 Uganda
Regional workshop
Market Access Issues for East Africa (Customs
valuation, tariffs, rules of origin, regionalintegration, PSI)WTO / UNCTAD
/ ITCJITAP Fund MAccD B66
11-Oct-99 13-Oct-99 Djibouti
Regional seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading system for
IGADWTO / IGAD United Kingdom
Trust FundIGAD TCD Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan,
Uganda
12-Oct-99 14-Oct-99 Kenya
Regional seminar
Specialized workshop on TextilesWTO / UNCTAD
/ ITCJITAP Fund TexD Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda B77
12-Oct-99 15-Oct-99 Tunisia
National seminar
WTO RulesWTO / UNCTAD
/ ITCJITAP Fund UNDP RD B57
14-Oct-99 14-Oct-99 Tanzania
National seminar
Trade-related Round Table - Follow-up to High-Level Meeting – Integrated FrameworkWTO/UNCTAD/
ITC/WB/IMF/UNDPProgramme Support
FundTCD D121
18-Oct-99 20-Oct-99 Ethiopia
Regional seminar
Ad Hoc Experts Group Meeting on Africa in thePost-Uruguay Round: Strengthening Capacity-
building of Africa for the coming RoundWTO / Economic
Commission forAfrica (ECA)WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)ERAD B71
19-Oct-99 21-Oct-99 Uganda
Regional workshop
WTO Agreements and Agriculture for EastAfrican Community countriesWTO / UNCTAD
/ ITCJITAP Fund AgD Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
19-Oct-99 22-Oct-99 Côte d'Ivoire
National workshop
Specialized workshop on TextilesWTO / UNCTAD
/ ITCJITAP Fund TCDWT/COMTD/W/70
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01-Nov-99 03-Nov-99 South Africa
Regional seminarTBT Agreement and the role of conformityassessment procedures in trade for a group of
English-speaking African countriesWTO / ISO United Kingdom
Trust FundTED B99
04-Nov-99 05-Nov-99 Uganda
National workshop
High-level symposium: WTO and the
Multilateral Trading System for policy makersWTO / UNCTAD
/ ITCJITAP Fund TCD B80
08-Nov-99 12-Nov-99 Burkina Faso
National workshop
AgricultureWTO / UNCTAD
/ ITCJITAP Fund TCD
09-Nov-99 10-Nov-99 Kenya
National workshop
High-level symposium: WTO and the
Multilateral Trading System for policy makers.WTO / UNCTAD
/ ITCJITAP Fund TCD
16-Nov-99 17-Nov-99 Côte d'Ivoire
National workshop
National Symposium on JITAP -  Impact of
Multilateral Trading System on the NationalEconomy - (Cluster 9)  - Matrix of Exportproducts and Markets (Cluster 11) -
Fundamental principles and objectives of the
WTO -  The WTO Integrated Data Base –Preparation of the WTO Ministerial Conferencein Seattle - High-level symposium: WTO and theMultilateral Trading System for policy makers.WTO / UNCTAD
/ ITCJITAP Fund TCD, TPRD B84
19-Nov-99 20-Nov-99 Ghana
National workshop
High-level symposium: WTO and theMultilateral Trading System for policy makers.NS on Impact of Multilateral Trading System on
the National Economy - (Cluster 9) - Matrix of
Export products and Markets (Cluster 11) -Fundamental principles and objectives of theWTO -  The WTO Integrated Data Base -
Preparation of the WTO Ministerial Conference
in SeattleWTO / UNCTAD
/ ITCJITAP Fund TCD B81WT/COMTD/W/70
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22-Nov-99 23-Nov-99 Burkina Faso
National workshopHigh-level symposium: WTO and theMultilateral Trading System for policy makers.WTO / UNCTAD
/ ITCJITAP Fund TCD B79WT/COMTD/W/70
Page 66ANNEX 2.b
ACTIVITIES JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS (86)
ASIA / PACIFIC (15)
Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
02-Feb-99 06-Feb-99 Pakistan
Technical missionBuilding Technical Assistance with DFIDWTO / DFID
(UK)United Kingdom
Trust FundTCD
22-Feb-99 26-Feb-99 Japan
Regional seminar
Technical Barriers to trade and the Role ofStandards in Trade PromotionWTO / ISO / ITC
/ JISC / JSAWTO/TC (Regular
budget)Jap. Industrial
StandardsCommittee /Jap. Standards
Ass.TED
08-Mar-99 15-Mar-99 Singapore
Training course
2nd Joint Singapore/WTO Trade Policy Course
for Middle-level Officials from 16 countries:GATS, Investment, Competition, ElectronicCommerce, Dispute Settlement, TRIPSWTO with
Government of
SingaporeSweden Trust Fund;
Technical
Assistance SurplusGovt of
SingaporeTSD,
T&Fin.,
LegD, IPDASEAN: Brunei Darussalam,  Indonesia,
Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand, Vietnam, Lao P.D.R.,
MyanmarBangladesh, India, Fiji, Maldives, Nepal,Pakistan, South Africa, Sri LankaB49
14-Mar-99 16-Mar-99 Bangladesh
National workshop
Impact of the Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing on LDC Trade and EconomyWTO / ITC WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TexD A22
18-Mar-99 19-Mar-99 Thailand
Regional workshop
Joint workshop on Plant Variety protectionWTO / UPOV /
WIPONew Zealand Trust
FundIPD Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, China,
P.R., India, Indonesia, Malaysia,Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Korea,
Rep. Of, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand,
Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, Macau,Fiji, Papua New Guinea (last threefinanced by WTO)
05-Apr-99 24-Apr-99 Pakistan
Training course
Trade Policy for 20 English-speaking (Islamic
Development Bank (IsDB) members)WTO / Islamic
Development
Bank (IsDB)No cost for WTO IsDB TCD,TED,
LegD,
MAccD,
TSDAfghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan,
Bangladesh, Brunei, Gambia, Indonesia,
Iran, Kazakstan, Kyrgyz Re public,
Malaysia, Maldives, Mozambique,Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Suriname,Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan,
Uganda + BahrainWT/COMTD/W/70
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CommentsCOMTD
Reference
12-Apr-99 20-Apr-99 Pakistan
Technical missionCustoms Valuation and EnforcementWTO / WCO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)[WCO]
13-Apr-99 16-Apr-99 Australia
Regional workshop
Dispute Settlement Procedures and Practices for
13 South Pacific CountriesWTO / South
Pacific Forum
SecretariatHong Kong, China
FundLegD, TC Cook Islands, Micronesia Fed. States of,
Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru,
Niue Island, Papua New Guinea, Western
Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu,
VanuatuA36
11-May-99 13-May-99 Thailand
Regional seminar
Trade Remedies and Competition PolicyWTO / ADB Sweden Trust Fund;
WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)ADB RD, IPD Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Korea Rep.
of, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri
Lanka, Thailand
23-Jun-99 25-Jun-99 Bangladesh
ColloquiumInter-agency Working Group meeting - Follow-
up to HLMWTO / UNCTAD
/ ITC / WB / IMF
/ UNDPWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD TC98
06-Sep-99 10-Sep-99 Western Samoa
Regional seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System forthe Pacific region (ACP)WTO / ACP
SecretariatWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)European
Commission /ACP FundTCD Combined with Fiji B93
11-Sep-99 11-Sep-99 Fiji
Colloquium
Meeting to discuss increased cooperationbetween the WTO and the Forum Secretariat on
technical issuesWTO / Forum
SecretariatWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD Combined with Western Samoa
05-Oct-99 06-Oct-99 Thailand
National seminar
1. Seminar on the SPS Agreement and its
implications for the Thai Food Industry2.  Consultative meeting and presentation toofficials in the Thai Ministry of CommerceWTO / Thailand
Ministry of
Commerce /
National FoodInstituteWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)AgD
11-Oct-99 15-Oct-99 Australia
Conference
TBT and SPS - The International Food Tradebeyond 2000: science-based decisions,harmonisation, equivalence and mutual
recognition.WTO / FAO /
WHOWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)AgD 160 countries, plus NGOsWT/COMTD/W/70
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regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
25-Oct-99 29-Oct-99 Thailand
Regional workshopWorkshop on Risk Analysis in Animal Health
for ASEAN countriesWTO / ASEAN Netherlands Trust
FundASEAN AgDWT/COMTD/W/70
Page 69ANNEX 2.c
ACTIVITIES JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS (86)
EUROPE / EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN AND CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES (12)
Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
15-Feb-99 15-Feb-99 Switzerland
UPOV/WIPO/WTO Joint Workshop on theProtection of Plant VarietiesWTO / UPOV /
WIPOSweden Trust Fund IPD
17-Apr-99 17-Apr-99 Switzerland
Symposium
Third Symposium on Trade and CompetitionPolicy for Geneva-based delegatesWTO / UNCTAD
/World BankUnited Kingdom
Trust FundUNCTAD IPD B97
20-Apr-99 23-Apr-99 Turkey
Regional seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System for
ECO member countries (10)WTO/Economic
Cooperation
OrganizationUnited Kingdom
Trust FundTCD Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan
21-Apr-99 22-Apr-99 France
Symposium
UNCTAD / WTO Trade, Investment and
Economic Development Seminar for Geneva-
based French-speaking delegates (third)WTO / UNCTAD Hong Kong, China
FundTFD
07-Jun-99 07-Jun-99 Switzerland (Geneva area)
Regional workshop
Textiles and Clothing Workshop for Geneva-based Delegates from Economies in TransitionWTO / AITIC
(Agency forInternationalTrade Information& Cooperation)Netherlands Trust
FundTexD Armenia, Belarus, Ukraine, Macedonia,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Estonia,Georgia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Lithuania,Moldova, Russian federation, Azerbaijan,Kyrgyz Rep.
