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TRAINING ACTIVITIES
TheWTO Trade Policy Courses
Note bytheDirector-General
1. TheWTO Secretariat organized fourTrade Policy Courses during 1995: tworegular Courses,
offourteen weeks duration each, inEnglish andinFrench forofficials from developing countries;
anine-week Special Course, inEnglish, forofficials fromEastern andCentral European andCentral
Asian countries, financed bytheSwiss Government; andasix-week Special Course, alsoinEnglish,
withsimultaneous interpretation intoRussian, forofficials fromBelarus, theRussian Federation and
Ukraine, financed bytheUnited States Government.
I. Regular Courses
2. TheFirstWTO Trade Policy Course, thefirstofthetworegular Courses organized during
1995, tookplace from23January to28April andwasconducted inFrench. TheSecond WTO Trade
Policy Course, inEnglish, began on28August andwillendon1December.
3. TheregularTradePolicyCoursesareintendedforgovernmentofficialsfromdevelopingcountries
(WTO Members aswellasnon-Members) involved intheformulation andimplementation oftrade
policy. Theincreased complexity oflegalandtradepolicy issues dealtwithbytheWTO ascompared
totheGATT hasenhanced interest inparticipation intheWTO Trade Policy Courses.
4. TheTrade Policy Courses 'objective istowiden theparticipating officials 'understanding of
trade policy matters, themultilateral trading system, international trade lawandthefunctioning of
theWTO. Theknowledge acquired intheCourse isexpected toallow participating officials toimprove
theeffectiveness oftheirwork intheirownadministrations andtopromote amore active participation
oftheircountries inthework oftheWTO.
5. TheCourse programme includes lectures anddiscussions onthetheory andstructure of
internationaltrade,theformulationandimplementationoftradepolicy,theinteractionbetweenmonetary
andfiscal policies andtradepolicy, theprovisions ofWTO legalinstruments andagreements (stressing
especially subjects ofparticular interest todeveloping countries, suchasmarket access, subsidies, anti-
dumping, andsectoral agreements onagriculture andtextiles), theGeneral Agreement onTrade in
Services,theAgreementonTrade-RelatedAspectsofIntellectualPropertyRights,theIntegratedDispute
Settlement System, andthestructure, scope andfunctioning oftheWTO. TheCourse programme
alsoaddresses other trade policy issues oftopical interest, suchasregional economic integration, and
theinteraction between trade andenvironmental policies.
6. Most ofthelectures aregiven byWTO officials directly dealing withtherespective subjects.
TheCourse programme alsoincludes presentations byanumber ofoutside consultants, senior officials
from other international organizations, andguest speakers from some ofthepermanent delegations
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tables,andthepreparationandpresentationofseminarpapersonWTO-relatedsubjects.Theparticipating
officials takepartinaworkshop onnegotiating techniques, organized withthefinancial support of
theSwiss Government. They alsoparticipate inatradenegotiations simulation exercise, andadispute
settlement simulation exercise, inwhich theyputintopractice theknowledge oftrade policy issues
acquired intheCourse. Inaddition tothelectures andthepractical work, theCourse programme
includes attendance ataCouncil meeting, soastoallow theparticipants todirectly observe the
functioning oftheWTO.
7. Theprogramme oftheregular Courses includes twostudy tours: oneinSwitzerland andthe
other abroad, which serve thepurpose ofintroducing theparticipants tothetradeandgeneral economic
policies ofthehostcountries, andtheorganization, structure andactivities ofsome oftheirleading
industrial, financial andcommercial enterprises. These objectives areattained through meetings and
discussions with senior officials from thehostgovernments involved intheformulation and
implementation oftradepolicies, aswellasthrough visitstoindustrial, financial andcommercial centres.
Thestudy tours alsoaimatpromoting mutually beneficial contacts between theparticipating officials
andinstitutions andenterprises inthehostcountries.
8. AspartoftheCourse programme, participants intheFrench-speaking Course undertook a
study tourinBelgium andFrance, organized withthecooperation andsupport oftheEuropean
Commission andtheGovernments ofthese twocountries. Theparticipants inthecurrent English-
speaking Course undertook theirstudy tourintheUnited Kingdom, which wasorganized withthe
support andcooperation oftheGovernment oftheUnited Kingdom. Participants ineachoftheregular
Courses alsoundertook ashort study tourinSwitzerland.
