United Nations
United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development
TD/B/C.I/MEM.7/INF.3
Distr.: General
8 January 2015
English/French/Spanish only
Trade and Development Board
Multi-year Expert Meeting on Transport,
Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitation
Third session
Geneva, 24–26 November 2014
List of participants*
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The entries in this list are as provided to the secretariat.
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Experts
Afghanistan
Mr. Azizullah Omar, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Azerbaijan
Mr. Jafar Guluzade, Senior Inspector, State Customs Committee, Baku
Barbados
Ms. Marion Williams, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission,
Geneva
Ms. Shani Griffith-Jack, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Belarus
Mr. Aleksandr Tselyuk, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Benin
M. Arsène Omichessan, Attaché, Mission permanente, Genève
Brazil
Mr. André Barbosa, Foreign Trade Analyst, Brazilian Chamber of Foreign Trade, Geneva
Ms. Silvana Schimanski, Intern, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Canada
Mr. Ralph Osterwoldt, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Chile
Mr. Jorge Vidal, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
China
Mr. Kai Huang, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Côte d'Ivoire
M. Bamba N'Vadro, Conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève
Cuba
Mr. Carlos Fidel Martín Rodríguez, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Dominican Republic
Sra. Diana Infante Quinones, Consejera, Misión Permanente ante la Organización Mundial
del Comercio, Ginebra
Ecuador
Mr. Juan Carlos Sanchez Troya, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Estonia
Mr. Taavo Lumiste, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Fiji
Ms. Namita Khatri, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Guatemala
Mr. Jose Lambour, Counsellor, Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organization
(WTO), Geneva
Indonesia
Mr. Adi Winasso, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Jordan
Mr. Majdi Abu Hammoudeh, Logistics and Transport Engineer, Ministry of Transport,
Amman
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Kazakhstan
Ms. Madina Zhumagulova, Chief Expert, Ministry of Investment and Development, Astana
Madagascar
Mr. Julien Rakotomalala, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Maldives
Mr. Rishfa Rasheed, Chargé d'affaires ad interim and Counsellor, Permanent Mission,
Geneva
Mauritius
Mr. Achad Bhuglah, Director, Trade Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Regional
Integration and International Trade, Port Louis
Morocco
Mr. Faical Souissi, Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Ms. Maral Saadi, Intern, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Myanmar
Mr. Kyaw Nyunt Lwin, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Nepal
Ms. Ranjita Dahal, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Nigeria
Mr. Martin Eze, Senior Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Oman
Mr. Afan Al Akhzami, Director of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Transport and
Communications, Muscat
Ms. Fatima Al-Ghazali, Minister Plenipotentiary, Commercial Affairs, Permanent Mission,
Geneva
Papua New Guinea
Mr. Sent Raiya, Assistant Secretary, Transport Ministry, Port Moresby
Mr. Stanley Alphonse, Chief Executive Officer, PNG Ports Corporation Limited, Port
Moresby, Saint Lucia
Mr. Guma Wau, Regulatory Manager, PNG Ports Corporation Limited, Port Moresby
Saint Lucia
Mr. Nigel Edwin, Director of International Trade, Ministry of External Affairs,
International Trade and Civil Aviation, Castries
Saudi Arabia
Mr. Ali Alanazi, Public Administration for Materials Transport, Ministry of Transport,
Riyadh
Mr. Ibrahim Al-Khamis, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Raad Alsobhi, Director of International Transport, Ministry of Transport, Riyadh
Senegal
M. Mamour Niang, Premier conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève
Solomon Islands
Mr. Barrett Salato, Chargé d’affaires and Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Spain
Sra. Remedios Romeo, Consejera Económica y Comercial, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
Sudan
Mr. Ahmed Yagoub, Trade Facilitation Committee, Ministry of Trade, National Secretariat
for WTO Affairs, Khartoum
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Trinidad and Tobago
Ms. Merlana Henry, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Turkey
Mr. Kaban Kasim, First Secretary, Permanent Mission to WTO, Geneva
Vanuatu
Mr. Roy Mickey Joy, Ambassador, Embassy to the European Union, Brussels
Mr. Noah Patrick Kouback, Counsellor, Embassy to the European Union, Brussels
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Ms. Anny Rojas, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Intergovernmental organizations
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
Mr. Marwa Joel Kisiri, Head, Geneva Office, Geneva
Mr. Felix Maonera, Deputy Head of Mission, Geneva
Mr. Paul Okech, Intern, Geneva
European Union
Ms. Delphine Lida, First Counsellor, Geneva
Intergovernmental Standing Committee on Shipping
Mr. Kenneth Mwige, Secretary General, Mombasa
Mr. Alex Kanyama Zulu, Director, Trade Facilitation and Policy Harmonization, Mombasa
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
Ms. Falemaka Mere, Permanent Representative, Geneva
Mr. Alex Kerangpuna, Trade Policy Officer, Geneva
Mr. Scott Hook, Economic Infrastructure Adviser, Suva (video link)
South Centre
Mr. Peter Lunenborg, Researcher, Geneva
United Nations organs, bodies and programmes
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Mr. Willard Phillips, Economic Affairs Officer (video link), Port of Spain
United Nations Environment Programme
Ms. Diana Almoro, Programme Manager, Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative,
United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, Geneva
Mr. Butch Bacani, Programme Leader, Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative,
United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, Geneva
Mr. Ryan Cunningham, North America Regional Coordinator, San Diego, California
Mr. Pascal Peduzzi, Head, Global Change and Vulnerability Section, Geneva
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Mr. Neil Gerard McFarlane, Geneva
United Nations Office for Project Services
Mr. Hans Kohler, Principal Engineer, Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Programme,
Copenhagen
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Specialized agencies and related organizations
International Finance Corporation
Mr. Vladimir Stenek, Senior Climate Change Specialist, (video link), Washington, D.C.
