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SPECIAL WTO COURSE FOR OFFICIALS FROM BELARUS,
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND UKRAINE
Efforts toassist countries undertaking economic reform willadvance further onMonday
next(1May) when another special training course opens inGeneva fortrade officials from
Belarus, theRussian Federation andUkraine.
Thesix-week course, which isfunded largely bytheUnited States, willinvolve 24senior
officials from thethree countries. Asimilar course forRussian andUkrainian officials washeldin
October 1994. Theaimofthecourse istofamiliarize participants withthemultilateral trading
system andwiththenewWTO agreements. Special emphasis willbeplaced onthetrade policy
issues ofparticular interest toeconomies intransition. Thethree countries arecurrently pursuing
accession negotiations forWTO membership.
Specifically, thecourse willcover international trade theory, thework oftheWTO and
thefunctioning ofthemultilateral trading system. Theresults oftheUruguay Round negotiations
andthestructure andscope ofWTO activities willalsobecovered.
Thiscourse isinaddition totheregular courses organized bytheWTO inEnglish, French
andSpanish forofficials from developing countries. Thelatter courses arefunded forthemost
partbySwitzerland.
Alltraining courses include lectures andpresentations bysenior officials oftheWTO
Secretariat, representatives ofother international organizations concerned withtrade policy
questions andbymembers ofthepermanent missions ofsome WTO members.
95-1100
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LISTE DESPARTICIPANTS/LIST OFPARTICIPANTS/LISTA DEPARTICIPANTES
BELARUS Mrs. Maria I.BARSUK, Deputy Chief, Foreign Trade Regulation Division,
Ministry ofEconomy, Minsk.
Mr.IvanA.KADUSHKEVICH, Deputy Chief, Foreign Relations
Department, Ministry ofAgriculture andFood, Minsk.
Mr.Maxim N.KAKAREKA, Foreign Trade Expert, Department of
International Economic Relations, Ministry forForeign Economic Relations,
Minsk.
Mr.Syargei P.KATSKO, Second Secretary, Department ofInternational
Economic Relations, Ministry forForeign Affairs, Minsk.
Miss Tamara K.KHARASHUN, Attaché, Department ofInternational
Economic Relations, Ministry forForeign Affairs, Minsk.
Mr.Genrykh KUMPITSKY, ViceChief ofStuff, Cabinet ofMinisters,
Minsk.
Mr.Vadim V.LAMKOV, Foreign Trade Expert, Department ofNon-Tariff
Regulation ofForeign Trade, Ministry forForeign Economic Relations,
Minsk.
Mrs. Volga SYARGEEVA, Head ofDivision ofLegislation onCommon
Questions, Deputy Head, Department ofEconomic Legislation, Ministry of
Justice, Minsk.
RUSSIAN Mr.Andrei N.BAZDYREV, Consultant, Currency Department, Ministry
FEDERATION ofFinance, Moscow.
Mr.Alexander V.BOLOTIN, Assistant totheDeputy Minister, Ministry of
Foreign Economic Relations, Moscow.
Mr.Evgeni S.KUVSHINOV, Chief Expert, Foreign Trade LawSection,
Ministry ofJustice, Moscow.
Mrs. Natalya E.ORESHENKOVA, Expert, Ministry ofForeign Economic
Relations, Directorate General forMultilateral Economic Cooperation,
Moscow.
Mr.Andrei Y.PEKARSKI, Chief, UnitofRussian Legislation, General
Legal andTreaty Department, Ministry ofForeign Economic Relations,
Moscow.
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Mr.Valeri G.PROKHORENKOV, Head ofUnit, Macroeconomic Analysis
andForecasting Department, Ministry ofEconomy, Moscow.
Mr.Alexei A.SOKOLOV, Counsellor, Department ofEconomic
Cooperation, Ministry ofForeign Affairs, Moscow.
Mr.Alexandre V.VILKOV, Chief Specialist, Economic Department,
Ministry ofForeign Economic Relations, Moscow.
UKRAINE Mr.IgorBONDUR, Chief Consultant, Supreme Rada, Kiev.
Mr.Yevgeniy FESCHENKO, Administration ofthePresident, Kiev.
Mr.Volodimir GALENKO, Chief ofDivision, State Committee on
Standardization, Metrology andCertification, Kiev.
Ms.Valentina KALININA, Economist, Ministry ofForeign Economic
Relations, Kiev.
Mr.OlegMELNIK, Deputy Head ofSection, Ministry ofEconomics, Kiev.
Ms.Elizaveta SAZONOVA, Economist, Ministry ofForeign Economic
Relations, Kiev.
Mr.IgorSOKOLOVSKIY, Deputy Head ofDepartment, Ministry ofForeign
Economic Relations, Kiev.
Mr.Andrey VOROBYOV, Deputy Head, Foreign Agricultural Service,
Ministry ofAgriculture andFood, Kiev.
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