United Nations
United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development
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Distr.: General
14 January 2011
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Trade and Development Board
Trade and Development Commission
Multi-year Expert Meeting on Transport and Trade Facilitation
Third session
Geneva, 8–10 December 2010
List of participants
Note: The entries in this list are as provided to the secretariat.
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Experts
Albania
Mr. Arben Nikshiqi, Director of IT, Albanian Customs Administration
Algeria
M. Boumedienne Mahi, Conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève
Angola
Mr. Nickolas da Silva Neto, Senior Customs Officer, National Customs Services, Luanda
Argentina
Mr. Dario Celaya Alvarez, Minister, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Pablo Obregón, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Azerbaijan
Mr. Javad Gasimov, First Deputy Chief, Office of Customs Regulations of the Main Customs
Control Department, State Customs Committee, Baku
Mr. Farid Valiyev, Leading Adviser, International Relations Department, Ministry of
Transport, Baku
Belgium
M. Marc Thunus, Conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève
M. Willy Geeraerts, Expert de haut niveau en mobilité et technologies de l’information et
des communications, Service public fédéral mobilité et transport, Bruxelles
Bhutan
Mr. Karma Pemba, Chief Transport Officer, Department of Road Safety and Transport,
Ministry of Information and Communication
Botswana
Ms. Keatlareste Dintle, Senior Trade Officer, Department of International Trade, Multilateral
Trade Division, Ministry of Trade and Industry
Brazil
Mr. Alexandre Sampaio de Arrochela Lobo, Foreign Trade Analyst, CAMEX, Foreign
Trade Chamber
Cambodia
Mr. Nhoung Mondol, Acting Chief of Notification Office, Department of Notification and
Legal Compliance, Ministry of Commerce
Mr. Ke Sovann, Deputy Permanent Representative, Geneva
Cameroon
Mr. Samson Bilangna, Director, Customs IT, Douala
Mr. Younouss Soungui, Directeur général adjoint, Conseil national des chargeurs, Douala
Mr. Tobie Mvondo Ekanga, Sous directeur des opérations, Conseil national des chargeurs,
Douala
M. Paul Batibonak, Conseiller des affaires étrangères, Premier secrétaire, Mission
permanente, Genève
Central African Republic
Mr. Brice Wingue Yakounendji
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Côte d'Ivoire
M. Dominique Labi Thia, Directeur informatique, Direction générale des douanes
Dominican Republic
Sr. Luis Manuel Piantini Munnigh, Embajador, Representante Permanente ante la
Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC), Ginebra
Sra. Magaly Bello de Kemper, Ministro Consejero, Misión Permanente ante la OMC,
Ginebra
Ethiopia
Mr. Abebe Leulseged Tadese, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Gabon
M. Fridolin Onguinda, Directeur général, Douanes et droits indirects
M. Pastor Ngoua N'neme, Directeur général adjoint chargé des Services techniques, Douanes
gabonaises
Mme Camille Lendeme, Directeur de l’informatique et des statistiques, Douanes gabonaises
Mme Mireille Moussavou, Chef, Service informatique, Douanes gabonaises
Germany
Mr. Bjorn Oriwohl, Counselor (Transport), Permanent Mission, Geneva
Ghana
Mr. John-Hawkins Asiedu, Senior Commercial Officer, Ministry of Trade and Industry
Haiti
M. Pierre Mary Guy St-Amour, Conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève
Holy See
M. Jean Tardieu, Genève
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Mr. Mohammad Teymouri, Director-General (Budget), Road and Transportation
Organization, Tehran
Mr. Alireza Jeirani Hokmabad, Expert (Economic Affairs), Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Tehran
Mr. Mohammad Kazem Asayesh Talab Tousi, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission,
Geneva
Italy
Mr. Guido Travaglianti, Intern, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Jordan
Mr. Shehab A. Madi, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Muhib Nimrat, Cousellor, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission,
Geneva
Ms. Ghadeer El-Fayez, Advisor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Sameer Mubarak, Chair, Board of Directors, Nafith Company
Ms. Nourah Mehyar, Managing Director, Member of the Board of Directors, Nafith
Company
Mr. El Alem, Director, Customs IT
