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  World Customs Organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is an intergovernmental organization that helps Members (currently Customs administrations from 169 countries) communicate and co-operate on customs issues.
It was established in 1952 as the Customs Co-operation Council; it adopted its current name in 1994.
On 1 July 2006 Tapani Erling from Finland was elected chairman of the council of the organisation, replacing Pravin Gordhan (2000-2006) from South Africa, who had held the chair for the past five years.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Customs_Organization   (273 words)

  
 World Trade Organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The World Trade Organization (WTO, French: Organisation mondiale du commerce, Spanish: Organización Mundial del Comercio, German: Welthandelsorganisation) is an international, multilateral organization, which sets the rules for the global trading system and resolves disputes between its member states; all of whom are signatories to its approximately 30 agreements.
Members of the UN Conference on Trade and Employment in Havana agreed to the ITO charter in March 1948, but ratification was blocked by the U.S. Senate (WTO, 2004b).
While most international organizations operate on a one country, one vote or even a weighted voting basis, many WTO decisions, such as adopting agreements (and revisions to them) are officially determined by consensus of all member states.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/World_Trade_Organization   (4532 words)

  
 COSMOWORLDS | INTERNATIONAL TRADE ORGANIZATIONS - INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATIONS - Directory of International Trade ...
Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland are members of EFTA.
UFI is the union of the world's leading tradeshow organizers and fairground owners, as well as the major associations of the exhibition industry, and its partners.
Established in 1952 as the Customs Co-operation Council, the WCO is an independent intergovernmental body whose mission is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of Customs administrations.
www.cosmoworlds.com /international_trade_organizations.htm   (1924 words)

  
 Helping Countries Combat Corruption: The Role of the World Bank
Here too international organizations have started to collect the experiences of their members and to organize training and other programs aimed at sharing these experiences and developing the skills of the officials charged with dealing with corruption in their member countries.
Regional international organizations, such as the Organization of American States and the Council of Europe, are drafting international conventions to establish minimum standards in defining corruption as a criminal offense.
The OECD initiative, begun in 1994, encourages member states to end the tax deductibility of bribes and criminalize the bribing of foreign officials.
www1.worldbank.org /publicsector/anticorrupt/corruptn/cor08.htm   (1963 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - World Customs Organization
World Customs Organization (WCO) is an intergovernmental organization that helps member states communicate and cooperate on customs issues.
It was established in 1952 as the Customs Cooperation Council; it adopted its current name in 1994.
The WCO has 161 members; see World Customs Organization member states.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Customs_Cooperation_Council   (282 words)

  
 www.worldsecurity-index.com - Contact World Customs Organization - KNM Media LLP
Customs is recognized as a critical institution to good governance, prosperity and the protection of society.
Assists Members in their efforts to meet the challenges of the modern business environment and adapt to changing circumstances, by promoting communication and co-operation among Members and with other international organizations, and by fostering integrity, human resource development, transparency, improvements in the management and working methods of Customs administrations and the sharing of best practices.
The Economic Committee was the predecessor of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Customs Committee became the Customs Co-operation Council (CCC).
www.worldsecurity-index.com /details.php?id=270   (1057 words)

  
 The International Criminal Court vs. the American People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
If, however, the United States were to join the ICC treaty regime, the prosecutions undertaken by the court, whether involving the actions of Americans in the United States or overseas, would be "as much on behalf of the United States as of" any other State Party.
United States participation in the ICC treaty regime would also be unconstitutional because it would allow the trial of American citizens for crimes committed on American soil, which are otherwise entirely within the judicial power of the United States.
However, the United States should inform countries in which U.S. troops are stationed that ratification of the ICC would present a direct threat to U.S. soldiers stationed within their borders and, therefore, would require a reassessment of the terms and conditions of its U.S. overseas troop deployments.
www.heritage.org /Research/InternationalOrganizations/BG1249.cfm   (4093 words)

  
 World Trade Organization - Council on Foreign Relations
The central issue being negotiated at the September 10-14 World Trade Organizationmeeting in Cancun, Mexico, is expanding poor countries' access to global markets and reducing agricultural subsidies in developed countries.
These countries are hard pressed to compete against richer nations, such as the United States, members of the European Union (E.U.), and Japan, that support their farmers with subsidies.
"The United States has just passed a huge, enlarged subsidy bill [that will add $82 billion over 10 years to U.S. agricultural subsidies], and how much give there is in the U.S.-E.U. position, I don't know." Nigel Purvis, a scholar at The Brookings Institution who was involved in the 1999 WTO talks in Seattle, agrees.
www.cfr.org /publication/7846/world_trade_organization.html   (1547 words)