15-Jun-99 16-Jun-99 Switzerland
Regional workshopWTO Agreements and Understandings
(Notifications and other Transparency
requirements)WTO / Energy
CharterSecretariat  /
Government of
SwitzerlandNo cost for WTO TCD
28-Jun-99 02-Jul-99 Austria
Regional seminar
Negotiations in Trade in Services andAgricultureWTO/Joint
Vienna InstituteUnited Kingdom
Trust FundTSD, TCD,
AgD[Albania], [Armenia], Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Georgia,
[Kazakstan], Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia,Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, [Ukraine],UzbekistanWT/COMTD/W/70
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regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
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13-Sep-99 13-Sep-99 Switzerland
SymposiumCompetition Policy and Civil Society - FourthsymposiumWTO / World
Bank / UNCTADNo cost for WTO World bank,
UNCTAD,ECIPD
11-Oct-99 13-Oct-99 Austria
Training course
Applied Economics Course, Joint IBRD/WTOsegment on Trade Policy and International Trade
RegimesWTO / IBRD WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)DD, ERAD
18-Oct-99 22-Oct-99 Belgium
Conference
ACP Ministerial ConferenceWTO / ACP
SecretariatNorway Trust Fund DD, TCD
08-Nov-99 10-Nov-99 Italy
Training course
WTO Agreements and Multilateral TradeWTO / IDLI WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)IDLI LegD
09-Nov-99 10-Nov-99 Switzerland (for Gambia)
National seminar
Trade-related Round Table  -  LegislationAdjustment  -  Follow-up to High-Level MeetingWTO WTO/UNCTAD/
ITC/WB/IMF/
UNDPTCD D116WT/COMTD/W/70
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ACTIVITIES JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS (86)
NORTH / LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (23)
Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
16-Feb-99 17-Feb-99 United States of America
ColloquiumInter-agency Working Group meeting - Follow-up to HLMWTO / UNCTAD
/ ITC / WB / IMF/ UNDPSweden Trust Fund TCD
24-Feb-99 25-Feb-99 Costa Rica
Regional seminar
SPS Measures for Central American CountriesWTO / IICA United Kingdom
Trust FundAgD Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,Mexico, Nicaragua, PanamaIICA= Instituto Interamericano de
Cooperacion para la Agricultura -
Combined with Colombia
06-Apr-99 08-Apr-99 Guatemala
Regional workshop
Advanced workshop on Dispute Settlement
Procedures and Practices for Central AmericancountriesWTO / SIECA WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)SIECA TCD, LegD TC98
19-Apr-99 23-Apr-99 Honduras
Regional seminar
Textiles and Clothing for Central AmericancountriesWTO / INTAL WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)INTAL TexD
31-May-99 01-Jun-99 Grenada
Regional seminar
Seminar on WTO Obligations to be discharged
by Member States, for  Attorneys General of
CARICOMWTO /
CARICOMNetherlands Trust
FundLegD
08-Jun-99 11-Jun-99 Grenada
Regional seminar
Implementation of WTO Agreements for OECScountries: opportunities and constraints for small
island countries. Overview of WTO Agreements,
Subsidies, Rules, Agriculture, Services, TBT,SPS and Dispute Settlement Procedures.WTO / OECS Netherlands Trust
FundTCD Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica,
Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis,St Lucia, St Vincent and Grenadines,Trinidad and Tobago, [OECS
Secretariat]; Resource persons from
Trinidad and Tobago, and St Vincent andthe GrenadinesCombined with Jamaica (A26)
21 participants from 7 invited countriesTC98WT/COMTD/W/70
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regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
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14-Jun-99 15-Jun-99 Venezuela
Technical missionTRIPSWTO / WIPO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)IPD B64
14-Jun-99 15-Jun-99 Jamaica
National seminar
Implications of WTO Agreements for Jamaican
industry (public and private sector): institutionalaspects; Agriculture, SPS, TBT, Rules, Textilesand Clothing;  Subsidies and Countervailing
Duties, Safeguards, Regionalism, Services,
Ministerial Meeting; Challenges andOpportunitiesWTO in
cooperation with
MFAT and PSOJNetherlands Trust
FundTCD Public and Private sector meeting
Postponed from 1998 - combined with
GrenadaA26
14-Jun-99 25-Jun-99 United States of America
Regional workshop
Two-week Advanced Training Course forGovernment Officials, including IDB: Spanish-
speaking (19 countries)WTO / OAS Netherlands Trust
FundOAS AccD,
LegD, TCD,Stat.D,Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, Costa Rica , Cuba, DominicanRep., Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala,Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,
Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, VenezuelaB54
16-Jun-99 18-Jun-99 Argentina
Regional seminar
GATS seminar on Telecom and Financial
ServicesWTO / INTAL WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)INTAL TSD
17-Jun-99 18-Jun-99 Colombia
National workshop
TRIPSWTO / WIPO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)IPD B52
21-Jun-99 23-Jun-99 Nicaragua
Technical mission
Customs ValuationWTO and
Government of
NicaraguaNetherlands Trust
Fund; Switzerland
Trust FundTPRD
28-Jun-99 09-Jul-99 United States of America
Regional workshop
Two-week Advanced Training Course for
Government Officials, including IDB: English-
speaking (13 countries)WTO / OAS Netherlands Trust
FundOAS TCD, LegD,
TED, Stat.DAntigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Belize,
Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti,Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St
Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname,
Trinidad & TobagoB53
05-Jul-99 06-Jul-99 El Salvador
National seminar
WTO and Preferential SchemesWTO/Ministry of
Foreign Affairs /Exporters
Association
(Coexport)Netherlands Trust
FundTCDWT/COMTD/W/70
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regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
19-Jul-99 31-Jul-99 Paraguay
Regional workshopShort Trade Policy Course for Mercosur,Chilean and Bolivian agriculture trade policy
analysts and negotiators. Overview of WTO,
dispute settlement procedures and allAgreements except textilesWTO / IICA /
Inter-AmericanDevelopmentBank (IADB)United Kingdom
Trust FundTCD, AgD,
IPD, RD,MAccD,TEDMercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
and Uruguay) and associated members(Bolivia and Chile)
26-Jul-99 30-Jul-99 Honduras
Technical missionHigh-Level discussions, workshop on technicalaspects, round table with privatesector/Provisions of the Customs Valuation
AgreementWTO and
Government of
HondurasSwitzerland Trust
FundTPRD
23-Aug-99 25-Aug-99 Mexico
Regional seminar
Injury Determinations (advanced level) for Latin
American countriesWTO / INTAL
(IADB)WTO/TC (Regular
budget)INTAL RD Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Mexico, Peru, VenezuelaB65
02-Sep-99 03-Sep-99 Argentina
Colloquium
Electronic Commerce and Development of
Foreign TradeWTO / INTAL WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)INTAL TCD
27-Sep-99 30-Sep-99 Saint Lucia
Regional seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System forCaribbean countries (ACP) - Preparations for the
Third Ministerial ConferenceWTO / ACP
SecretariatWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)EC / ACP
FundsTCD, DD Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize,
Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kittsand Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and theGrenadines, SurinameB94
20-Oct-99 22-Oct-99 United States of America
Regional workshop
Trade Negotiations Simulation for developingcountriesWTO / UNITAR WTO/TC  (Regular
Budget);
Programme SupportFundTCD Angola, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize,
Brazil, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech
Rep. Dominican Rep., Egypt, Fiji,Grenada, Haiti, Iran, Lesotho, Mauritius,Oman, Panama, Peru, Saint Lucia, Spain,
Suriname, Thailand, Trinidad and
Tobago, United States
25-Oct-99 26-Oct-99 Peru
Regional workshopAgriculture for ANDEAN countriesWTO / INTAL United Kingdom
Trust FundINTAL TCD Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay,
Chile, PeruB61WT/COMTD/W/70
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regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
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11-Nov-99 12-Nov-99 Peru
ConferenceFifth High-Level Meeting of Officials
responsible for Trade Policy in Latin America
and the Caribbean - Preparation for the ThirdMinisterial Meeting in SeattleWTO / SELA United Kingdom
Trust FundTCD
13-Dec-99 17-Dec-99 Argentina
Regional workshop
Anti-Dumping investigations (advanced) forMERCOSUR and Chile (5)WTO / INTAL WTO/TC (Regular
budget)INTAL RD Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay,
ChileB59WT/COMTD/W/70
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ACTIVITIES JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY THE WTO AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS (86)
MIDDLE EAST (5)
Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
23-Mar-99 24-Mar-99 Oman
Technical missionSPS: Technical assistance in the context ofAccession to the WTOWTO / Islamic
DevelopmentBank (IsDB)WTO/TC (Regular
budget)AgD
13-Apr-99 14-Apr-99 Oman
National seminar
TBT: Technical assistance in the context ofAccession to the WTOWTO / Islamic
DevelopmentBank (IsDB)WTO/TC (Regular
budget)TED
13-Sep-99 16-Sep-99 Lebanon
Regional workshop
Dispute settlement seminar covering generalGATT/GATS/TRIPS principles and exceptions,
dispute settlement procedures, case studies on
basic principles and dispute settlement,preparation of panel simulations andpresentations of cases by the participants (Arab
countries)WTO / ESCWA /
IsDBUnited Kingdom
Trust FundIsDB LegD Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,Syria, United Arab Emirates, YemenA4
12-Oct-99 13-Oct-99 United Arab Emirates
National seminar
Deepen Understanding of WTO AgreementsWTO / Abu
Dhabi Chamberof Commerce andIndustryNetherlands Trust
FundTSD, TCD Initially scheduled for November 1998 -
18-Dec-99 23-Dec-99 Lebanon
Technical mission
Assistance in training and setting-up a WTOUnit in the Ministry of Commerce and TradeWTO / Ministry
of Commerce andTradeWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCDWT/COMTD/W/70
Page 76ANNEX 3.a
ACTIVITIES WHERE WTO WAS INVITED (138)
AFRICA (32)
Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
25-Jan-99 26-Jan-99 Mauritius
ConferenceWTO Agreements and particularly TBT for
SADCASADCA WTO/TC (Regular
budget)TED
01-Feb-99 05-Feb-99 Kenya
Colloquium
26th Session of UNEP Gov. CouncilUNEP WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TED
06-Feb-99 07-Feb-99 Kenya
Conference
Presentation on TRIPSAfrican Centre for
Technology
Studies/UNEPWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)IPD
08-Feb-99 12-Feb-99 Kenya
Conference
Presentation on TRIPSCrucible Group WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)IPD
10-Feb-99 12-Feb-99 Zimbabwe
Regional workshop
Trade and Environment for Governments andCivil SocietyInternational
Centre for Trade& SustainableDevelopment /
Africa Resources
TrustSweden Trust Fund;
TechnicalAssistance SurplusTCD, TED,
ExRDCombined with Regional Seminar
11-Feb-99 12-Feb-99 Zambia
Conference
1999 SADC Consultative Conference: SADC inthe Next Millennium: The Challenges andOpportunities of Information TechnologySADC WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)DD
