TD
UNITED
NATIONS
United Nations
Conference
on Trade and
Development
Distr.
GENERAL
TD/B/COM.1/EM.23/INF.1
16 January 2004
ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH
ONLY
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Expert Meeting on Market Entry Conditions Affecting Competitiveness
And Exports of Goods and Services of Developing Countries: Large Distribution
Networks, taking into account the Special Needs of LDCs.
Geneva 26-28 November 2003
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Note: The format and data of the entries in this list are as provided to the secretariat.
GE.04-50098
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EXPERTS
BURKINA FASO
M. Sekou BA, Directeur général, Office national du commerce extérieur,
Ouagadougou
CAMBODGE
M. Rithipol TITH, Premier secrétaire, Mission permanente, Genève
CHINE
Mrs. LIU Lijuan, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
COMORES
M. Abbas Mohamed HACHIM, Directeur du commerce extérieur Ministère des
finances du budget de l’économie, du commerce extérieur, Moroni
COTE D'IVOIRE
M. Beugré Abraham LOWA, Chef, Service de l'intégration régionale, Direction dela
commune extérieure, Ministère du commerce, Abidjan
CUBA
Sra. Celia LABORA RODRIGUEZ, Ministra Consejera, Misión Permanente,
Ginebra
DJIBOUTI
Mlle Sado Elmi FARAH, Ministère du commerce, de l'industrie et de l'artisanat,
Djibouti
EL SALVADOR
Mrs. Sandra MORALES DE DUJE, Consejera, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
ESPAGNE
Sr. Mariano PAYA, Consejero Económico y Comercial, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
Sr. Francisco Javier GIMENO, Becario, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
ETHIOPIE
Ms. Lemlem AMARE, Expert, Product Development and Market Research
Directorate, Ethiopian Export Promotion Agency, Addis Ababa
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FEDERATION DE RUSSIE
Mr. Y. AFANASSIEV, Senior Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Mr. A. SAPOZNIKOV, Senior Expert, Ministry of Economic Development and
Trade, Moscow
Mr. Michael KHANIN, Head of Department, Soyuzmorniiproekt, Moscow
Mr. I. GORELIKOV, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
FRANCE
M. François LEGER, Premier secrétaire, Mission permanente, Genève
GUATEMALA
Sr. Carlos JIMENEZ, Segundo Secretario, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
INDE
Ms. Preeti SARAN, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
LIBAN
Mr. Ali BERRO, Head, Technical Center for Pricing Policy, Ministry of Economy &
Trade, Beirut
MADAGASCAR
M. Hary RAZAFINDRAZAKA, Conseiller technique, Chargé de la promotion des
échanges commerciaux, Gouvernement malgache Antananarivo
MAROC
Mr. Elmostafa AITAMOR, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
MEXIQUE
Sr. David SIMON, Segundo secretario, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
MONGOLIE
Mr. Voroshilov ENKHBAATAR, Officer, Trade Policy and Cooperation, Ministry of
Industry and Trade, Ulan Bator
MOZAMBIQUE
Ms. Cecilia E. CANDRINHO, Senior Officer, Trade Information and Market
Development Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Maputo
OMAN
Ms. Fatima AL-GHAZALI, Economic Counselor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
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PHILIPPINES
S.E. M. Enrique A. MANALO, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Geneva
Ms. Maria Cleofe NATIVIDAD, Minister, Permanent Mission, Geneva
REPUBLIQUE ARABE SYRIENNE
Mr. Mohamad KHAFIF, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
REPUBLIQUE DE COREE
Mr. SHIN Seong-pil, Deputy Director, FDI Promotion Division, Ministry of
Commerce, Industry and Energy, Seoul
Mr. SEO Yong-ku, Assistant Professor, Marketing and Retailing, Sookmyung
Women's University, Seoul
REPUBLIQUE DOMINICAINE
Sr. Elvio GUTIERREZ, Consejero, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
SIERRA LEONE
Mr. Chris JASABE, Managing Director, Export Development and Investment
Corporation, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Freetown
SOUDAN
Mr. Abdulaziz M.M. AHMED, Deputy Undersecretary, Greater Arab Free Trade
Unit, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Khartoum
Ms. Magda A. EL-MAHDI, Senior Inspector, Greater Arab Free Trade Unit, Ministry
of Foreign Trade, Khartoum
SURINAME
Mr. Renee LIEVELD, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paramaribo
TRINITE-ET-TOBAGO
Mr. Earle BACCUS, President, Business Development Company, Port of Spain
VENEZUELA
S.E. Sr. Luis A. VELASQUEZ PEREZ, Embajador, Representante Permanente
Adjunto, Ginebra
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
CENTRE SUD
Ms. Gale RAJ, Project Officer, Geneva
Ms. Cynthia MIKE-EZE, Project Officer, Geneva
Ms. Savitri BISNATH, Project Officer, Geneva
COMMISSION EUROPEENNE
M. Nicolas Bernier ABAD, Direction générale du commerce, Bruxelles
UNITED NATIONS
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CENTRE DU COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL
Ms. Astrid PRESTIGIACOMO, Associate Expert, LDC Unit, Division of Technical
Cooperation Coordination, Geneva
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES
FONDS MONETAIRE INTERNATIONAL
Ms. Natascha WEISERT, Project Officer, Geneva
ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES POUR L'ALIMENTATION ET
L'AGRICULTURE
Mr. Nasredin HAG ELAMIN, Trade Economist, Rome, Italy
ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT INDUSTRIEL
Mr. Bernardo CALZADILLA-SARMIENTO, Senior Adviser, Geneva
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ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE
Mr. Martin ROY, Economic Affairs Officer, Geneva
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NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
CONFEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES SYNDICATS LIBRES
Ms. Anna BIONDI, Assistant Director, Geneva
Ms. Esther BUSSER, Assistant, Geneva
RESOURCE PERSONS
Mr. Martin DOHERTY, Head of Research, Cerrex Limited, London, United Kingdom
M. Emmanuel DOLLY, Secrétaire exécutif, OCAB, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
H.E. Sr. Alejandro JARA, Embajador ante la OMC, Chile
M. Jean Claude KOHLER, Chef, section fruit et légumes, Migros, Genève, Suisse
Mr. Renee LIEVELD, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paramaribo, Suriname
Mr. Mario MARCONINI, Former Under Secretary of Trade and Industry, Brasilia, Brazil
Mr. Philip MARSDEN, Director, Competition Law Forum and Senior Research Fellow,
British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London, United Kingdom
M. François SOUTY, Chargé de mission pour les Affaires multilatérales, Conseil de la
Concurrence, Paris, France
Mr. Sietze VELLEMA, Programme Manager, Wageningen University and Research Center,
Agrotechnology and Food Innovations, Netherlands
Mr. Dave WEATHERSPOON, Associate Professor & Director, Agribusiness Management,
Michigan State University, Detroit, United States of America