9. Since 1955, when theTrade Policy Courses started under theGATT, 1,440 officials from
128countries andtenregional organizations have participated intheregular Courses (Annex A).
Annex Bcontains listsofthegovernment officials whoparticipated intheregular WTO Trade Policy
Courses in1995.
II. Special Trade Policy Course forEastern andCentral European andCentral Asian Countries
10. TheWTO Secretariat organized, withthefinancial support oftheSwiss Government, aFifth
Special Trade Policy Course forEastern andCentral European andCentral Asian Countries, which
tookplace inGeneva from 22Mayto21July1995. Twenty-five officials from nineteen countries
participated intheCourse (seeAnnex C).
11. Theprogramme fortheFifthSpecial Course aimed atresponding tothetraining needs ofthe
economies intransition, several ofwhich areintheprocess ofacceding totheWTO. TheCourse
programme dealtwiththestructure andscope ofactivities oftheWTO, aswellasitslegaltexts. Special
emphasis waslaidontopics ofparticular interest totheparticipating countries, suchastheprocess
oftrade policy reform ineconomies intransition, theinteraction between monetary andfiscal policy
andtrade policy, theconditions foraccession totheWTO, andtheWTO status ofbilateral regional
arrangements between some oftheparticipating countries andwiththeEuropean Union andEFTA
countries. TheCourse programme alsoincluded practical work, suchasthepreparation andpresentation
ofseminar papers andparticipation inround tables andsimulation exercises.
12. TheCourse programme alsoincluded astudy tourinSwitzerland. Theprogramme ofthestudy
tourcomprised meetings anddiscussions withsenior officials intheSwiss Federal Government
responsible fortheformulation andimplementation oftrade andeconomic policies andrelations with
theeconomies intransition, andvisits tosome Swiss industries andinstitutions connected withforeign
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III. Special Trade Policy Course forBelarus, theRussian Federation andUkraine
13. Inaddition tothetworegular Trade Policy Courses andtheFifthSpecial Course forEastern
andCentral European andCentral Asian Countries, theWTO Secretariat organized forthesecond
consecutive year, attherequest andwiththefinancial support oftheGovernment oftheUnited States
ofAmerica, asix-week Special Trade Policy Course forBelarus, theRussian Federation andUkraine.
TheCourse aimed atresponding tothese countries 'pressing needs fortraining intheareaoftrade
policy. TheCourse tookplace inGeneva from 1Mayto13June1995. Twenty-four officials from
thethree countries, whohaveresponsibilities intheformulation andconduct offoreign trade policy,
participated intheCourse. TheCourse wasconducted inEnglish withsimultaneous interpretation into
Russian.
14. TheCourseprogrammewasdesignedtofamiliarizetheparticipatingofficialswiththefunctioning
ofthemultilateral trading system, andincluded lectures ontrade theory, trade policy instruments,
international trade law,including, inparticular, agreements which haveresulted from theUruguay
Round ofMultilateral Trade Negotiations, andthestructure, scope ofactivities andfunctioning ofthe
WTO. TheCourse emphasized some issues ofparticular relevance totheparticipating countries, such
asagriculture, services, andeconomic reform andtrade liberalization. Theprogramme alsoincluded
some practical work intheform ofatariff negotiations simulation exercise andadispute settlement
simulation exercise.
