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G/C/M/110/Add.1 
15 June 2012 
 (12-3151) 
Council for Trade in Goods  
 
 
 
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS  
17 APRIL 2012 
 
Chairperson: H.E. Ambassador Tom MBOYA OKEYO (Kenya) 
 
Addendum 
 
  In a fax dated 13 April 2012, addressed to all Heads of Delegations, the Chairperson 
announced that the Council would reconvene its me eting on Thursday, 17 April 2012 to deal with 
Agenda Item No. III in WTO/AIR/3915: "Appointment  of Officers to the Subsidiary Bodies of the 
Council for Trade in Goods". 
 
III. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS TO THE SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE 
COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS  
1. The Chairperson recalled delegations that at the last CTG meeting on 30 March 2012, his 
predecessor, Ambassador Jüri Seilenthal from Estonia,  informed this Council that in order to present a 
slate of names to Chair the subsidiary bodies of th e Goods Council he had carri ed out consultations in 
an open manner whereby all Members were inform ed that he would be accepting proposals for 
candidates for these positions.  His predecessor also in formed this Council that time had not allowed 
him to conclude the process and that he deeply regr etted not to have been in a position to propose to 
the Goods Council a slate of names. Thus, he proposed  that he would continue  the consultations and 
this agenda item would be suspe nded and a meeting would be reconve ned by the incoming Chair of 
the Council. 
 2. The Chairperson recalled delegations that th e Guidelines for the Appointment of Officers to 
WTO bodies contained in document WT/L/510, a dopted by the General Council on 10 December 
2002, provided that the Chairperson of the Counc il for Trade in Goods would conduct consultations 
on the appointment of the Chairpersons of the subs idiary bodies of the Council for Trade in Goods.   
 
3. He also informed the Council that his pred ecessor carried out consultations over six weeks on 
this matter; these consultations had been carried out in an open manner whereby all Members were 
informed that he would be accepting proposals for candidates for these positions. Based on the 
proposals and suggestions from Members which came  forth in response to his predecessor's call, 
Ambassador Seilenthal worked on forming a draf t slate of names to present to the Council for 
agreement at this meeting.  
 
4. He also recalled that before the start of this meeting, he held an informal open-ended meeting 
on the proposed slate of names that had been prepared  by his predecessor.  At this informal meeting, 
the proposed slate was agreed to by Members.  He  therefore believed that he was in a position to 
propose to this Council an agreed sl ate of names for the Chairs of th e subsidiary bodies.  This slate 
reflected the open manner in which the consultations were carried out, as well as the wide diversity of 
the WTO Membership.  
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  5. The names of Chairpersons for th e subsidiary bodies were as follows: 
 
Committee on Market Access Mr. Bipin Menon (India) 
Agriculture Mrs. Emalene Marcus-Burnett (Barbados) 
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Mrs. Maria Araceli Albarece (Philippines) 
Technical Barriers to Trade Mr. Salim Lahjomri (Morocco) 
TRIMs Mr. José Estanislau do Amaral (Brazil) 
Anti-Dumping Practices Mr . Shai Moses (Israel) 
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Mr. Sam C.S. Hui (Hong Kong, China) 
Safeguards Mrs. Lilian Bwalya (Zambia) 
Import Licensing Mr. Pierre Emmanuel Brusselmans 
(Belgium) 
Rules of Origin Mr. Changsheng Li (China) 
Customs Valuation Mrs. Ire na Banaszynska (Poland) 
State Trading Enterprises Mr. N goni Francis Sengwe (Zimbabwe) 
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of 
Trade in Information Technology Products 
(ITA Committee) Mr. Aaron Fowler (Canada) 
 
6. He proposed that the Council agrees to the nominations read out.  
7. The Council so agreed. 
8. The Chairman recalled that while all the othe r subsidiary bodies of the Council had provisions 
in their respective Agreement or rules of proce dure requiring them to elect Chairpersons, Working 
Parties did not have any procedural rules on electing Chairpersons.  As a result, in the case of the 
Working Party on State Trading Enterprises, he proposed that the Council appoint the nominated 
Chairperson.  In the case of all the other subsidia ry bodies, he proposed that the Council takes note of 
his proposals.  
9. The Council so agreed. 
10. The Chairman added that, on the question of  Vice-Chairs, it was his understanding that it 
would be for the subsidiary bodies to decide if th ey needed a Vice-Chair in cases where the option 
existed under the Agreement or rules of procedure a nd that it was for the respective Chair to hold the 
necessary consultations.  He asked if th e Council could proceed on this basis. 
11. The Council so agreed.   
12. The Chairman thanked his predecessor as well as the outgoing Chairpersons of the various 
subsidiary bodies of the Council for Trade in Goods  for their hard work and dedication during the 
year 2011. 
13. The meeting was adjourned. 
 
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