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Intergovernmental Group of Experts on E-Commerce and the Digital Economy Third Session Geneva, 3–5 April 2019 United Nations TD/B/EDE/3/INF.1 United Nations Conference Distr.: General 13 June 2019 on Trade and Development English/French only Trade and Development Board Intergovernmental Group of Experts on E-commerce and the Digital Economy Third session Geneva, 3–5 April 2019 List of participants GE.19-09607(E) TD/B/EDE/3/INF.1 Experts Afghanistan Mr. Mohammad Qurban Haqjo, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Soman Fahim, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Sulaiman Satari, Counsellor (Legal Affairs), Permanent Mission, Geneva Albania Mr. Bujar Bala, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Algeria Ms. Nawel Djamakebir, Director of Studies, Ministry of Post, Telecommunications, Technologies and Digitalization, Algiers Mr. Said Meziane, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Argentina Mr. Fabian Saez, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Australia Ms. Kaitlyn Swain, Senior Policy Officer, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra Austria Ms. Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Charline Van Der Beek, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva Azerbaijan Mr. Azar Bayramov, Acting Executive Director, State Fund for Development of Information and Communications Technology, Ministry of Transport, Communication and High Technologies, Baku Bahrain Mr. Khalid Alaamer, Commercial Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva Bangladesh Mr. Shahidul Haque, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dhaka Mr. Md Rashedujjaman, Director, Foreign Secretary’s Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dhaka Mr. Mohd Khalid Abu Naser, Director, Competition Commission, Dhaka Mr. M Shameem Ahsan, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Supriya Kumar Kundu, Economic Minister, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Toufiq Islam Shatil, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Devabrata Chakraborty, Counsellor (Commerce), Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Md Emdadul Islam Chowdhury, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Barbados Ms. Shani Griffith-Jack, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Belarus Mr. Yury Ambrazevich, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Dmitri Fomchenko, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Andrei Rutkevich, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva 2 TD/B/EDE/3/INF.1 Belgium Mr. Philippe Mortier, Director General, Federal Public Service, Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Brussels Ms. Sandrine Platteau, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Stefaan Thijs, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Benin Mr. Senakpon Rene Jacob Akowanou, Executive, Directorate of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Cotonou Mr. Cokou Gagnon, Chief, Electronic Commerce Project, Services and Information Systems Agency, Cotonou Mr. Chite Flavien Ahove, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Simon Pierre Fandy, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Bhutan Mr. Sonam Chedup, Chief, Information and Communications Technology Division, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Thimphu Mr. Sonam Tenzin, Director, Office of Consumer Protection, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Thimphu Mr. Jigme Dorji, Deputy Chief Programme Officer, Office of Consumer Protection, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Thimphu Mr. Yeshi Jamtsho, Programme Officer, Office of Consumer Protection, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Thimphu Mr. Sangay Phuntsho, Trade Attaché (Minister Counsellor), Permanent Mission, Geneva Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Mr. Ruddy J Flores Monterrey, Deputy Permanent Representative, Chargé d’affaires a.i., Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Fernando Escobar, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Mariana Narvaez Vargas, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Botswana Mr. Tshoganetso Kepaletswe, Chief Technology Officer, Communications Regulatory Authority, Gaborone Brazil Ms. Carolina Raquel Leite Diniz Panzolini, Director, Department of Regulatory Policy, Ministry of Citizenship, Brasilia Ms. Márcia De Fátima Lins E Silva, Foreign Trade Analyst, Ministry of Economy, Brasilia Mr. Braz Baracuhy, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Marcos Savini, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Alexandre Souto, Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Joao Leite, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Brunei Darussalam Mr. Yusri Yahya, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Bulgaria Mr. Rayko Raytchev, Ambassador, Permanent Mission, Geneva Burkina Faso Ms. Lydie Zongo Sanon, Director, Promotion of Electronic Commerce, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Crafts, Ouagadougou Ms. Pélagie Bonkoungou, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Boureima Naba, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Sita