IV. Acknowledgements
15. TheDirector-General would liketothank theSwiss Government foritscontinued financing
oftheSpecial Trade Policy Courses forEastern andCentral European andCentral Asian Countries,
aswellastheworkshop onnegotiating techniques included intheregular Courses. Hewould like
toexpress hisappreciation alsototheGovernment oftheUnited States ofAmerica forfinancing the
Second Special Trade Policy Course forBelarus, theRussian Federation andUkraine. Hewould like
toexpress hisgratitude totheGovernments ofBelgium andFrance, andtotheEuropean Commission
fortheircooperation andsupport inorganizing thestudy tourfortheFirstWTO Trade Policy Course,
andtotheGovernment oftheUnited Kingdom forhaving hosted thestudy touroftheSecond WTO
Trade Policy Course. Hewould liketoexpress hisappreciation forthecontinued cooperation and
contributions made totheWTO training activities byPermanent Missions inGeneva, andbyother
international organizations andbodies, namely theInternational Monetary Fund, theWorld Bank, the
United Nations Conference onTrade andDevelopment, theInternational Trade Centre, theWorld
Intellectual Property Organization, andtheUnited Nations Development Programme.WT/L/108
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ANNEX A
Area Distribution ofParticipants intheRegular Courses
from December 1955 toNovember 1995
Fellowship
HoldersNon-Fellowship
Participants
Africa
(Forty-eight countries)
(Five organizations)449 4
Algeria 6
Angola 1
Benin 14
Botswana 1
Burkina Faso 4
Burundi 12
Cameroon 13
Central African Republic 13
Chad 5
Comoros 3
Congo 14
Côted'Ivoire 10
Egypt 34 1
Equatorial Guinea 3
Ethiopia 9
Gabon 7
Gambia 6
Ghana 23 1
Guinea 8
Guinea-Bissau 2
Kenya 14
Lesotho 3
Liberia 1
Libya 2
Madagascar 24
Malawi 17
Mali 13
Mauritania 1
Mauritius 4
Morocco 11
Mozambique 2
Niger 3
Nigeria 23 1
Rwanda 4
Senegal 16
Sierra Leone 6
Somalia 3
South Africa 2
Sudan 11
Swaziland 1
Tanzania 17WT/L/108
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Fellowship
HoldersNon-Fellowship
Participants
Togo 17
Tunisia 15
Uganda 8
Zaire 15 1
Zambia 9
Zimbabwe 7
Other 4
CEAO 1
CEPGL 1
Mano River Union 2
OAU 1
UDEAC 3
Asia
(Excluding Middle East)
(Thirty countries)325 24
Afghanistan 1
Bangladesh 16
Bhutan 1
Brunei Darussalam 1
China 16
Fiji 4
Hong Kong 9 18
India 37
Indonesia 27
Iran 7
Japan 3
Kampuchea 3
Korea 19
LaoP.D.R. 6
Macau 2
Malaysia 18
Maldives 1
Mongolia 4
Myanmar 17
Nepal 6
Pakistan 23
Papua NewGuinea 4
Philippines 26
Singapore 9
SriLanka 25
Thailand 23 3
Tonga
Vanuatu2
1
VietNam 15
Other 2WT/L/108
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Fellowship
HoldersNon-Fellowship
Participants
Middle East
(Tencountries)
(One organization)82 1
Bahrain 1
Iraq 3
Israel 18 1
Jordan 2
Kuwait 1
Lebanon 5
Oman 1
Saudi Arabia 6
Syria 13
Turkey 31
GCC 1
Latin America andCaribbean Area
(Twenty-seven countries)
(Four organizations)404 19
Argentina 36
Bahamas 1
Barbados 5
Belize 1
Bolivia 15
Brazil 33
Chile 28 1
Colombia 25
Costa Rica 9 1
Cuba 25 4
Dominican Republic 8
Ecuador 15
ElSalvador 8
Guatemala 6
Guyana 2
Haiti 16
Honduras 9
Jamaica 12
Mexico 22 3
Nicaragua 8 1
Panama 7 2
Paraguay 17 1
Peru 29
Suriname 1
Trinidad andTobago 10 2
Uruguay 18 1
Venezuela 19 3WT/L/108
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Fellowship
HoldersNon-Fellowship
Participants
Andean Group 3
CARICOM 1
LAIA 9
SIECA 6
Europe
(Thirteen countries)121 11
Bulgaria 14 1
Cyprus 2
Czechoslovakia 1 2
Finland 3
Germany, Fed.Rep.of 2
Greece 19
Hungary 11
Malta 4 1
Poland 17 3
Portugal 7 1
Romania 20
Spain 1 1
Yugoslavia 22
TOTAL
(One hundred andtwenty-eight
countries andtenorganizations)1,381 59WT/L/108
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ANNEX B
Participants intheRegular Courses in1995
1.Trade Policy Course (First WTO Course -French) -January-April 1995
Country Name andTitle
Argentina Mr.Juan A.MARCHETTI, Secretary ofEmbassy, Under-Secretariat for
InternationalEconomicNegotiations,MinistryofForeignAffairs,International
Trade andWorship, Buenos Aires.
