United Nations
United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development
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Distr.: General
8 April 2013
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Trade and Development Board
Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development
Geneva, 20–21 March 2013
List of participants
Note: The entries in this list are as provided to the secretariat.
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Experts
Angola
M. André Teka Kitoko, Conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève
Austria
Ms. Vera Fuchs, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Azerbaijan
Mr. Yagub Hasanov, Senior Adviser of the Ministry of Industry and Energy
Bangladesh
Ms. Preeti Rahman, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Barbados
Ms. Faye A. Best, Chief Executive Officer, Barbados Agricultural Development and
Marketing Corporation
Ms. Emalene Marcus Burnett, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Ms. Shani Griffith-Jack, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Barbados to the United
Nations and Other International Organizations, Geneva
Belgium
Ms. Evelyne Kerkdijk, Intern, Mission permanente, Genève
Benin
Mr. Seraphine Lissassi, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Benin, Geneva
Mr. Fadilou Moutairou, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Benin, Geneva
Mr. Maurille Biaou, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Benin, Geneva
Brazil
Ms. Clarissa Forecchi, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission to the World Trade
Organization and Other Economic Organizations, Geneva
Burundi
M. Dismas Baradandikanya, Conseiller au Cabinet du Ministre, Ministère du Commerce, de
l’Industrie des Postes et du Tourisme
Cameroon
Mr. Emmanuel Lao, Statistician Engineer, Ministry of Economy
Mr. Jean-Claude Eko'o Akouafane, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Mr. Jean Awoumou Etoga, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Mr. Paul Batibonak, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Canada
Mr. Ralph Osterwoldf, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Chad
Mr. Maoundé Nadjitessem, Chief, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Ms. Geneviève Nakiri, Chef, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
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China
M. Huang Kai, Troisième Secrétaire, Mission permanente, Genève
Congo
Ms. Thérèsa Tshibola-tshia-Kadiebue, Conseiller d'Ambassade, Ministère des Affaires
Etrangères a Kinshasa
Côte d’Ivoire
M. N’Vadro Bamba, Conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève
Djibouti
Mme. Oubah Moussa Ahmed, Conseiller (Affaires économiques), Mission permanente,
Genève
Dominican Republic
Sr. Luis Manuel Piantini Munnigh, Embajador, Representante Permanente ante la
Organización Mundial del Comercio y Demás Organizaciones Económicas
Internacionales, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
Sra. Magaly Bello de Kemper, Ministra Consejera ante la Organización Mundial del
Comercio y Demás Organizaciones Económicas Internacionales, Misión Permanente,
Ginebra
Sra. Wendy Adams, Coordinadora de Calidad de la Dirección de Comercio Exterior,
Ministerio de Industria y Comercio
Ecuador
Sr. Miguel Carbo Benites, Embajador ante la Organización Mundial del Comercio y Demás
Organizaciones Económicas Internacionales, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
Sr. Gustavo Enrique Camelos Encalada, Director, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Comercio a Integracion
Sr. Fernando Suàrez, Director Nacional de Estudios, Ministerio de Finanzas del Ecuador
Sr. Juan Manuel Escalante, Consejero ante la Organización Mundial del Comercio y Demás
Organizaciones Económicas Internacionales, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
Sr. Juan Carlos Sanchez Troya, Primer Secretario ante la Organización Mundial del
Comercio y Demás Organizaciones Económicas Internacionales, Misión Permanente,
Ginebra
Egypt
Mr. Mohamed Nasr, First Secretary, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission,
Geneva
Ethiopia
Mr. Antenah Temesgen, Team Leader, Ministry of Trade
Mr. Samuel Gizaw Demissie, Team Leader, Ministry of Trade
Mr. Leulseged Tadese Abebe, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
France
Ms. Melissa Dalleau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Germany
Mr. Thomas Fohgrub, Economic and Environment Section, Permanent Mission, Geneva
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Ghana
Mr. Edem Amegashie-Duvon, Commodity Trader, Ghana Cocoa Board, Accra
Mr. Eric Osei-Owusu, CEO, National Food Buffer Stock, Ministry of Food and
Agriculture, Accra
Mr. Asare Opoku Manu, Consultant, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Accra
Mr. Anthony Kwasi Nyame-Baafi, Minister (Trade), Permanent Mission, Geneva
India
Ms. Alpana Dubey, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Indonesia
Mr. Edi Yusup, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission,
Geneva
Mr. Muhsin Syihab, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Adi Winarso, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Ms. Yenni Hernawati, Head of Section for United Nations Agencies
Mr. Arief Rachmad Hidayat, Staff, Directorate of Trade, Industry, Investment and
Intellectual Property, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Mesah Tarigan, Director for International Marketing, Ministry of Agriculture
Ms. Octa Muchtar, Deputy Director for Export Development, Ministry of Agriculture,
Jakarta
Iraq
Mr. Pewan Zawitai, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Ireland
