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It has been a fruitful collaboration and success in deliverables for the Accessions team at
#WTOMC13AbuDhabi
. After
#Comoros
🇰🇲 and
#Timor
-Leste 🇹🇱, we look forward to assisting more acceding governments in joining the
@wto
family!
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Happy to touch base with Amb. Omar Hilale of Morocco in NY on the on-going efforts to reactivate
#Iraq
's
@WTO
accession process. Also exchanged ideas on how the WTO can work with
@UN
bodies and agencies to support international peace and security through
#TradeforPeace
Programme.
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Following its announcement at last month's General Council meeting,
#Somalia
officially submitted its Memorandum of Foreign Trade Regime - a critical document required for the fact-finding phase of
#WTO
accession negotiations. Big congrats to Somalia!
@TheVillaSomalia
@MimiHassan
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#Iraq
's Working Party will be formally resumed on 18 July after 16yrs. Had a productive prep meeting w/ Baghdad's team in advance of their arrival in GVA. Glad to see their readiness & excitement for this historic meeting. Grateful for the dedication & hard work of the Iraqi team
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27
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Together with DDG
@xiangchen_zhang
,
#Accessions
team provided a briefing to
@wto
Members on latest dvlts in accessions, staring with
#Comoros
&
#TimorLeste
that become 165th & 166th Members last month. Now, 10 accessions are active 🇦🇿🇺🇿🇧🇹🇧🇦🇪🇹🇮🇶🇨🇼🇬🇶🇸🇴🇹🇲 we have a busy period ahead
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And huge thanks to Amb. Omar Hilale 🇲🇦for your dedication to
#Iraq
's accession process since 2009 as Chair of the Working Party. Such a great pleasure for the Accessions team to work with you!! Look forward to pushing this process forward.
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This morning,the 4th WP meeting on the Accession of
#Ethiopia
was held.Congratulations to the ETH delegation for relaunch of the process after 8 years & vow to use WTO accession as an anchor for economic reform.Special thanks to members &WP chair Amb. Jespersen's leadership.
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Yesterday, we launched the 1st WTO/ITC specialized training on agriculture, with 48 participants from 9 acceding/observer governments. Today, our expert Diwakar Dixit delivered an overview of the
@WTO
Agreement on Agriculture. A total of 6 sessions are scheduled until 22 October
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Excited to welcome Iraq's negotiating team to
@wto
for the 3rd Working Party Meeting–formal resumption of accession process after 16 yrs! The team is in positive spirit&well prepared for the historic meeting on 18 July. Good luck to the team for productive engagement w/ Members!
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The Accessions Division held its Annual Retreat on Friday, 17 January 2020 to evaluate our works in 2019, brainstorm, and set priorities for 2020. We remain committed to delivering for
@WTO
members and acceding governments in the New Year. Stay tuned for more news on accessions!
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Great pleasure meeting with
#Somalia
Finance Minister
@ElmiNur4
and President Economic Advisor
@HassanAHosow
to discuss
@WTO
accession in Washington. Look forward to the reactivation of the process. Many thanks to WP Chair
@SweMFA
-Anzen and
@WorldBank
for their continuous support
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A memorial lecture in honour of Amb. Chiedu Osakwe will be held on 22 Sept., two years after his passing. To remember his lasting legacy, AfCFTA Secretariat SecGen
@MeneWamkele
will speak on "AfCFTA and WTO: Shaping the Future of the MTS”
Register here:
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Had a fruitful meeting with
#Iraq
's accession Chair Amb. Hilale 🇲🇦 and
@UNCTAD
to prepare for a joint
@Trade_for_Peace
event focused on Iraq on the margins of the
#UN
General Assembly in
#NY
in October. This will be the first engagement with the UN NY community on Trade for Peace
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The
#Comoros
team, led by Minister
@ahmedalibazi
has arrived from
#Moroni
for the 8th Working Party meeting today. Comoros is ready to enter the finish line of negotiations, aiming to conclude
#WTO
accession in 2023.
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A great pleasure to participate in
#ICSOE2019
in Asmara with more than 250 policymakers from East Africa to discuss opportunities for regional integration. It was my privilege to represent the
@wto
for the first time in Eritrea.Look forward to exploring collaboration.
@ECA_SRO_EA
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5
27
The Gov’t of
#Ethiopia
is delighted to host the 3rd Regional Dialogue on
@WTO
Accessions for
#Africa
’.It’s a platform for experience sharing & an opportunity to synergise WTO accessions and
@AfCfta
implementation.~H.E. Mr Melaku Alebel
@melaku_alebel
, Ministry of Trade & Industry
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In loving memory of Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe. One year since your passing, your energy, wit and passion continue to inspire us daily in our work.