Lougue Boudo, Intern, Permanent Mission, Geneva 3 TD/B/EDE/3/INF.1 Burundi Mr. Pascal Ntezukwigira, Counsellor, Permanent Secretariat, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Bujumbura Mr. Marcel Nobera, Legal Affairs, Adviser, Ministry of Youth, Post and Information and Communications Technology, Bujumbura Ms. Thérèse Manirambona, First Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Cambodia Mr. Bunseng Hong, Chief of Bureau, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Commerce, Phnom Penh Mr. Kemvichet Long, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Commerce, Phnom Penh Mr. Laichea Chea, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Kim Ay Chhun, Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Socheata Hang, Commercial Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Cameroon Mr. Juteau Tousse, First Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. David Martial Monthe, Chief, Operations Department, National Council of Shippers, Paris Canada Ms. Gordana Delic-Radovic, Special Adviser, Trade and Development, Global Affairs Canada, Ottawa Mr. Eric Futin, Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada, Ottawa Mr. Michael Leahy, Executive Director, Canada Border Services Agency, Ottawa Ms. Marie-Andrée Lévesque, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Julie Emond, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Michele Legault, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Chrystiane Roy, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Chad Mr. Sougouma Ali Ibrahim, Chief, World Trade Organization Reference Centre Division, Ministry of Mines, Industrial Development, Commercial Development and Private Sector Promotion, N’djamena China Mr. Wenliang Yao, Deputy Permanent Representative, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Changtian Han, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Sheng Xie, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Wenzhao Wu, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Liangjun Dai, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organization, Geneva Mr. Li Ding, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organization, Geneva Congo Mr. Fred Morgan Iloki Oyouka, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Costa Rica Ms. Ana Laura Lizano, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Cuba Mr. William Diaz, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Cyprus Ms. Christiana Koktsidou, Trade Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva Czechia Ms. Katerina Hradilova, Officer, Trade Policy, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Prague Mr. Petr Martinek, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva 4 TD/B/EDE/3/INF.1 Côte d’Ivoire Mr. Loua Alain Djomande, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Mobio Marc Loba, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Yao Amédée Yobouet, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Democratic Republic of the Congo Ms. Germaine Bokolongo Boketsu, Counsellor, Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Kinshasa Mr. Mukanga Loma Djesa, Director, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Kinshasa Ms. Jacky Nzomini Masebe, Director of Studies, National Social Security Institute, Kinshasa Ms. Thérèse Tshibola-Tshia-Kadiebue, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Denmark Ms. Susanne Hyldelund, State Secretary of Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen Mr. Jakob Brix Tange, Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen Ms. Pernille Falck, Chief Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen Ms. Maria Dalseg Reith, Policy Officer, Trade Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen Ms. Birgitta Sander Hjortsø, Chief Special Adviser, International Affairs, Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs, Copenhagen Ms. Maria Danmark Nielsen, Head of Section, Danish Business Authority, Copenhagen Mr. Carl Christian Hasselbalch, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Caroline Bertram, Intern, Permanent Mission, Geneva Djibouti Ms. Ouloufa Ismail Abdo, Director, Office of Industrial and Commercial Property, Djibouti Ms. Kadra Ahmed Hassan, Ambassador, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Oubah Moussa Ahmed, Economic Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ecuador Mr. Diego Aulestia, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Ñusta Maldonado, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Egypt Ms. Nagwa El Shenawy, Undersecretary, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Cairo Ms. Ibtissam Hassan, Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Mohamed Abouyoussef, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Mohamed Allam, Commercial Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Estonia Mr. Joel Burke, Head, Business Development, Electronic Residency, Tallinn Mr. Taavo Lumiste, Second Secretary, Trade and Development, Permanent Mission, Geneva Finland Ms. Aino Friman, Commercial Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Helsinki Ms. Laila Clyne, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission,
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