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29 julio 2016
At the invitation of the Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO), the WCO Secretary General, Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, and the Head of the WCO Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB) Asia/Pacific (A/P), Mr. Kazunari Igarashi, visited the OCO Secretariat in Suva, Fiji on 28 July 2016. Mr. Seve Paeniu, Head of the OCO Secretariat, and his colleagues extended a warm welcome to the WCO representatives.
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29 julio 2016
WCO Secretary General Mr. Kunio Mikuriya attended the official launching ceremony of the WCO Asia/Pacific (A/P) Vice-Chair’s Office, held on 28 July 2016 in Suva, Fiji, alongside the Honorable Mr. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Fijian Minister of Economy, and Mr. Dato’ Sri Khazali bin Hj Ahmad, Director General of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (RMCD) and former A/P Regional Vice-Chair.
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29 julio 2016
On 28 July 2016, the WCO Secretary General, Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, joined the High-Level Dialogue Session at the WCO Sub-regional Workshop on Integrity for the Pacific.
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29 julio 2016
The World Customs Organization (WCO) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) concluded their Joint Conference on Enhancing Air Cargo Security and Facilitation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 28 July 2016, reinforcing their common message that a secure and efficient air cargo supply chain is essential for international trade and world economic development.
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28 julio 2016
The World Customs Organization (WCO) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) concluded a joint conference on air cargo security and facilitation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia today, reiterating their common message that a secure and efficient air cargo supply chain is essential for international trade and world economic development.
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26 julio 2016
A WCO National Seminar on the Harmonized System was held in the headquarters of ADAU (Asociación de Despachantes de Aduana de Uruguay) in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 20 to 22 July 2016.
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25 julio 2016
Within the framework of the Capacity Building Programme, the World Customs Organization (WCO), with financial support from the Eurocustoms, organized a Regional Workshop on Rules of Origin for the Customs Administration in Western and Central Africa.
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25 julio 2016
On 16 July 2016, at the 127th/128th Sessions of the Customs Co-operation Council, the Secretary General of the WCO Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, in his capacity as the depository of the Convention, took receipt of the instruments of accession of Lao People’s Democratic Republic to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures (Revised Kyoto Convention).
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23 julio 2016
At the invitation of Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary General of UNCTAD, WCO Deputy Secretary General Sergio Mujica attended the 14th Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 17 to 22 July 2016. The quadrennial ministerial Conference is the highest decision-making body of UNCTAD and was attended by more than 5,000 participants, including Heads of State and Government, Ministers and representatives of governments, international institutions, non-governmental organizations, academic institutions and the private sector. The theme of the Conference was “From decision to action : moving toward an inclusive and equitable global economic environment for trade and development”.
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22 julio 2016
With the support of the Japanese Customs Co-operation Fund (CCF), the WCO and the Burkina Faso Customs Administration organized a regional seminar to assist French-speaking Members of the West and Central Africa (WCA) and East and Southern Africa (ESA) regions with timely implementation of the 2017 edition of the Harmonized System (HS).
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22 julio 2016
Iranian Customs officers from the Lotfabad office in the Province of Khorasan Razavi detected and seized some 536 kilograms of heroin on 9 July 2016.
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20 julio 2016
A WCO National Workshop on the modernization of the Customs Laboratory of Peru was held in the Laboratory in Lima (Callao), from 12 to 15 July 2016.
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19 julio 2016
The WCO Career Development Programme for 2015/2016 ended successfully with a ceremony at which the ten Professional Associates were awarded certificates on their successful completion of the Programme. This ceremony was preceded by a reporting session during which the Professional Associates presented their research findings to the Secretary General and the management team of the WCO, as one of their achievements during their service at the WCO Secretariat in Brussels.
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18 julio 2016
In connection with the modernization of the work of Customs, the Administration of Tajikistan hosted its first WCO national workshop on the practical implementation and application of the Harmonized System (HS).
