Source: WCO
The heads of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the International Road Transport Union (IRU) Secretariats issued a joint statement on 11 May 2020 and jointly called on Customs administrations worldwide to ensure coordinated cross-border interventions in cooperation with other national border agencies and implement international standards such as the TIR Convention, as appropriate, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and agreed to coordinate efforts.
WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya and IRU Secretary General Umberto de Pretto expressed their readiness to support their respective Members in the implementation of relevant instruments, tools and programmes.
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