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	India Today Conclave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Supachai Panitchpakdi was the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of economic policies, and during that period he was concurrently Minister of Commerce of Thailand.
		Supachai has made significant contributions to the Emerging Asia Project of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the formation of the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM), which draws together heads of governments from Asia and Europe to foster closer ties between the nations of the two continents.
		Supachai was later accepted as a visiting Fellow at Cambridge University in 1973, conducting his research work on development models.
	www.indiatodayconclave.com /speaker_supachi.html (591 words)

	WTO \| News - Speeches: Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi
		Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, in a speech to a conference hosted by the Moroccan authorities to mark the 10th anniversary of the signing of Marrakesh Agreement establishing the WTO said “we should be immensely proud of the achievements of the last decade.
		Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi, in his opening statement on 25 May 2004 at the WTO public symposium “Multilateralism at a Crossroads”, said that trade negotiators are facing a “historic window of opportunity” and urged civil society to add their voice in WTO's work to “further improve and reform the multilateral system”.
		Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi, in a statement opening the Doha Development Agenda Advanced Training Programme for Arab Senior Government Officials on 19 January 2003 in Cairo, underlined his determination to effectively implement Secretariat measures to assist Arab countries and to improve their participation in the work of the WTO and in the ongoing trade negotiations.
	www.wto.int /english/news_e/spsp_e/spsp_e.htm (2129 words)

	Meet the Next Director-General of the WTO : HBS Conference Coverage : HBS Working Knowledge
		Supachai is the first Asian and the first person from a developing nation chosen to lead one of the three Bretton Woods institutions.
		Supachai then pointed towards the risks of increased global interdependence, observing that globalization creates interdependence among nations that can make them more vulnerable individually; national policies exert less control and government mistakes are amplified.
		Supachai used the last part of his talk at HBS to map out a series of points that he sees as crucial to a positive process of globalization.
	hbswk.hbs.edu /pubitem.jhtml?id=2037&t=special_reports (837 words)

	New Page 2
		Supachai said his biggest concern was member nations turning more to bilateral and regional agreements and that these can have a detrimental effect on multinational agendas.
		Supachai clarified for all that the Singapore Issues get their name from the meeting in 1996 where they were raised and not the island state itself causing the conflict.
		Therefore, they very strongly supported Dr. Supachai's closing statement that understanding and flexibility is a must for the nations of the world and their economies to unite.
	diplomatinvestissement.com /DIPLOMAT_ENGLISH/december_wto_page.htm (513 words)

	OMC \| Noticias - Discursos: Supachai Panitchpakdi - Director General
		El Director General Supachai Panitchpakdi, en una reunión informal celebrada el 8 de julio de 2005, instó a los embajadores a acelerar inmediatamente la marcha de las negociaciones comerciales, poniendo de relieve que “en ningún caso son suficientes los avances en función de nuestra trayectoria decisiva hacia Hong Kong”.
		El Director General Supachai Panitchpakdi, en un discurso pronunciado en el Foro Económico de Jeddah el 19 de enero de 2004, dijo que existe una “posibilidad realista” de que Arabia Saudita se adhiera a la OMC antes de que concluya el año.
		El Director General Supachai Panitchpakdi, en un discurso pronunciado ante la Partnership Summit (Cumbre de cooperación) en Hyderabad, instó a los Miembros de la OMC a “dar un fuerte empuje a las negociaciones y asegurarse de que se avanza en el conjunto de las esferas de forma equilibrada”.
	www.wto.org /spanish/news_s/spsp_s/spsp_s.htm (2029 words)

	The WTO After 10 Years: The Lessons Learned and The Challenges Ahead - Council on Foreign Relations
		Supachai began his three-year appointment as director general of the WTO [World Trade Organization] on September 1st of 2002 and has presided over this vitally important organization during some of its most fascinating and significant times.
		Supachai’s efforts to build consensus and cooperation among all nations on a broad and complex array of trade issues is the mark of true leadership in our increasingly global and interdependent world.
		PANITCHPAKDI: One of my friends, upon learning that my name was proposed by the U.N. secretary general to head UNCTAD, this organization, he said he was sure that one of the reasons for this nomination is that the cost of relocation for me is minimum, is the cheapest.
	www.cfr.org /publication.html?id=7966 (7393 words)