Benin Mr.Segnon C.A. QUENUM, Deputy Director ofForeign Trade, Ministry of
Trade andTourism, Cotonou.
Brazil Mr.Sarquis J.SARQUIS BUAINAIN, Secretary ofEmbassy, Finance Policy
Division,DepartmentofTechnology,FinanceandDevelopmentPolicy,General
Secretariat forIntegration, Economic andForeign Trade Matters, Ministry
ofForeign Affairs, Brasilia.
Burkina Faso Mr. Lancia M.KI,Director, Ministry ofIndustry, Trade andMines,
Ouagadougou.
Burundi Mr.Emmanuel NKENGURUTSE, Deputy Director ofForeign Trade, Ministry
ofTrade andIndustry, Bujumbura.
Cameroon Mr.Amédée NGOUANTEU, Trade Liberalization Technical Assistant, Ministry
oftheEconomy andFinance, Yaoundé.
Central African Mr.Victor MEIGARI, Director ofResearch, Ministry ofTrade, Industry and
Republic Small andMedium-sized Enterprises, Bangui.
Chad Mr.MadibayeDJIMADOUMBAYE,Head,SectionofTradeRelationsandTrade
Promotion Measures, Ministry oftheEconomy andTourism, N'Djamena.
China Mrs. BingHU,Chief ofSection, Department ofTrade andEconomic Affairs,
MOFTEC, Beijing.
Colombia Miss Marta O.GALLON AGUDELO, Adviser totheMinister, Ministry of
Foreign Trade, Bogotá.
Congo Mrs.JeanneC.NIATY-MOUAMBA,Director,MinistryofTrade,Consumption
andSmall andMedium-sized Enterprises, Brazzaville.
Côted'Ivoire Mr.ThomasATOKRE,ChiefofSection,DirectorateforthePromotionofForeign
Trade, Ministry ofIndustry andTrade, Abidjan.
Guinea Mr. Mamadou SOUMAH, Research Officer, Division ofInternational
Organizations, National Directorate ofInternational Cooperation, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs andCooperation, Conakry.WT/L/108
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Country Name andTitle
Madagascar MissFleurette M.MIANGOZARA, Chief, Multilateral Trade Relations Section,
UNCTAD Division, Ministry ofTrade, Antananarivo.
Mali Mrs.Niamoto SANGARE, Chief, Foreign Trade Division, National Directorate
ofEconomic Affairs, Ministry ofFinance andTrade, Bamako.
Mauritania Mr.Sidaty O.CHEIKH, Chief, UNDivision, Ministry ofForeign Affairs and
Cooperation, Nouakchott.
Mexico Mrs. Carmen BERNAL, Chief, Department ofGATT Institutional Matters,
Ministry ofTrade andIndustrial Development, Mexico.
Morocco Mr.Elhassan JOUAOUINE, GATT Desk Officer, Ministry ofForeign Trade,
Rabat.
Senegal Mr.Amadou H.NDIAYE, Chief, International Trade Negotiations Division,
Directorate ofForeign Trade, Ministry ofTrade andHandicraft, Dakar.
Syria Mr.Saffouh SUDKI AL-NABOULSI, Deputy Director, Directorate ofForeign
Trade, Ministry oftheEconomy andForeign Trade, Damascus.
Togo Mr.Keuku-Banka M.JOHNSON, Research Officer forTrade Issues, Office of
theMinister, Ministry ofTrade, Prices andTransport, Lomé.
Tunisia Mr.Lassaâd BENHASSINE, Administrative Officer, Ministry ofInternational
Cooperation andForeign Investment, Tunis.
Venezuela Mrs. Alicia C.CARIAS, Senior Planning Officer, Ministry ofEconomic
Development, Caracas.