22-Feb-99 25-Feb-99 Central African Republic
National workshop
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System and
IDBUDEAC WTO/TC (Regular
budget);
Switzerland Trust
FundUDEAC TCD, Stat.D
06-Apr-99 08-Apr-99 Cameroon
Symposium
Subregional symposium for French-speaking
Sub-Saharan African developing countriesWIPO WIPO IPDWT/COMTD/W/70
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regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
20-Apr-99 24-Apr-99 Tunisia
National workshopGATSUNDP JITAP Fund ExRD
03-May-99 05-May-99 Botswana
Regional workshop
Telecommunication regulationITU WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TSD Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia,
Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, SierraLeone, South Africa, Swaziland,Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
10-May-99 11-May-99 Morocco
SymposiumAfrica Business and Development ForumWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)DD
17-May-99 18-May-99 Côte d'Ivoire
Symposium
Trade Liberalization and Diversification of theAgricultural SectorUNCTAD WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)AgD
25-May-99 26-May-99 Tunisia
Regional seminar
Update on WTO Issues for IsDB countriesIslamic
DevelopmentBank (IsDB)WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)IsDB TCD
21-Jun-99 25-Jun-99 South Africa
Regional workshop
Preparation for the Third Ministerial Conference
for Senior Advisors to Ministers of trade inLDCsUNCTAD Netherlands Trust
FundDD
29-Jun-99 02-Jul-99 South Africa
Regional workshop
Developing a proactive and coherent agenda forAfrican countriesUNCTAD Netherlands Trust
FundDD
30-Jun-99 02-Jul-99 Mauritius
Conference
6th Conference of the Economic and SocialCouncilsEconomic and
Social CouncilsWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)ExRDWT/COMTD/W/70
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fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
29-Jul-99 29-Jul-99 Kenya
National seminarWTO Agreements (Dispute Settlement
Procedures, Goods and Services) for Members
of ParliamentGovernment of
KenyaTechnical
Assistance SurplusIPD, ERAD
02-Aug-99 04-Aug-99 Zimbabwe
Conference
Eleventh Annual Conference: Africa in the NewMillennium of Globalization - WTO Dispute
Settlement Systems and the Developing
Countries, with special reference to AfricanStatesAfrican Society of
International andComparative Lawand the American
Society of
International LawWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD Sierra Leone, Sudan, Egypt, Senegal,
Mali, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Zimbabwe,Malawi, Algeria, Morocco, Ghana,Uganda, Tanzania, Madagascar, Gambia,
Botswana, Congo Rep. Of, Dem. Rep. Of
Congo, Gabon, Ethiopia, South Africa
10-Aug-99 12-Aug-99 Zimbabwe
Technical missionCapacity-building project with DFIDDFID (UK) United Kingdom
Trust FundTCD
18-Aug-99 20-Aug-99 Uganda
Regional seminar
Introductory Course in the TRIPS Agreement
and other aspects of intellectual PropertyWIPO No cost for WTO WIPO IPD Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana,
Lesotho, Liberia, Mauritius, Malawi,
Nigeria, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda,
Zambia, Zimbabwe, OAU, SADC
06-Sep-99 08-Sep-99 Egypt
Regional workshopTrade and Environment for the League of ArabStates - Preparation for the Seattle Ministerial
MeetingLeague of Arab
States, UNEPNo cost for WTO UNEP TED
15-Sep-99 15-Sep-99 Swaziland
Conference
ACP Ministerial Conference on Sugar: ACPSugar Competitiveness in Light of ChangingGlobal TrendsACP Secretariat Technical
Assistance SurplusAgD
19-Sep-99 20-Sep-99 Egypt
Conference
Basic Principles of the Multilateral Trading
System, Participation of developing countries,Preparation for the 3rd Ministerial ConferenceCairo Regional
Centre for
International
CommercialArbitrationWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCDWT/COMTD/W/70
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regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
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20-Sep-99 24-Sep-99 Algeria
Conference2nd Ordinary Session of the Conference of theAfrican Trade Ministers Meeting: Africa and the
Multilateral Trading System, Challenges and
OpportunitiesOAU / AEC [..............] DD
22-Sep-99 23-Sep-99 Côte d'Ivoire
Technical mission
Preparations for the Seattle MinisterialConference - SPS, TBT, Intellectual Property
issuesMinistère de
l'Environnementet de la Forêt deCôte d'IvoireJITAP Fund TCD B74
02-Oct-99 05-Oct-99 Egypt
Conference
WTO Agreement on Antidumping andAntidumping Law and Practice in the European
CommunitiesEgyptian
InternationalCentre forDevelopmentProgramme Support
FundTCD
11-Oct-99 13-Oct-99 Swaziland
Symposium
Subregional symposium for Judges onEnforcementWIPO WIPO IPD
30-Oct-99 02-Nov-99 Egypt
Regional seminar
TBT and SPS for Arab countriesUNDP / ITC /
AIDMONo cost for WTO ITC TED
07-Nov-99 09-Nov-99 South Africa
Conference
International Apparel Federation Convention,
15th World Apparel ConventionClothing
Federation ofSouth AfricaWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)Organizers
(air fare)TexD
08-Nov-99 12-Nov-99 Ethiopia
Regional workshop
Comparative Analysis of Commitments of
African countries under the Treaty establishing
the African Economic Community and theMultilateral Trading SystemEconomic
Commission forAfrica (ECA)JITAP Fund,
WTO/TC (RegularBudget)ECA (for one
WTOOfficial)TCD,
ERADCameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana,
Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa,Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
15-Nov-99 16-Nov-99 Zambia
Conference7th Meeting of the COMESA Council ofMinistersCOMESA
(Common Marketfor Eastern andSouthern Africa)Netherlands Trust
FundDDWT/COMTD/W/70
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fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
20-Nov-99 21-Nov-99 Morocco
SymposiumHigh-Level Meeting on 'Management and
Harmonization of Standardization and
Conformity Assessment in the Arab Countries''UNESCWA / ISO
/ AIDMOWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
09-Dec-99 10-Dec-99 Botswana
Conference
TRIPS Agreements and ImplementationrequirementsUS Department of
Commerce –SADCWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)IPD SADC countries, incl. Botswana,
Lesotho, Mozambique, Seychelles, SouthAfricaWT/COMTD/W/70
Page 81ANNEX 3.b
ACTIVITIES WHERE WTO WAS INVITED (138)
ASIA / PACIFIC (31)
Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
20-Jan-99 22-Jan-99 Taipei, Chinese
Training courseTraining Course: for Senior officers ofGovernment Economic Agencies, Trade
Promotion and Public Enterprises of selected
developing countries - WTO and the MultilateralTrading SystemInternational
Cooperation andDevelopmentFund (ICDF)No cost for WTO TCD C100
08-Feb-99 10-Feb-99 Nepal
National workshop
Trade FacilitationNepal Trade
Facilitation
Project /
UNCTADWTO/TC (Regular
budget)MAccD
12-Feb-99 13-Feb-99 India
Conference
Anti-dumping and consultations with
government officials and CII officialsCII WTO/TC (Regular
budget)Organizers RD
14-Feb-99 16-Feb-99 India
Conference
Asia trade and Investment Forum - Trade
Barriers and the WTO in enhancingCommonwealth cooperationCommonwealth
Business CouncilWTO/TC (Regular
budget)MAccD
22-Feb-99 26-Feb-99 Australia
Colloquium
1. Codex Committee on Food Imports andExports Inspection and Certification Systems2. Workshop for LDC Food Officials (25 Feb.)FAO / WHO Sweden Trust Fund AgD
23-Feb-99 24-Feb-99 Thailand
Regional workshop
ITC Workshop on Eco-labellingITC WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TexDWT/COMTD/W/70
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30-Mar-99 02-Apr-99 China, P.R.
National seminarState Intellectual Property Office of the People's
Republic of China seminar on the Protection and
Enforcement of TrademarksGovernment of
ChinaSponsors IPD
18-Apr-99 22-Apr-99 Singapore
Training course
Dispute Settlement CourseAPEC WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)APEC LegD Combined with Thailand A40
30-Apr-99 01-May-99 New Zealand
Regional workshop
APEC Workshop on Competition andDeregulationAPEC WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)IPD
12-May-99 14-May-99 Taipei, Chinese
National seminar
Training course: for Senior officers ofGovernment Economic Agencies, TradePromotion and Public Enterprises of selected
developing countries - WTO and the Multilateral
Trading SystemInternational
Cooperation and
DevelopmentFund (ICDF)WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)Sponsor TCD C105
20-May-99 21-May-99 China, P.R. (Hong Kong)
National seminar
Working Committee on Technology - Plenary
session panelPacific Economic
Basin CouncilSponsors IPD
14-Jun-99 14-Jun-99 Korea, Rep. of
Symposium
IPEG Technical Cooperation Programme to
assist the WTO/TRIPS ImplementationAPEC /
IPR/KoreanIndustrial
Property OfficeNo cost for WTO APEC TILF
SpecialAccountIPD Brunei Darussalam, Chile, China, P.R.,
Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Malaysia,Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Peru,
Philippines, Russia, Chinese Taipei,
Thailand, Vietnam
14-Jun-99 15-Jun-99 Uzbekistan
National seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System;
presentation on Trade in ServicesUSAID WTO/TC (Regular
budget)USAID TCD
06-Jul-99 07-Jul-99 Thailand
National workshop
TRIMS and the relationship between trade and
investment; preparation of the Third MinisterialConferenceGovernment of
ThailandNo cost for WTO Sponsor TFDWT/COMTD/W/70
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15-Jul-99 18-Jul-99 India
Technical missionCapacity-building seminar: Multilateral Trade,Investment and Competition Policy - the current
Status and Future agendaCUTS WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)IPD
06-Aug-99 07-Aug-99 New Zealand
Symposium
Standards and Conformance Sub-Committee(SCSC) MeetingAPEC No cost for WTO APEC TED
16-Aug-99 18-Aug-99 Fiji
Colloquium
Meeting of the Secretariats of Island States Inter-Governmental Organizations - Commoninitiatives and objectives in the international
arenaForum Secretariat [..............] DD
16-Aug-99 18-Aug-99 Thailand
Conference
WHO Meeting: regional consultation on theWTO Multilateral Trade Agreements and their
implications on HealthWHO No cost for WTO Sponsored:
WHOIPD
01-Sep-99 03-Sep-99 China, P.R.
Conference
Implementation of the Agreement on Textiles
and Clothing1999 China
InternationalCotton
ConferenceSweden Trust Fund TexD
27-Sep-99 01-Oct-99 Australia
Regional workshop
ClassificationsUnited Nations
Statistics Division
(UNSD)No cost for WTO Stat. Div. Stat.D
04-Oct-99 06-Oct-99 Viet Nam
Regional seminar
Integration of Indo-China into Global TradingEnvironment under the FCDIESCAP WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)Sponsor TCD
08-Oct-99 09-Oct-99 Australia
Regional workshop
Food Safety for LDCsFAO/Codex
AlimentariusCommissionWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)AgD 50 + developing countries B50WT/COMTD/W/70
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11-Oct-99 15-Oct-99 Thailand
Training courseTrade Negotiation simulation for the six
countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-regionNew Zealand
Ministry ofForeign Affairs
and Trade /
Mekong InstituteNew Zealand Trust
FundTCD Cambodia, China, P. Rep., Lao, P.D.R.,
Myanmar, Thailand, VietnamC101
12-Oct-99 17-Oct-99 China, P.R.
Technical mission
TBTISO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TED
18-Oct-99 21-Oct-99 China, P.R.
