2. The meeting adopted the tentative annotated agenda without any modifications.

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1 REPORT OF THE THIRD MEETING OF LEGAL AND TECHNICAL WORKING GROUPS OF THE INTERIM INTERGOVERNMENTAL STEERING GROUP ON CROSS-BORDER PAPERLESS TRADE FACILITATION Dates: March 2016 Venue: CR-4, UNCC, Bangkok 1. The meeting, which brought together 72 nominated participants and 3 regional experts, was opened with remarks by Mr. YoungHwan Kim, chair of the Legal Working Group of the Interim Intergovernmental Steering Group on Cross-border Paperless Trade Facilitation. 2. The meeting adopted the tentative annotated agenda without any modifications. 3. The secretariat made a presentation on the process taken and progress made by the Legal and Technical Working Groups in carrying out their mandated tasks since the Interim Intergovernmental Steering Group on Cross-border Paperless Trade Facilitation decided their establishment in April Chairs of the Legal Working Group (LWG) and the Technical Working Group (TWG) reported respectively on the progress made in improving the draft text of regional arrangement and preparation of a draft road map during interim period since the second meeting. The chair of the LWG informed the meeting that the members of LWG had made good progress in reaching consensus on many of the provisions in the draft text during the January 2016 meeting. The chair of the TWG had reported that the TWG had held six virtual meetings during the interim period and had concrete progress in delivering a few tasks. 4. The joint session of the meeting was followed by breakout sessions of the LWG and the TWG, which would focus on improving the draft text and preparing a draft road map respectively (See Annexes 2 and 3 for details on activities conducted and decisions made by each working group).

2 5. The LWG and TWG reconvened in a joint plenary session and heard the reports from chairs of each working group on progress made on their respective tasks during the breakout sessions. The chair of the LWG reported that the LWG reached consensus on finalization of the draft text and presented the proposed amendments 1 to the current draft text, which had been based on consensus of the LWG for submission to the upcoming 2 nd Steering Group meeting. The chair of the TWG highlighted the major achievements of the TWG, including concrete progress in tasks such as technical gap checklist and international standards implementation framework. 6. The secretariat informed the meeting of the next steps after the Steering Group finalized the draft text. The next steps would include adoption of the finalized text by the Commission during its seventy second session on May 2016 and subsequent preparation of the adopted text as a UN treaty by the UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA). It was noted that the treaty could be open for signature in the fourth quarter of 2016 with possible arrangement of a signing ceremony. The meeting agreed that the LWG and the TWG would continue carrying out their mandated tasks and focus on preparing a draft road map, until the next meeting of the Steering Group, tentatively scheduled to be in April The two working groups would mainly use virtual means (group mail and online meeting) with necessary support from the secretariat in conducting their tasks. It was further noted that the working groups would hold at least one physical meeting until the next meeting of the Steering Group. 7. The meeting was closed with remarks by Mr. Mikhail Maslov, chair of the Interim Intergovernmental Steering Group on Cross-border Paperless Trade Facilitation. Annexes: 1. Final Agenda 2. Main activities and decisions of the Legal Working Group 3. Main activities and decisions of the Technical Working Group 4. Final List of participants 5. Text of the Regional Arrangement for the Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade Finalized by the 2 nd meeting of the Steering Group (Separate) 1 See

3 ANNEX 1. FINAL AGENDA 1. Opening of the Meeting (a) Opening remarks (b) Adoption of the agenda (c) Update on progress made by the Legal Working Group in improving the draft text of regional agreement since the second meeting, including its January 2016 meeting (d) Update on progress made by the Technical Working Group in preparing a draft road map since the second meeting 2. Working group breakout session 3. Review of progress made in improving the draft text of regional agreement 4. Review of progress made in preparing a draft road map 5. Other matters (a) Discussion on future work plan, including reporting to the Steering Group (b) Any other business 6. Closing.