	WTO \| Supachai Panitchpakdi, WTO Director-General, 2002-2005
		Supachai acted as spokesman for the BOT for a brief period.
		Supachai was the first to push for the formation of the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) that draws together heads of governments from Asia and Europe to foster closer ties between the nations of the two continents.
		Supachai is the Chairman of the Board of Governors of Yonok College in Lampang, Thailand where he serves as chairman for thirteen years.
	www.wto.org /english/thewto_e/dg_e/sp_e.htm (1137 words)

	Globalization and the Impact on Asia
		Supachai's assumption in 2002 of the position of Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was evident throughout his speech.
		Supachai had a specific observation concerning democratically elected governments and the problems they often encounter during down cycles and landings.
		Supachai chose to end his speech on a literary and highly optimistic note, selecting a passage from a well-known Indian epic to encapsulate his remarks on globalization: "This is mine/ That is another's/ Such reckonings are for the noble-minded/...The whole world is one family."
	www.fas.harvard.edu /~asiactr/haq/200102/0102a003.htm (572 words)

	World Trade Organization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Supachai is strongly backed by the Asean group in WTO and other Asian countries (including Japan and India), a majority of African countries, some European countries and a few key Latin American (Brazil and Mexico) and Central American countries.
		Many countries supporting Supachai said that there was no consensus in support of Moore, and that the best course of action would be to vote, which is provided for in the rules of the WTO when a consensus cannot be reached.
		Supachai had consistently been the leading contender, and if the "no veto, no vote" understanding had been observed, consensus should rightfully have been declared in his favour.
	www.globalpolicy.org /socecon/bwi-wto/wto99-6.htm (1977 words)

	USATODAY.com - Reading list opens book on WTO exec (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Supachai (pronounced soup-a-chai) was appointed director general of the 146-country trade group in September 2002.
		Supachai was born in Thailand, a country that has had its own challenges with economic development.
		Supachai started his professional career at the Bank of Thailand, and later, as the country's deputy finance minister and then deputy prime minister, he was instrumental in forging some of Thailand's key economic and development programs.
	www.usatoday.com /money/economy/trade/2003-11-19-wtochief_x.htm (1021 words)

	Asia Times
		When Supachai Panitchpakdi, former deputy prime minister and commerce minister of Thailand, succeeded Mike Moore as the director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in September, he carried the hopes of much of the developed world with him.
		While Supachai's sentiments are clearly noble - and provide good reason for developing nations to celebrate - the realities of his new position are somewhat less encouraging.
		As the organization's leader, Supachai’s primary task is to push the WTO countries to wrap up these talks ahead of the deadline, a task that is almost certain to be an uphill battle.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Global_Economy/DJ11Dj02.html (952 words)

	Secretary-General Proposes Appointment of Supachai Panitchpakdi, Curently WTO Director-General, as Head of UNCTAD
		He was a principal figure in devising measures to bail out troubled financial institutions in the early 1980s and was instrumental in introducing strong discipline for the public sector's external borrowings.
		Supachai studied in the Netherlands between 1963 and 1973 under scholarship from the Bank of Thailand.
		Born in Bangkok in 1946, Dr. Supachai is married to Mrs.
	www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/pressrels/2005/sga908.html (609 words)

	IATP \| UNCTAD XI Resource Center
		Supachai has never indicated his interest in the position and he has never applied for the position," the newspaper said.
		With support from developing members of the WTO, Supachai became director general of the global trade body in 2002 for a three-year term, which is to expire at the end of August.
		After a fierce race with New Zealand's candidate Mike Moore, who was strongly supported by the United States, the appointment of Supachai was made through a compromise, in which both candidates were given a three-year term in office instead of the normal four-year term.
	www.iatp.org /unctadxi/headlines.cfm?id=65398 (363 words)

