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UNCTAD/ESCAP Round-table on WTO Negotiations
on GATT Articles V, VIII and X
Date
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26-27 May 2005 |
Venue
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Bangkok, Thailand |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
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Objective
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To discuss the contents
of GATT Articles V, VIII and X and understand
the implications of tabled proposals for
their clarification and improvement; express
needs and priorities of South East Asian
member countries in the context of the ongoing
negotiations; and work towards recommendations
and proposals for Geneva-based negotiators
at the WTO.
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Documentation
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Programme
Opening statement
 Mr.
Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary, UNESCAP
Presentations:
Session 1: Introduction to trade, trade facilitation and negotiations
at the WTO
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UNESCAP perspective on trade facilitation
and
WTO principles
Tiziana Bonapace, Chief, Trade Policy Section, Trade and
Investment Division, UNESCAP
From Singapore to the July Package: negotiations on
trade facilitation at the WTO
Maxence Orthlieb, Chief, Trade Facilitation Section,
Trade Logistics Branch and Peter Faust, Director, TLB,
SITE, UNCTAD
WTO trade facilitation negotiation and WCO
Takashi Matsumoto, Director, Asia-Pacific Regional
Office for Capacity Building, World Customs Organization
Introduction to document simplification and harmonization
Markus Pikart, Forum Coordinator, UNECE
Standardization and customs automation
Renaud Massenet, Regional Coordinator for Asia and
Pacific, UNCTAD, ASYCUDA Programme, Malaysia
Session 2: Analysis and discussion of the three articles as regards
potential improvements and clarifications at the WTO
Introduction to Article VIII and prospects for improvement
and clarification
Maxence
Orthlieb, UNCTAD
Comments on proposals tabled at the WTO
H.E. Mr. Raminder Singh Sidhu, Minister, Permanent
Mission of India to the WTO, Geneva
Introduction to Article V and prospects for improvement
and clarification
Maxence Orthlieb, UNCTAD
Introduction
to Article X and prospects for improvement
and clarification
Maxence Orthlieb, UNCTAD
Session 3: Implementation issues
Maxence
Orthlieb, UNCTAD
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Participants
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Information
note for participants
List of participants |
Contact
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Mr. Yann Duval
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: duvaly@un.org |
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Last updated: 2 June 2005 |
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