4 ANNEX 2. MAIN ACTIVITIES AND DECISIONS OF THE LEGAL WORKING GROUP 1) The Legal Working Group (LWG) continued its negotiation on the current draft text of the regional arrangement for the facilitation of cross-border paperless trade and reached consensus on its finalization. 2) The LWG proceeded to discuss the draft text article by article, starting with final clauses covering Article 17 to 25, and covering Title, Preamble and substantive clauses. 3) The LWG agreed to delete the brackets from Framework, making the title as Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific. The brackets were removed from Framework Agreement in other articles of the agreement. 4) On Article 3: Definition, the LWG agreed to replace the word sale of with the words trade in in paragraph (f) of Article 3, in order to harmonize this with the language of the paragraph (a) of Article 3. 5) On Article 5: General Principles, the LWG accepted an editorial change made on wording of Article 5(c) from previous Technology neutrality to Technological neutrality to align it with the wording in the benchmarked reference (United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts) 6) On Article 6: National policy framework, enabling domestic legal environment and paperless trade committee, the LWG agreed to replace the words domestic legal environment with national legislation and insert in particular addressing the functions of the national operators for crossborder paperless trade in paragraph 2. 7) On Article 8: Cross-border mutual recognition of trade-related data and documents in electronic form, the LWG agreed to delete the word may and retain the word shall in paragraph 1. The LWG also agreed to include paragraph 3 with an addition of wording provided that the provisions of these bilateral and multilateral arrangements will not contradict the present agreement. 8) On Article 9: International standards for exchange of trade-related data and documents in electronic form, the LWG agreed to delete words regional and global and replace the words communications protocols with the words means of communication in paragraph 1.

5 9) On Article 10: Relation with other legal instruments enabling cross-border paperless trade, the LWG revised paragraph 1 to read as The Parties may, where appropriate, adopt relevant international legal instruments concluded by United Nations bodies and other international organizations. Changes include replacing the word shall with may, adding the words take into account, and, replacing the words available and accepted with relevant and replacing made by relevant with concluded by. The LWG also agreed to an editorial change of merging two sentences in paragraph 1 to read as The Parties shall endeavour to ensure that the cross-border exchange of trade-related data and documents in electronic form is consistent with international law as well as regional and international regulations and best practices, as identified by the institutional arrangement established under the present Framework Agreement. 10) Following extensive discussions and continuing concerns on the possible misinterpretation of Article 11: Legal liability framework, the LWG agreed to delete it in connection with insertion of a new phrase in paragraph 2 of Article 6 (Refer to revision in Article 6) and adjust the numbers of subsequent articles accordingly. 11) On Article 12: Institutional arrangements, the LWG agreed to delete the words and Executive Secretary of ESCAP from paragraph 1 of Article 12 to align the revision to change the representation level from ministerial level to high-level. The LWG also agreed to insert a new paragraph 6 in Article 12 to replace Article 16 bis, which reads as The Council and the Standing Committee may, in their competence determined in the rules of procedure, adopt protocols on specific legal, technical and organizational matters. The requirements for entry into force of any protocol shall be established in that instrument. 12) On Article 13: Action plan, the LWG agreed to delete the bracketed words endeavor to. 13) The LWG agreed to delete Article 16 bis, in accordance with the decision to include the new Article ) On Article 19: Entry into force, the LWG agreed to five (5) as the number of member States for entry into force in paragraph 1, as members of the LWG preferred five (5) more to eight (8) in the survey. The LWG also agreed to replace consent to be bound by deposited their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval and accession to, in accordance with recommendation from the Office of Legal Affairs.

6 15) On Article 20: Procedures for amending the Framework Agreement, the LWG decided to delete the bracket on paragraph 4 of Article 20. The LWG agreed to replace the existing provision of paragraph 5 with proposed opt-out option text from the Office of Legal Affairs. The LWG also agreed on the time period of 3 months for entry into force of amendment. 16) On Article 23: Suspension of Validity, the LWG agreed on five (5) as number of Parties for the suspension of validity, in alignment with the decision made in Article ) The delegation from Japan stated their concerns and reservations to articles of the draft text, in particular articles 5, 6, 8 and 11, noting that some articles and concepts were not compatible with their domestic legal system, and are not clear regarding legal status and interpretation. However, the delegation stated that they would not prevent it from finalization of the present agreement. 18) The LWG also discussed the nature of the explanatory note. It was stated that whilst the explanatory note is not part of the treaty text, the secretariat would work together with the LWG following the meeting to incorporate the various definitions and explanations for the relevant articles of the text for further deliberations by the working groups and the Steering Group. 19) On other matters, there was a discussion on programme budget implications of the agreement. The Secretariat informed that the Secretariat support to the agreement did not imply additional regular budget as the agreement and trade facilitation and paperless trade matters are already part of the work programme on trade and investment. The Secretariat however called on Members States to consider provider extra budgetary resources to support implementation and related capacity building.