VietNam Mr.Giam DAO HUY, GATT Desk Officer, Ministry ofTrade, Hanoi.WT/L/108
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2.Trade Policy Course (Second WTO Course -English) August-December 1995
Country Name andTitle
Bahrain Mr.AdnanS.ALMOOSAWI,InternationalTradeRelationsSpecialist,Ministry
ofCommerce, Manama.
Bangladesh Mr.MdShah ALAM, Assistant Trade Consultant, Ministry ofCommerce,
Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka.
Belize Mr.Richard E.REID, Trade Economist, Ministry ofTrade andIndustry,
Belmopan.
China Mr.Xiangchen ZHANG, Official, Department ofInternational Trade and
Economic Cooperation, Beijing.
Egypt Mr. Mohamed N.SALEM, First Secretary (Commercial), Commercial
Representation, Ministry ofEconomy andForeign Trade, Cairo.
ElSalvador Mr.Rene M.VARGAS MARROQUIN, Chief, Trade Regulations Division,
Ministry ofEconomy, SanSalvador.
Ethiopia Mr.Gashaw DEBEBE, Head, Trade Policy Division, Ministry ofTrade, Addis
Ababa.
Gambia Mr.Tamsir M.MANGA, Principal Economist, Ministry ofTrade andIndustry,
Banjul.
Ghana Mr. Francis K.AMENYAH, Commercial/Legal Officer, International
OrganizationsandConferences/LegalDivision,MinistryofTradeandIndustry,
Accra.
Hong Kong Mr.Freely K.CHENG, Trade Officer, Commercial Relations Branch, Regional
Cooperation Division, Trade Department, Kowloon.
India Mr.V.SUBRAMANIAN,DeskOfficer(ForeignTrade),MinistryofCommerce,
NewDelhi.
Indonesia Mr. Ahmad SYAFRI, Head, Foreign Cooperation Division, Bureau
ofPublic Relations andForeign Cooperation, Ministry ofTrade, Jakarta.
LaoPDR Mrs. Banesaty THEPHAVONG, Deputy Director, International Organisation
Statistics andPlanning Division, Foreign Trade Department, Ministry of
Commerce, Vientiane.
Malawi Mrs. Hilaria F.BANDA, Trade Officer, Ministry ofCommerce andIndustry,
Lilongwe.
Malaysia Mr.Adlan TUMIN, Assistant Director (Textile), Ministry ofInternational Trade
andIndustry, Kuala Lumpur.WT/L/108
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Country Name andTitle
Mongolia Mr.Evshingiin IDESH, Senior Officer, Treaty andLawDepartment, Ministry
ofTrade andIndustry, Ulaanbaatar.
Myanmar MissKhinW.Myint,SectionHead,InternationalTradeOrganizationandResearch
Department, Directorate ofInvestment andCompany Administration, Ministry
ofNational Planning andEconomic Development, Yangon.
Nepal Mr.JibR.KOIRALA, Section Officer, Department ofCommerce, Ministry of
Commerce, Kathmandu.
Philippines Miss Evelyn Q.MANALOTO, Chief Trade-Industry Development Specialist,
Bureau ofInternational Trade Relations, Department ofTrade andIndustry,
Metro Manila.
Singapore Mr.Premjith SADASIVAN, Foreign Service Officer (International Economics),
Ministry ofForeign Affairs, Singapore.
South Africa Mr.Patrick L.KRAPPIE, Directorate ofForeign Trade Relations, Department
ofTrade andIndustry, Pretoria.
SriLanka Mr.WasanthaR.SENANAYAKE,AssistantDirectorofCommerce,International
Commercial Relations Division, Department ofCommerce, Colombo.
Sudan Mr.Elmansour I.BOLAD, Desk Officer, Economic Department, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Khartoum.
Thailand MissAuramonCHUTINET,Economist,MultilateralTradeDivision,Department
ofBusiness Economics, Bangkok.
Turkey Mr.ZiyaDEMIRDÜZEN, Expert, Undersecretariat forForeign Trade, General
Directorate ofAgreements, Ankara.