Mr. Rushedat Hassan, Head, Customs Computer Service, Aqaba Special Economic Zone
Authority
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Mr. Shafeq Al-Abed, Commissioner for Administration and Finance, Aqaba Special
Economic Zone Authority
Mr. Ali Zakaria Al-Omari, Jordan Customs
Mr. Salem Qassem Mohammed Bashabsheh, Jordan Customs
Lebanon
Mr. Mohamed Salim El Balaa, Advisor to the Minister of Finance, International Trade and
Customs
Liberia
Ms. Decontee King-Sackie, Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Excise
Mali
M. Amadou Togola, Directeur général des douanes, Direction générale des douanes, Bamako
M. Kalilou Diakite, Inspecteur des douanes, Direction générale des douanes, Bamako
M. Alhassane Ag Assadeck, Inspecteur des douanes, Douanes maliennes
Mauritius
Ms. Tanya Prayag-Gujadhur, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mexico
Mr. Carlos Enríquez, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Morocco
M. Dris Ettaki, Ministère des finances
M. Anas Alami-Hamedane, Premier secrétaire, Mission permanente, Genève
Nepal
Mr. Dinesh Bhattarai, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Purushottam Ojha , Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Supplies, Kathmandu
Mr. Rash Bihari Rauniar, Managing Director, Interstate Multi-Modal Transport Pvt Ltd.,
Kathmandu
Nigeria
Ms. Jolade Orimoloye, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Pakistan
Mr. Ahsan Nabeel, Third Secretary, Permanent Representative, Geneva
Paraguay
Ms. Patricia Frutos, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Philippines
Ms. Elizabeth T. Te, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Russian Federation
Mr. Alexei Alexeev, Head, Division of Development of Transport Corridors and Logistics,
Ministry of Transport, Moscow
Ms. Elena Glukhova, Head, Division on International Organizations, Transport Policy and
Regional Cooperation, Ministry of Transport, Moscow
Rwanda
Mr. Sam Toyota, Customs Officer, Revenue Authority
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Saint Lucia
Mr. Peter Terence Leonard, Director (Trade Facilitation), Ministry of External Affairs,
International Trade and Investment
Saudi Arabia
Mr. Emad Adham, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Senegal
M. Ousmane Mbengue, Directeur de la facilitation et du partenariat avec l’entreprise,
Direction générale des douanes
Switzerland
Mr. Christoph Gygax, Customs Expert, Federal Customs Administration, Berne
M. Gabriel Gonzalez, Stagiaire, Mission permanente auprès de l’Organisation mondiale du
commerce et l’Association européenne de libre-échange, Genève
Syrian Arab Republic
Mr. Khaled Shehadeh Osman, Manager, Customs IT Director
Trinidad and Tobago
Mr. Deryck Cateau, Customs and Excise Officer, Customs and Excise Division, Ministry of
Finance, Port of Spain
Tunisia
M. Boulbaba Fehri, Sous directeur, Direction générale des douanes, Tunis
Mme Lilia Bahloul, Commandant des douanes, Direction générale des douanes, Tunis
Turkey
Mr. Dimitri Ayvatoglu, Foreign Affairs Representative, Ship Recyclers’ Association of
Turkey
Mr. Ali Görkem, Technical Officer, Undersecretariat for Maritime Affairs
Mr. Ahmet Fazil, Sarman, Technical Officer, Undersecretariat for Maritime Affairs
Uganda
Ms. Rachel Jang Magoba, Customs Officer, Uganda Revenue Authority
Mr. Jonathan Sessanga, Customs Officer, Uganda Revenue Authority
Mr. James Kizza, Customs Officer, Customs Administration
Mr. Henry Martin Saka, Customs Officer, Customs Administration
United Arab Emirates
Ms. Rita Sayah, Coordinator, Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organization (WTO),
Geneva
United States of America
Mr. Otto van Maerssen, Counsellor (Economics and Scientific Affairs), Permanent Mission,
Geneva
Mr. Mark Cunningham, Economic Officer, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Sra. Anny Rojas, Segunda Secretaria, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
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Viet Nam
Mr. Tuan Ngo Quang, Official of International Cooperation Department, Ministry of
Transport
Mr. Thang Luong Dai, Expert, Import-Export Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade
Zimbabwe
Mr. Fambaoga L. Myambo, Deputy Director, Ministry of Industry and Commerce
Mr. Johannes Pedzapasi, Deputy Director, Ministry of Transport
Mr. Garikai Kashitiku, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Observers