  
 Vietnam gets OK to join World Trade Organization - Boston.com
The United States, which in the 1960s and early 1970s waged war against communist North Vietnam and its guerrilla supporters in the south who together took over the whole country in 1973, praised Hanoi's "courage" in the marathon talks.
Vietnam's membership "will be an important addition to the organization," a U.S. official told the working party meeting, while an EU envoy said Vietnam had transformed its economy and trading system as the talks had progressed.
But as a WTO member, its vital textile, rice and coffee exporters will be protected by the organization's rules from any arbitrary decisions by other countries to block imports they see as threatening their domestic producers.
www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2006/10/26/vietnam_gets_ok_to_join_world_trade_organization   (675 words)

  
 Statement To the Fifty-Ninth Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly
As more Member States consider the extension of licences for nuclear power reactors, we are also giving increased attention to services that can identify and address equipment ageing and relevant operational issues.
Agency efforts to help Member States improve their protection against nuclear and radiological terrorism are continuing at an exceptionally fast pace on multiple fronts.
This broader authority, however, is still far from universal; 133 States remain without an additional protocol in force, and 42 States party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) still have not even fulfilled their Article III obligation to bring into force comprehensive safeguards agreements with the Agency.
www.iaea.org /NewsCenter/Statements/2004/ebsp2004n011.html   (3563 words)

  
 NTI: Securing the Bomb: International Interdiction Efforts
[7]  While not every member of the coalition accepted the full extent of his interpretation, it is clear that the countries participating in the initiative want to embolden their enforcement agencies to act under existing laws and international treaties—doing everything they can within those laws to stop proliferation into and out of countries of concern.
[31]  As of September 2003, of the 11 members of the Proliferation Security Initiative, six (United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan) are members of the G-8 Global Partnership, and statements coming from the group have emphasized the initiative's consistency with the G-8 principles.
The IAEA is reliant on contributions from member states, and does not have extensive resources to devote to the problem of nuclear smuggling.
www.nti.org /e_research/cnwm/interdicting/worldsmuggling.asp?print=true   (2753 words)

  
 Messiah Truth: A Jewish Response to Missionary Groups (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Outreach Judaism: A national organization that responds directly and positively to the issues raised by missionaries and cults by exploring Judaism in contradistinction to Christianity.
The organization's goal is to generate a lasting connection between Jewish families and Judaism through building immediate awareness of the current Hebrew-Christian movement in the USA, Canada and Israel.
Jews for Judaism: An international, full-time counter-missionary, counter-cult, educational, outreach and counseling organization dedicated to countering the multi-million-dollar efforts of deceptive missionary and cult groups that target the Jewish community for conversion.
www.messiahtruth.com.cob-web.org:8888 /response.html   (3950 words)

  
 CNS - Conflicting Goals under the World Customs Organization - Dec 22, 2005 - Research Story
Under that resolution, a task force, including senior customs officers from 50 countries, representatives from intergovernmental organizations, and private sector experts, was created to standardize the data elements necessary to identify high risk cargo and to facilitate the exchange of information between exporting and importing countries.
While 52 WCO members (including the EU) immediately submitted declarations of their intent to implement the Framework at the Brussels meeting in June 2005, the majority of WCO members were more reticent.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, "World Customs Organization Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade: Implementation and the Role of the Private Sector," presentation for the Fifth Trade Symposium Globalizing Trade Security and Facilitation--Realizing the Promise of the WCO Framework, November 3, 2005, powerpoint slides available at .
cns.miis.edu /pubs/week/051222.htm   (3961 words)

  
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The United States Customs Service is the agency responsible for administration and enforcement of the federal laws and regulations affecting the importation of merchandise into the United States, including the tariff statute and related laws governing the assessment of customs duties and entry of imported merchandise.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative is an agency within the Executive Office of the President that has overall authority for the formulation and conduct of international trade policy by the United States government.
The World Trade Organization is the international organization in Geneva, Switzerland, that serves as the principal multilateral forum in the world trade system for the conduct of trade negotiations and trade relations among member countries and the administration of international agreements governing the regulation of international trade.
www.ccustoms.com /international_customs_web_site_links.htm   (1130 words)

  
 Customs Law
EUROSTAT is the European network for distributing official statistics, using uniform rules to harmonize statistical data on all European Union Member States.
The WTO site provides access to data on world merchandise trade by region and selected economies, world trade of commercial services by region and selected economies, and selected tables from the WTO's Annual Report on International Trade Statistics.
Periodicals and law reviews are excellent sources for information on international topics including customs and related issues.
www.ll.georgetown.edu /intl/guides/CustomsLaw.cfm   (1031 words)

  
 Ministry of Finance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Implementation of Articles (9, 98) relating to the Unified Customs Tariff and the mechanism for the collection and distribution (allotment) of duties in the customs union of the GCC States shall coincide with the setting up of the customs union.
Article (97) relating to drawback “the refund of the customs taxes ”duties” on the goods re-exported to outside of the GCC States” shall be implemented after the issuance of the rules of implementation thereof.
When this regulation “law” had been prepared, it was taken into account that it would be utilized in the customs work for the time being and it would also prepare the customs administrations of the member States for the phase of the forthcoming customs union of the GCC States as it meets all requirements thereof.
www.mofne.gov.bh /English/rules_content.asp?ID=5   (368 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Viewpoints: Europe's way forward
It is possible, instead, to create a multi-cultural union of states which preserve (and have a right to protect) their own cultural heritage, language and customs.
The EU is a positive example to the world of how a ruined continent was able to rebuild in the aftermath of total war and laid the foundation for lasting peace not by shrinking into national shells but by working together.
In a world in which there is no longer a credible force for good, the US & the UK having forsaken their ability to make such a claim with recent colonial crusades, we need a new pole.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/4659692.stm   (10567 words)

