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WTO accession events

2002

January

25 January-8 February: Training internship to prepare for WTO accession of Algeria (Geneva)
25 January-8 February: Training to prepare for WTO accession of Bhutan (Geneva)

February

8-15 February: Training meetings with Cambodian delegation on WTO Accession (Geneva)
25 February-9 March: Training programme for the accession of Algeria to WTO (Geneva)

April

29 April-4 May: Training programme and simulation exercise for the accession of Algeria to WTO (Geneva)

July

15-18 July: Study tour on accession for Uzbekistan trade officers (Geneva)
17-28 July: Intensive training course on WTO Accession for Iranian trade officials (Geneva)

November

11-15 November: Training programme for the preparation of negotiations on accession of Cape Verde to the WTO (Geneva)

2003

April

25-30 April: Information and training workshop on WTO negotiations and accession for Algeria (Alger)

November

3 -7 November: Training of Sudanese officials on WTO accession (Geneva)

December

14-20 December: Joint UNCTAD/WTO workshop on accession of Yemen to the WTO (Sana'a)

2004

January

17-19 January: UNCTAD technical advisory mission of Sudan to the WTO (Khartoum)
23-31 January: UNCTAD technical advisory mission of Ethiopia to the WTO (Addis Ababa)

February

14-21 February: UNCTAD technical advisory mission to Cape Verde on accession of Cape Verde to the WTO (Praia)

March

8-12 March: Training workshop for Algerian trade negotiators on accession to the WTO (Geneva)

July

5-9 July: Advisory mission to Ethiopia on WTO accession (Addis Ababa)
27 -30 July: UNCTAD technical advisory mission to Yemen on their accession to the WTO (Sana'a)

August

23-27 August: UNCTAD technical advisory mission to Laos on its accession to the WTO (Vientiane)

September

20-24 September: Training workshop for Ethiopian Trade officials on WTO accession - initial offer in goods and services (Geneva)

October

13-23 October: Technical and advisory mission to Cape Verde on WTO accession (Praia)

November

3-16 November: Technical assistance for Bhutan's accession to the WTO (Geneva)
3-10 November: Technical assistance for Bhutan's accession to the WTO (Geneva)
8-11 November: Advisory mission to Azerbaijan on WTO accession (Baku)
29 November -3 December: Training workshop for Yemeni trade negotiators on WTO accession (Geneva)

2005

February

14-21 February: Advisory mission to assist Bhutan in its accession to the WTO (Thimphu)

March

25 March-1 April: Advisory mission to assist Bhutan in its accession to the WTO (Thimphu)

April

4-6 April: Workshop for LDCs acceding to the WTO (Sana'a)

July

25-29 July: Advisory mission on WTO accession in Syria and national symposium on WTO issues (Damascus)

October

3-7 October: Advisory services to assist Bhutan in its accession to the WTO (Geneva)
19-21 October: Technical advisory mission on WTO accession issues for Serbia (Belgrade)

November

11-16 November: Technical advisory mission to Afghanistan to advise on WTO accession issues (Kabul)
28-30 November: Technical advisory mission to Samoa to advise on WTO Accession issues (Apia)

2006

January

26 -31 January: Advisory mission on WTO accession for Bhutan (Thimphu)

February

15-22 February: Advisory mission on WTO accession for Sudan (Khartoum)

March

6-8 March : Workshop on WTO accession issues for the Islamic Republic of Iran (Teheran)
15-31 March: Advisory mission on WTO accession for Afghanistan (Kabul)
20-24 March: Trade-related negotiations workshop on the accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the WTO (Geneva)
29-31 March : Advisory mission on WTO accession for Serbia (Belgrade)

April

17-29 April : Advisory mission on post-accession issues for Cambodia (Phnom Penh)

May

8-10 May: Advisory mission to Timor Leste on trade policy and WTO accession (Dili)
15-19 May: Advisory mission to Syria on trade policy and WTO accession (Damascus)
23-26 May: Training of Iraqi trade officials on WTO Accession (Geneva)

June

26-28 June: Advisory mission to the Islamic Republic of Iran on WTO accession issues in agriculture and NAMA (Teheran)

August

26-30 August: Preparatory assistance for WTO pre-accession process of Syria (Damascus)

September

6-8 September: Roundtable on WTO accession issues for SPECA member countries (Baku)

2007

January

30 January – 1 February: National seminar on WTO accession issues and current Doha Negotiations (Algiers)

February

4–10 February: Advisory mission to Yemen and national workshop on WTO accession-related issues (Sana’a)
12–14 February: Seminar on liberalization of trade in services in the context of WTO accession for Sudan (Khartoum)
15–16 February: Seminar on liberalization of trade in services in the context of WTO accession for Ethiopia (Addis Ababa)

March

3–10 March: National workshop on trade negotiations and WTO accession-related issues (Sao Tomé)
13–15 March: Participation at the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) workshop on WTO accession-related issues for Central Asian countries (Bishkek)

April

1–2 April Participation at UNDP Workshop on Accession to the WTO for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (Yverdon)
18–27 April Advisory mission to Laos on WTO accession-related issues (Vientiane)
23–27 April: Introductory course on the multilateral trading system and accession to the WTO for Syrian officials (Geneva)

May

7–11 May: Technical consultations to review WTO accession documents, including the revised offers of Algeria on goods and services (Geneva)
27–31 May: Advisory mission to Yemen and national workshop on trade remedies in the context of WTO accession (Sana’a)

June

18–22 June: Advisory and follow up mission to set up the WTO inter-ministerial task force, and launch of the preparatory work for the accession of Sao Tomé e Principe to the WTO (Sao Tomé)
18–22 June: Advisory Mission to Sudan on WTO accession issues (Khartoum)

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