new chairs at WTO

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Press/371
11 February 2004
GENERAL COUNCIL
WTO chairpersons for 2004
The WTO General Council today (11 February) noted the consensus on the following slate of names of
chairpersons for WTO bodies:


Chairpersons of WTO Bodies - 2004


General Council  Amb. Shotaro OSHIMA (Japan)
Dispute Settlement  Body Amb. Amina MOHAMED (Kenya)
Trade Policy Review Body  Amb. Puangrat ASAVAPISIT (Thailand)
Council for Trade in Goods  Amb. Alfredo CHIARADIA (Argentina)
Council for Trade in Services  Amb. Peter BRNO (Slovak Republic)
Council for TRIPS  Mr. Joshua LAW (Hong Kong, China)
Committee on Trade and Environment  Amb. Naéla GABR (Egypt)
Committee on Trade and Development  Amb. Trevor CLARKE (Barbados)
Committee on Balance-of Payments Restrictions  Mr. Giulio TONINI (Italy)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  Amb. Ronald SABORÍO SOTO (Costa Rica)
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration  Amb. Henrik Rée IVERSEN (Denmark)
Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology  Amb. Jaynarain MEETOO (Mauritius)
Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance  Amb. Péter BALÁS (Hungary)



Chairpersons of Bodies established under the Trade Negotiations Committee - 2004

(To serve until the 6th Session of the Ministerial Conference - date to be determined.)


Negotiating Group on Market Access  Amb. Stefán JÓHANNESSON (Iceland)
Negotiating Group on Rules  Amb. Eduardo PÉREZ MOTTA (Mexico)
Special Session of the Council for Trade in Services  Amb. Alejandro JARA (Chile)
Special Session of the Council for TRIPS  Amb. Manzoor AHMAD (Pakistan)
Special Session of the Dispute Settlement Body  Amb. David SPENCER (Australia)
Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture  Amb. Tim GROSER (New Zealand)
Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Environment  Amb. Toufiq ALI (Bangladesh)
Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Development  Mr. Faizel ISMAIL (South Africa)





PS Note that no chairs for the Singapore issues working groups were appointed. This is because those
opposing these issues being on the WTO agenda insisted that the lack of consensus regarding the
post-Cancun mandate of these working groups militates against their continued operation. However,
outgoing General Council Chair Perez del Castillo mentioned that WTO Deputy Directory General Xerxa
would still be continuing his informal consultations with Members regarding Trade Facilitation.