Colloquium
ISO / DEVCO General Assembly (Development
Committee)ISO / DEVCO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TED
30-Oct-99 01-Nov-99 India
National workshop
Presentation on TRIPS at the International
Brainstorming workshop on WTO Agreements
and People's ConcernCentre for Study
of Global TradeSystem / National
Working Group
on Patent Laws ofNew DelhiUnited Kingdom
Trust FundOrganizers IPD
11-Nov-99 13-Nov-99 Philippines
Regional workshop
UNCTAD Project on strengthening research and
policy-making capacity on trade andenvironment in developing countries -Discussion and presentations on the 10 items of
the CTE's agenda as well as a briefing for SeattleUNCTAD,
Foundation for
International
EnvironmentalLaw andDevelopment and
DFIDUnited Kingdom
Trust FundTED Bangladesh, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba,
India, Philippines, South Africa,
Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda
15-Nov-99 16-Nov-99 India
Conference
Electronic CommerceInstitute for New
Technologies
(INTECH) andNational Centrefor Software
TechnologyWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)IDRC TSD
24-Nov-99 24-Nov-99 Iran
Regional seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System;Dispute Settlement Procedures and PracticesUNITAR No cost for WTO UNITAR LegDWT/COMTD/W/70
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CommentsCOMTD
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29-Nov-99 30-Nov-99 India
ConferenceAPLAC'99: Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)and latest developmentsNational
AccreditationBoard for Testingand Calibration
LaboratoriesSweden Trust Fund TED
14-Dec-99 17-Dec-99 Nepal
Technical mission
WTO and the Multilateral Trading SystemESCAP Hong Kong, China
FundESCAP TCDWT/COMTD/W/70
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ACTIVITIES WHERE WTO WAS INVITED (138)
EUROPE / EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN AND CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES (27)
Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
20-Jan-99 21-Jan-99 France
SymposiumRound Table on Centres for Training inInternational TradeAgence de la
FrancophonieWTO/TC (Regular
budget)TCD
26-Jan-99 27-Jan-99 France
Regional seminar
EC Phare Programme on Intellectual Property:seminar  for the Central and Eastern European
and the CIS countries, organized in conjunction
with the 33rd MIDEM ConferenceEuropean
CommunitiesPhare ProgrammeSponsor IPD
01-Feb-99 02-Feb-99 Spain
National seminar
Seminar on Intellectual Property for Slovenian
officialsSpanish and
SlovenianGovernmentsSponsor IPD
17-Feb-99 18-Feb-99 Belgium
Symposium
International Task Force on Commodity Risk
Management in developing CountriesWorld Bank WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)ERAD
22-Feb-99 26-Feb-99 Spain
Training course
Agriculture:  WTO and its Impact on Agro-food
Marketing (13 countries)International
Centre forAdvanced
Mediterranean
A
gronomicWTO/TC (Regular
budget)OECD AgD, LegD Albania, Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece,
Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco,Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, TurkeyC102
10-Mar-99 12-Mar-99 Austria
Training course
Course at the JVIJoint Vienna
InstituteWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)ERAD
22-Mar-99 24-Mar-99 Austria
Training course
Course at the JVIJoint Vienna
InstituteWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)ERADWT/COMTD/W/70
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regional activities)
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29-Mar-99 30-Mar-99 Bulgaria
National workshopGovernment Procurement and training for
Ministry and municipal officials on aspects of
implementationAmerican Bar
Association/Central and East
European Law
Initiative(ABA/CEELI)No cost for WTO Organizers IPD
14-Apr-99 15-Apr-99 Belgium
Symposium
International Task Force on Commodity Risk
Management in developing CountriesWorld Bank WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)ERAD
15-Apr-99 16-Apr-99 Italy
Colloquium
Meetings with FAO staff About FAO'scontribution to the Integrated Framework for
LDCsFAO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
03-May-99 04-May-99 France (for Tanzania)
Symposium
World Bank-Consultative group meeting for
Tanzania (Integrated Framework for LDCs -
Follow-up to HLM)World Bank WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
27-May-99 30-May-99 Turkey
Regional seminar
Promotion of Public Procurement in EasternEurope and the former Soviet UnionOECD WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)IPD
01-Jun-99 02-Jun-99 United Kingdom
Colloquium
Commonwealth Business CouncilCommonwealth WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TSD
14-Jun-99 15-Jun-99 Austria
Technical mission
JVI Board meetingJoint Vienna
Institute (JVI)WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)ERAD
24-Jun-99 25-Jun-99 France
Regional seminar
Asia/Europe Meeting (ASEM) seminar on
Intellectual PropertyEuropean Union [..............] IPDWT/COMTD/W/70
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regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
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12-Jul-99 16-Jul-99 Netherlands
Technical missionFellowship Programme on International Law -Dispute SettlementUNITAR Netherlands Trust
FundUNITAR LegD Combined with OAS course in
Washington
22-Jul-99 22-Jul-99 France
ConferenceConsultations: renewal of the Lomé ConventionMinistre de
l'Economie, desFinance et du Plandu Sénégal;
Coalition
mondiale pourl'AfriqueWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
20-Aug-99 20-Aug-99 France
Conference
Discuss with the Agence de la Francophonie a
project proposal to be carried out over 2 yearsfor training seminars on trade negotiations forFrench-speaking countries.Agence de la
FrancophonieWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD Donor agencies and executing
organizations, including WTO,
UNCTAD, ITC
25-Aug-99 27-Aug-99 Kyrgyz Republic
Regional seminar
Copyright and related rights enforcement in theTRIPS AgreementWIPO No cost for WTO WIPO IPD Kazakstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russian
Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,Uzbekistan
07-Sep-99 07-Sep-99 France
Training course
Course on Intellectual Property for developing
countriesWIPO / Centre
d'Etudes
Internationales de
la PropriétéIntellectuelle(CEIPI)CEIPI IPD
26-Sep-99 28-Sep-99 France
Symposium
Brainstorming session on the Ministerial
Meeting for Developing countriesITC WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
12-Oct-99 12-Oct-99 Austria
Symposium
Presentation of the WTO Integrated Framework
to Senior Management of UNIDOUNIDO Programme Support
FundDDWT/COMTD/W/70
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fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
14-Oct-99 14-Oct-99 Belgium
Conference"WTO and the Multilateral Trading System -Opportunities and Challenges , with particular
reference to the 3d Ministerial Conference" for
the EC Translation Service Civil ServantsEuropean
CommissionWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)LegD
08-Nov-99 08-Nov-99 United Kingdom
Colloquium
Discussions with DFID and attend Oxfam
ConferenceDFID and Oxfam Programme Support
FundDD
17-Nov-99 17-Nov-99 Estonia
Conference
FDI Policy and Private Sector development inthe Baltic StatesOECD WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)AccD Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
23-Nov-99 25-Nov-99 Spain
Training course
Agriculture:  WTO and its Impact on Agro-foodMarketing (13 countries)International
Centre forAdvancedMediterranean
Agronomic
Studies(CIHEAM)Netherlands Trust
FundOECD TCD Albania, Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece,
Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco,Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey
06-Dec-99 07-Dec-99 Romania
National seminarImplications of the TBT Agreement for theBusiness Community:  WTO (organization and
responsibilities), TBT Agreement, conformity
assessment in the TBT Agreement, certificationand accreditation, inspection services, mutualrecognition agreements, role of international and
regional systems for conformity assessmentITC No cost for WTO ITC TEDWT/COMTD/W/70
Page 90ANNEX 3.d
ACTIVITIES WHERE WTO WAS INVITED (138)
NORTH / LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (34)
Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
14-Feb-99 19-Feb-99 Colombia
Colloquium6th Meeting of the Open-Ended Ad-hocWorking Group on BiosafetyConvention on
BiologicalDiversityWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)AgD Combined trip with Costa Rica
15-Feb-99 16-Feb-99 Honduras
Technical mission
Participation in the Third Course on CentralAmerica in the framework of international trade
agreements Research
Institute onEconomics of theUniversity of
Costa Rica /
SIECANo cost for WTO Extension
expenses to beborne by theorganizersTCD Combined with Bolivia - Extension
expenses to be borne by the organizers.TC98
17-Feb-99 19-Feb-99 Saint Lucia
Conference
Trade-related issues in small developing
economiesWorld Bank WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)DD
25-Feb-99 26-Feb-99 Mexico
Technical mission
Future Negotiations on Trade in ServicesEconomic
Commission forLatin America
and the CaribbeanWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD Combined with Nicaragua
28-Feb-99 02-Mar-99 Costa Rica
Conference
Participation in Conference and WorkshopsMinisterio de la
PresidenciaWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)ERAD
17-Mar-99 17-Mar-99 Peru
Symposium
Government ProcurementAndean
CommunityWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)IPD
29-Mar-99 01-Apr-99 Bahamas
National workshop
Workshop on the WTO, consultations onimplications of WTO MembershipPermanent
SecretariatWTO/TC (Regular
budget)TCD Combined with New Zealand
05-Apr-99 07-Apr-99 United States of America
Symposium
Committee on Electronic CommerceFTAA WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TSDWT/COMTD/W/70
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14-Apr-99 15-Apr-99 Dominica
Regional seminarCARICOM seminar for Caribbean countriesWIPO WIPO IPD Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas,
Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada,Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Kittsand Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the
Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and
Tobago
27-Apr-99 29-Apr-99 United States of America
SymposiumJVI Board MeetingJoint Vienna
Institute (JVI)WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)ERAD
05-May-99 07-May-99 Argentina
Technical mission
Data entry softwareSIECA  /  Inter-
AmericanDevelopmentBank (IADB)Switzerland Trust
FundStat.D
10-May-99 12-May-99 Argentina
Symposium
Prospects for Global liberalization: implicationsfor EC-MERCOSURMERCOSUR WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)DD
07-Jun-99 11-Jun-99 United States of America
Regional workshop
Campus on International Trade: Anti-dumping,Regional Trade Agreements, TRIPS, Trade inServicesUTA / UNITAR WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia, Central
African Republic, China, P.R., Croatia,
Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, Grenada,Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, India, Jamaica,Jordan, Lesotho, Lithuania, Lebanon,
Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman,
Korea, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Thailand,Trinidad & Tobago, Tanzania, Ukraine,Yemen.
14-Jun-99 16-Jun-99 Peru
Regional seminar
Multilateral Trade NegotiationsSELA /
ANDEAN
CommunityUnited Kingdom
Trust FundLSDoc.
