UNITED NATIONS TD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Distr. GENERAL TD/B/COM.3/EM.24/INF.1 30 September 2005 ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH ONLY UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD Expert Meeting on Trade Facilitation as an Engine for Development Geneva, 21-23 September 2005 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Note: The format and data of the entries in this list are as provided to the secretariat.
Page 2 MEMBERS AFGHANISTAN ALGERIE Mr. Abdul Wassay HAQIQI, Advisor to the Minister for Trade, Kabul Mr. Khalil NASRI, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva M. Boumediene MAHI, Premier secrétaire, Mission permanente, Genève ALLEMAGNE ANGOLA Mr. Andreas PFAFFERNOSCHKE, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva M. Amadeu LEITÃO NUNES, Représentant commercial, Mission permanente, Genève M. Fernando LAURINDO, Chef, Département de la concurrence des prix, Cabinet des prix et concurrence, Ministère des finances, Luanda M. Kinavudi KIAKO, Chef, Département de la concurrence des prix, Cabinet des prix et concurrence, Ministère des finances, Luanda M. Carlos Alberto VENÂNCIO, Chef, Département de la concurrence, Ministère des finances, Luanda Mme Filomena PEREIRA DE SOUSA, Assesseur, Ministère du commerce, Luanda ARABIE SAOUDITE Mr. Adel M. ALMUBARAK, Commercial Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva BANGLADESH BARBADE BELARUS BENIN Mr. Faruq Ahmad SIDDIQI, Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Dhaka Mr. Hussain MOTAHER, Economic Minister, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Matthew WILSON, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Dmitri FOMCHENKO, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva M. Naïm AKIBOU, Premier conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève
Page 3 BHOUTAN BOLIVIE BOTSWANA BRESIL Mr. Pema R. RINCHEN, Deputy Director, WTO Division, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Thimphu Sra. Geovana MIRANDA, Directora de Acuerdos Comerciales Bilaterales, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, La Paz Mr. Joseph MODIMAKWANE, Commercial Officer, Department of International Trade, Gaborone Mr. Marco Antonio BORGES DE SIQUEIRA, Head, Trade Facilitation Division, Brazilian Customs Authority, Ministry of Finance, Brasilia Mr. Luiz CASEMIRO, Auditor, Brazilian Customs Authority, Brasilia BURKINA FASO M. Didier MEDA, Directeur général adjoint des douanes, Direction générale des douanes, Ouagadougou CAMBODGE CANADA CHINE Mr. KE Sovann, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Mario GONZALEZ, Policy Advisor Economic Development Division Policy Branch, Ottawa Mr. Robert SHUM, Trade Policy Officer, Tariffs and Market Access Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa Mr. ZHANG Kening, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mrs. LIU Lijuan, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. E TAO Tao, Supervisor, General Administration of Customs, Beijing
Page 4 CÔTE D'IVOIRE EGYPTE ESPAGNE M. Jérôme Klôh WEYA, Chargé d'affaires ad interim, Mission permanente, Genève M. Pierre DA, Conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève M. Mamadou MARIKO, Directeur de la coopération, de la formation et des gens de mer, Ministère des transports, Abidjan M. Assémian YAO, Directeur des transports maritimes et fluvio-lagunaires, Ministère des transports, Abidjan M. N guessan N GUESSAN, Sous-directeur des projets, Ministère des transports, Abidjan Mr. Khalid EMARA, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Amr ALJOWAILY, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva S.E. Sr. Juan Antonio MARCH, Embajador, Representante Permanente, Ginebra Sr. Manuel GOIZUETA, Consejero, Misión Permanente, Ginebra Sr. Pere MARZABAL, Consejero Comercial, Misión Permanente, Ginebra ETATS-UNIS Ms. Ann BARNETT-DAHL, Customs