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Due to the growing health concerns related to the Coronavirus, we are working remotely with our usual commitment to serve
@WTO
Members and acceding governments.
#COVID19
#workingfromhome
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Took part in a virtual meeting of g7+
@WTO
Accessions Group, chaired by
@MohammadHaqjo
. Together with
@HabibMayar
from g7+, we discussed the challenges faced by fragile & conflict-affected states during
#COVID19
& identified areas of collaboration, including through
#Trade4Peace
.
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Congratulations to Curaçao on the establishment of its
@WTO
Accession Working Party. WTO Accessions remain a powerful tool for economic and institutional modernization and for the expansion of the multilateral trading system'.
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6
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Professor Melaku Desta, Principal Advsior
@ATPC2
, providing commentary on ‘Accession to the AfCFTA Agreement’. The AfCFTA has no guiding provision that governs accession to the Free Trade Area that would end up being challenging.
@MelakuD
@wto
#RegionalDialogue
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23
Out now: the
@wto
Accessions Newsletter. This edition is dedicated to our former Director Amb.
@ChieduOsakwe1
who passed on last Sunday. Chiedu's passing leaves a big void in the international trade community, but his lasting legacy will remain with us.
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Wrapping up our mission with Minister/Chief Negotiator Amaral. Agreed on a weekly action plan to prepare for the 4th Working Party meeting in the fall. 🇹🇱team will work intensively on remaining legislation and bilateral market access negotiations in the coming weeks.
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This morning, Amb Chouzour of
#Comoros
and Amb De Boer of
#Canada
(
@CanadaGeneva
) signed the protocol on the completion of bilateral negotiations on market access on goods and services in the framework of Comoros
@WTO
Accession. Comoros is our priority
#LDC
accession!
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This morning ( 10:30 -11:45 AM) Amb. Alan Wm. Wolff, Deputy Director General of
@WTO
will deliver a Public Lecture on on “Trade and Peace: Ethiopia’s Accession to the WTO” at Ras Mekonnen Hall of Addis Ababa University
@WTODDGWolff
@mihretum
@MMoach
@EyobTolina
@AddisAbabaUnive
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The Third Regional Dialogue on WTO Accessions for Africa is a forum for accessions stakeholders from
#Africa
to have substantive discussions on synergies between
@WTO
accessions negotiations and
@AfCfta
implementation.
@_AfricanUnion
@WorldBank
@ATPC2
@ITCnews
#Ethiopia
#Africa
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#Iraq
's Working Party Chair Amb Omar Hilale 🇲🇦 convened an informal consultation to brief Members on the state of preparation for an official resumption of Iraq's WP, following recent circulation of negotiating inputs. Iraq remains firmly committed. Consultation will continue.
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On his visit to
#Baku
, Working Party Chair Amb. Acarsoy
@lparslanacarsoy
of
#Turkiye
held productive meetings w/ DPM Mustafayev and Economy Minister Jabbarov. Agreed on next steps on the resumption of
#Azerbaijan
's accession before the summer break.
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Timor-Leste's team wrapped up its successful visit to GVA and is ready to build on the momentum, esp. in advancing bilateral negotiations. We look forward to working with the team and visiting Dili with WP Chair, Amb. Macieira to realise 🇹🇱's goal of joining the
#WTO
in 2023.
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Please join us on 29 January 2020, 17:30 -18:30 for a lecture on Ethiopia's Homegrown Economic Reform Plan by
@mihretum
, Senior Policy Advisor to
@PMEthiopia
and Chief Trade Negotiator at the Graduate Institute Geneva.
@IHEID
@WTO
@WTODDGWolff
@EyobTolina
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It is a historical day for Turkmenistan to obtain observer status aimed at starting accession process. Ashgabat's interest in the WTO reflects a vote of confidence in the value of the rule-based MTS. Look forward to working closely with Turkmenistan.
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Strong support for AfCFTA and WTO Accession as complementary tools for achieving peace through trade at the Closing Session of
#TradeforPeaceWeek
. Powerful remarks by
@AxelAddy
@AmbMuchanga
Hon. Achuil
@WTODDGWolff
Amb. Ali Mahmoud
@snkaringi
@mihretum
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We are in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the ‘ Third Regional Dialogue on WTO Accessions for
#Africa
’ hosted by the Gov’t of Ethiopia and organised by the
@wto
Accessions Division in collaboration with
@_AfricanUnion
@WorldBank
@ITCnews
@ECA_OFFICIAL
#AfCFTA
#Trade
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Clear message from Session 8 of
#TradeForPeaceWeek
: Multidimensional nexus of trade for peace needs donor/international/local communities to join forces across institutions§ors to address the largest humanitarian crisis in Yemen
@GPPlatform
@EUinYemen
@saadtalib
@UNOCHA
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Amb. Albert M. Muchanga, AU Trade & Industry Commissioner presented progress report of the
@AfCfta
implementation.