7 ANNEX 3. MAIN ACTIVITIES AND DECISIONS OF THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP 1) The Technical Working Group (TWG), chaired by Mr. Wahid as one of vice-chairs in the absence of the chair, started with review of progress made in delivering TWG tasks so far. The secretariat introduced overall progress of TWG tasks. The TWG decided to collectively review all the draft documents developed so far for better understanding of them on the first day, before breaking into three subgroups on the second day. 2) In the morning session of the second day, the TWG broke into three subgroups under the coordination of three vice-chairs (Mr. Anikin, Mr. Kim and Mr. Wahid). Each subgroup focused on tasks to be coordinated by respective vice-chairs. For the task of developing a technical gap checklist (under coordination by the absent vice-chair), Mr. Wahid volunteered to work on the task under his subgroup. In the afternoon session of the second day, the TWG convened together and invited vicechairs to report outcomes of each subgroup for detailed discussion. 3) Subgroup 1 under the coordination of Mr. Anikin worked on mutual recognition requirements. In this connection, Russian group of experts shared their initial contribution, two draft documents titled Legal Aspects of Improving the Transboundary Trust Environment Between the Member States of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) and The definition of the criteria concerning the requirements to offer a substantially equivalent level of reliability of trade-related data in electronic form, with members of the TWG. Russian group of experts requested members of the TWG to review the two documents and share any comments or feedback by the end of April In developing a common approach to mutual recognition mechanism, in particular developing model memorandum of understanding or service level agreement, the TWG would start with collecting and analyzing existing samples from the ESCAP member States. In this connection, China and Republic of Korea agreed to share their examples by the end of April ) Subgroup 2 under the coordination of Mr. Kim worked on development of three technical guides [(1) Guide on how to develop or upgrade paperless trade systems consistently with the general principles, (2) Guide to help facilitate concurrent implementation of national and cross-border paperless trade systems, and (3) Different implementation options/mechanisms for paperless trade systems in an interoperable manner] based on a study report produced by a regional expert. The TWG decided to

8 merge guides (2) and (3) by making the guide (3) an annex to the guide (2), in consideration of relatively small scope of the guide (3) and its relevance to the guide (2). Upon receiving initial draft from Mr. Kim, members of the TWG would share their comments by the end of April Subgroup 2 also discussed further improving the template for cross-border paperless trade reference map; members of the TWG would be requested to review and make comments by the end of April 2016, upon receiving the further revised template. 5) Subgroup 3 under the coordination of Mr. Wahid worked on three tasks: international standards implementation strategy, technical gap checklist and template for collective and individual action plan. The TWG decided to change the title of the document as international standards implementation framework and keep annexes on relevant international standards and standard bodies as references; the TWG also decided to start filling annexes with relevant standards and standard bodies, including the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The TWG found the draft technical gap checklist quite comprehensive and decided to proceed with fine-ting of the document for further improvement. For the development of template for action plan, the TWG reviewed one example of individual action plan for paperless trade in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and decided to start with collecting country examples for analysis; the members of the TWG were requested to share their national action plan examples by the end of April ) For the capacity building strategy, Mr. Kim (one of vice-chairs) shared ROK Customs national approach by introducing its capacity building programme. China expressed its willingness to contribute to development of capacity building strategy and programmes. 7) For future work plan, the TWG decided to continue its tasks through virtual interaction using group mail and monthly virtual meeting. In this connection, the secretariat was requested to set tentative schedule for monthly virtual meeting and circulate it to members of the TWG. The secretariat was also requested to prepare a guide on usage of group mail and TWG webpage for the benefit of TWG members. In addition, the secretariat was requested to set tentative timeline for each task and specify which task was linked to each draft document. 8) Regarding report of its progress in the week to the second meeting of the Steering Group, The TWG decided to update progress status in the table in Section Ⅲ of the Steering Group meeting document titled Preparation of a draft road map for the implementation of substantive provisions in the draft