and Trade Facilitation, Washington DC Ms. Rachel SHUB, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva FEDERATION DE RUSSIE FRANCE GABON HAÏTI Mr. Mikhail ANTIPOV, Vice Head of Division, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Moscow Mr. Igor GORELIKOV, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Kamil BABASOV, Senior Expert, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Moscow M. Emmanuel FARCOT, Conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève M. Jean MAVOUROULOU MAVOUROULOU, Inspecteur principal des douanes, Directeur de l'informatique, des statistiques et des études, Ministère de l'économie, des finances, du budget et de la privatisation, Libreville M. Alix RAYMOND, Directeur Général, Ministère du Commerce et de l'industrie, Port-au-Prince M. Luc ESPECA, Directeur Général Adjoint de la Direction des Zones Franches, Port-au-Prince
Page 5 HONDURAS INDONESIE ITALIE JAPON JORDANIE KENYA LETTONIE LIBAN S.E. Sr. J. Benjamin ZAPATA, Embajador, Representante Permanente, Ginebra Sr. F. Javier MEJIA GUEVARA, Primer Secretario, Misión Permanente, Ginebra Mr. Adolf Richard TAMBUNAN, Deputy Director for International Shipping, Directorate General of Sea Transport, Ministry of Transport, Jakarta Mr. Said SAMSUAR, Customs Attaché, Brussels, Belgium Mr. Luciano BARILLARO, First Counselor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mrs. Azzurrra CHIARINI, Stagiaire, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Tomoyoshi WATANABE, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Marwan Mohammad GHARIBEH, Director of Planning and Organization, Custom Department, Amman Mr. Hussam AL HUSSEINI, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Nchooro M'MWENDA, Nairobi Mr. Samuel CHEMISTO, Intern, Permanent Mission to the WTO, Geneva Ms. Ksenija LASKEJEVICA, Deputy Head of Foreign Economic Relations Division, Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Policy Department, Ministry of Economics, Riga Mr. Nada AL AKL, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva MADAGASCAR MALAISIE Mme Henriette RASOAMAMPIONONA, Chef du service des relations bilatérales, Direction des relations internationales, Ministère de l'industrialisation, du commerce et du développement du secteur privé, Antananarivo Ms. Mariam MD SALLEH, Counsellor, Permanent Mission to the WTO, Geneva
Page 6 MAURICE Mr. Umesh Kumar M. SOOKMANEE, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva MAURITANIE MEXIQUE MONGOLIE Mr. Mohamed Mahmoud OULD BOÏLIL, Conseiller technique, Ministère des finances, Nouakchott Sr. Jorge Eduardo LOPEZ VALDEZ, Subdirector de Reglas de Origen y Procedimientos Aduaneros, Dirección General de Política Comercial, Secretaria de Economía, México DF Sr. Eusebio HIDALGO, Consejero, Sub-Secretaria de Industria e Comercio, Secretaria de Economía, México DF Sra. Crista GONZALEZ, Tercer Secretario, Misión Permanente, Ginebra Sra. Carmen ARENAS CRUZ, Stagiaire, Misión Permanente ante la OMC, Ginebra Dr. Bulgaa ALTANGEREL, Director, Law and Treaty Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ulaanbaatar Mr. Suren BADRAL, Deputy Permanent Representative, Geneva Mr. Paria TSENGEL, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR NEPAL OMAN M. Miguel Armando NHANE, Head of Border Post, Customs and Excise Department, Maputo Mr. Myo OO, Deputy Director General, Directorate of Trade, Ministry of Commerce, Yangon H.E. Mr. Gyan Chandra ACHARYA, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Geneva Mr. Prachanda Man SHRESTHA, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Kathmandu Mr. Binod Prasad ACHARYA, Deputy Permanent Representative, Geneva Ms. Fatima AL-GHAZALI, Economic Counsellor, Permanent Mission to the WTO, Geneva