14-Jun-99 14-Jun-99 El Salvador
Regional seminar
TBT Agreement for Central American countriesGovernment of El
SalvadorNetherlands Trust
FundTED Combined with OAS Course in
Washington
16-Jun-99 17-Jun-99 Colombia
National seminarAgriculture: preparation for future negotiationsMinisterio de
ComercioExteriorWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)AgDWT/COMTD/W/70
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CommentsCOMTD
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16-Jun-99 18-Jun-99 Argentina
ColloquiumParticipation in the Steering Committee forLatin-American Trade NetworkUNCTAD / Inter-
AmericanDevelopmentBank (IADB)WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)ERAD
19-Jun-99 19-Jun-99 Bahamas
Conference:  the 25th Anniversary Celebration
of the Central Bank of the Bahamas: Integrationof small service-oriented developing countries in
the world economy: challenges and
opportunities.Central Bank of
the BahamasNetherlands Trust
FundTCD Officials from Bahamas, Caribbean,
North and Latin America, Europe.Combined with Grenada and Jamaica
06-Jul-99 08-Jul-99 Argentina
Technical missionPC data entry Software; Technical Assistance toArgentina on IDBSIECA / Inter-
AmericanDevelopmentBank (IADB)Switzerland Trust
FundStat.D
12-Jul-99 14-Jul-99 Peru
Technical mission
PC data entry Software; Technical Assistance toPeru on IDBSIECA / Inter-
American
DevelopmentBank (IADB)Switzerland Trust
FundStat.D
19-Jul-99 23-Jul-99 Guatemala
Technical mission
PC data entry Software; Technical Assistance toGuatemala on IDBSIECA / Inter-
American
DevelopmentBank (IADB)Switzerland Trust
FundStat.D
19-Jul-99 23-Jul-99 Cayman Islands
Regional seminar
5th Annual Policy seminar - Deliberations onRegional, International and National Policyissues, Global Technological innovations and
new servicesCaribbean
Telecommunicati
ons UnionWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TSD
02-Aug-99 04-Aug-99 Dominican Republic
Regional workshop
Inter-regional Governmental Experts meeting onthe Agenda for the Seattle MinisterialConferenceUNCTAD WTO/TC (Regular
Budget); United
Kingdom TrustFundTPRD, TCDWT/COMTD/W/70
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CommentsCOMTD
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09-Aug-99 12-Aug-99 Dominican Republic
Regional workshopPositive Agenda for Central American Countries
– Preparation for the Seattle Ministerial
ConferenceUNCTAD WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TED Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Dominican Rep., Egypt, India,Indonesia, Jamaica, Korea, Rep. of,
Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines,
Singapore, South Africa, Thailand,Uruguay, Venezuela,, Zimbabwe
16-Aug-99 17-Aug-99 Brazil
National seminarSeminar on Intellectual PropertyBrazilian
IntellectualPropertyAssociation
(ABPI)Sponsors IPD
26-Aug-99 27-Aug-99 Costa Rica
Regional workshop
SPS - Future Food Safety challenges andopportunitiesIICA
(InterAmerican
Institute forCooperation onAgriculture);
World Bank;
BrazilianAgriculturalResearch Institute
(EMBRAPA).WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)IICA AgD Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica,
Mexico; CARICOM, FAO, IAEA, IADB,
IPPC, OIE, PAHO
06-Sep-99 07-Sep-99 Peru
Meeting of government officials responsible fortrade policy of ANDEAN Community- Preparation for the Seattle WTO MinisterialConferenceSELA/ANDEAN WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
23-Sep-99 24-Sep-99 United States of America
Colloquium
International task Force meeting on Commodity
Risk Management in developing countries.IMF / World
BankTechnical
Assistance SurplusERAD
30-Sep-99 02-Oct-99 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Regional workshop
Opportunities and Challenges: Understanding
the GATS and preparing for a new round ofTrade in ServicesCommonwealth
SecretariatWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TSDWT/COMTD/W/70
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regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
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12-Oct-99 13-Oct-99 Trinidad and Tobago
Regional workshopCompetition Law and PolicyUNCTAD /
CARICOM /UWIUnited Kingdom
Trust FundIPD Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas,
(Barbados), (Belize), (Dominica),Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana,
Jamaica, Haiti, St Kitts and Nevis, (Saint
Lucia), St Vincent and the Grenadines,(Suriname), Trinidad and Tobago, OECS
16-Oct-99 22-Oct-99 Guatemala
Technical missionPC data entry Software; Technical Assistance to
Guatemala on IDBSIECA / Inter-
AmericanDevelopment
Bank (IADB)Switzerland Trust
FundTCD
26-Oct-99 29-Oct-99 Mexico
National seminar
Economic Globalization and Law Globalization
- From the GATT to the WTONational
AutonomousUniversity of
MexicoTechnical
Assistance SurplusTCD
22-Nov-99 24-Nov-99 United States of America
Conference
Revisiting the Diversification of African
Economies in the Global Context - Presentation
on the Integrated FrameworkUnited Nations WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)DD Combined with Ministerial Conference in
Seattle
29-Nov-99 03-Dec-99 Argentina
Conference
OIV 8th CongressOIV No cost for WTO Sponsored IPDWT/COMTD/W/70
Page 95ANNEX 3.e
ACTIVITIES WHERE WTO WAS INVITED (138)
MIDDLE EAST (14)
Technical Cooperation Activities Organiser Funding Other
fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
Reference
24-Jan-99 25-Jan-99 Jordan
Regional workshopGATS for IsDB Member countriesIslamic
DevelopmentBank (IsDB)WTO/TC (Regular
budget) (Terminalexpenses)IsDB TSD Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria,
Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin,Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso,Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti,
Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea
Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan,Kazakstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Rep.,Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives,
Mali, Mauritania, Morocco,
Mozambique, Niger, Oman, Pakistan,Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname,
Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey,
Turkmenistan, Uganda, United ArabEmirates, Yemen
01-Feb-99 01-Feb-99 Lebanon
Technical missionTBT for UNESCWA staffUNESCWA WTO/TC (Regular
budget)TED Combined with Jordan (2-3 Feb. 99)
10-Feb-99 10-Feb-99 United Arab Emirates
Conference
World Trade Organization: Implications forIndustry and BusinessIndian Business
CouncilWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
13-Feb-99 14-Feb-99 Saudi Arabia
Training course
Training Programme on 'Agreements of WTOand Its Impacts on the Arab World'Jeddah Chamber
of Commerce and
IndustryWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
22-Feb-99 24-Feb-99 Oman
Regional seminar
WIPO Arab Regional Seminar on the economicimportance of Intellectual PropertyWIPO WIPO IPD
24-Apr-99 24-Apr-99 Kuwait
Training course
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System forMiddle East OfficialsWorld Bank / EDI WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCDWT/COMTD/W/70
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fundingDivision Invited / Participating Countries (in
regional activities)
CommentsCOMTD
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03-May-99 05-May-99 Jordan
Technical missionNegotiation techniques - Brainstorming sessionfor Arab countriesUNCTAD /
UNDPWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TSD
15-May-99 16-May-99 United Arab Emirates
Symposium
Inter-Governmental meeting UNESCWAUNESCWA /
Ministry ofEconomy andTrade / UNDPWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)ERAD Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, SaudiArabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates,Yemen
26-May-99 27-May-99 Palestine
Training courseCommercial Diplomacy Training Modules:TRIPS, TRIMSUNCTAD /
UNITAR / UNDPWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TSD
09-Jun-99 11-Jun-99 Lebanon
Conference
Maritime and Air Transport Services in the ArabregionUNESCWA WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TSD
29-Jun-99 29-Jun-99 Cyprus
National workshop
Liberalization / export promotion of Trade inServicesGovernment of
Cyprus / CyprusAssociation ofManagement
Cl /TechnicalAssistance SurplusTSD
03-Oct-99 06-Oct-99 Oman
Conference
SPS Agreements - 5ème conférence de laCommission régionale de l'OIE pour le Moyen-
Orient: 'Impact sur le Commerce des animaux et
produits d'origine animale au Moyen-Orient'Office
International desEpizooties (OIE)WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)AgD
01-Nov-99 04-Nov-99 Lebanon
Symposium
Expert Group Meeting on Trade and
Environment in the ESCWA region - Impact ofWTO CTE work items on trade in ESCWAmember states;  case studies from the ESCWA
region;  sector assessments of the trade and
environment relationshipUNESCWA /
UNCTAD /
Harvard
Institution forInternationalDevelopmentUnited Kingdom
Trust FundESCWA
(DSA)TED ESCWA Member countries, International
Organizations (WTO, UNCTAD, UNEP),
Regional Organizations (METAP,
ENVIROTECH), experts (HIID, etc.),various embassy representatives,ESCWA staff
07-Nov-99 10-Nov-99 Saudi Arabia
Regional seminarTBT and SPS enquiry pointsUNDP / ITC /
AIDMOWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)ITC TCDWT/COMTD/W/70
Page 97ANNEX II
ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT UNDER THE INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK
This table represents missions organized by WTO.  It includes missions where some LDCs were invited together with other develop ing countries to a Regional Seminar;  individual LDC country
missions covered under JITAP;  and the two short-term trade policy courses for LDCs.
Start Date End Date Technical Cooperation Activities Organizer Funding Other
fundingDivision Participating Countries/
Note
25-Jan-99 27-Jan-99 Guinea
National workshop
WTO and the Multilateral Trading SystemWTO WTO/TC (Regular
budget)TCD Postponed from 1998
08-Feb-99 09-Feb-99 Sudan
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference Centre -
Follow-u p to HLMWTO Polish Trust Fund IMRD, TCD Initially combined with Republic of Congo
08-Feb-99 10-Feb-99 Nepal
National workshop
Trade FacilitationNepal Trade
Facilitation Project /UNCTADWTO/TC (Regular
budget)MAccD
16-Feb-99 17-Feb-99 United States of America
Colloquium
Inter-agency Working Group meeting -Follow-up to HLMWTO / UNCTAD / ITC
/ WB / IMF / UNDPSweden Trust Fund TCD
22-Feb-99 25-Feb-99 Central African Republic
National workshop
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System and
IDBUDEAC WTO/TC (Regular
budget);Switzerland Trust
FundUDEAC TCD, Stat.D
22-Feb-99 26-Feb-99 Nepal
National seminar
Trade NegotiationsWTO Sweden Trust Fund TCD
22-Feb-99 26-Feb-99 Australia
Colloquium
1. Codex Committee on Food Imports andExports Inspection and Certification Systems
2. Workshop for LDC Food Officials (25 Feb.)FAO / WHO Sweden Trust Fund AgD
24-Feb-99 26-Feb-99 Switzerland
Regional workshop
1. Reference Centres Workshop for 17countries; 2. Notification Requirementsseminar open to all WTO membersWTO Technical
Assistance SurplusIMRD Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina
Faso, Burundi, Chad, Ghana, Guinea,
Kenya, Malawi, Maldives, Mali,Mozambique, Niger, Solomon Islands,Uganda, ZambiaWT/COMTD/W/70
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28-Feb-99 04-Mar-99 Bangladesh
Technical missionCustoms valuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundMAccD
09-Mar-99 12-Mar-99 Tanzania
Regional workshop
TBT, SPS, Quality management andcertification, agriculture for East AfricaWTO / UNCTAD / ITC Switzerland Trust
FundTED
10-Mar-99 11-Mar-99 Uganda
Symposium
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System
implementation for policy makers.WTO / UNCTAD / ITC JITAP Fund TCD
14-Mar-99 16-Mar-99 Bangladesh
National workshop
Impact of the Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing on LDC Trade and EconomyWTO / ITC WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TexD
22-Mar-99 23-Mar-99 Lesotho
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference Centre -
Follow-up to HLMWTO Hong Kong, China
Fund; ProgrammeSupport FundID, IMRD
22-Mar-99 23-Mar-99 Western Samoa
Technical mission
Establishment of WTO Reference CentreWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD, ID Combined with Fiji