Mr. Gerard Corr, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Mark Hanniffy, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Ms. Catherine Aylward, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Italy
Mr. Luca Trabalza, First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Nicola Faganello, First Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Ms. Maria Grazia Gori, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Jamaica
Ms. Simara Howell, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Jordan
Ms. Ghadeer El-Fayez, Adviser, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Kazakhstan
Mr. Mukhtar Tileuberdi, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission,
Geneva
Ms. Zharkin Kakimzhanova, Counsellor, Head, World Trade Organization Section,
Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Nurzan Tulendiyev, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Kuwait
Mr. Hussain Safar, Commercial Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva
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Libya
Mr. Nagl A.Ai Burgan, Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation, Tripoli
Mr. Asam Salem Said Almlhof, Staff, Ministry of Economy, Tripoli
Madagascar
Mr. Naina Ramboarivelo, Director, Ministry of Commerce
M. Julien Rakotomalala, Attaché, Mission permanente, Genève
Malaysia
Ms. Ikmal Nurhana, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mali
Mr. Mohamed Sidibe, National Coordinator, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Mauritania
M. Sid’Ahmed Lebatt Amar Ould Didi, Conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève
Mauritius
Mr. Narainduth Boodhoo, Deputy Director, Ministry of Industry of International Trade
Mexico
Sr. Ulises Canchola Gutiérrez, Embajador, Representante Permanente Alterno, Misión
Permanente, Ginebra
Sr. Enrique Dominguez Lucero, Ministro para Asuntos de Agricultura, Misión Permanente,
Ginebra
Sr. Ismael Ortiz, Consejero, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
Sr. Luis Mariano Velázquez Chéquer, Segundo Secretario, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
Mongolia
Mr. Lkhasuren Choi-ish, Director General, Ministry of Industry and Agriculture
Montenegro
Ms. Zorica Maric-Djordjevic, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the
World Trade Organization
Morocco
M. Omar Hilale, Ambassadeur, Mission permanente, Genève
Mr. Hakim Tazi, Director of Engineering and Projects, Agricultural Development Agency
Ms. Asma Hamzaoui, Chief of Planning Development, Ministry of Agriculture
Ms. Awatif Ait El Haj, Chief of Marketing, Ministry of Agriculture
Ms. Awatif Ait El Haj, Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche Maritime
M. Mohamed Mounir Benhammou, Conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève
Mozambique
Ms. Olga Muguambe, Commercial Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Myanmar
Ms. Lynn Marlar Lwin, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
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Oman
Mr. Abdulla Nasser Al-Rahbi, Ambassador, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Ms. Fatima Al Ghazali, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Salim AL-Abdali, Director General, Planning and Investment Promotion, Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries
Mr. Ayiman AL Hasani, Vice-Chairman, Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Pakistan
Mr. Ahsan Nabeel, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Philippines
Mr. Denis Y. Lepatan, Chargé d’Affaires a.i., Permanent Mission, Geneva
Ms. Elizabeth T. Te, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Ms. Maria Araceli E. Albarece, Senior Agricultural Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Ms. Marivil V. Valles, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Saudi Arabia
Mr. Salem Al-Nowaiser, Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Samir Adham, Commercial Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. Mashoor Al Ali, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Senegal
Mr. Fallou Mbow Fall, Director, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Mr. Sylla Abdel Kader, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Sudan
Ms. Widad A. Abdalla, Director, Ministry of Agriculture
Mr. Badreldin Elshiekh M. Elhassan, Director, Ministry of Agriculture
Mr. Mohamed Elmurtada Mubarak Ismail, Ministre Plénipotentiaire, Mission permanente,
Genève
Mr. Osman Eltayeb Elmahdi, Intern, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Suriname
Ms. Vanessa Gefferie, Staff Official, Ministry of Trade and Industry
Switzerland
Ms. Katharina Badmanu, Mission permanente, Genève
Thailand
Mr. Natapanu Nopakun, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Togo
Mr. Essohanam Petchezi, Deuxième Secrétaire, Mission permanente, Genève
Trinidad and Tobago
Ms. Merlana Henry, Deuxième Secrétaire, Mission permanente, Genève
Tunisia
M. Mansour Hajam, Directeur adjoint, Ministère de l’agriculture, Tunis
Turkey
Mr. Ali Ozlem Guvenir, Turkish Grain Board, Ankara
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United Republic of Tanzania
Mr. Elia Mtweve, Trade Officer, Permanent Mission, Geneva
United Arab Emirates
Ms. Rita Sayah, Coordinator, Permanent Mission to World Trade Organization, Geneva
Viet Nam
Mr. Duy Le Minh Khuat, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Zambia
Ms. Lillian Bwalya, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Intergovernmental organizations
Common Fund for Commodities
Mr. Andrey Kuleshov, Senior Project Manager, Common Fund for Commodities,
Amsterdam
Ms. Masuma Farooki, Raw Materials Group (Sweden), former Common Fund for
Commodities expert
European Union
Ms. Nicole Miller, Counsellor, Permanent Delegation to the United Nations Office and
Other International Organizations in Geneva