Page 7 OUGANDA PANAMA PARAGUAY PAYS-BAS Mr. Emmanuel MUTAHUNGA, Senior Commercial Officer, Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry, Kampala Sra. Constancia A. THOMAS, Directora, Oficina de Administración de Tratados, Dirección Nacional de Negociaciones Comerciales Internacionales, Viceministerio de Comercio Exterior, Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias, Panamá Sra. Lilia CARRERA MUGGLER, Analista de Comercio Exterior, Misión Permanente ante la OMC, Ginebra PHILIPPINES POLOGNE QATAR Sr. Daniel POSE, Dirección Nacional de Aduanas, Asunción Mr. Wim KEIZER, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Hague Mr. Miguel R. BAUTISTA, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Ma. Victoria L. BARNES, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Alicja KRZYZANOWSKA, Chief Expert, Department of Trade Policy, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labour, Warsaw Mr. Salem AL SHAFI, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva REPUBLIQUE ARABE SYRIENNE Mr. Saffouh AL NABOULSI, Vice Director, Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economy and Trade, Damascus REPUBLIQUE DE COREE Mr. KIM Jin-Dong, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE Ms. Renata BRANDSTATTEROVA, Officer, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Prague Mrs. Andrea PETRANKOVA, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Page 8 ROYAUME-UNI SENEGAL Ms. Claire WILLIAMSON, Market Access and Trade Facilitation, Europe and World Trade, DTI, London SLOVAQUIE SRI LANKA SUEDE SUISSE SURINAME M. Mbaye NDIAYE, Premier conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève Ms. Marta RUZICKOVA, State Counsellor, Ministry of Economy, Bratislava Mr. P.D.K. FERNANDO, Director of Customs, Colombo M. Dayaratna SILVA, Ministre (Affaires Commerciales et Economiques), Mission permanente, Genève Mr. Mathias GRÖNLUND, Senior Advisor, Executive Office, Swedish Board of Customs, Stockholm Ms. Sonia ALBARELLO, Analyst, Customs Union Department, National Board of Trade, SWEPRO, Stockholm Mr. Martin HESSEL, Programme Officer, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Stockholm M. Stefano LAZZAROTTO, Conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève Mr. Jessy DANKERLUI, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Paramaribo THAILANDE Mr. Chutiwat WATANAPHOL, Counsellor, Customs Department, Ministry of Finance, Bangkok Ms. Kaewta BOONCHAROEN, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva TRINITE-ET-TOBAGO Mrs. Christine MAHATO, Economist II, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Port of Spain Ms. Donna DE FOUR, Industry Specialist, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Port of Spain Mr. Ammar SAMAROO, Customs and Excise Officer III, Customs and Excise Division, Port of Spain
Page 9 UZBEKISTAN VIET NAM YEMEN ZAMBIE ZIMBABWE Mrs. Malida USMANOVA, Deputy Head of Department, State Customs Committee, Tashkent Mr. LE Huu Hung, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Mohamed AL-FOQUMI, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Evans MAXWELL CHISALA, Assistant Commissioner, Customs and Excise Division, Zambia Revenue Authority, Lusaka Mr. Richard CHIBUWE, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva UNITED NATIONS CENTRE DU COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL Mr. Anton SAID, Senior Officer, National Export Strategy, Office of the Executive Director, Geneva COMMISSION ECONOMIQUE POUR L'AFRIQUE Mr. Azhar JAIMURZINA, Associate Economic Affairs Officer, Geneva COMMISSION ECONOMIQUE POUR L'EUROPE Mr. Mario APOSTOLOV, Regional Adviser, Geneva Mr. Markus PIKART, Database Administrator, UNeDocs, Geneva Ms. M. CECCARELLI, Project Management Expert, TIR Secretariat, Border Crossing Facilitation Section, Geneva COMMISSION ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIALE POUR L'ASIE ET LE PACIFIQUE Ms. Geetha KARANDAWALA, Chief, Transport Facilitation Section, Bangkok