	ThaiSunday.com - Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Supachai Panitchpakdi was born in 1946 in Bangkok.
		Supachai has held a range of positions in former governments, including the position of Deputy Finance Minister of Thailand (1986-1988) and Deputy Prime Minister (1992-1995).
		Supachai has also acquired professional experience in the private sector, holding the position of President of the Thai Military Bank (1988-1992) and Chairman of Nava Finance and Securities.
	www.thaisunday.com /news/supachai.shtml (187 words)

	Asiaweek.com
		That prompted Supachai, 52, to contemplate fleeing the domestic scene by replacing Italian Renato Ruggiero, whose term as WTO chief ends April 30.
		Supachai's fate may have been sealed when the Americans failed to support him, opting for MacLaren first and then Moore.
		Supachai put on a brave face at his party's convention last week.
	www.timeinc.net /asiaweek/99/0416/nat5.html (847 words)

	OMC \| Nouvelles - Allocutions: Supachai Panitchpakdi D.G.
		Pour le Directeur général Supachai Panitchpakdi, qui a prononcé un discours devant la troisième Réunion des Ministres du commerce des PMA à Dakar (Sénégal) le 4 mai 2004, “l'heure est venue pour tous les Membres de l'OMC de faire preuve de réalisme, de flexibilité et de détermination pour progresser” dans les négociations.
		Le Directeur général de l'OMC Supachai Panitchpakdi a appelé les ministres de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques à jouer un rôle moteur en adoptant des décisions politiques fermes et en se montrant disposés à faire des compromis dans le cadre des négociations du Programme de Doha pour le développement.
		Supachai évoque “quatre piliers” devant aider à conclure les négociations
	www.wto.org /french/news_f/spsp_f/spsp_f.htm (2212 words)

	WTO situation disappointing but not disastrous, says Supachai
		The TNC meeting was held in order for Supachai to present his overall assessment of the state of play in the negotiations so far.
		Supachai cautioned that if the necessary breakthroughs are not forthcoming early in autumn, the possibility of the substantive results at Hong Kong which are essential to conclude the Round will be inevitably put in jeopardy.
		Supachai said that in his full report, he had set out some key issues that he believed are absolutely necessary to resolve urgently in order to unlock progress not only in the area concerned, but also across the broader range of the negotiations.
	www.twnside.org.sg /title2/twninfo246.htm (1033 words)

	CorpWatch : World: New WTO Director Submits Plans for South (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		But Supachai, the first leader of the WTO to come from a developing nation since the institution's creation in 1995, explained in his first press conference that this aid must be extended even after the conclusion of the Doha Round talks, which are slated to end in late 2004.
		Supachai said he is confident that the materialisation of the objectives of the Doha Development Agenda will lead to the elimination of the deficit suffered by the nations of the South.
		Supachai announced that he would entrust specific areas of responsibility to the four WTO deputy director-generals, who are to take their posts Oct 1.
	www.corpwatch.org /article.php?id=3809 (918 words)

	Foreign Correspondents' Club Hong Kong - The Correspondent - Feb 02-March 02
		Supachai also said that most of the agreements with the WTO would be beneficial in that they would help to underpin the reform efforts of the past two decades.
		Finally, Supachai foresaw there would be "certain difficulties" in applying such a host of reforms that could lead to disputes between China and fellow WTO members.
		Supachai pleaded for s spirit of understanding and compromise in China's cases.
	www.fcchk.org /correspondent/corro-feb02/feb02-wto.htm (1190 words)

