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28 febrero 2014
Within the framework of the WCO’s Capacity Building programme and in partnership with the Seychelles Revenue Authority, a technical workshop to develop the Seychelles Revenue Commission’s first-ever Customs training strategy was held in Mahe between February 10 and 14, 2014.
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25 febrero 2014
The Secretary General of the World Customs Organization, Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, is pleased to announce the signing of a new agreement with Sweden through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) to continue Customs modernization and reform in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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25 febrero 2014
On 4 and 5 February 2014, the WCO held an information workshop at WCO headquarters on Phase 3 of the Columbus Programme concerning such monitoring and evaluation missions in French-speaking Members.
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20 febrero 2014
Upon invitation of Mr. Bevan Simataa, Commissioner of Namibian Customs and Excise, the 5th Steering Committee (SC) Meeting of the Finnish-funded WCO Project "Building Trade Capacity through Customs Modernization in the East and Southern Africa (ESA) Region" took place in Swakopmund, Namibia, from 11 to 13 February 2013.
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20 febrero 2014
At the invitation of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr. Abdullahi Dikko Inde, the WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Nigeria on 17 and 18 February 2014 to observe Customs transformation activities after the termination of Destination Inspection contracts on 1 December 2013.
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14 febrero 2014
At the invitation of the UK Government, Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya spoke at the Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade, held in London on 13 February 2014.
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12 febrero 2014
Members of the High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, headed by former South African President Thabo Mbeki, visited WCO Headquarters on 11 February 2014 to obtain input for their report and recommendations to African countries in order to harness Africa’s hidden resources for development.
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11 febrero 2014
Operation COBRA II results in the seizure of 36 rhino horns, three metric tons of elephant ivory, 10,000 turtles, and 1,000 skins of protected species, as well as 10,000 European eels and more than 200 metric tons of rosewood logs, dealing a huge blow to criminals involved in the highlylucrative trade in illegal wildlife.
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11 febrero 2014
At the invitation of the Ambassador of Thailand, Mr. Nopadol Gunavibool, WCO Secretary General Mr. Kunio Mikuriya addressed a luncheon meeting of ASEAN Ambassadors on 7 February in Brussels, and spoke about how the WCO could contribute to the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015 by leveraging WCO tools, programmes and expertise.
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10 febrero 2014
At the invitation of Director General of German Customs, Mr. Julian Würtenberger, the Secretary General of the WCO, Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, visited Germany to discuss various topics of mutual interest. The meeting was hosted by the German Customs administration and took place in the German Customs Training and Knowledge Academy (BWZ) in Münster.
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06 febrero 2014
The WCO organized a Customs Modernization forum for Member administrations in the WCO ESA region from 28 to 30 January 2014 in Pretoria, South Africa.
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05 febrero 2014
WCO Secretary General Dr. Kunio Mikuriya met UNCTAD Secretary General Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi at the UN Office in Geneva on 3 February 2014.
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04 febrero 2014
The 203rd/204th Sessions of the Permanent Technical Committee (PTC) will take place from 17 -21 March 2014, among other issues it will discuss the following topics: WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (ATF), Postal Traffic, Economic Competitiveness Package, Regional integration, Customs-Business Partnership, Coordinated Border Management, Globally Networked Customs, Information Management, Advance Passenger Information/Passenger Name Record (API/PNR).
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03 febrero 2014
Papua New Guinea accedes to Revised Kyoto Convention and Harmonized System Convention
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