23-Mar-99 26-Mar-99 Central African Republic
WTO/WIPO Joint Symposium on the
implementation of the TRIPS Agreement for
Sub-Saharan French speaking LDCs - Follow-u
p to HLMWTO / WIPO Sweden Trust Fund WIPO IPD
24-Mar-99 28-Mar-99 Lesotho
National seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System -Follow-up to HLMWTO WTO/TC (Regular
budget)TCD
25-Mar-99 26-Mar-99 Cambodia
National seminar
GATSWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TSD
27-Apr-99 07-May-99 Cambodia
Technical mission
Legal Consultancy - Finalization of theMemorandum Foreign Trade RegimeWTO Legal Assistance
SurplusTCD ConsultantWT/COMTD/W/70
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29-Apr-99 30-Apr-99 Mali
National seminar
Trade-related Round Table  -  Implementation
and Legislation Adjustment (continuation from1998) - Follow-up to High Level MeetingWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD Combined with Ghana (JITAP)
03-May-99 06-May-99 Djibouti
Regional seminar
Trade and Environment and IDB for French-speaking African countriesWTO Sweden Trust Fund;
Programme Support
FundTED, StatD,
TCDAngola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African
Rep., Chad, Comoros, Rep. Of Congo,Democratic Rep. Of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire,Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau,
Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Mali,
Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome &Principe, Senegal, Togo, (UDEAC)
03-May-99 04-May-99 France (for Tanzania)
Symposium
World Bank-Consultative group meeting for
Tanzania (Integrated Framework for LDCs -Follow-up to HLM)World Bank WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD Tanzania
16-May-99 18-May-99 Maldives
Regional seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading SystemWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTraining, TCD Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives,
Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
20-May-99 21-May-99 Equatorial Guinea
Technical missionEstablishment of WTO Reference Centre -Follow-up to HLMWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTCD
16-Jun-99 17-Jun-99 Myanmar
National seminar
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, andWTO Notification Obligations and ProceduresWTO Hong Kong, China
FundTexD Other activities will be decided with the
Myanmar authorities
21-Jun-99 25-Jun-99 South Africa
Regional workshopPreparation for the Third Ministerial
Conference for Senior Advisors to Ministers of
trade in LDCsUNCTAD Netherlands Trust
FundDD
21-Jun-99 23-Jun-99 Zambia
Technical mission
Customs valuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundMAccDWT/COMTD/W/70
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Note
23-Jun-99 25-Jun-99 Bangladesh
Colloquium
Inter-agency Working Group meeting -
Follow-up to HLMWTO / UNCTAD / ITC
/ WB / IMF / UNDPWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
05-Jul-99 08-Jul-99 Madagascar
National seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System forPublic and Private sectorsWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
08-Jul-99 09-Jul-99 Madagascar
Technical mission
Training on WTO Reference Centre and IDBWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
12-Jul-99 30-Jul-99 Switzerland
Training course
Short Trade Policy Course for 21 French-speaking LDCs - Follow-up to HLMWTO Switzerland Trust
FundTCD Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Cape Verde, Central African Rep., Chad,
Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep., Djibouti,Guinea, Guinea Bissau, EquatorialGuinea, Haiti, Madagascar, Mali,
Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome &
Principe, Togo
12-Jul-99 13-Jul-99 Madagascar
Technical missionImplementation of the Agreement on CustomsValuationWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget);
Switzerland TrustFundTCD
21-Jul-99 22-Jul-99 Ethiopia
Colloquium
Brainstorming Meeting for Africa and the
WTO in the New MillenniumWTO / Economic
Commission for Africa
(ECA)Norway Trust Fund TCD, DD
02-Aug-99 06-Aug-99 Tanzania
Technical mission
Join the process of the Integrated Framework
for Trade-Related Technical Assistance toLDCs with the TPR process. Follow-up toHLMWTO WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
02-Aug-99 05-Aug-99 Guinea
Regional seminar
SPS and TBT for French-speaking African
Members of the IsDB (10) - Implications of theTBT and SPS Agreements for the BusinessCommunityWTO  / ITC / Islamic
Development Bank
(IsDB); in cooperation
with FAONo cost IDB TED Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Comoros,
Djibouti, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal,
Togo
Initially scheduled in Senegal; moved toGuineaWT/COMTD/W/70
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18-Aug-99 20-Aug-99 Uganda
Regional seminarIntroductory Course in the TRIPS Agreementand other aspects of intellectual PropertyWIPO No cost WIPO IPD Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana,
Lesotho, Liberia, Mauritius, Malawi,Nigeria, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda,Zambia, Zimbabwe, OAU, SADC
06-Sep-99 10-Sep-99 Western Samoa
Regional seminarWTO and the Multilateral Trading System for
the Pacific region (ACP)WTO / ACP
SecretariatWTO/TC (Regular
Budget) for TE inGenevaEuropean
Commission / ACP
FundTCD Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea,
Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu,Vanuatu, Forum Secretariat
07-Sep-99 10-Sep-99 Benin
Regional workshopMarket Access Issues for West Africa
(Customs valuation, tariffs, rules of origin,
regional integration, PSI)WTO / UNCTAD / ITC JITAP Fund TCD Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire,
GhanaExternal consultants
13-Sep-99 13-Sep-99 Switzerland
SymposiumCompetition Policy and Civil Society - Fourth
symposiumWTO / World Bank /
UNCTADNo cost World
bank,UNCTAD,
ECIPD WTO members and observers
21-Sep-99 24-Sep-99 Uganda
Regional workshop
Market Access Issues for East Africa(Customs valuation, tariffs, rules of origin,
regional integration, PSI)WTO / UNCTAD / ITC JITAP Fund MAccD
22-Sep-99 26-Sep-99 Niger
National seminar
Implementation Issues and Notificationrequirements: Trade in Services & Goods,TRIPS Notifications- Electronic commerce -
Integrated database  (IDB) - Preparation to
SeattleWTO Switzerland Trust
Fund; Programme
Support FundTCD
26-Sep-99 28-Sep-99 France
Symposium
Brainstorming session on the Ministerial
Meeting for Developing countriesITC WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)TCD
27-Sep-99 01-Oct-99 Cape Verde
Technical mission
Consultations on implications of WTO
Membership for Cape VerdeWTO Programme Support
FundTCDWT/COMTD/W/70
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04-Oct-99 04-Oct-99 Switzerland (for Tanzania)
National seminarPreparation for Trade-related Round Table -Follow-up to HLMWTO JITAP Fund TCD Initially, Trade-related Round Table -
changed to informal meeting!
04-Oct-99 08-Oct-99 Mauritania
National seminarImplementation Issues and Notification
requirements - Follow-up to HLMWTO Switzerland Trust
FundERAD
05-Oct-99 08-Oct-99 Zambia
National seminar
Preparation for Trade-related Round Table  -Follow-up to HLMWTO Programme Support
FundTCD
08-Oct-99 09-Oct-99 Australia
Regional workshop
Food Safety for LDCsFAO/Codex
Alimentarius
CommissionWTO/TC (Regular
Budget)AgD 50 + developing countries
11-Oct-99 15-Oct-99 Mauritania
Technical mission
Technical Assistance on Customs ValuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundERAD
11-Oct-99 13-Oct-99 Djibouti
Regional seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading system for
IGADWTO / IGAD United Kingdom
Trust FundIGAD TCD Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan,
Uganda
12-Oct-99 12-Oct-99 Austria
SymposiumPresentation of the WTO IntegratedFramework to Senior Management of UNIDOUNIDO Programme Support
FundDD
14-Oct-99 14-Oct-99 Tanzania
National seminar
Trade-related Round Table - Follow-up toHigh Level Meeting - Integrated FrameworkWTO / UNCTAD / ITC
/ WB / IMF / UNDPProgramme Support
FundTCD
18-Oct-99 20-Oct-99 Ethiopia
Regional seminar
Ad Hoc Experts Group Meeting on Africa in
the Post-Uruguay Round: Strengthening
Capacity-building of Africa for the comingRoundWTO / Economic
Commission for Africa(ECA)WTO/TC (Regular
Budget)ERADWT/COMTD/W/70
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19-Oct-99 21-Oct-99 Uganda
Regional workshop
WTO Agreements and Agriculture for East
African Community countriesWTO / UNCTAD / ITC JITAP Fund AgD Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
25-Oct-99 29-Oct-99 Uganda
Technical mission
Technical Assistance on Customs Valuation -Fact-finding, meetings with task-forceWTO Norway Trust Fund MAccD 1 WTO Official and 1 consultant
01-Nov-99 19-Nov-99 Switzerland (Geneva)
Training course
Short Trade Policy Course for 24 English-speaking LDCs - Follow-up to HLMWTO New Zealand Trust
Fund, UnitedKingdom TrustFundTCD Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cambodia, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Gambia, Kiribati, Lao, P. Dem.Rep., Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Maldives,Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar,
Nepal, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan,
Tanzania, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu,Western Samoa, Zambia
04-Nov-99 05-Nov-99 Uganda
National workshopHigh-level symposium: WTO and theMultilateral Trading System for policy makers.WTO / UNCTAD / ITC JITAP Fund TCD
08-Nov-99 11-Nov-99 Bangladesh
Technical mission
Accompany TPR missionWTO Sweden Trust Fund TCD
08-Nov-99 12-Nov-99 Ethiopia
Regional workshop
Comparative Analysis of Commitments of
African countries under the Treaty
establishing the African Economic Communityand the Multilateral Trading SystemEconomic
Commission for Africa(ECA)Sweden Trust Fund ECA (for
one WTOOfficial)TCD, ERAD Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana,
Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa,Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
08-Nov-99 12-Nov-99 Burkina Faso
National workshopAgricultureWTO / UNCTAD / ITC JITAP Fund TCD
11-Nov-99 12-Nov-99 Haiti
National seminar
Trade-related Round Table - Follow-up toHigh Level MeetingHLMWTO Norway Trust Fund TCDWT/COMTD/W/70
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22-Nov-99 23-Nov-99 Burkina Faso
National workshop
High-level symposium: WTO and the
Multilateral Trading System for policy makers.WTO / UNCTAD / ITC JITAP Fund TCD
23-Nov-99 24-Nov-99 Switzerland (for Gambia)
National seminar
Trade-related Round Table  -  LegislationAdjustment  -  Follow-up to HLMWTO / UNCTAD / ITC
/ WB / UNDP / IMF[..............] TCD
29-Nov-99 03-Dec-99 Mali
Technical mission
Technical Assistance on Customs ValuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundERAD, MAccD
13-Dec-99 17-Dec-99 Democratic Republic of Congo
Technical mission
Technical Assistance on Customs ValuationWTO Switzerland Trust
FundMAccD 1 WTO Official and 1 consultant
13-Dec-99 14-Dec-99 Mali
Technical mission
Integrated Database Technical Assistance -Presentation of IDB.Consultations with specific governmental
services.WTO Switzerland Trust
FundStat.D
13-Dec-99 17-Dec-99 Guinea
National seminar
Implementation Issues and Notification
requirements - IDB presentation - IntellectualPropertyWTO Switzerland Trust
FundTCD
14-Dec-99 17-Dec-99 Nepal
Technical mission
WTO and the Multilateral Trading SystemESCAP Hong Kong, China
FundESCAP TCD
16-Dec-99 17-Dec-99 Togo
Technical mission
Integrated Database Technical Assistance:presentation of IDB.Consultations with specific governmental
servicesWTO Switzerland Trust
FundStat.DWT/COMTD/W/70
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ANNEX III
WTO REFERENCE CENTRES:
CONTACT PERSONS AND ADDRESSES
Country Contact Persons and Addresses
Angola Mr. Joao Lusevikueno, National Director of International Cooperation, Ministry of
Commerce, Largo 4, de Fevereiro 3, Luanda. Angola. Tel. 00244-2-33-8737;Facsimile: 00244-2-33-1318.  E-mail: minco.gii@ebonet.net
Antigua & Barbuda Mr. Colin Murdoch, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Queen
Elizabeth Highway, St. John's.  Tel. 001268-462-4956; Facsimile: 001268-462-3225;  E-mail: minforeign@candw.ag
Bahrain Mr. A. Zainalabedine, Director of Foreign Trade Relations, Ministry of
Commerce, P. O. Box 5479, Manaama. Bahrain. Tel. 00973-531-063; Facsimile:
00973-536-145.  E-mail:  N.A.
