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16 February 1999
WTO CHAIRPERSONS FOR 1999
The WTO General Council today (16 February) noted the consensus on the following slate of
names of chairpersons for WTO bodies:
General Council Ambassador Ali Said Mchumo (Tanzania)
Dispute Settlement Body Ambassador Nobutoshi Akao (Japan)
Trade Policy Review Body Ambassador Jean-Marie Noirfalisse (Belgium)
Council for Trade in Goods Ambassa dor Roger Farrell (New Zealand)
Council for TRIPs Ambassador Carlos Pérez del Castillo (Uruguay)
Council for Trade in Services Mr. Stuart Harbinson (Hong Kong, China)
Committee on Trade and Environment Ambassador István Major (Hungary)Committee on Trade and Development Ambassador Absa Claude Diallo (Senegal)
Committee on Budget, Finance and
AdministrationMme. Laurence Dubois-Destrizais (France)
Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions Mr. Tomasz Jodko (Poland)
Committee on Regional Trading Agreements Ambassador Krirk-Krai Jirapaet (Thailand)Working Group on the Relationship between
Trade and InvestmentAmbassador Man Soon Chang (Korea)
Working Group on the Relationship between
Trade and Competition PolicyProf. Frédéric Jenny (France)
Working Group on Transparency in Government
ProcurementAmbassador Ronald Saborío Soto (Costa Rica)
Committee on Trade in Agriculture Ambassa dor Nestor Osorio Londoño (Colombia)