  
 WorldTariff Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
However, a customs territory can vary its interpretation of the HS 6-digit grouping and any further sub-groupings by determining its own definition and using it Customs territories that are planning to align their tariffs with those of other countries, to create Customs Unions or Free Trade Areas, may share classifications beyond the 6-digits.
There are a number of other duty rates that may apply upon entry to a customs territory: duty rates under bilateral agreements, duty rates under inter-regional agreements, duty rates under seasonal escalation, duty rates under a tariff quota, or a reduced or suspended duty rate.
The Table of Contents is organized according to the Harmonized System for those customs areas that are signatories of the World Customs Organization agreements.
www.worldtariff.com /wthowuse.htm   (1118 words)

  
 Native American (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
To be established as a tribal groups, members have to submit extensive genealogical proof of tribal descent, yet in past years many Native Americans denied their Native American heritage, because it would have deprived them of many rights, such as the right of probate.
In the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca and in the interior of the Yucatán peninsula the majority of the population is indigenous.
The Huichols of the states of Jalisco, Nayarit, Zacatecas and Durango are impeded by police forces in their ritual pilgrimages, and their religious observances are interfered with.
native-american.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888   (4783 words)

  
 Convergence of Business Law and Regulation - Papers and Links - Private Sector Development - The World Bank Group
The paper also discusses the requirements for World Trade Organization (WTO) membership that extend beyond convergence of foreign trade regulations to domestic economic regulation as well, and puts forward proposals for easing the transition in European periphery countries.
Of particular interest is the 2002 Annual Report which provides an overview of COMESA activities in the promotion of trade, customs facilitation, and institutional development.
The Organization for the Harmonization of African Business Law (OHADA) seeks to develop a harmonized system of commercial law in francophone West Africa, including the development of rules governing securities, establishment of commercial companies, general commercial law, recovery procedures, transport of goods, arbitration procedures and bankruptcy procedures.
rru.worldbank.org /PapersLinks/Convergence-Business-Law-And-Regulation   (1551 words)

  
 UzbekWorld.com - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
To this end, his ministry has drawn up the basic document on the country's foreign trade regime which the organization members are now examining, for discussion at a scheduled meeting later this year.
Uzbekistan is an equal member of over 30 international institutions such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund [IMF], the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development [EBRD], the Asian Development Bank [ADB], the World Customs Organization [WCO] and the World Tourism Organization.
In keeping with the organization's regulations, the memorandum will be translated into five state [as given] languages and will be circulated among the member states of the organization.
www.uzbekworld.com /news/viewnews.cgi?newsid983170180,53985,   (870 words)

  
 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu)Old Patriot's Pen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Several states are in severe financial difficulty, caused by trying to cope with an influx of people in this nation illegally, demanding services ranging from education to welfare to free medical care.
By appointing senators, those senators would be people the governor best felt would represent the interests of the state, rather than the people or the largest contributor to their election campaign.
Islam destroys freedom, restricts the intellectual growth of its members, stifles creativity, and limits the spiritual growth of its proponents to the seventh-century mindset of its founder.
oldpatriot.blogspot.com.cob-web.org:8888   (10157 words)

  
 News Business Career Jobs Education World Books High Tech Online Articles (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Thanks to the World Community Grid, a virtual super network of hundreds of thousands of personal computers, your idling PC can help unravel the mysteries of the human body and lead to potential cures for such widespread diseases such as cancer, AIDS, and Alzheimer’s.
If leaders make their mark on the world because they motivated people to action, then the notion that motivation is entirely an individual choice must be wrong.
Recent tightening in customs regulations is forcing importers to provide more details about their cargo before it can be cleared.
www.galtglobalreview.com.cob-web.org:8888   (3676 words)

  
 World Customs Organization
According to the State Customs Committee, World Customs Organizations Baku Regional Training Center is playing host to a seminar on Application of the World Trade Organizations Customs Valuation Agreement for customs officers of the Economic Cooperation Organization member countries.
The influx of counterfeit goods to the United States is a growing problem, says Daniel Baldwin, an assistant commissioner at U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The World Health Organization urged governments to crack down on the $30 billion market in fake drugs which make up 30 percent of the market in some poorer countries.
www.governpub.com /CIA-Abbreviations-V-Z/World_Customs_Organization.php   (753 words)

  
 World Customs Organization - TheBestLinks.com - Belgium, Brussels, Portable Document Format, World Trade Organization, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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