Zimbabwe Mr. Fanuel G.MASAMA, Senior Administrative Officer (Multilateral
OrganisationsandCommodities),MinistryofIndustryandCommerce,Harare.WT/L/108
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ANNEX C
Fifth Special Trade Policy Course forEastern andCentral
European andCentral Asian Countries (English)
22May-21July1995
Country Name andTitle
Albania MissMajlinda BAKO, GATT/WTO Desk Officer, Department ofInternational
Economic Relations, Ministry ofIndustry, Trade andTransport,Tirana.
Albania Mr.MirgjindS.TEFIKU,Director,InternationalEconomicRelationsDepartment,
Ministry ofIndustry, Trade andTransport, Tirana.
Armenia Mr.AraL.AKOPIAN, Chief Expert, Department ofForeign Trade Policy,
Ministry ofEconomy, Yerevan.
Armenia Mrs. Anna M.MOVSISIAN, Leading Expert, Department ofForeign Trade
Policy, Ministry ofEconomy, Yerevan.
Bulgaria Miss Diana S.NAYDENOVA, Expert onMultilateral Trade Policy
(GATT/WTO), Multilateral Trade Policy Department, Ministry ofTrade and
Foreign Economic Cooperation, Sofia.
Bulgaria Mrs. Tatyana V.PETROVA, Senior Expert onMultilateral Trade Policy
(GATT/WTO), Multilateral Trade Policy Department, Ministry ofTrade and
Foreign Economic Cooperation, Sofia.
Bulgaria Mr.Vladimir G.SHEITANOV, First Secretary, Foreign Economic Policy
Department, Ministry ofForeign Affairs, Sofia.
Croatia Mr.DenisCAJO,Counsellor,ForeignEconomicRelationsDepartment,Ministry
ofEconomic Affairs, Zagreb.
Croatia Mr.Aleksandar HEINA, Counsellor, Permanent Mission oftheRepublic of
Croatia totheUnited Nations Office andother International Organizations
inGeneva, Geneva.
Estonia Mr.PriitPALLUM, Director, Ministry ofForeign Affairs, Tallinn.
Estonia Mr.Andres TROPP, Desk Officer, Foreign Economic Policy Department,
Ministry ofForeign Affairs, Tallinn.
Georgia Mr.Archil KOBAKHIDZE, Head, Department ofForeign Trade, Ministry of
Economy, Tbilisi.
Kazakhstan MissLiaziza DIOUSSENOVA, Chief Specialist, Ministry ofIndustry andTrade,
Almaty.
Kyrgyzstan Mrs.Anarkan RAKHMANOVA, Deputy Head, Ministry ofEconomy, Bishkek.WT/L/108
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Country Name andTitle
Latvia MissMaijaMANIKA,ActingHeadofDivision,DepartmentofForeignEconomic
Relations, Ministry ofForeign Affairs, Riga.
Latvia Mr.Kalvis VITOLINS, Senior Officer, Department ofInternational Economic
Relations, Ministry ofForeign Affairs, Riga.
Lithuania Mr.Gediminas LEVICKAS, Second Secretary, Trade Division, Department of
Economic Relations, Ministry ofForeign Affairs, Vilnius.
Lithuania Mr.Albinas ZANANAVIC IUS,Second Secretary, Trade Division, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Vilnius.
Former Yug. Rep. Mrs. Darinka PANOVSKA, Counsellor, Department ofTrade, Ministry of
ofMacedonia Economy, Skopje.
Former Yug. Rep. Mr.SaškoTAŠULOV, Third Secretary, Economic Department, Ministry of
ofMacedonia Foreign Affairs, Skopje.
Moldova Mr.Eugeniu F.HRISTEV, Head, Private Sector Development Section,
Department ofForeign Economic Relations, Ministry ofEconomy, Kishinev.
Moldova Mrs. Angela A.SAMBOURSKIA, Leading Specialist, Department ofForeign
Economic Relations, Ministry ofEconomy, Kishinev.
Uzbekistan Mr.Mukhtor M.KHAMUDKHANOV, Senior Expert, Ministry ofForeign
Economic Relations, Tashkent.
Uzbekistan Mr.DavronK.KHODZHAEV,SeniorSpecialist,MainDepartmentofRegulation
ofForeign Economic Activities, Ministry ofForeign Economic Relations,
Tashkent.
