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30 September 2022
From 7 to 31 March 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO) organized Operation “Balkan Gate 2” on combatting counterfeiting and pirated goods in the Balkans.
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30 September 2022
The WCO successfully conducted the first regional workshop on the deployment of Virtual Reality Training (VRT) sets.
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30 September 2022
On 26 September 2022, the Deputy Secretary General of the WCO, Ricardo Treviño Chapa, welcomed a delegation from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and consultants from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to World Customs Organization (WCO) Headquarters in Brussels, with a view to enhancing collaboration between the WCO and the GCC.
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30 September 2022
One of World Trade Organization (WTO)’s largest annual outreach events, the Public Forum is taking place this year from 27 to 30 September 2022 at the WTO Headquarters in Geneva.
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29 September 2022
Within the framework of the EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme, the World Customs Organization (WCO) conducted a diagnostic mission for the Malawi Revenue Authority.
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29 September 2022
From 5-9 September 2022, the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) delivered a Single Window Workshop in La Paz, Bolivia.
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28 September 2022
At the invitation of the Japanese Government, the WCO Secretary General, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, attended the state funeral of the country’s former Prime Minister, Mr. Shinzo Abe, held on 27 September 2022.
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28 September 2022
The WCO has conducted two sub-regional workshops for the development of Risk Indicators for goods and substances regulated by the Montreal Protocol and Basel Convention Agreements to support Customs Administrations and National Environment Agencies in the EAC and SADC regions.
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27 September 2022
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project and with the kind host of the Ghana Revenue Authority, the third Working Group Activity of the Master Trainers Programme (MTP) on Rules of Origin (RoO) for West Africa was held in Accra, Ghana, from 12 to 16 September 2022.
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26 September 2022
On 23 September 2022, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, met with the leadership team of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as well as with representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Fiscal Affairs Department in Washington DC.
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26 September 2022
A working group of representatives of the WCO Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme Partner Administrations from the Americas and Caribbean Region came together on 20-22 September 2022 at the WCO Secretariat in Brussels.
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26 September 2022
At the invitation of the United Nations (UN) Land-Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) Ministers of Foreign Affairs Meeting held on 22 September 2022 during the UN General Assembly in New York, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, spoke about Customs and the WCO’s contribution to LLDCs. He also participated in bilateral meetings during his visit to UN Headquarters.
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26 September 2022
From 12 to 16 September 2022, a group of tariff experts of the Ethiopian Customs Commission (ECC) conducted a study visit to the WCO Headquarters to familiarize themselves with various aspects of WCO Secretariat’s work on the Harmonized System.
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23 September 2022
The WCO is committed to providing effective Capacity Building to its Members. To achieve this objective, it has developed a network of qualified experts from its Members and associates who are called upon to assist the WCO in delivering capacity building activities.
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23 September 2022
At the request of the Director-General of Mongolian Customs General Administration (MCGA), the WCO, with the support of the Customs Cooperation Fund of Japan, conducted a diagnostic support mission in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from 12 to 21 September 2022.
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23 September 2022
The World Customs Organization (WCO) held a National Workshop on the Time Release Study (TRS) in Accra, Ghana, from 5 to 10 September 2022, following a request by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
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22 September 2022
The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and the World Customs Organization (WCO) signed an Arrangement on Cooperation (AoC) today to further strengthen cooperation and advance their joint initiatives to counter terrorism.
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21 September 2022
At the invitation of Mr. Ahmed Bin Abdullah Al-Jamal, Chairman of the Qatar General Authority of Customs, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, WCO Secretary General, visited Doha, Qatar on 18 and 19 September 2022.
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19 September 2022
On 8 September 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the German Central Customs Authority signed a grant agreement for the Phase 2 of the West Africa Security Project (WASP).
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16 September 2022
On 16 September, the World Customs Organization (WCO) joins the international community in celebrating the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, also known as World Ozone Day. This year, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and OzonAction are calling for global action under the theme “Montreal Protocol@35: global cooperation protecting life on earth”.
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15 September 2022
At the invitation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the World Customs Organization (WCO) participated in the thirteenth session of the Implementation Review Group of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, held in Vienna, Austria, from 5 to 8 September 2022.
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14 September 2022
The 64th Meeting of the WCO Data Model Projects Team (DMPT) was held successfully, in a virtual mode, on 6 and 7 September 2022. There were 134 participants made up of WCO Members as well as representatives of international organizations and the private sector registered for the Meeting.
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14 September 2022
Upon the invitation of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), The World Customs Organization participated in the launch of the SADC electronic Certificate of Origin held under the theme “Enhancing trade facilitation through the SADC Electronic Certificate of Origin” on 6-7 September 2022 in Blantyre, Malawi.
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13 September 2022
Within the framework of the WCO-SECO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), WCO-accredited AEO experts from Denmark and India provided capacity building assistance to the Customs Administration of Serbia (CAS) to enhance its AEO programme in alignment with the SAFE Framework of Standards and WTO TFA Article 7.7.
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09 September 2022
On 7 September, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organisation (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, met with the Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), Dr. Josef Aschbacher, and his security advisors.
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09 September 2022
From 22 to 25 August 2022, a Leadership Management Development (LMD) Top Executive Retreat (TER) was held for Maldives Customs Administration (MCS) in support of their Mercator Implementation Plan recommendation.
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08 September 2022
On 5 September 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) signed an updated Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) enhancing the existing cooperation between the two organizations.
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08 September 2022
In response to an official request from the Mongolian Customs General Administration (MCGA) in March 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO) agreed to conduct capacity-building support for the MCGA.
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08 September 2022
The 20th Meeting of the eATA Working Group (WG) was held on 5 September 2022 virtually via the Zoom platform. 95 experts from 21 Contracting Parties to the Istanbul Convention, 22 Contracting Parties to the ATA Convention, 11 observer countries and 3 international organizations registered for the Meeting.
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08 September 2022
On 6 September 2022, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) of Bangladesh presented the results and recommendations of its first self-conducted Time Release Study (TRS) in a hybrid TRS Report Dissemination event with over 500 participants, 150 attended in person and 350 joined virtually, representing ministries, high-level officers from public agencies, other stakeholders, development partners as well as the private sector.
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07 September 2022
At the opening of the 51st Session of the Belgian Customs School for French-speaking African Customs officers on 5 September 2022, the WCO Secretary General, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, reflected on the crucial role of such initiatives that focus on capacity building and human resource development.
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05 September 2022
The Customs Authority of Serbia (CAS) has identified as part of its strategic plan, the desire to improve its Revenue collection, Customs Procedures and Controls, Strategic Management and modernize its HR Management and Development, specifically in the areas of recruitment, promotional and rotation processes and integrity.
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05 September 2022
The World Customs Organization (WCO), in cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has been carrying out the Master Trainer Programme (MTP) on Rules of Origin (RoO) for Africa the major aim of which is to cooperate with African WCO Members to implement the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
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02 September 2022
From 22nd to 26th August 2022, the WCO conducted a capacity building mission to Nairobi, Kenya, to support the Kenya Revenue Authority’s (KRA) ongoing Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Programme.
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