 PRESS RELEASE
PRESS/332
10 February 2003
(03-0873)
GENERAL COUNCIL
WTO chairpersons for 2003
The WTO General Council today (10 February) noted the consensus on the following slate of
names of chairpersons for WTO bodies:
Regular bodies (for 2003)
• General Council: H.E. Mr. Carlos Pérez Del Castillo (Uruguay)
• Dispute Settlement Body:  H.E. Mr. Shotaro Oshima (Japan)
• Trade Policy Review Body:  H.E. Ms. Mary Whelan (Ireland)
• Council for Trade in Goods:  H.E. Mr. Milan Hovorka (Czech Republic)
• Council for Trade in Services: H.E. Mr. Ousmane Camara (Senegal)
• Council for TRIPS:  H.E. Mr. Vanu Gopala Menon (Singapore)
• Committee on Trade and Environment:  H.E. Mr. Peter Br ňo (Slovak Republic)
• Committee on Trade and Development:  H.E. Mr. Mohamed Saleck Ould Mohamed
Lemine (Mauritania)
• Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions:  H.E. Dr. Manzoor Ahmad (Pakistan)
• Committee on Regional Trade Agreements:  H.E. Mr. Jaynarain Meetoo (Mauritius)
• Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration:  Mr. Joshua C.K. Law (Hong Kong,
• China)
• Working Group on the Relationship between Trade and Investment:  H.E.Mr. Luiz
Felipe De Seixas Corrêa (Brazil)
• Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and Competition Policy:  Prof.
Frédéric Jenny (France)
• Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement:  H.E. Mr. Ronald
Saborío Soto (Costa Rica)
• Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology:  H.E. Mr. Stefán Haukur
Jóhanesson (Iceland)
• Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance:  H.E. Mr. Hernando José Gómez (Colombia)
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