Bangladesh Mr. A. Kamal, Joint Secretary, International Trade Office, Ministry of Commerce,
Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka. Tel. 00880-2-869-508; Facsimile: 00880-
2-865-741. E-mail: minofcom@bdonline.com
Barbados Mr. Samuel Chandler, Permanent Secretary (Foreign Trade), Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Foreign Trade, Jemmotts Lane, St. Michael.  Barbados.  W. I.
Tel.  001 246 430 1200;   Fax:  001 246 228 7840.E-mail: trade@foreign.barbadosgov.org  / pscarcomu@caribsurf
Bénin M. Segnon Quenum, Directeur du commerce extérieur, Ministère du Commerce,
de l'Artisanat et du Tourisme, B.P. 2037 Cotonou. Rép. du Bénin. Tel. 00229-307-
010; 00229-307-014 /15; Fax: 00229-307-031. E-mail: mcatdce@intnet.bj
Bhutan Mr. Pema Rinchen, WTO Dealing Officer, BEDP, Trade Division, Ministry of
Trade and Industry, P. O. Box 41, Thimphu. Bhutan. Tel. 00975-2-322407; Fax:00975-2-323936.  E-mail: bepc@druknet.net.bt
Botswana Mr. K. Laletsang, Assistant Director (Foreign Trade) or Mr. Moses Ngkari, IT
officer, Dept. of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Commerce andIndustries, Private Bag 00252, Gaborone. Botswana. Tel. +267-306-904; fax:
+267-375-239. E-mail: mnkgari@gov.bw  and klaletsang@hotmail.com
Burkina Faso Mme Albertine Sawadogo-Simpore, Direction Générale du Commerce, Ministère
du Commerce, de l'Industrie et de l'Artisanat, 01 BP 517 Ouagadougou 01. Tel.00226-324-786 /87; Fax: 00226-324-828. E-mail: mcia@cenatrin.bf
Burundi Mr. Emmanuel Nkengurutse, Directeur du Commerce extérieur, Ministère du
Commerce, de l'Industrie et du Tourisme, BP 492, Bujumbura. Tel. 00257-22-2204; Fax: 00257-22-5595.  E-mail: comext@cbinf.com
Cambodia Mr. Tekreth Samrach, Deputy Director, Division for Asean and international
organizations, Ministry of Commerce, #20 A-B, Preash Norodom Blvd, Phnom
Penh.  Kingdom of Cambodia.  Tel. 00855-15-833-446; Fax: 00855-23-426-396.
E-mail: wtooffice@camnet.com.kh
Cape Verde Mr. José Julio Monteiro Sanches, Director of Commerce, Ministry of Tourism,
Industry and Commerce, Praia.  Cape Verde. Tel. 00238-613-142; Facsimile:00238-613-897.  E-mail: dgcind@mail.cvtelecom.cv
Central African Rep. M. Timothé Koli Passé, Directeur du Commerce Extérieur, Ministère du
l'Industrie, du Commerce, et des PME-PMI. Bangui. République Centrafricaine.
Tel. 00236-61-1055; Fax: 00236-61-7538. E-mail: mincomde@intnet.cf
Chad M. Madibaye Djimadoumbaye, Directeur du Commerce extérieur, Ministère du
Développement industriel, commercial et artisanal, B.P. 424, N'Djaména.République du Tchad. Tel. 00235-52-3049; Fax: 00235-52-3534. E-mail:
mdica.dg@intnet.td
Congo, DR M. Wemo Djunga, Conseiller, Ministère du Commerce Extérieur, 2381, avenue de
la justice, BP 3095 Kinshasa Gombe. République de Congo démocratique, Tel.00243-880-2030; Fax: 00243-880-2537. E-mail:
 rdccom@ic.cd
Côte d'Ivoire M. V. Sahouet Bizié, Directeur, Direction de la Promotion du CommerceWT/COMTD/W/70
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Extérieur, Ministère du Commerce, B.P. V143, Abidjan. Tel. 00225-212-635;
Facsimile: 00225-212-334. E-mail: minicomex@netafric.ci
Cuba Ms. Ileana Paéz Márquez, Jefe Servicio de Información Comercial,  Ministerio del
Comercio Exterior, Infanta 16, Esq. Calle. 23, Vedado, La Habana. Cuba. Tel.
00537-543-162; Fax: 00537-662-220.  E-mail: cepecsic@infocex.cu
Djibouti M. Ahmed Ibrahim, Ministère du Commerce et du Tourisme, B.P. 121-24,
Djibouti. Tel. 00253-353-253; Fax: 00253-354-909. E-mail: Commerce@intnet.dj
or ibrahim@intnet.dj
Dominica Mr. Allan J. Paul, Director, Trade & Marketing; Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Trade and Marketing; Government Headquarters, Kennedy Avenue,Roseau.  Tel. 001 767-448-2401 ext. 3202; Facsimile: 001-767-448 6103 / 001767-448 52 00;  E-mail: domtrade@cwdom.dm
Dominican Republic Ms. Maritza Amalia Guerrero, Embajadora Técnica, Encargada asuntos
GATT/OMC, Secretaría de Estado de Relaciones Exteriores, Avenida
Independencia, Santo Domingo. Tel. 001-809-535-9730; Facsimile: 001-809-535-9610; E-mail: serex@serex.gov.do  OR mguerrero@serex.gov.do
Egypt Mr. Fadel Mohamed Yacoub, Commercial Attaché (Coordinator for the WTO),
Department of International Economic Organization, 96 Ahmed Orabi Street,Mohandeeseen Guiza, Cairo. Egypt.  Fax:  (202) 345-1840, Tel.  (202) 347-1890.E-mail: wtotam@idsc.gov.eg
Equatorial Guinea Mr. Jeronimo Osa Osa-Ecoro, Director-General of Trade, Ministry of Industry,
Trade and Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises, Malabo. Tel. 00240-922-
33; Fax: 00240-950-66. E-mail: N.A.
Ethiopia Mr. Petros Kasahun, Head Information & Documentation Service, Ministry ofTrade and Industry, P.O.Box 704, Addis Ababa. Tel. 002511-152-502; Fax:002511-545-411.  E-mail: TPAddis@telecom.net.et
Fiji Mr. Amena V. Yauvoli, Chief Assistant Secretary (WTO), Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and External Trade, Government Buildings, Suva, Fiji.
Tel.:  00679 211 609; Fax:  00679 301 741.  E-mail:   ayauvoli@govnet.gov.fj
Gabon Mr. Luc Pandjo Boumba, Directeur-Général du Commerce, or Ms. Flore Mbina
Yangou, IT officer, Ministère du Commerce, du Tourisme, du Développement, del'Industrie et de l'Artisanat, Libreville, Gabon. Tel. +241-760-991; fax: +241-721-538. E-mail: commerce@inet.ga  and missyangou@caramail.com
Gambia Mr. Bai Ibrahim Jobe, Ag. Permanent Secretary, Department of State for Trade,
Industry and Emplyment, NIPA Building, Buckle Street, Banjul. The Gambia.Tel. 00220-228-369; Fax: 00220-227-756.  E-mail: mintrade@qanet.gm
Ghana Mr. Kofi Larbi, Ministry of Trade and Industry, P. O. Box M47, Accra. Tel.
00233-21-663-188; Fax: 00233-21-662-428. E-mail: MOTI@ighmail.com
Grenada Mr. Curlan Gilchrist, Director of Trade, Government Financial Complex Buildings
St. George's.  Grenada W1. Tel. 001-473-440-2101; Fax: 001-473-440-0775. E-mail: wtogda@caribsurf.com
Guinea Mme. Salématou Camara Bangoura, Chef de la Section Information et
Documentation à la Direction Nationale du Commerce et de la Concurrence,Ministère du Commerce, de l'Industrie et des PME, B.P. 468, Conakry. Guinée.Tel. 00224-45-3737 Fax:  00224-41-3990. E-mail: dncc@leland-gn.org
Guinea-Bissau M. Sako Camara, Directeur du Commerce extérieur, Ministère du Commerce, du
Tourisme, de l'Industrie et de l'Artisanat, B. P. 85, 1000 Bissau.  Guinée-Bissau.Tel. 00245-21-1682; Fax: 00245-20-1769. E-mail: secita@sol.gtelecom.gw
Guyana Ms. Natasha Sweatnham, Administrative Assistant to the Minister, Ministry of
Trade, Tourism and Industry, 229 South Road, Georgetown. Guyana.Tel.:  00592 2 54176;  Fax:  00592 2 54310.  E-mail address : mtti@sdnp.org.gy
Haiti Mr. Jean-Elie Daniel, Directeur-Général, Ministère du Commerce et de l'Industrie,
Port-au-Prince. Haiti. Tel. 00509-22-5674; Fax: 00509-23-8402. Email:
mcidg@compa.net
Jamaica Ms. Marcia Thomas, Foreign Service Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Foreign Trade, 21 Dominica Drive, Kingston 5, Jamaica. W.I. Tel. 001-876-926-WT/COMTD/W/70
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4220 /8; Facsimile: 001-876-929-6733. E-mail: ftmfaja@cwjamaica.com  OR
mfaftjam@cwjamaica.com
Kenya Mr. Lawrence Makumba, Department of External Trade, Ministry of Commerceand Industry, P. O. Box 43137, Nairobi. Tel. 00254-2-340-010 /224-6; Fax:
00254-2-226-036.  E-mail: kextrade@africaonline.co.ke
Kuwait Mr. Abdulla A. Al-Qallaf, Head of International Organizations, Supervisor of the
WTO Unit, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, P.O. Box 2944, SAFAT 13030,Kuwait. Tel. 00965-248-3716; Fax: 00965-244-6482. E-mail: zmcift@ncc.moc.kw
Laos Mrs. Khemmani Pholsena, Director General, Foreign Trade Department, Ministry
of Commerce and Tourism, P. O. Box 4107, Vientiane. Lao PDR. Tel. 00856-21-412-008, 415-927; Fax: 00856-21-412-434. E-mail: kembane@laotel.com ;
Lasmac@laonet.net
Lesotho Ms. Lineo Lebona, Trade Promotion Officer, Ministry of Trade and Industry, P.O.
