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27 February 2012
The Capacity Building Programme and Regional offices brochures have been updated. They reflect the latest trends and outcomes of the major WCO Capacity Building Programmes.
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27 February 2012
Secretary General of the WCO, Kunio Mikuriya met US Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, on 23 February 2012at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Headquarters in Washington, DC, to discuss a wide range of topical issues during which they acknowledged the excellent working relationship that exists between the two organizations.
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22 February 2012
WCO Deputy Secretary General Sergio Mujica met the new Chairperson of the Kimberley Process, Ambassador Gillian A. Milovanovic of the United States, on 14 February 2012 to discuss the role of Customs in the context of the Kimberley Process.
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22 February 2012
Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Kunio Mikuriya, met Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Ban Ki-moon, for comprehensive talks at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, 21 February 2012.
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20 February 2012
The World Customs Organization (WCO) and the US National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (US IPR Center) announced the seizure of tens of thousands of counterfeit and pirated goods at international mail facilities and express courier depots in the course of a global two-month operation that began in November 2011.
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17 February 2012
Mr. D. Tseveenjav, Director General, gave a speech highlighting the importance of the e-learning programme which enables customs officers working at local customhouses as well as along the border with the length of over 8,000km to brush up with their knowledge and skills using this extremely effective interactive training tool.
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16 February 2012
At the invitation of Director General Tapani Erling of Finnish Customs, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya joined the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Finnish National Board of Customs in Helsinki on 15 February 2012.
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15 February 2012
The first ever WCO Top Executive Dialogue was held from 6 to 8 February 2012 in Pretoria, South Africa. The Dialogue aims to bring together the senior executives from Customs administrations to consider and discuss the key strategic issues that impact on their operating environment and ways to respond to these issues.
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15 February 2012
Police and Customs heads from 13 Asian countries agreed today to tighten controls and improve cross-border cooperation to curb the illegal smuggling of tigers and other critically endangered species.
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14 February 2012
On 2 and 3 February 2012, the third annual World Customs Organization (WCO) Regional Donor Meeting for the Americas and the Caribbean took place at the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) headquarters in Washington DC.
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13 February 2012
WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Dakar on 13 February 2012 at the invitation of Director General Mouhamadou Makhtar Cissé of Senegal Customs to review progress in Customs modernization and to release the results of Operation Cocair 3 at a press conference.
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12 February 2012
3rd issue of the WCO Capacity Builders Newsletter is available now
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06 February 2012
WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visted Djibouti from 1 to 2 February 2012 to review progress in Customs modernization at the invitation of Djibouti’s Director General of Customs, Abdi Houssein Bidid.
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05 February 2012
Also this year, the WCO was host to a group of African students from the University of Münster. This visit to Brussels formed part of their Customs related Master study programme in Germany which is financed by the GIZ.
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02 February 2012
As Winston Churchill used to say, "he who fails to plan is planning to fail". This is particularly true when it comes to planning a strategy – planning for a long term. Hence – the renewed emphasis of the WCO as well as its Members on giving the planning the prominent place it deserves in the overall Customs modernisation agenda.
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02 February 2012
On 27- 30 January 2012 the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan celebrated its 20th Anniversary.
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02 February 2012
Preparations for the upcoming 2012 WCO Capacity Building week are on their way!
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