9 text of the regional arrangement for the facilitation of cross-border paperless trade (E/ESCAP/PTA/IISG(2)/3) 2. 9) Mr. Wahid, as the interim chair, closed the meeting by thanking all the participating members of the TWG and delegates. 2 See

10 ANNEX 4. FINAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Third Meeting of Legal and Technical Working Groups of the Interim Intergovernmental Steering Group on Cross-border Paperless Trade Facilitation March 2016 Bangkok, Thailand LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ARMENIA Mr. Albert Babayan, Head of Business Environment Improvement Department, Ministry of Economy, Yerevan Tel: , AZERBAIJAN Mr. Fuad Farzalibayov, First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Baku Tel: , BANGLADESH Mr. A.H.M. Shafiquzzaman, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Commerce of Bangladesh, Dhaka Tel: , fax: , Ms. Rama Dewan, Joint Chief, Bangladesh Tariff Commission, Dhaka Tel: , BHUTAN Mr. Pema Thinley, Trade Officer, Department of Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Thimphu Tel: , pthinley@moea.gov.bt CAMBODIA Mr. Sok Sopheak, Director General, Ministry of Commerce, Phnom Penh Tel: , soksophearoath@yahoo.com Mr. Eng Veng Pha, Deputy Director of Customs Regimes, General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Phnom Penh Tel: , engvengpha@gmail.com Mr. Chantha Un, Chief of Inspection and Registration Office, Export-Import Department, General Directorate of Trade Support Services, Ministry of Commerce, Phnom Penh

11 Tel: , fax: , CHINA Mr. Yang Zhengwei, Director, Department of International Trade and Economic Relations, Ministry of Commerce of China, Beijing Tel: , Mr. Liu Xiang, Deputy Director, Department of International Trade and Economic Relations, Ministry of Commerce of China, Beijing Ms. Chen Yiwei, First Secretary, Department of E-Commerce and Information, Ministry of Commerce of China, Beijing Tel: , Mr. Wang Naipent, First Secretary, Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce of China, Beijing Tel: , Mr. Wang Chunyang, Official, Ministry of Commerce of China, Beijing Tel: , Ms. Yu Miao, Official, Department of International Trade and Economic Relations, Ministry of Commerce of China, Beijing Mr. Wang Jia, Department of Policy and Legal Affairs, General Administration of Customs of China, Beijing Mr. Zhou Jinping, Office of Port Administration, General Administration of Customs of China, Beijing Ms. Qin Hening, Department of Customs Control and Inspection, General Administration of Customs of China, Beijing Mr. Zhou Changchun, Information Center, General Administration of Customs of China, Beijing Mr. Zheng Xialong, Department of Supervision and Internal Auditing, General Administration of Customs of China, Beijing Mr. Zhang Yanzi, Sector Chief, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine Ms. Sui Jie, Official, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine INDIA Ms. Anice Joseph Chandra, Director, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and