Box 747, Maseru 100. Kingdom of Lesotho. Tel. 00266-322-138; Fax: 00266-310-
326. E-mail: tradepu@lesoff.co.za
Macau Florinda Chan, Director, Macau Econom ic Services. Tel. 00853-386-937; Fax:
00853-590-310.  E-mail:  wto@economia.gov.mo; florinda.chan@economia.gov.mo
Madagascar Mrs. Soanirinela, Director of International Trade, Ministry of Trade and Consumer
Affairs, Ambohidahy, Antananarivo 101. Tel. 00261 20 22 26140; Facsimile:
00261 20 22 264 26.  E-mail: mincom@dts.mg
Malawi Mr. Vivian Chingwalu, Senior Trade Officer, Ministry of Commerce & Industry,
P. O. Box 30366, Lilongwe. Malawi. Tel. 00265-780-244; Fax: 00265-782-183. E-mail: Minci@malawi.net
Maldives Fazeel Najeeb, Assistant Director, Investment; Ministry of Trade, Industries and
Labour; Ghaazee Building, Ameer Ahmed Magu; Male 20-05. Rep. of Maldives.Tel. 00960-32-8181; Fax: 00960-32-3840. E-mail: trademin@dhivehinet.net.mv
Mali Mme Sangaré Niamoto, Chef de Division du commerce extérieur, Ministère de
l'Industrie, du Commerce et de l'Artisanat, B. P. 234. Bamako. Mali. Tel. 00223-
22-4928; Fax: 00223-22-3577. E.mail: dnae@datatech.toolnet.org
Mauritania M. Mohamed Lemine Ould Lemeimy, Directeur du Commerce Extérieur,
Ministère du Commerce, de l'Artisanat et du Tourisme, Nouakchott.  Mauritanie.Tel. 00222-2-51057; Fax: 00222-2-56343. E-mail: comext@mauritania.mr
Mauritius Mr. A. Bhuglah, Trade Officer, Division of International Trade, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Port Louis. Tel. 00230-208-9954; Fax:00230-212-6368. E-mail: motas@bow.intnet.mu
Mongolia Mr. D. Munkhjargal, Foreign Trade Officer, Ministry of External Relations,
Enkhtaivan Str. 7A, Urlaanbaatar. Mongolia. Tel. 00976-1-311-311; Fax: 00976-1-322-127. E-mail: munkhjargal@magicnet.mn
Morocco M. Najib Kalaitlamsani, responsible de la Cellule Informatique et Information,
Direction des Relations Commerciales Internationales, Ministère de l'Industrie, duCommerce et de l'Artisanat, 63 avenue My Youssef, Rabat. Maroc. Tel. 00212-7-703-363; Fax: 00212-7-700-137. E-mail: KALAIN@mcinet.gov.ma
Mozambique Mr. Nicolau Sululo, National Director of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Industries,
Trade and Tourism, P. O. Box 1831, Maputo. Mozambique. Tel. 002581-43-1206;
Fax: 002581-43-0058. E-mail: dnceomc@virconn.com  OR
Chicamba@mictur.imoz.com
Myanmar Mr. U Nyunt Aye, Director-General, Direct orate of Trade, Ministry of Commerce
228/240 Strand Road, Yangon. Myanmar. Tel. 0095-1-28-6442; Facsimile:
0095-1-28-9578, 28-4823.  E-mail:  COM@mptmail.net.mm
Namibia Ms. Paulina Elago, Director of International Trade, Ministry of Trade and
Industry, Private Bag 13340, Windhoek. Tel. 00264-61-283-7287 /7291;Facsimile: 00264-61-253-865. E-mail: katjipuka@mti.gov.na  OR
elago@mti.gov.na
Nepal Dr. Hiramani Ghimire, Under Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Kathmandu.
Kingdom of Nepal.  Tel. 00977-1-224-805; Fax: 00977-1-225-594.  E-mail:
moc@wlink.com.np
Niger Mme Mamadou Aïchatou, Directrice du  Commerce Extérieur, Ministère duWT/COMTD/W/70
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Commerce et de l'Industrie, B.P. 480. Niamey. Niger. Tel. 00227-73-2974;
Facsimile: 00227-73-2150. E-mail: nicom@intnet.ne
Papua New Guinea Ms. Selline Leo, Foreign Service Officer, Department of Foreign Affairs and
Trade, P. O. Box 422, Waigani-Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Tel.:  00675
301 4227; Fax:  00675 323 1011. E-mail address :  wto_unit@datec.com.pg
Rwanda Ms. R. Drocella, Ministère du Commerce, de l'Industrie et des Cooperatives
B.P. 73 Kigali. République Rwandaise. Tel. 00250-74725; Fax: 00250-75465. E-mail: minicom@rwandatel1.rwanda1.com
Saint Kitts & Nevis Ms. Kemoy Liburd Chow, Investment and Trade Officer, Ministry of Trade,
Industry, Caricom Affairs, Youth, Sports & Community Affairs, P. O. Box 186,Church Street, Basseterre. Saint Kitts & Nevis.  W. I.Tel.:  001 869 465 2521;   Fax:  001 869 465 1778.
 E-mail: mintica@caribsurf.com
Saint Lucia Ms. Elma Gene Isaac, Senior Foreign Service Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and International Trade, New Government Buildings, The Waterfront.  Castries,Saint Lucia. W. I.  Tel.: 001 758 452 1178;  Facsimile: 001 758 452 7427.  E-mail:
foreign@candw.lc
Saint Vincent and the
GrenadinesMr. Ellison Clarke, Trade Officer, Department of Trade, Industry and Consumer
Affairs, Egmont Street, Kingstown. St. Vincent & the Grenadines.  Tel: 001-784-456-2442; Fax:  001-784-457-2880.  Email:  mtrade@caribsurf.com
SADC Secretariat Mr. Elliott D.M. Odirile, Statistician, or Mr. Fudzai Pamacheche, Principal
Economist, Private Bag 0095, Gaborone. Botswana. Tel. +267-351-863; fax:
+267-372-848. E-mail: elliott@sadc.int  and fudzai@sadc.int
Samoa Ms. Margaret Malua, Policy & Research Officer, Department of Trade, Commerce
and Industry, P. O. Box 862, Apia. Samoa. Tel.: 00685 20471;  Fax:00685 21646.  E-mail:  tci@samoa.net
Senegal M. Amadou Habibou Ndiaye, Directeur du Commerce Extérieur, Direction du
Commerce Extérieur, Ministère du Commerce et de l'Artisanat, Rue Emile Zola
(angle Leblanc), Building Administratif, Boîte postale 4057, Dakar. Tel. 00221-
821-5725; Fax: 00221-822-3209.  E-mail: nhabibou@cyg.sn  / dmomar@cyg.sn
Seychelles Mr. Jean-Claude d'Offay, Director-General, Ministry of Finance and
Communications, Central Bank Building, P. O. Box 313, Victoria. Tel. 00248-382-015; Fax: 00248-225-265. E-mail: mofwto@seychelles.net
Solomon Islands Mr. Heinz Vaekesa, Director of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce,
Employment and Tourism, P. O. Box G26, Honiara. Solomon Islands.  Tel.:00677-21847;  Fax:  00677-26075. E-mail:  trade@commerce.gov.sb
Sri Lanka Mr. M. M. Abdul Raheem, Asst Director of Commerce. Ministry of Internal &
International Commerce and Food, Department of Commerce, P.O.Box 1507, 4th
Floor, Rakshana Mandraya, 21 Vauxhall Street, Colombo 2. Sri Lanka. Tel.
00941-332-683; Fax: 00941-430-233.  E-mail: fortrade@sri.lanka.net
Sudan Mr. Bashir El Gieli Ahmed, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Khartoum. Tel. 00249-11
776-933; Fax: 00249- 11-773-950. E-mail: moftio@sudanet.com
Suriname Mr. Wong Lun Hing, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Nieuwe Haven, P. O. Box
557, Paramaribo. Suriname. Tel.:  00597 402 339;  Fax:  00597 402 602,or  00597 402 692. E-mail address :dirhi@sr.net or odhi@sr.net.
Tanzania Mr. Harold P. Mushi, Principal Trade O fficer & Head of External Trade Section,
Ministry of Industries and Trade, P. O. Box 9503, Dar es Salaam. Tel. 00255-51-180-418; Fax: 00255- 51-180-371. E-mail: mic@intafrica.com
Togo M. Simfeyedjowa Manamba, Administrateur civil, Chef de Division, Ministère de
l'Industrie et du Commerce, Lomé.  Togo. Tel. 00228-210-552;  Facsimile: 00228-
210-572. E-mail: min_cizf@rdd.tg
Tonga, Kingdom of Ms. S. Vaimoana Fakatulolo, Senior Trade Officer, Ministry of Labour,
Commerce, Industries & Tourism, P.O. Box 110, Nuku'alofa, Kingdom of Tonga.Tel.:  00676 23688;  Fax: 00676 23887. E-mail: commerce@kalianet.to ;
mlci_commerce@hotmail.com; 
sec-lci@Kalianet.to
Trinidad & Tobago Ms. J. Charles, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Riverside Plaza, Level 15, Cor.
Besson and Picadilly Streets, Port-of-Spain. Tel. 001-868-623-2931; Fax: 001-WT/COMTD/W/70
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868-627-8488. E-mail: minti@trinidad.net
Tunisia Mrs. Khadidja Chahloul, Direction générale de la coopération économique et
commerciale, Ministère du Commerce, 37 avenue Khereddine Pacha, 1002 Tunis.Tel. 002161-785-634;  Facsimile: 002161-781-324.
E-mail: mcomm1@risala.ati.tn   / Khedija@Chahloul.ati.tn
Uganda Mr. Peter Elimu Elyetu, Directorate of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Tourism, Trade
and Industry, P. O. Box 7103, Kampala. Tel. 00256-41-231-104; Fax: 00256-41-251-578. E-mail: mintrade@starcom.co.ug
UAE:  Emirate of Abu Dhabi Mrs. Mariam M. Al Rumaithy, Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
P.O. Box 662, Abu Dhabi. Tel. 009712 617 7151; Fax: 009712 325 675.E-mail: mariam.romaithy@adcci.gov.ae
UAE: Emirate of Dubai Dr. Soheir Elsabaa / Mr . Nahla Qasraw1, Researcher, Dubai Chamber of
Commerce and Industr y, P. O. Box 1457, Dubai. Tel. 00971 4 202 8272,
Fax: 00971 4 2211 646. E-mail:  s.elsabaa@dcci.gov.ae  and
nahla.kasrawi@dcci.org.ae
Vanuatu Mr. Maxwell Maltok, Senior Trade Officer, Ministry of Trade and Business
Development, Private Mail Bag 030, Port Vila. Vanuatu.  Tel.:  00678 22770;
Facsimile: 00678 25640.   E-mail: trade@vanuatu.com.vu
Zambia Mrs. Brigitte Chilala, Deputy Director, Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce,
Trade and Industry, P. O. Box 31968, Lusaka. Zambia. Tel. 00260-1-221-475;Fax: 00260-1-226-673. E-mail: comtrade@zamnet.zm
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