WCO PICARD Conference 2011

Opening Remarks by WCO Secretary General, Kunio Mikuriya

I should begin by thanking the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) for offering these prestigious UN facilities in Geneva and the Cross-border Research Association (CBRA) for organizing the conference in close collaboration with the International Network of Customs Universities (INCU), the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland (SECO) and the Swiss Federal Customs Administration.

The full speech is available on the World Customs Organization's website at:
http://www.wcoomd.org/speeches/?v=1&lid=1&cid=15