(ii) World Customs Organization (WCO) The World Customs Organization and Trade Facilitation

World Customs Organization

World Customs Oganization

World Customs Organization

In that regard, the Customs Administration is making considerable efforts to implement the WCO measures and recommendations.

The WCO Capacity Building Strategy and Diagnostic Framework

The secretariat has continued to cooperate with the World Customs Organization and the Committee on Trade and Environment of the World Trade Organization.

The recommendations of WCO concerning the Protocol are applied according to the specific competencies of Portuguese Customs.

The Customs Department has put into place measures to prevent access to weapons by terrorists as advised by the WCO concerning the Protocol.

For example, the regional customs network in the East African countries that have been cooperating and consulting with the Monitoring Group, began taking special measures regarding regional operation on the illegal cross border arms flows early in 2005.

WCO work relating to the measures outlined in Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001)

WCO has suggested a more flexible and practical approach to cooperation as a better alternative.

WCO has also produced detailed implementation guidelines for each legal provision.

The representative of the secretariat said that the agreement of WCO would be sought before taking such steps.

The WCO is working in a number of areas that contribute towards Resolution 1373 (2001).

Opportunities for cooperative or collaborative activities with customs officials will continue to be explored with the World Customs Organization, the secretariats of other multilateral environmental agreements and relevant organizations.

In cooperation with the World Customs Organisation the work has been undertaken to specify the classification of rough diamonds and the terminology in use by the KP.

WCO provides technical support to the OPCW on Customs matters relating to the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention.

The World Customs Organization has also been active in this area and has finalized its Customs Capacity Building Strategy and associated Action Plan.

Non compliance report of the open ended ad hoc working group Study of possible options for lasting and sustainable financial mechanisms Regional delivery of technical assistance Encouragement of the World Customs Organization to assign specific Harmonized System codes to the chemicals listed in Annex III Cooperation with the World Trade Organization Secretariat arrangements.

The Customs Administration is a member of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and has been implementing the Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System since 25 September 1993.

Thailand is currently exploring the possibilities of incorporating the WCO Data Model and WCO Unique Consignment Reference (UCR) Number Guidelines into the work of the Customs Department.

(d) Encouragement of the World Customs Organization to assign specific Harmonized System codes to the chemicals listed in Annex III

Encouragement of the World Customs Organization to assign specific Harmonized System codes to the chemicals listed in Annex III

Cooperation with the World Customs Organization is under way and is reported in detail in document UNEP FAO RC COP.2 15.

These participants include the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Interpol, the World Customs Organization and Europol.

Recognizing the need to develop further managerial and technical guidance in terms of security, the WCO Council adopted a Resolution on Security and Facilitation of the International Trade Supply Chain in 2002 and established the WCO Task Force to develop solutions and instruments for security and facilitation.

The second recommendation is that there should be increased cooperation between the United Nations and relevant international organizations, such as the World Customs Organization and the International Civil Aviation Organization.

Security and facilitation of the international trade supply chain is a key activity of WCO and the 164 Customs Administrations that make up its membership.

This Code is regularly updated in the light of the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, codified by the World Customs Organization

Capacity building. WCO suggested that capacity building was very important in order to enhance the arms embargo, as customs officers had limited knowledge in identifying cross border firearms.

The review showed that although past conclusions and recommendations of the WCO with regard to money laundering were still valid, awareness raising in anti money laundering must be continuous and the relevant WCO Recommendation required updating.

WCO has called upon its member administrations, especially those in East and Southern Africa, to actively report seized firearms.

Working with the World Customs Organization in assigning Harmonized System customs codes to the chemicals listed in Annex III (article 13)

(a) Please outline how Thailand implements the common standards set by the World Customs Organization in relation to electronic reporting and the promotion of supply chain security?

Promotion of WCO instruments and contact point

WCO expressed its readiness to upgrade its global e learning system to include firearms courses in the system to train customs officers and incorporate the firearms contents into the regional train the trainer programme.

The Conference had before it a report by the secretariat on continued cooperation between the secretariat and the secretariat of the World Customs Organization (WCO) (UNEP FAO RC COP.2 16).

The databases of both organizations will contain two quantity fields net weight and quantity in terms of the standard units of quantity recommended by the World Customs Organization.

In addition, she noted that WCO at the thirty sixth session of its Harmonized System Committee had welcomed continued cooperation with the Rotterdam Convention.

The 164 Customs Administrations, which make up the Membership of WCO, will be invited to accede to the Framework, a process that will involve them applying certain threshold standards.

Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001) focuses on several aspects which are relevant to the work of Customs Administrations and the World Customs Organization (WCO)

The WCO has created a wide range of international instruments and tools that provide a pathway for Governments and their Customs administration to follow in order to institute modern and effective border controls.

In the area of Mutual Administrative Assistance, the WCO Council has recently adopted an international Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters (Johannesburg Convention), which is now available for accession.

In the technical area involving the trafficking of nuclear, chemical and biological material, WCO continues to work in partnership with other international organizations in the delivery of training courses and material for border controls.