@AmbMuchanga
@_AfricanUnion
@WTO
#RegionalDialogue
#Africa
#WTOAccessions
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Liberia became the 163rd WTO Member on 14 July 2016. H.E Ms Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the then President, signed Liberia's Accession Protocol at the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in December 2015. Happy 4th WTO Anniversary to
#Liberia
.
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Pleasure to meet with Amb. Bessa of 🇹🇱 to discuss preparations for 3rd Working Party meeting on 29 April. Delighted to hear about 🇹🇱 plans for intensive engagement with Members. Look forward to receiving a team from Dili for the 1st in-person WP meeting in this LDC accession.
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Extremely happy to be back in Dili after 6 years 😊. Look forward to the visit of Working Party Chair Amb Macieira 🇵🇹 to exchange views with key domestic stakeholders on WTO accession of Timor-Leste 🇹🇱.
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Had a wonderful
#Zoom
time catching up with former China Program interns from different parts of the world. Super proud of their brilliant career endeavors since they left the Division. They shall always remain part of our Accession Family.
#Proud
#WTO
#Internship
#staysafe
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#Uzbekistan
's 6th Working Party meeting just started, with high-level delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Khodjayev in
@WTO
. Look forward to productive discussions with Members.
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Having met after nearly 2 years, discussions were substantive and business-like, especially on the review of 🇺🇿 trade regime, including agriculture sector. The negotiating team is in Geneva until Friday to advance bilateral market access negotiations with Members.
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Pleased to join the
@wto
Ladies Ambassadors’ Luncheon hosted by Ambassador Ji-ah PAIK of the Republic of Korea. We had many concrete ideas on how to promote Trade, Women and Development.
#WomeninDiplomacy
#trade
#womenempowerment
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We remember Chiedu as a man & professional who inspired other
@AfCfta
Chief Negotiators to rise above national interests for the common good of
#Africa
. We also remember a remarkable leader with influence, experience, knowledge, alertness of mind and high energy. ~
@AmbMuchanga
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Big congratulations to
#Turkmenistan
on the establishment of its accession Working Party today. Now, we have a total of 24 governments in the process of accession to the
@WTO
. Looking forward to assisting
#Ashgabat
in moving the accession process forward.
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Moderating Round Table on Mobilizing Technical and Political Support for
@wto
accessions and
@AfCfta
implementation. Development partners providing Technical Assistance are partners in trade negotiations.
@AfDB_Group
@isdb_group
#RegionalDialogue
#Africa
#WTOAccessions
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Over 160 people from around the world joined the 1st memorial lecture honouring Amb. Chiedu Osakwe on the 2nd anniversary since his passing.
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Happy
@WTO
Membership anniversary to
#Afghanistan
which joined the WTO 5 years ago today!
More info on Afghanistan's accession:
Click here to view Afghanistan's membership profile:
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Pleased to once again host the
@GVAGrad
UN Summer Programme at the
@wto
, introducing students to the rules-based MTS and
@Trade_for_Peace
. The motivated students asked questions on the WTO's role in addressing today's challenges. Looking forward to next year!
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🗓️Join
@NOIweala
and
@alanwwolff
on 26th September at 9:00 at the
@wto
for the 2nd Memorial Lecture in Honour of Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe.
📌Register here to attend the event:
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6
14
Pleasure to meet with new Chair of the WP of The Bahamas 🇧🇸, Amb. Cheryl Spencer of Jamaica, together with Amb. Keva Bain of 🇧🇸. We discussed the role of the WTO in the pandemic, especially for heavily hit SVEs. Look forward to further exchange of experiences in Caribbean region.
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It was my great pleasure to contribute to UWED's conference on
#Uzbekistan
's
@WTO
accession. I was impressed by participants' interest and knowledge on WTO accession. I also stressed the critical role played by academic institutions in supporting Uzbekistan's accession process.
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Montenegro became the 154th WTO Member on 29 April 2012. The accession protocol was signed by the then Prime Minister Igor Lukšić at the 8th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva in December 2011. Happy
@wto
anniversary to
#Montenegro
!
