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PRESS/260
30 November 2001
(01-6135)
18th WTO TRADE POLICY COURSE ENDS
Government officials from 30 countries and customs territories attended the closing session of
the 18th WTO Trade policy course.  The ceremony, during which the participants were presented with
a Diploma testifying that they had successfully completed the three-month training programme, was
chaired by Mr. Paul-Henri Ravier, Deputy Director-General of the WTO.  On behalf of Mike Moore,
he congratulated all the participants for their achievement.
Referring to the Ministerial Conference recently concluded in Doha – Qatar, Mr. Ravier
underlined that the 30 trade officials had had the unique opportunity to be trained at the WTO
Headquarters at a critical moment of the Orga nization's life. They had witnessed the intense
preparation leading to the adoption of the Doha Development Agenda: an experience that would
undoubtedly strengthen the participants' understanding of the functioning of the multilateral trading
system.
Mr. Ravier stressed that the Course which had just concluded constituted only one element of
the strategy consisting of a series of training activities conducted by the WTO Secretariat, both in
Geneva and in the field. This strategy was gathering speed indicated the Deputy Director-General.
On behalf of the thirty participants to the course, Mr. Heinz Kubau Vaekesa, from the
Solomon Islands, thanked the WTO Secretariat and the WTO Training Institute for hosting this
important event.  He confirmed that what the part icipants gained during the course would be put into
practice upon return to their respective countries.
The list of participants of the 18th Trade Policy Course is annexed.PRESS/260
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MORE18TH WTO TRADE POLICY COURSES  -  LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Azerbaijan Miss Nargiz GURBANOVA, Attaché, Department of Economic Cooperation
and Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Baku.
Barbados Miss Julie Ann Georgina MAPP, Economist II, Division of Foreign Trade,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, St. Michael.
Botswana Miss Kelebogile Maureen LEKAUKAU,  Commercial Officer I, Department of
Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Trade, Industry, Wildlife
and Tourism, Gaborone.
China Mr. Gang LIU, Trade Official, Department of International Trade and Economic
Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Beijing
Comoros Mr. Attoumane DAOUD, Chief, Division of the U.N. Specialized Institutions,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Comoros.
Croatia Mrs. Nada MIN ČIĆ, Counsellor, Foreign Economic Relations Division, Trade
Policy Department, Ministry of Economy, Zagreb.
Cyprus Mr. Christakis D. PAPAGEORGIOU, Planning Officer, Planning Bureau,
Directorate for Macroeconomic Policy, Research and Studies, Nicosia.
Ecuador Mr. Homero LARREA MONARD, Assistant to the Director General, Chancellor
II, Directorate General for International Economic Negotiations, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Quito.
Fiji Miss Yok Yee Yolinda CHAN, Acting Senior Economic Planning Officer, WTO
Unit, Trade and Economic Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
External Trade, Suva.
Hong Kong, 
ChinaMs. Soo  Wai  Irene  TANG,  Trade Officer,  Textiles  Controls  Branch
(Europe),  Trade  and  I ndustry  Department, Kowloon.
Kuwait Mr. Hasan ALOBAIDLI, Administrative Researcher, Commercial Organizations
Department, Ministry of Co mmerce and Industry, Kuwait.
Kyrgyz Republic Mr. Azizbek Toutogulovich SABITOV, Chief Specialist, Department of
External Economic Relations, Trade and WTO Issues, Ministry of ExternalTrade and Industry, Bishkek City.
Macau, China Mr. Kuan Hou LEI, Economist, Research and Statistics Department, Monetary
Authority of Macau, Macau.
Mozambique Mr. Januario SUMBANE, Third Secretary, Directorate of Multilateral and
Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Maputo.
Myanmar Mrs. Ni Ni KHIN, Assistant Director, International Trade Promotion
Department, Directorate of Trade,  Ministry of Commerce, Yangon.PRESS/260
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Namibia Mr. Alfred NDABENI, Chief, Trade Promotion Officer, International Trade
Department, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Windhoek.
Nepal Mr. Damodar REGMI, Section Offi cer, WTO Division, Ministry of Industry,
Commerce and Supplies, Kathmandu.
Oman Mr. Akram Hassan AL-MARAZZA, Director General, Directorate General of
Commerce and Industry, Dhofar Governorate, Ministry of Commerce and
Industry, Salalah.
Panama Miss Cristina Elena THAYER, Chief, Section of Multilateral Trade Negotiations
Affairs, Department of Legal Affairs, Vice-Ministry of Foreign Trade,
Ministry of Trade and Industry, Panama.
Papua New 
GuineaMrs. Bridgette Alfred TUITALELE-KAMISH, Principal Trade Officer, Asia
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Branch, Trade Division,
Department of Trade and Industry, Waigani NCD.
Sierra Leone Mr. Barba Brima FORTUNE, Senior Assistant Secretary, Trade Division,
Ministry of Trade, Industry and State Enterprises, Freetown.
Solomon Islands Mr. Heinz Kubau VAEKESA, Director of Trade, Trade Division, Ministry of
Commerce, Employment and Trade, Honiara.
South Africa Miss Mpho LESEKA, Assistant Director, European Union Desk, Trade
Negotiations Sub-Division, Department of Trade and Industry, Pretoria.
Sudan Mr. Mohammed IBRAHIM, Director, De partment of Commodities, Secretariat
General for WTO, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Khartoum.
Syrian Arab 
RepublicMr. Kosay MOUSTAFA, Desk Officer,  Department of International
Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Damascus-
Muhajereen-shora.
Chinese Taipei Mr. Wen-cheng Martin KE, Staff Member, The Third WTO Department, Board
of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taipei.
Thailand Miss Aumaporn SUTTIWONG, Trade Official, Bureau of Multilateral Trade
Negotiations, Department of Business Economics, Ministry of Commerce,
Bangkok.
Trinidad and 
TobagoMiss Myrna Theresa HUGGINS, Foreign Service Officer II, International
Organisations Division, Foreign Affairs Section, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Port of Spain.
Turkmenistan Mr. Takhir Kemalovich ATAKHANOV, Senior Expert, Department of the
Analysis and Regulation of the Foreign Trade, Ministry of Trade and
Foreign Economic Relations, Ashkhabad.
Uzbekistan Mr. Erkinjon Yakubjanovich YUNUSOV, Leading Specialist, Law Department,
Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Tashkent.
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