Kunio Mikuriya
| Kunio Mikuriya | |
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| 御厨 邦雄 | |
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Kunio Mikuriya, 2010 | |
| Secretary General of the World Customs Organization | |
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Assumed office 1 January 2009 |
Kunio Mikuriya (御厨 邦雄 Mikuriya Kunio) is the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO).
Career
Mikuriya has a BA in law from the University of Tokyo and a PhD in international relations from the University of Kent, Brussels School of International Studies. During his career, Mikuriya has held various high-level positions in Japan's Ministry of Finance. He also had assignments as Counsellor in Japan's Mission to the WTO and a negotiator for Japan during the GATT Uruguay Round negotiations.[1]
WCO
From 2002 to 2008, Mikuriya was the WCO Deputy Secretary General. On 28 June 2008, he was elected WCO Secretary General, and he took up this post on 1 January 2009.[2] On 30 June 2013, he was re-elected to a second five-year . Mikuriya has called for successful completion of the Doha Development Round,[3] lobbied against the U.S. 100% container scanning law,[4] advocated enhanced trade facilitation measures during the global economic downturn,[5] and supported the contribution of Customs to environmental protection.[6]
Publications
- Mikuriya, Kunio (2003), The Challenges of Facilitating the Flow of Commerce in a Heightened Security Environment, in UNECE (2003), Cosgrave-Sacks, Carol and Mario Apostolov (eds.), Trade Facilitation – The Challenges for Growth and Development.[7]
- Mikuriya, Kunio (2004), Legal Framework for Customs Operations and Enforcement Issues, (Chapter 3 of the World Bank's Customs Modernization Handbook).[8]
- Mikuriya, Kunio (2006), The Customs Response to the 21st Century, Global Trade and Customs Journal, Vol.1, No. 1.[9]
- Mikuriya, Kunio (2007), Supply Chain Security: The Customs Community's Response, World Customs Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2.[10]
- Mikuriya, Kunio (2012), Chapter 1.7 Expansion of Customs – Business Partnerships in the 21st Century in: The World Economic Forum (2012) The Global Enabling Trade Report 2012, 77-84,
- Mikuriya, Kunio (2013), Some thoughts about illicit trade, WCO news, No. 71, June 2013: 14-17,
- Mikuriya, Kunio (2013), Together, we are prepared for all eventualities, WCO news, No. 73, October 2013: 10-20,
- Mikuriya, Kunio (2014), Communication: sharing information for better communication, WCO news, No. 73, February 2014: 12-13,
- Mikuriya, Kunio (2014), Ready to implement the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement!, WCO news, No. 74, June 2014: 10-11,
- Mikuriya, Kunio (2014), The WCO Council tackles the tough challenges facing Customs worldwide, WCO news, No. 75, October 2014: 10-11,
- Mikuriya, Kunio (2015), Coordinated Border Management – An inclusive approach for connecting stakeholders, WCO news, No. 76, February 2015: 10-11.
References
- ↑ Kunio Mikuriya's career, WCO
- ↑ Kunio Mikuriya elected WCO Secretary General, Japan MOF
- ↑ Global Dialogue on Customs Capacity Building Conference, World Customs Journal
- ↑ EastWest Institute 6th Worldwide Security Conference, WCO
- ↑ WCO engages G20 on global financial crisis, WCO
- ↑ Customs and Montreal Protocol, WCO
- ↑ Mikuriya, Kunio (2003), The Challenges of Facilitating the Flow of Commerce in a Heightened Security Environment, UNECE
- ↑ Customs Modernization Handbook, World Bank
- ↑ Mikuriya, Kunio (2006), The Customs Response to the 21st Century, Global Trade and Customs Journal
- ↑ Mikuriya, Kunio (2007), Supply Chain Security: The Customs Community's Response, World Customs Journal