Page 10 PROGRAMME DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT Ms. Gina VOLYNSKY, Trade and Economic Development Policy Advisor, Regional Centre, Bratislava, Slovakia Ms. Sari LAAKSONEN, Programme Officer, Geneva BANQUE MONDIALE SPECIALIZED AGENCIES Mr. Gerald OLLIVER, GFP Secretariat, Washington FONDS MONETAIRE INTERNATIONAL Mr. Graeme LUDLOW, Senior Economist, Revenue Administration Division, Fiscal Affairs Department, Washington Ms. Ghislaine WEDER, Geneva ORGANISATION MONDIALE DES DOUANES Mr. R. McDonagh, Deputy Director, Brussels ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES POUR L'EDUCATION, LA SCIENCE ET LA CULTURE Ms. Ingeborg BREINES, Director, Geneva Ms. Kerstin HOLST, Liaison Officer, Geneva NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS General Category FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES FEMMES DE CARRIERES LIBERALES ET COMMERCIALES (BPW INTERNATIONAL) Ms. Elisabeth CLEMENT-ARNOLD, Geneva UNION GENERALE DS CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE, D'INDUSTRIE ET D'AGRICULTURE DES PAYS ARABES Mrs. Nahid El-Zein NAAMANI, Beirut
Page 11 Special Category FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES ASSOCIATIONS DE TRANSITAIRES ET ASSIMILES Mr. Robert KEEN, Advisory Body IT, Glattbrugg, Switzerland INTERNATIONAL MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION Ms. Mahindokht FAGHFOURI, President Mr. Viatscheslav CHOUVALOV, Manager PANELISTS 21 September 2005 Trade and Transport Facilitation and Development Ms. Angela STRACHAN, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, United Kingdom Mr. Marc JUHEL, World Bank, Washington DC, United States of America Ms. Claudia ETZRODT, CLAAS Agricultural Machinery Ms. Marelia MARTÍNEZ RIVAS, Trade and Facilitation Consultant, Washington DC, United States Mr. Shondeep BANERJI, SITPRO Ltd., United Kingdom 22 September 2005 Trade Facilitation and Regional Integration Mr. Arnold NKOMA, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Mr. Orhan ISIK, Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Mr. Jonathan CLARIDGE, European Commission Status of WTO Negotiations on Trade Facilitation Ms. Nora NEUFELD, World Trade Organization (WTO) Private Sector Expectations from the WTO Negotiation Process on Trade Facilitation Mr. David WAKEFORD, Trade Facilitation Alliance Mr. Eduard ARRUGA I VALERI, Import Export Procedures Expert Group of the Confederation of European Agrifood Industries Mr. Sandro CONSOLI, International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations Sra. María del Rosario SOLARI RAFFO, Directora de Relaciones Internacionales y Técnicas, Cámara de Exportadores (CERA), Buenos Aires, Argentina Mr. Solomon A. KASA, Tanzania Freight Forwarder Association, Dar-es-Salam Mr. S.V. DIVVAAKAR, Ace Global Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India Mme. Catherine MINARD, Mouvement des Entreprises de France, Paris
Page 12 23 September 2005 Introduction to Implementation Issues in Trade Facilitation Ms. Brigitte CUENDET, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Bern, Switzerland Implementation of Trade Facilitation Measures H.E. Mr. Manuel A.J. TEEHANKEE, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the World Trade Organization, Geneva Sr. Eduardo TEMPONE, Permanent Mission of Argentina to the World Trade Organization, Geneva Mr. Ibrahima DIAGNE, GAINDE 2000, Senegal INVITED Mr. Osvaldo R. AGATIELLO, Independent Consultant, Argentina Mr. James CLAWSON, CEO, Global Alliance for Trade Efficiency, United States M. Maurice NACOUZ, Expert en droit de transit, Chambre de commerce, d'industrie et d'agriculture de Beyrouth Mr. Omar E. ODARDA, Trade Facilitation Alliance, Switzerland Mr. Pascal OLLIVIER, SOGET, France Mr. Jacques RITT, SOGET, France Ms. Donna SHARP, Senior Partner, Sharp Global Partners Ltd., United States Mr. Bala SUBRAMANIAM, Director, ICHCA International, Romford, United Kingdom Mr. Waleed TALI, ITAQ, Baghdad, Iraq