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16 julio 2016
The 127th/128th Annual Sessions of the World Customs Organization’s Council – the Organization’s highest decision-making body – took place in Brussels from 14 to 16 July 2016 under the direction and guidance of Chairperson Zouhair Chorfi, the Director General of the Moroccan Customs Administration, and with the participation of Directors General of Customs representing the 180 Members of the WCO.
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15 julio 2016
Illicit trafficking in cultural objects is one of the oldest forms of cross-border crimes. Moreover, for the World Customs Organization (WCO) and its Member Customs administrations it has been identified as an emerging risk due to its growing scale and impact.
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13 julio 2016
From 27 to 29 June 2016, Cameroon Customs, the current Vice-Chair for the WCA region, played host to Côte d’Ivoire Customs and the WCO Secretariat in order to plan for the handover to Ivorian Customs in its capacity as the new regional Vice-Chair.
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13 julio 2016
In its continued drive to provide inclusiveness, support and opportunities for all Members, the WCO conducted a workshop to accredit French-speaking experts as Customs Modernization Advisors (CMAs) and Mercator Programme Advisors (MPAs) from 20 to 24 June 2016 in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
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12 julio 2016
Initiated and coordinated by the WCO, 101 Customs administrations took part in GRYPHON II, a two month operation focusing on Customs controls associated with shipments of tobacco products which began on 1 March 2016 and ended 31 April 2016.
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12 julio 2016
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement was signed on 4 February 2016 and it is the first of the so-called ‘mega-regional’ free trade agreements (FTAs), a term which refers to deep integration between countries, or regions with a major share of world trade and foreign direct investment (FDI).
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12 julio 2016
On 8 July 2016 in Brussels, the WCO and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland signed a new multi-year agreement on a capacity building project "to progress the trade facilitation (TF) agenda, within the framework of the WCO Mercator Programme in the East and Southern Africa (ESA) Region 2016-2018".
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07 julio 2016
WCO successfully facilitated a five day workshop to support Sudan’s National Committee on Trade Facilitation (NCTF) in Khartoum from 29 May to 2 June, 2016.
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06 julio 2016
At the invitation of Namibia Customs & Excise (NCE), the WCO carried out a Preferred Trader Programme (PTP) Gap Assessment mission in Namibia under the WCO-SACU Connect Project from 20 to 24 June 2016
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04 julio 2016
With the support of Europol, INTERPOL, Dutch Police and the World Customs Organization (WCO), the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the U.S. State Department organised the first Global Law Enforcement Forum on Diamond Trafficking, Illicit Trade and Threat Financing. Hosted by Europol at its Headquarters, the Forum took place from 28 to 30 June 2016.
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04 julio 2016
The Organization launched the WCO Transit Guidelines Project by holding a Transit Workshop from 27 June to 1 July 2016 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
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04 julio 2016
A WCO Regional Workshop on the Compliance and Enforcement Package (CEP) was conducted at the India National Academy of Customs Excise and Narcotics (NACEN) in Faridabad from 20 to 24 June 2016.
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04 julio 2016
At the request of the Togolese Revenue Authority (OTR), a WCO experts’ mission travelled to Lomé to assess progress made in Customs reform and modernization (Columbus Phase III).
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04 julio 2016
Following a request for technical assistance by Colombia Customs, the WCO Secretariat conducted a Time Release Study ( TRS) Workshop from 13 to 17June 2016, in Bogota, Colombia.
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04 julio 2016
Under the sponsorship of the Japan Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF- Japan), a Time Release Study (TRS) workshop was organized jointly by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the National Customs of Chile, from 6 to 12 June 2016 in Valparaiso, Chile.
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04 julio 2016
Fifteen representatives from ten WCO Member administrations completed the first full Strategic Trade Control Enforcement (STCE) Expert Trainer Certification Workshop held at the WCO headquarters from 20 June to 1 July 2016.
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01 julio 2016
At the invitation of the President of Honduras, Mr. Juan Orlando Hernández, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya spoke at the Presidential Panel Session during the Business Forum on Trade Facilitation and Competitiveness held in Roatan, Honduras on 29 June 2016.
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