Mr. Thomas-John Guirrard, Intern, European Union
International Copper Study Group
Mr. Don Smale, Secretary-General, International Copper Study Group, International
Lead and Zinc Study Group, International Nickel Study Group, Lisbon
International Grains Council
Ms. Amy Reynolds, Senior Economist, International Grains Council, London
International Rubber Study Group
Ms. Lekshmi Nair, Senior Economist, Singapore
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Ms. Betty-Ann Bryce, Policy Analyst, Rural and Regional Programme Unit, Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris
Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Mr. Halim Grabus, First Secretary, Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Fund for International
Development
Mr. Eissa Alzerma, Oil Price Analyst, Petroleum Studies Department, Organization of the
Petroleum Exporting Countries Secretariat, Vienna (Oil Market Outlook)
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United Nations organs, bodies and programmes
International Trade Centre
Mr. Robert Skidmore, Chief, Sector Competitiveness, Division of Market Development
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Mr. Scott Foster, Head, Sustainable Energy Division, Geneva
United Nations Environment Programme
Mr. Remco Fischer, Programme Officer, United Nations Environment Programme Finance
Initiative, Geneva
Specialized agencies and related organizations
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Mr. Boubaker Ben-Belhassen, Principal Officer, Trade and Markets Division, Rome
Mr. David Hallam, Director, Trade and Markets Division, Rome
World Trade Organization
Ms. Majda Petschen, Counsellor, Development Division, Geneva
Non-governmental organizations
General category
Consumer Unity and Trust Society
Mr Karia Sekumbo, Intern
Ingénieurs du Monde
Mr. Francois Ullmann, expert
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Mr. Christophe Bellmann, Programmes Director, International Centre for Trade and
Sustainable Development, Geneva
Panellists
Chronological order
Wednesday 20 March 2013
Moderator
Ms. Zorica Maric-Djordjevic, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the
World Trade Organization
Lead discussants
Mr. Boubaker Ben-Belhassen, Principal Officer, Trade and Markets Division, Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome
Ms. Amy Reynolds, Senior Economist, International Grains Council, London
Mr. John Struthers, University of West of Scotland, United Kingdom
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Mr. Ke Tang, Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics and Finance, Renmin University
of China, China
Mr. Raphael Kaplinsky, Open University, United Kingdom
Lead discussants
Mr. Boubaker Ben-Belhassen, Principal Officer, Trade and Markets Division, Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome
Mr. Ke Tang, Hanqing Advanced Institute of Economics and Finance, Renmin University
of China, China
Ms. Masuma Farooki, Raw Materials Group, Sweden, former Common Fund for
Commodities expert
Mr. Raphael Kaplinsky, Open University, United Kingdom
Moderator
Mr. John Struthers, University of West of Scotland, United Kingdom
Lead discussants
Mr. Don Smale, Secretary-General, International Copper Study Group, International Lead
and Zinc Study Group, International Nickel Study Group, Lisbon
Mr. Wang Zhongkui, Vice-General Manager, Beijing Antaike Information Development
Co. Ltd., China
Mr. Virgilio Gaggiato, Business Intelligence Manager, Samarco Iron Ore Europe BV, the
Netherlands
Moderator
Mr. Scott Foster, Head, Sustainable Energy Division, United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe, Geneva
Lead discussants
Mr. Eissa Alzerma, Oil Price Analyst, Petroleum Studies Department, Organization of the
Oil Exporting Countries secretariat, Vienna
Mr. Scott Foster, Head, Sustainable Energy Division, United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe, Geneva
Mr. Franz-Josef Wodopia, Executive Member of the Managing Board, German Coal
Association and Vice-President, EURACOAL
Thursday 21 March 2013
Moderator
Mr. Robert Piller, Director, Auprès Consult
Lead discussants
Ms. Dhano Sookoo, President, Trinidad and Tobago Agricultural Society, Trinidad and
Tobago
Mr. Jean-Louis Arcand, Director of the Centre for Finance and Development, The Graduate
Institute, Geneva
Mr. Ebenezer Tei Quartey, Director of Research, Ghana Cocoa Board
Mr. Joseph Nkole, National Coordinator, Cotton Association of Zambia
Mr. Thomas Lines, Consultant, United Kingdom
Mr. Andrey Kuleshov, Senior Project Manager, Common Fund for Commodities,
Amsterdam
Moderator
Mr. John Struthers, University of West of Scotland, United Kingdom
Lead discussants
Mr. Remco Fischer, Programme Officer, United Nations Environment Programme Finance
Initiative, Geneva
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Ms. Betty-Ann Bryce, Policy Analyst, Rural and Regional Programme Unit, Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris
Mr. Christophe Bellmann, Programmes Director, International Centre for Trade and
Sustainable Development, Geneva
Mr. Bas de Leeuw, Managing Director, World Resources Forum, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Other invited speakers
Mr. Bharat Kulkarni, Stalwart Management Consultancy Services, India
Mr. Sushil Mohan, School of Business, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
Mr. Santosh Pradhan, Chairman, Nepal Derivative Exchange Ltd., Kathmandu
Mr. Shiwei Xu, Agricultural Information Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural
Sciences, China
Ms. Yumei Zhang, Agricultural Information Institute of the Chinese Academy of
Agricultural Sciences, China
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