12 Industry, New Delhi Tel: , fax: , d4tpd-doc@nic.in, anicechandra@gmail.com INDONESIA Mr. Pudjiyanto, Deputy Director for UN and Mon-UN Bodies, Ministry of Trade, Jakarta Tel: , pjyanto@yahoo.com Ms. Yenni Hernawati, Head of Section of UN Bodies, Ministry of Trade, Jakarta Tel: , yenni.hernawati@keweudag.go.id ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN Mr. Ali Gholampour, Minister Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Bangkok Tel: to 73, gholampoura@yahoo.com JAPAN Mr. Hitoshi Kozaki, Director of International Organization Division, Embassy of Japan in Thailand, Bangkok Tel: , hitoshi.kozaki@mofa.go.jp Mr. Satoshi Yoshida, Second Secretary, Embassy of Japan, Bangkok Tel: , satoshi.yoshida@mofa.go.jp KYRGYZSTAN Mr. Zhyldyzbek Zhumakov, Chief Specialist, Trade Division, Department for Eurasian Economic Union and WTO issues, Ministry of Economy, Bishkek Tel: ext. 172, z.zhumakov@mail.ru LAO PEOPLE S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Mr. Khemdeth Sihavong, Deputy Director General, Department of Import and Export, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Vientiane Tel: , ksihavong@hotmail.com MALAYSIA Dr. Hosni Hussen Md Saat, Head Section for Research on System and Procedure, Corporate Planning Division, Royal Malaysian Customs Department, Kuala Lumpur Tel: , Mobile: , hosni.saat@customs.gov.my, hmshosni@yahoo.com Mr. Ahmad Hafiz Abdul Aziz, Principal Assistant Director of Trade Facilitation Unit, Investment Policy and Trade Facilitation Division, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Kuala Lumpur Tel: , fax: , alldasar@miti.gov.my,

13 Mr. Ezral Bin Uzaimi, Counsellor, Embassy of Malaysia, Bangkok Tel: , ezral@miti.gov.my MALDIVES Mr. Ismail Nashid, Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Maldives Customs Service, Malé Tel: , fax: , MONGOLIA Mr. Enkhbold Liguu, Officer, Trade Policy and Coordination Department, Ministry of Industry, Ulaanbaatar Tel: , fax : , enkhbold.l@mi.gov.mn MYANMAR Mr. Win Thant, Director, Customs Department, Ministry of Finance, Yangon Tel: , winthant9983@gmail.com, maccsdiv@gmail.com, mmcustoms.intsec@gmail.com NEPAL Mr. Toya Narayan Gyawali, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Supplies, Kathmandu Tel: , mobile: , tngyawali@yahoo.com PAKISTAN Mr. Umar Wahid, Executive Secretary, National Trade and Transport Facilitation Committee (NTTFC), Ministry of Commerce, Islamabad Tel: , umar2wahid@yahoo.com PAPUA NEW GUINEA Mr. Anthony Korau, Principle Trade Officer, Department of Trade, Commerce & Industry, Waigani Anthony.korau@dci.gov.pg, akorau94@gmail.com PHILIPPINES Ms. Noemi B. Alcala, ATTY. IV, Bureau of Customs Philippines, Manila minoe@ymail.com Ms. Nomie V. Gonzales, Information Technology Officer III, Bureau of Customs Philippines, Manila Tel: , nomie.gonzales@customs.gov.ph REPUBLIC OF KOREA Mr. Kim YoungHwan, Senior Deputy Director, Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Sejong xroze@korea.kr

14 Mr. Son Minho, Assistant Director, Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Sejong Tel: , Mr. Sung Sig Kim, Assistant Director, Korea Customs Service, Daejeon Tel: , Mr. Deok-Bo Kim, Officer, Korea Customs Service, Daejeon Tel: , Mr. Kwan-Woo Kim, FTA Division, KCS Accredited Specialist & Trainer in Rules of Origin (FTA), Busan Main Customs, Busan Tel: , Mr. Seung Hyun Cha, Strategic Team Manager, Customs UNI-PASS International Agency (CUPIA), Seoul Mr. Sung Heun Ha, Director, Global Business and Cooperation Team, Korea Trade Network (KTNET), Seoul, Republic of Korea RUSSIAN FEDERATION Mr. Mikhail Maslov, Head, Division of UN Organizations and Multilateral Cooperation, Department of Europe, North America and International Organizations, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow Tel: , fax: , Mr. Mikhail K. Antipov, Deputy Director, Department of Coordination, Development and Regulation of Foreign-Economic Activity, Moscow Tel: rcy/ 12611, Ms. Anastasia Orlova, Chief Expert, Division of International Economic Legislation, Legal Department. Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Moscow Mr. Sergei Anikin, Deputy Head, IT Department Chief Information Security, Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation, Moscow Tel: , Ms. Alla Kryzhanovskaya, Counsel, Association of Innovative Regions of Russia (AIRR), Moscow Tel: , copy to Mr. Oleg Tarasov, Representative of Association of Innovative Regions of Russia (AIRR), Moscow Mr. Sergei A. Kiryushkin, Counselor to General Director, Gazinformservice, Ltd., Moscow Tel: , Mr. Vasily V. Dolmatov, Deputy Director, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of

