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28 March 2013
At the invitation of the Chairman of Irish Revenue, Ms. Josephine Feehily, the Secretary General of the WCO, Kunio Mikuriya, attended the European Union (EU) High-Level Seminar on Strengthening the Security of the Supply Chain, held in Dublin, Ireland from 26-27 March 2013.
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27 March 2013
Within the framework of the Trade Support and Regional Integration Programme (PACIR) financed by the European Union, the WCO led a National Workshop to build the capacities of the Côte d’Ivoire Customs Administration in the area of pre- and post-clearance controls on tariff classification.
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25 March 2013
At the invitation of Comptroller General Abdullahi Dikko Inde of Nigeria Customs in his capacity as Vice-Chair, Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya of the WCO participated in the WCO West and Central Africa Regional Meeting of Customs Directors General, held in Accra, Ghana on 21 and 22 March 2013.
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25 March 2013
The World Customs Organization, under the sponsorship of the Government of Finland, organized a two-day National Policy Dialogue, in Nairobi, Kenya. The meeting was held on the 18th and 19th of March 2013.
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25 March 2013
The WCO's Permanent Technical Committee (PTC), in its 60th year of existence, held its 199th/200th Sessions in Brussels from 18 to 22 March 2013.
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21 March 2013
The WCO Harmonized System Convention celebrates its 25th anniversary
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19 March 2013
In the context of its ongoing endeavour to modernize the work of Customs, the Administration of Kyrgyzstan hosted a national multipurpose Workshop on the Harmonized System.
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19 March 2013
The Deputy Secretary General of the WCO, Sergio Mujica, attended the International Air Transport Association's (IATA's) 7th World Cargo Symposium 2013 in Doha, Qatar from 12 to 14 March 2013.
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14 March 2013
At the invitation of the United Nations, Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya of the WCO spoke at the Conference on Border Control Cooperation in the Sahel and the Maghreb, which was held in Rabat, Morocco on 13 March 2013.
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13 March 2013
The Integrity Sub-Committee (ISC) held its 12th Session on 28 February and 1 March 2013 at World Customs Organization (WCO) headquarters in Brussels.
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13 March 2013
As part of a continuous effort to enhance donor coordination and collaboration and to strengthen networking, the 6th WCO – AMS/CB regional entities strategic meeting and the 4th regional donor meeting for the Americas and Caribbean took place at the Inter-American Development Bank headquarters in Washington D.C., between the 28th of January and the 1st of February 2013.
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13 March 2013
A record-breaking number of 260 high-level participants from more than 80 WCO member administrations and more than 20 stakeholder organizations met at the 4th Capacity Building Committee session held in Brussels from 25 to 27 February 2013.
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08 March 2013
WCO marks International Women’s Day
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07 March 2013
A high-level delegation from Thailand visited WCO Headquarters on 7 March 2013 to further acquaint themselves with the work of the Organization.
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05 March 2013
Saudi Arabia Customs organized the 3rd Arab Forum on Anti-Commercial Fraud, Counterfeiting and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Protection in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 3 to 5 March 2013.
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05 March 2013
At the invitation of the WCO Vice-Chair for the North of Africa, Near and Middle East (MENA) region, Director General Zohair Chorfi of Moroccan Customs, Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya of the WCO participated in the meeting of Customs Directors General of the MENA region, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 2 March 2013.
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05 March 2013
Within the framework of the Institutional Capacity Building Project financed by the African Development Fund, a second National Workshop was held in Moroni from 14 to 25 February 2013 aimed at providing (i) legal training for senior management from the Directorate General and from Customs centres responsible for setting up a tariff unit and for coordinating classification work and (ii) technical training designed with the following objectives in mind
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05 March 2013
President Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya of the WCO concluded a Memorandum of Understanding at the headquarters of the IsDB in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 5 March 2013.
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05 March 2013
The Executive Heads and representatives of a consortium established to combat wildlife crime met in Bangkok, Thailand alongside the triennial Conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
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04 March 2013
In recent years the World Customs Organization (WCO) has attached great importance to the reform and modernization of Customs administrations worldwide.
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04 March 2013
At its 9th meeting on the 7th of February 2013 the Steering Committee for the Sida-funded WCO-EAC Regional AEO project met in Bujumbura, Burundi.
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04 March 2013
In recent years the World Customs Organization (WCO) has attached great importance to the reform and modernization of Customs administrations worldwide.
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