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1 May 2002
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20TH WTO TRADE POLICY COURSE BEGINS
Government officials from 27 countries attended the opening session of the 20th WTO Trade
Policy Course, which is being  held in Spanish. 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 27 trade officials will have a unique opportunity to follow,
from the inside, the work of the WTO at a moment when Members are entering into negotiations
under the various mandates which had been adopted by Ministers in Doha, Qatar, last November.
Mr. Ravier invited the participants to actively take part in the forthcoming training and to
absorb as much as possible from their three-month stay at the WTO Headquarters. He stressed theefforts recently made by the WTO Members and the Secretariat to diversify the opportunities to be
trained on WTO matters and to double the training capacities in terms of the number of participants
granted fellowships.
Throughout the three-month training, which will end on 19 July, the 27 participating officials
will become acquainted, through lectures, round-tables and simulation exercises, with virtually all
activities carried out in the framework of the WTO as well as with trade-related aspects of the work
conducted by other international organizations located in Geneva.
Participants will start their programme by attending the Symposium on "The Doha
Development Agenda and Beyond" which is also taking place at the WTO Headquarters between
29 April and 1 May.
It is worth noting that among the 27 participants, 19 come from Latin America and the
Caribbean and 8 are from outside the region. The list of participants of the 20
th Trade Policy Course is
annexed.PRESS/291
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MORE20TH WTO TRADE POLICY COURSE  -  LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Angola Mr. Joaquim PEREIRA DA GAMA, Specialist, National Department for
Bilateral Trade Cooperation, Internatio nal Exchange Cabinet, Ministry of
Trade, Luanda.
Argentina Mr. Federico GONZÁLEZ PERINI, Secretary of Embassy, Directorate for
Multilateral Economic Negotiations (DIREM), Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
International Trade and Worship, Buenos Aires.
Bolivia Mr. Mauricio DORFLER, First Secretary, Vice-Ministry of International
Economic Relations and Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Worship, La Paz.
Brazil Mr. Antonio Otavio SA RICARTE, A ssistant General Coordinator for Disputes,
General Dispute Coordination Commission, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Palacio Itamaraty, Brasilia.
Burundi Mr. Serge BIRIZANYE, Counsellor, Industrial Development Department,
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Bujumbura.
Colombia Mr. José Rafael BARBOSA, Adviso r, Directorate of Economic Integration,
Ministry of Foreign Trade, Bogotá.
Costa Rica Miss Ana Ericka VIQUEZ ALVAREZ, Advisor, Directorate-General of Foreign
Trade, Ministry of Foreign Trade, San José.
Croatia Miss Olja ZANINOVIC, Assistant Director, Foreign Relations and Trade Policy
Department, Trade Policy Division, WTO and EU, Ministry of the Economy,
Zagreb.
Cuba Mrs. Belsis Isabel LLORENTE DIAZ, Trade Policy Officer, International
Organizations Division, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Havana.
Chile Miss Cynthia Andrea CARRASCO ARMIJO, Assistant, FTAA and North
America Department, Directorate-General of International Economic
Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Santiago.
Dominican
RepublicMiss Luisa ASTACIO NUÑEZ, World Trad e Organization Coordinator, Trade
Negotiations Branch, Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs, SantoDomingo.
El Salvador Miss Norma del Carmen CASTELLANOS CABEZAS, Official Negotiator on
Subsidies, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties, Trade Policy Division,
Ministry of the Economy, San Salvador.
Equatorial Guinea Mr. Deogracias-Ondo NKOGO EYANG, Coordinator, General Secretariat,
Ministry of Industry, Trade and SMEs, Malabo.
Georgia Mr. Nugzar DUCHIDZE, Deputy Mi nister, Ministry of Agriculture and
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Guatemala Mr. Mike Roberto ESTRADA AJÁ, Advisor on Foreign Trade and Negotiator,
Policy and Strategic Information Unit, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestockand Food, Guatemala.
Guinea-Bissau Mr. Domingos KEBATY, Director, De partment of Internal Trade, Secretariat of
State for Trade, Industry and Handicrafts, Ministry of Economy and Finance,
Bissau.
Haiti Mr. Jean-Baptiste MATELLUS, Head, Fo reign Commercial Service, Ministry of
Trade and Industry, Port-au-Prince.
Honduras Mrs. América TURCIOS SÁNCHEZ, Ag ricultural Negotiator, International
Negotiations Division, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Tegucigalpa.
Mexico Miss Lilia Margarita CAMACHO BRANDI, Director for the Monitoring and
Administration of Free-Trade Ag reements, General Coordination
Commission for Negotiations with Latin America, the FTAA, Europe and the
Services Sector, Ministry of the Economy, Mexico F.D.
Mozambique Mrs. Anchura A.A. URCY, Cust oms Supervisor, Computer and Statistics
Division, Technical Team for the Implementation of the WTO Customs
Valuation Agreement, Directorate-General of Customs, Maputo.
Nicaragua Mrs. Lyliana Herminia SÁENZ, H ead, Department of International Trade
Negotiations, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Development, Managua.
Panama Miss Velkis D. AFÚ VALDÉS, Negotiating Lawyer, National Directorate of
International Trade Negotiations, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Panama.
Paraguay Mr. Octavio Odilón FERREIRA GINI, Technical Officer, Directorate of
Multilateral Economic Agencies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Asunción.
Peru Mr. Ernesto Emilio GUEVARA LAM, C ounsellor to the Deputy Minister of
Integration and International Trade Negotiations, Ministry of Industry,Tourism, Integration and International Trade Negotiations, Lima.
Uruguay Mrs. Ivannah María GARELLI RUGGIA, Advisor, Trade Policy and
International Negotiations, Directorate-General for Trade, Ministry of
Economy and Finance, Montevideo.
Venezuela Mr. Emir José MOROS ADAMS, Planner IV, Directorate of International
Affairs, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Caracas F.D.
Viet Nam Miss Loan NGUYEN THI THANH, Trade Policy Expert, Department of Trade
Policy for Europe, America and the International Economic Organizations,
Ministry of Trade, Hanoi.
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