Uzbekistan Mr.Rafael R.NADYRCHIN, Head ofDivision, Ministry forForeign Economic
Relations, Tashkent.WT/L/108
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ANNEX D
Second Special Course forBelarus, theRussian Federation andUkraine (English)
1May-13June1995
Country Name andTitle
BELARUS Mrs.MariaI.BARSUK,DeputyChief,ForeignTradeRegulationDivision,Ministry
ofEconomy, Minsk.
Mr.IvanA.KADUSHKEVICH, Deputy Chief, Foreign Relations Department,
Ministry ofAgriculture andFood, Minsk.
Mr.Maxim N.KAKAREKA, Foreign Trade Expert, Department ofInternational
Economic Relations, Ministry forForeign Economic Relations, Minsk.
Mr.SyargeiP.KATSKO,SecondSecretary,DepartmentofInternationalEconomic
Relations, Ministry forForeign Affairs, Minsk.
MissTamara K.KHARASHUN, Attaché, Department ofInternational Economic
Relations, Ministry forForeign Affairs, Minsk.
Mr.Genrykh KUMPITSKY, ViceChief ofStaff, Cabinet ofMinisters, Minsk.
Mr.Vadim V.LAMKOV, Foreign Trade Expert, Department ofNon-Tariff
RegulationofForeignTrade,MinistryforForeignEconomicRelations,Minsk.
Mrs.VolgaSYARGEEVA,HeadofDivisionofLegislationonCommonQuestions
ofMarket, Deputy Head, Department ofEconomic Legislation, Ministry of
Justice, Minsk.
RUSSIAN Mr.Andrei N.BAZDYREV, Consultant, Currency Department, Ministry of
FEDERATION Finance, Moscow.
Mr.AlexanderV.BOLOTIN,AssistanttotheDeputyMinister,MinistryofForeign
Economic Relations, Moscow.
Mr.EvgeniS.KUVSHINOV,ChiefExpert,ForeignTradeLawSection,Ministry
ofJustice, Moscow.
Mrs. Natalya E.ORESHENKOVA, Expert, Ministry ofForeign Economic
Relations,DirectorateGeneralforMultilateralEconomicCooperation,Moscow.
Mr.Andrei Y.PEKARSKII, Head oftheUnitofRussian Legislation, General
LegalandTreatyDepartment,MinistryofForeignEconomicRelations,Moscow.WT/L/108
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Country Name andTitle
Mr.Valeri G.PROKHORENKOV, Head ofUnit, Macroeconomic Analysis and
Forecasting Department, Ministry ofEconomy, Moscow.
Mr.Alexei A.SOKOLOV, Counsellor, Department ofEconomic Cooperation,
Ministry ofForeign Affairs, Moscow.
Mr.Alexandre V.VILKOV, Chief Specialist, Economic Department, Ministry
ofForeign Economic Relations, Moscow.
UKRAINE Mr.IgorBONDUR, Senior Adviser, Supreme Rada ofUkraine, Committee on
Economy andManagement ofNational Resources, Kiev.
Mr.Yevgeniy FESCHENKO, Chief Consultant, Control Service tothePresident
ofUkraine, Kiev.
Mr.VolodimirGALENKO,HeadofSection,StateCommitteeonStandardization,
Metrology andCertification, Kiev.
Mrs.Valentina KALININA, Chief Economist, Department ofTariff Regulation,
Ministry ofForeign Economic Relations, Kiev.
Mr.OlegMELNIK,DeputyHead,DepartmentofReformonOwnership,Ministry
ofEconomy, Kiev.
MissElizavetaSAZONOVA,LeadingEconomist,DepartmentofTradeEconomic
Cooperation withEuropean andAmerican Countries, Ministry ofForeign
Economic Relations, Kiev.
Mr.IgorSOKOLOVSKY, Deputy Head, Department ofMarket andPrice
Informations, Ministry ofForeign Economic Relations, Kiev.
Mr.Andrey VOROBYOV, Deputy Head, Foreign Agricultural Service, Ministry
ofAgriculture andFood, Kiev.