Kosovo
Mr. Bujar Haxhidauti, Head, South-West Border Department, ASYCUDA Project Manager,
Kosovo Customs
Intergovernmental organizations
Asian Development Bank
Mr. Shintaro Hamanaka, Economist
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
Mme Meyo, Chef de projet (Systèmes de transport), Département des infrastructures et du
développement durable
European Union
Mr. Marc Thunus, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Belgium, Geneva
Mr. Georgios Kritikos, First Secretary, General Secretariat of the Council of the European
Union, Geneva Liaison Office
Ms. Valentine Mangez, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Belgium, Geneva
Mr. Georgios Chatzidakis, Assistant Attaché, Delegation of the European Union in Geneva
Ms. Jessica Simplet, Assistant Attaché, Delegation of the European Union in Geneva
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
Mr. Stephen Fevrier, Senior Technical Attaché
South Centre
Mr. Peter Lunenborg, Research Assistant
World Customs Organization
Ms. Suzanne Aigner, Deputy Director, Compliance and Facilitation
United Nations organs, bodies and programmes
International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO
Ms. Angela Strachan, Chief, Business Environment
Mr. Philiso Phodiso Valashia, Consultant on Trade Facilitation
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United Nations
Mr. Andre Nikwigize, Senior Programme Officer, Office of the High Representative for the
Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island
Developing States, New York
United Nations Environment Programme
Ms. Susan Wingfield, Programme Officer, Basel Convention on the Control of
Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
Specialized agencies and related organizations
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Mr. Manzoor Ahmad, Director, Liaison Office, Geneva
International Labour Organization
Ms. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director, International Labour Standards Department
International Maritime Organization
Mr. Nikos Mikelis, Senior Implementation Officer
World Bank
Mr. Andreas Kopp, Lead Transport Economist, Energy, Transport and Water Department
Non-governmental organizations
General category
Ingénieurs du monde
M. François Ullmann, Président, Genève
M. Raymond Ullmann, Directeur, Genève
Special category
International Multimodal Transport Association
Ms. Mahindokht Faghfouri, President
Special invitees
(listed by alphabetical order of surname)
Ms. Emmanuelle Ackermann, Development and Marketing Division, Cotecna Inspection SA, Switzerland
Ms. Guadalupe Calienes, Expert of Economic Affairs, GCN Shipbrokers SARL, Switzerland
Mr. Maxime Lekimpe, GCN Shipbrokers SARL, Switzerland
Mr. Thomas Liebert, Head, External Relations and Conference Department, International Oil Pollution
Compensation Funds, United Kingdom
Mr. Abdelwahab Zramdini, Cotecna Inspection SA
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Panellists
(listed in order of speaking)
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
Mr. Ravi Bhattarai, Deputy Permanent Representative of Nepal (Trade/WTO),
Geneva
Mr. José Luis Barettino, Port Authority of Gijón, Spain
Mr. Carlos Enríquez, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Mexico to WTO, Geneva
Mr. Shintaro Hamanaka, Economist, Asian Development Bank
Mr. Ousmane Mbengue, Senior Inspector of Special Class Customs, Facilitation and
Partnership Director, Senegal
Thursday, 9 December 2010
Mr. Lew Fulton, Senior Transport Energy Specialist, Division of Energy Technology
Policy, International Energy Agency
Mr. Simon Baptist, Engagement Manager, Vivideconomics
Mr. Andreas Kopp, Lead Transport Economist; Energy, Transport and Water
Department; World Bank
Mr. Jerry Rysanek, Chair, 1992 IOPC Fund Assembly, and Executive Director,
International Marine Policy, Transport Canada
Mr. Nikos Mikelis, Senior Implementation Officer, IMO
Ms. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Director, International Labour Standards Department,
ILO
Friday, 10 December 2010
Ms. Susanne Aigner, Deputy Director, Compliance and Facilitation, WCO, Belgium
Ms. Decontee King-Sackie, Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Excise, Liberia
Mr. Peter Terence Leonard, Director of Trade Facilitation; Ministry of External
Affairs, International Trade and Investment; Saint Lucia
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