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Mike
Moore's speeches
Renato
Ruggiero's speeches, 1995-99
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This voluntary contribution by Hong Kong, China will be used to
conduct technical assistance courses and seminars on trade policy
issues and WTO rules. The contribution will be spent over a period of
two years and will be principally directed at economies in the
Asia-Pacific region.
In
welcoming Hong Kong, China's contribution, WTO Director-General, Mr.
Mike Moore said: “I would like heartily to thank Hong Kong, China
for its generous donation. This donation will be used to assist
developing Members of the WTO better to participate in the work of the
organization. As Members continue to prepare for the 4th WTO
Ministerial Conference to take place in Qatar in November, technical
assistance for developing Members is vitally important.”
Ever
since its creation in 1995, the WTO has been collecting voluntary
contributions of this kind to help poorer countries participate
actively in the WTO and take advantage of the new opportunities in
international trade offered by the WTO Agreements. These funds are
administered by the WTO Secretariat.
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