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15 January 2002
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19th WTO TRADE POLICY COURSE BEGINS
Government officials from 30 countries and customs territories attended today the opening
session of the 19th WTO Trade Policy Course. The brief ceremony was chaired by Mr. Paul-Henri
Ravier, Deputy Director-General of the WTO, who, on behalf of Mike Moore, welcomed all the
participants.
Mr. Ravier underlined that the 30 trade officials will have the unique occasion to follow, from
the inside, the work of the WTO and will thus have the opportunity to witness how the Organizationstarts implementing the decision adopted last November at the fourth session of the Ministerial
Conference held in Doha, Qatar.
The Deputy Director-General also stressed the efforts made by the WTO to contribute to
trade-related capacity building in developing countries and economies in transition. He recalled thecreation of the WTO Training Institute last June and welcomed the decision of the WTO Members to
increase the budget of the Institute to achieve progressively a doubling of its training capacity.
Mr. Ravier invited the course participants to actively take part in the forthcoming training and to
develop and strengthen a solid network of contacts  which will be useful in handling WTO matters. He
expressed his conviction that well-informed government officials constitute a determiningcontribution to a more vigorous and truly multilateral trading system.
Throughout the three-month training, which will end on 5 April, the 30 participating officials
will become acquainted, through lectures, round-tables and simulation exercises, with virtually all the
issues dealt with and the activities carried out in the framework of the WTO as well as with trade-related aspects of the work conducted by other international organisations located in Geneva.
The WTO Training Institute's mandate goes beyond organizing the traditional trade policy
courses, which were instituted already under the GATT, in 1955. The Institute's task now includes
training for trainers, a diversified range of short-term trade policy courses, distance-learning services,as well as increased co-operation with universities and other institutions of learning handling WTO
and trade-related issues. The Institute is advised by a Board which held its constitutive meeting in
November 2001.
The list of participants of the 19
th Trade Policy Course is annexed.PRESS/267
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MORE19TH WTO TRADE POLICY COURSES  -  LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Belarus Mr. Aleksandr KULINKOVICH, First Secretary, WTO Section, Department of
Tariff Regulation and WTO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minsk.
Belize Miss Carmen Melina SILVA, Foreign Service Officer, International Trade Desk,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belmopan.
Bosnia and 
HerzegovinaMr. Emir DJIKIC, Senior Official, Sector for International Trade Relations,
Department for Multilateral Trade Relations, Ministry of Foreign Trade and
Economic Relations, Sarajevo.
Brunei 
DarussalamMrs. Ainatol Zahayu MOHAMMAD, Project Officer, International Relations
and Trade Development Division, Ministry of Industry and PrimaryResources, Bandar Seri Begawan.
Bulgaria Mrs. Rouslana Anguelova STOYANOVA, Head, WTO and other International
Economic Organizations Division, Multilateral Trade and Economic Policy
Directorate, Ministry of Economy, Sofia.
Cameroon Mrs. Marie Madeleine Cocovi NGUIDJOI, Sub-Director of External Trade
Affairs, Department of Commercial Promotion and Services, Ministry of
Industrial and Commercial Development, Yaounde.
Eritrea Mr. Berekhet-AB Habtemariam OGBAZGHI, Director, Foreign Trade Division,
Department of Trade, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Asmara.
Gambia Mr. Lamin JAMMEH, Trade Economist,  Trade Division, Department of State
for Trade, Industry and Employment, Banjul.
Grenada Mr. Junior Glenroy MAHON, Trade Officer/Economist, International Trade
Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs a nd International Trade, St. George's.
Hong Kong,
ChinaMrs. Kit Mui Patricia LUI, Principal Trade Officer, Multilateral Division, Trade
and Industry Department, Kowloon.
Indonesia Mr. MBA MUGHOFUR, Section Manager of Environment and Development,
Sub-directorate of Trade Policy, Directorate of Multilateral Cooperation,
Ministry of Industry and Trade, Jakarta.
Iran Mr. Mohammad Reza ALIPOUR NAND EL, Expert, Multilateral Economic
Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran.
Kenya Mr. Michael Moses OTIENO, Trade Development Officer II, Department of
External Trade, WTO Division, Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry,
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MORELebanon Miss Lama OUEIJAN, Trade Economis t, Minister's Cabinet, Ministry of
Economy and Trade, Beirut.  
Malawi Miss Christina ZAKEYO JERE, Trade Officer, Foreign Trade Section, Ministry
of Commerce and Industry, Lilongwe.
Malaysia Mr. Mohd Daud MOHD ARIF, Assistant Director, Regional Economic
Cooperation Division, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Kuala
Lumpur.
Mauritius Mrs. Soraya Farah RAMJANALLY-NUTHAY, Trade Analyst, International
Trade Division, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and International Trade,
8th Floor, Air Mauritius Centre, Port Louis.
Mexico Mr. Guillermo MALPICA SOTO, Director of Multilateral Negotiations and
Regional Organizations, Directorate General of Negotiations in Services,
Ministry of Economy, Mexico D.F.
Mongolia Mr. Urjinlhundev TUGS BILGUUN, Desk Officer, Department of Trade Policy
and Cooperation, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ulaanbaatar.
Nigeria Mr. Richard BIRIBINA, Commercial Officer II, Multilateral Trade Division,
WTO Unit, External Trade Department, Federal Ministry of Commerce,
Abuja.
Qatar Mr. Khalifa Ahmad ALSOWAIDI, Foreign Trade Researcher, Department of
Commerce, Ministry of Finance, Economy and Commerce, Doha.
Russian 
FederationMiss Elena Sergeevna ALDAKUSHKINA, Chief Specialist, Department for
Trade Policy and Multilateral Negotiations, Trade in Services Division,
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Moscow.
Rwanda Mr. Elias BAINGANA, Executive Assistant to Ag. Commissioner General,
Office of the Commissioner General, Rwanda Revenue Authority, Kigali.
Saint Lucia Mr. Andrew Osborne SATNEY, Senior Economist Affairs Officer, Economic
Affairs Division, Organisation of Ea stern Caribbean States, Castries.
Samoa Miss Aida FAUMUI, Principal Trade and Investment Promotion Officer, Trade
and Investment Promotion Unit, De partment of Trade, Commerce and
Industry, Apia.
Singapore Mr. Soo Chuan ONG, Desk Officer, International Economics Directorate,
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Tuvalu Mr Pugameau TAUFILO, Trade Officer, Ministry of Tourism, Trade and
Commerce, Funafuti.
Yemen Mr. Hamoud Ali AL-NAJAR, Commerci al Attaché (WTO Affairs), Permanent
Mission of Yemen to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other
specialized Agencies in Europe, Geneva.
Yugoslavia Mrs. Sofija ARANJELOVIC, Senior Advisor, WTO Department, Ministry for
Foreign Economic Relations, Beograd.
Zambia Mrs. Ikayi Gertrude SAMBONDU, Economist, Trade Department, Ministry of
Commerce, Trade and Industry, Lusaka.
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