#WTOAccessionAnniversaries
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Great pleasure meeting with Deputy Secretary-General Singh of
@ASEAN
Secretariat. Explored collaboration between the two Secretariats on 🇹🇱’s twin accessions and more. Secretariat-level cooperation is essential for coherence & synergies between global & regional trade governance.
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Pleasure to be back in Dili 🇹🇱 as the accession process has entered a critical stage. Look forward to political and technical engagement with the new Government to finalise the last set of outstanding questions and plan for the next WP meeting.
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2
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Thank you for a huge turnout to celebrate the third year anniversary of Afghanistan and Liberia’s accessions to
@wto
in our 2nd Forum on WTO Accessions.
#Trade4Peace
#Aid4Trade
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5
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Congratulations to Uzbekistan for the circulation of its updated Memorandum on the Foreign Trade Regime on 25 July. This is the first document required to kick-start the accession negotiations. Let the work begin!
@WTOAccessions
🇺🇿
#Uzbekistan
@MIFT_Uz
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On Day 2 of his visit, WP Chair
@lparslanacarsoy
held meetings with line gvt agencies involved in accession, incl. Labour, Customs, Food Safely & Central Bank of Azerbaijan. Impressed by on-going reform efforts & readiness to contribute to the resumption of the accession process.
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Meeting w. Achim Wennmann from
@CCDP_IHEID
today to consolidate
@Trade_for_Peace
’s capacity building pillar. I am very happy to see generations of students from
@IHEID
, my alma mater, sharing the same vision and working on
#Trade4Peace
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Join us on Wednesday for our joint event with
@ITCnews
on Technical Assistance & WTO Accessions during
#Aid4Trade
Global Review. We will launch the Coordination Group on Accession TA and hear from 🇰🇲 🇹🇱 🇺🇿 and 🇰🇿 why coordinated TA is so important for accession and post-accession
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Afghanistan became the 164th WTO member on 29 July 2016. Mr. Mohammad Khan Rahmani, the then First Deputy Chief Executive, signed Afghanistan's Accession Protocol at the 10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in December 2015. Happy WTO Anniversary to
#Afghanistan
🎂
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We delivered a workshop on Trade-Related Investment Measures for
#Belarus
with the Rules Division. Our work continues to close technical gaps in the draft Working Party Report, including in the area of TRIMs. Special thanks to UNDP for their continuing support to this accession.
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The Accessions Team briefed WP Chairpersons, including the 7 newly appointed ones. Their role is critical - facilitating a lengthy and complex process, but also injecting new energy & ideas. As DDG
@xiangchen_zhang
said, it is hard, yet exciting work. Welcome on board!!
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The 4th meeting of the Working Party on the accession of Uzbekistan takes place today! A big and symbolic day for both Uzbekistan and the WTO. Looking forward to a successful meeting.
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Amb. Alan Wm. Wolff, DDG of
@wto
moderating a High Level Opening Session in honor of Amb. Chiedu Osakwe( 1955 - 2019), who made unique contributions in strengthening the values of MTS and helped African countries harness the benefits of international trade.
@_AfricanUnion
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2
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To help advance
#Iraq
's accession bid to the
@WTO
, Working Party Chair Amb. Omar Hilale
@Morocco_UN
held meetings last week, including with Amb. Abdul-Karim Mostafa
@iraq_unog
, DG WTO
@NOIweala
, ITC ED
@CokeHamilton
and other partners in
#Geneva
.
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On 25 November, Chiedu would have celebrated his 64th birthday. Let's get together on this day to celebrate his life and share our treasured memories of him at a memorial event we are organizing in collaboration with the Nigerian Permanent Mission in Geneva. See details below:
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An honour to be received by H.E. Amb. Mesganu
@MMoach
, State Minister of MOFA, on his 1st day in office.Pleased to hear the Govt's continuing commitment to economic reforms, esp. in opening key sectors. Look forward to working with him in his new position, connecting trade&MOFA.
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2
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Excited to welcome the delegation from
#Dili
this morning, led by H.E. Minister Amaral for the 5th Working Party meeting on
#TimorLeste
's accession to the
#WTO
. With negotiations advancing, we are confident that the finish line is within reach!
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5
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So impressed by the beatify of Timor-Leste, and of course, 🇹🇱 coffee, which is our favorite 😍. We also had an interesting site visit to Heineken - the largest foreign investor in the country, and GOTA - a local producer of bottled mineral water.
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Amb.
