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27 February 2009
On February 25 and 26, the World Customs Organization, the US Department of Commerce, ITA, and Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council developed, coordinated and hosted a workshop in St. Lucia for ten island administrations and private sector representatives.
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27 February 2009
The 49th French-speaking Fellowship Programme was launched in Brussels on Monday 23 February 2009. This Programme forms part of the work to develop the management capacities of Member administrations in support of Phase II of the Columbus Programme.
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23 February 2009
In February the Director of Capacity Building, Mr. Lars Karlsson, visited Stockholm for meetings with the Swedish donor community and potential partners. On February 24th the Director met with the Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency (SIDA) at their headquarters in Stockholm.
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19 February 2009
I would like to join President John Edwin Mroz of the EastWest Institute in welcoming all of you to the international home of the customs community. We are proud to be part of global efforts to seek new solutions to ongoing challenges for global security and joint action.
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17 February 2009
The WCO Secretary General, Kunio Mikuriya, met Martin Marmy, Secretary General of the International Road Transport Union (IRU), at WCO Headquarters on 17 February 2009. The IRU, through its national associations, represents the entire road transport industry worldwide.
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03 February 2009
The MENA region consisting of 17 Members organized its regional meeting of Heads of Customs in Cairo, Egypt from 1-2 February 2009.
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03 February 2009
When I took up my office as Deputy Secretary General in 2002, my first mission was to represent the WCO at the MENA regional meeting in this same building of the Arab League.
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02 February 2009
The summary result of an intensive global one day CITES operation carried out by 90 Customs administrations across the globe on 15 January 2009 reveal seizures totalling 4,630 endangered live species as well as products and derivatives.
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02 February 2009
On 25 February 2009 the Director of the CBD, Mr. Lars Karlsson welcomed Mr. Tore Selvig and Ms. Elisabeth Sollner from The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, NORAD at the WCO Secretariat.
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02 February 2009
At the invitation of the Russian Federal Customs Service (FCS), Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Moscow from 20-22 January 2009. He met Russian FCS Head, Andrei Belyaninov, on 21 January 2009 to explore areas for common action.
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