	UNCTAD X/PRESS/12 - 11 February 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		"It is time to make that mandate operational", Dr. Supachai told the press, adding that he hoped the Bangkok conference would generate enough support to obtain agreement on across-the-board LDC access to world markets free of tariffs or trade quotas.
		Ricupero and Dr. Supachai met earlier in the week with representatives of more than 100 non-governmental organizations, part of the NGO contingent participating in Bangkok events.
		Supachai said that a "serious effort" must be made to integrate civil society into the UNCTAD X process and that both leaders would be meeting with them again before the close of the conference.
	r0.unctad.org /en/Press/pressrel_12.en.htm (427 words)

	WTO \| News - 2002 News items -
		Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi, on 20 December 2002, expressed disappointment over the failure by WTO member governments to meet the year-end deadlines for agreement in negotiations on special and differential treatment for developing countries and access to essential medicines for poor countries lacking capacity to manufacture such drugs themselves.
		Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi, in his first annual report to members on developments in the international trading environment released on 15 November 2002, underlined the economic benefits of successful market-access negotiations in both goods and services, especially to developing countries.
		WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi said on 16 September 2002 that the report by the UK Commission on Intellectual Property Rights makes an important contribution to the debate on how developing countries can best make use of the WTO agreement and its flexibilities, and how the international framework might be improved.
	www.wto.int /english/news_e/news02_e/news02_e.htm (5676 words)

	BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest
		The race to replace Supachai Panitchpakdi as Director-General (DG) of the WTO officially got underway on 26 January, as the four candidates went before a formal meeting of the WTO General Council to promote their respective cases for the job.
		Supachai further noted that gains in agriculture within the Doha Round talks would be particularly important for Africa in view of the current Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations (EPAs) with the European Union (EU).
		Supachai further expressed hope that "special treatment" would be given to the issue of cotton within the agriculture talks.
	www.ictsd.org /weekly/05-01-26 (736 words)

	All A: supachai panitchpakdi Z: supachai panitchpakdi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Thai deputy prime minister Supachai Panitchpakdi is proving a stubborn contender in the acrimonious battle to become the new chief of the World Trade Organisation.
		Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi is proving to be a resilient contender in the acrimonious...
		Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi, deputy prime minister of Thailand, is a respected economist with much experience in trade...
	www.davidchuk.com /supachai_panitchpakdi.html (256 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Enlightened move
		Supachai Panitchpakdi is worried about his collection of bonsai trees.
		Mr Supachai has no time for the violent protesters who have disrupted the WTO and other global organisations but he has sympathy for the WTO's critics who accuse it of being a rich country fiefdom.
		Supachai says there are three tests of whether the new round delivers for poor countries; progress on reducing farm subsidies, freeing up textile markets, and preventing rich countries from abusing WTO rules to keep goods from developing countries out of their markets.
	www.guardian.co.uk /globalisation/story/0,7369,721957,00.html (1312 words)

	Global Agenda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Supachai Panitchpakdi, director-general of the World Trade Organization, outlines his trade and development agenda and his hopes and fears for the talks - Meeting deadlines is a crucial feature of every trade negotiation.
		Deadlines are an extremely useful part of the negotiating process because they focus the minds of negotiators and force governments to confront a choice between compromise or crisis.
		Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi is director-general of the WTO.
	www.globalagendamagazine.com /2003/supachaipanitchpakdi.asp (1361 words)

	The Japan Times Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Supachai promises he will be much more assertive, an innovator, someone who will find a way round locked doors.
		Supachai returns several times to the same theme -- the need to get things moving and to not be stopped by roadblocks, especially predictable disagreements.
		Ever the pragmatist, Supachai refuses to agree with those who protest countries like Singapore who are attempting to put together individual free trade agreements on their own.
	www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nb20010416a1.htm (1202 words)

	AEGiS-Reuters: WTO chief upbeat on reviving cheap drugs deal
		WTO head Supachai, a former deputy prime minister of Thailand, said failure on the drugs issue would hamper world trade reform talks set to start in Cancun, Mexico, in September.
		Supachai added he did not think there was any need for more negotiation on the actual text of an agreement as it would unravel all the achievements made so far.
		Supachai said there was no need to make definitions.
	www.aegis.com /news/re/2003/RE030310.html (781 words)

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