15 Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation, Moscow Ms. Natalia B. Kulieva, Senior Specialist-Expert, Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation, Moscow Tel: ext. 8764, . Mr. Sergey Demidenkov, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to ESCAP, Bangkok Mr. Konstantin Kozlov, Third Secretary, Assistant Russian Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Bangkok Ms. Natalia Karmazinskaya, Third Secretary, ESCAP, Bangkok Assistant Russian Permanent Representative to Ms. Ekaterina Abalova, Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation, Moscow Tel: , SRI LANKA Mr. S. Rajendran, Additional Director General of Customs, Sri Lanka Customs, Colombo TAJIKISTAN H.E. Mr. Saidrahmon Nazriev, First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Dushanbe Tel: , fax: , Always copy Dilshod Sharifi THAILAND Ms. Onanong Ninthajitrat, Customs Technical Officer, Professional Level, Customs Procedures Division, Customs Standard Procedures and Valuation Bureau, Thai Customs Department, Bangkok Tel: , onanongninrat@gmail.com, @customs.go.th Mr. Sakchai Sakabucha, Director of International Law Division, Thai Customs Department, Ministry of Finance, Bangkok Tel: , sakchai_sa@customs.go.th Mr. Aphichat Aumyoo, Legal Officer, Thai Customs Department, Ministry of Finance, Bangkok Tel: , aphichat_au@customs.go.th, a_aumyoo@yahoo.com Ms. Kanokporn Hanbumrungtham, Director of Export and Privilege System Development Division, Information and Communication Technology Bureau, Thai Customs Department, Bangkok

16 Tel: , kanohanb@mof.go.th Ms. Phitphorn Thayamaha, Thai Customs Department Ms. Urachada Ketprom, Director, Office of Standards Electronic Transactions Development Agency (Public Organization), Ministry of Information and Communication Technology. TIMOR-LESTE Mr. Leonardo Guterres de Carvalho, Chief, Department for Export and Import, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Environment, Dili Tel: , leoguterrescarvalho@gmail.com TURKEY Mr. Kamuran Buyukkol, Ministry of Customs and Trade, Ankara k.buyukkol@gtb.gov.tr UZBEKISTAN Mr. Bakhodir Baxtiyarovich Sayimov, Head, Department for Development of Export Potential, Ministry for Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade, Tashkent Tel: , b.sayimov@mfer.uz VIET NAM Mr. Anh Vu Nguyen, Vietnam e-commerce and Information Technology Agency, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Hanoi Tel: , vuna@moit.gov.vn RESOURCE PERSONS Dr. Hong Xue, Professor, Director of Institute for the Internet Policy & Law (IIPL), Beijing, China Tel : hongxueipr@gmail.com, hong_xue@hotmail.com Dr. Somnuk Keretho, Director, Institute for Information Technology Innovation, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand Tel: , sk@ku-inova.org, sk@ku.ac.th UNITED NATIONS BODY United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Mr. Luca G. Castellani Legal Officer and Secretary of Working Group IV (Electronic Commerce) UNCITRAL

17 Vienna, Australia Tel: luca.castellani@uncitral.org ESCAP SECRETARIAT Ms. Susan F. Stone Mr. Yann Duval Mr. Sangwon Lim Mr. Tengfei Wang Division Mr. Dong-Oh Nam Ms. Maame Agyeben Director Trade, Investment and Innovation Division Chief, Trade Facilitation Unit Trade, Investment and Innovation Division Economic Affairs Officer Trade Facilitation Unit Trade, Investment and Innovation Division Economic Affairs Officer Trade Facilitation Unit Trade, Investment and Innovation Expert in Regional Trade and Monetary Cooperation Trade, Investment and Innovation Division Associate Economic Affairs Officer Trade Facilitation Unit Trade, Investment and Innovation Division