World Bank Group
Ms. Isabelle Forge, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Paris
Non-governmental organizations
General category
Consumer Unity and Trust Society International
Ms. Nicole Backhaus, Intern, Geneva
International Network for Standardization of Higher Education Degrees
Mr. Francois Ullmann, President, Divonne
Village Suisse ONG
Mme Esther Ngo Nsoga, Ingénieur concepteur de systèmes informatiques, Presidente
fondatrice, Douala
Special category
International Air Transport Association
Mr. Brian Pearce, Chief Economist, Geneva
International Chamber of Shipping
Mr. Simon Bennett, Director, Policy and External Relations, London
International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations
Mr. Matthew Huston, Communications Specialist, Glattbrugg, Switzerland
International MultiModal Transport Association
Ms. Mahindokht Faghfouri, President, Geneva
International Ocean Institute
Ms. Mahindokht Faghfouri, Vice-President, Geneva
Panellists
Ms. Mere Falemaka, Permanent Representative, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Geneva
Mr. Roy Mickey Joy, Ambassador, Embassy of Vanuatu to the European Union, Brussels
Mr. Assad Bhuglah, Director, Trade Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Regional
Integration and International Trade, Mauritius/Indian Ocean Commission, Port Louis
Mr. Nigel Edwin, Director of International Trade, Ministry of External Affairs,
International Trade and Civil Aviation, Castries
Mr. Simon Bennett, Director, Policy and External Relations, International Chamber of
Shipping, London
Mr. François Vellas, Professor, University of Toulouse 1 Capitole, Toulouse, France
Mr. Brian Pearce, Chief Economist, International Air Transport Association, Geneva
Mr. Rishfa Rasheed, Chargé d'affaires ad interim and Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the
Republic of the Maldives, Geneva
Mr. Neil Gerard McFarlane, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva
Ms. Isabelle Forge, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank Group, Paris
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Mr. Hans Kohler, Principal Engineer, Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Programme,
United Nations Office for Project Services, Copenhagen
Ms. Namita Khatri, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Fiji, Geneva
Mr. Philippe Boullé, Technical Adviser, Indian Ocean Commission ISLANDS Financial
Protection Programme, Ebene, Mauritius
Mr. Iñigo Losada, Professor, Head of Research, University of Cantabria, Santander, and colead author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Fifth Assessment Report,
Working Group II, Santander, Spain
Mr. Willard Phillips, Economic Affairs Officer (video link), Economic Commission for
Latin America and the Caribbean, Port of Spain
Mr. Pascal Peduzzi, Head, Global Change and Vulnerability Section, United Nations
Environment Programme, Geneva
Mr. Vladimir Stenek, Senior Climate Change Specialist (video link), International Finance
Corporation, Washington, D.C.
Mr. Scott Hook, Economic Infrastructure Adviser, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (video
link), Suva
Mr. Butch Bacani, Programme Leader, Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative,
United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, Geneva
Mr. Satoshi Inoue, Visiting Professor (video link), National Graduate Institute for Policy
Studies and former Secretary-General, International Association of Ports and Harbours,
Tokyo
Mr. Pierre Encontre, Chief, Small Island Developing States and Status Issues Section,
Division for Africa, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes, UNCTAD
Mr. Alex Kerangpuna, Trade Policy Officer, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Geneva
Mr. Dominik Schmid, Policy Adviser, German Agency for International Cooperation,
Eschborn, Germany
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