@yambrazevich
of
@BelarusUNOG
welcomed Amb. Lapasov of
#Uzbekistan
as new Coordinator of the Informal Group of Acceding Governments. Thanks to Belarus for coordinating the Group since 2018. Look forward to supporting the Group under Uzbekistan's leadership, starting at MC12"
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4
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Pleasure to welcome back Dr
@helcosta2323
, General Secretary of
@g7plus
to the
#WTO
! Look forward to our next collaboration at the 3rd
@Trade_for_Peace
Week which starts on 14 November, focusing on how to help FCS governments in the
@WTO
.
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4
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The team is heading to Vientiane 🇱🇦 for the 11th China Roundtable which will focus on “WTO Accessions and Trade Integration: Stories from the Asia- Pacific”. Look forward to three days of discussions with acceding gov’ts & Article XII members.
Stay tuned for daily updates!
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Preparing for
@wto
Membership: Moderated by
@AxelAddy
🇱🇷,
#Comoros
&
#TimorLeste
presented their Post-Accession Strategies to partners at
#Aid4Trade
Global Review. Thanks to Minister
@DDhoulkamal
🇰🇲 & Amb
@lurdes_bessa
🇹🇱 for sharing their visions & partners for continued support
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The latest issue of the Accessions Newsletter is out on the
@WTO
website. Check out the special focus on
#Uzbekistan
's 4th WP Meeting,
#Turkmenistan
's Observer Status, the first Accessions Week, and the latest accessions state of plays. See here:
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Deputy Minister/Chief Negotiator Badriddin Abidov of Uzbekistan chaired the first gathering of acceding governments at Minister/Head of Delegation level. Acceding governments reaffirmed the need to work together and support each other and identified areas for future work.
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Ambassador Lurdes Bessa deposited a copy of the bilateral market access agreement signed with the EU. This is the 5th agreement signed by Timor-Leste, an important step to get closer to its 2023 accession goal. Look forward to more progress before/at the 5th WP meeting on 20April
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2
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Delighted to have great Timorese coffee ahead of the 4th Working Party Meeting on the accession of
#TimorLeste
! Come try delicious types of 🇹🇱 coffee in CR!
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Ministers of the g7+ WTO Accessions Group met this morning to adopt a Declaration on the Group's future work on T4P for FCS. The Declaration was joined by other FCS who believe in the role of trade in promoting peace and security. Thanks to Liberia & Timor-Leste for leadership.
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Development partners have been playing an important role in supporting
#Iraq
's accession efforts. ITC team briefed WP Chair, Amb. Omar Hilale & WTO Secretariat on their latest mission to Baghdad & their on-going efforts to assist Iraq's accession team through EU's SAVVI project.
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Today marks the 5th Anniversary of Seychelles’ WTO Membership! Cillia Mangroo,
#Seychelles
’ Principal Secretary for Trade, was part of the negotiating team, which was led by Minister & Chief Negotiator Pierre Laporte. Check out what she said about the benefits of WTO membership.
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Big congratulations to my friend & colleague
@menahassanwto
for co-editing a new book entitled “Fostering Trade in Africa”. It shall be added to my reading list during
#confinement
. You can find the book here
#trade
#regionalism
#afcfta
#TradeFacilitation
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Celebrating the 5-year milestone in
#Liberia
's
@WTO
Membership with Hon. Diggs, Minister of Commerce & Industry of Liberia,
#WTO
DG
@NOIweala
,
@ITCnews
ED
@CokeHamilton
,
@Joakim_Reiter
, Mr. Patrick Low and
@AxelAddy
at the launch of Liberia’s post-accession study.
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4
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Today, the IGAG was briefed on Joint Initiatives on Investment Facilitation and MSMEs. Many thanks to Amb. Francke of Chile and
@UruguayWTO
for their openness to engage and to keep observers informed of the latest developments.
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4
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In his opening remarks to a conference on Uzbekistan's accession hosted by Univ. of World Economy&Diplomacy (UWED)
@WTODDGWolff
commended Tashkent for its hard work & commitment. Sustained engagement &dedication on technical & political levels will be key for registering progress
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WTO Accessions Division would like to thank all speakers and participants for their interests and contributions to enriching discussions at the
#AccessionsWeek
. 1/3
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Big congratulations to Uzbekistan for its well prepared and substantive engagement with WTO Members today. The 4th Working Party meeting was a great success and registered concrete progress. Now, the focus will be to sustain the energy and pace of accession negotiations.
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Join us tomorrow @ 10:30 CET for Session 7 of
#TradeForPeaceWeek
, in collaboration with Interpeace, to learn how trade policies can be harnessed to support peace and sustainable development efforts in Somalia. Register here:
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