Federico Alberto Cuello Camilo
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His Excellency Federico Alberto Cuello Camilo (Santo Domingo
, 1966) is a diplomat
of the Dominican Republic
. Since 14 July 2011, he is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, where he seeks to maximize the opportunities for increased bilateral trade and investment arising from the Economic Partnership Agreement between the Caribbean Forum Member States and the European Union
and its Member States (the CARIFORUM-EU EPA). Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II received his letters of credence at Buckingham Palace on 11 October 2011.
Previously, he served as the Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations in New York, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He presented his letters of credence to Ban Ki-moon
, UN Secretary-General, on 3 June 2009.
During his tenure in New York
he succeeded in electing his country for the first time as member of the Executive Board of UN Women
(2011-2014) and to the Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC, 2012-2013). His thematic priorities in New York were promoting political stability and economic development in Haiti
; promoting food and nutritional security; compliance with the Millenium Development Goals; preventing and mitigating natural disasters; achieving gender equality
; and transitioning to renewable energy
sources in order to adapt to climate change
.
Organizationally, he led the transformation of the Permanent Mission from a traditional diplomatic unit into a knowledge center, with information flowing both ways, to and from the key government decision-makers, thus generating local ownership for the legal and institutional reforms required for implementing the outcomes of UN events. To that effect he personally became involved in monthly coordination meetings with the UN Country Team in the Dominican Republic, complemented with direct contacts with his government's relevant implementing agencies.
In December 2004, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Dominican Republic
to the Kingdom of Belgium
, presenting his credentials to His Majesty King Albert II (February 2005), to the European Union
(May 2005), the Czech Republic
(November 2007) and Poland
(January, 2008), negotiating successfully the CARIFORUM-EU EPA.
He was also the Dominican Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the European Office of the United Nations
and to the World Trade Organization
(WTO) in Geneva
, Switzerland
, between March 1999 and August 2002, collaborating in the successful integration of developing country priorities into the Doha Ministerial Declaration (2001).
, UNDP, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD) and the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic
. The culmination of this work was the enactment and implementation of new legal and institutional frameworks on trade negotiations, telecommunications, industrial property, copyright, consumer protection and competition policy.
Among his prior official duties since 1986, he served as a Vice-Minister of Economics (1995–1999) and as an Economic Adviser to the Chamber of Deputies (2003–2004).
and continued during the ensuing negotiations at the World Trade Organization
(1995–2002); the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA, 1995–99); the Free Trade Agreement between CARICOM and the DR (1997–98); and the Free Trade Treaty between Central-America and the DR (1997–98).
Throughout his career, he has held the following positions within intergovernmental decision-making or representative bodies:
Vice-President, Preparatory Committee of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least-Developed Countries, New York and Istanbul, 2011;
Member of the Executive Board of UN Women, New York, 2011;
Member of the Group of Friends of Food and Nutritional Security, New York, 2011;
Member of the Group of Friends of the Future of the United Nations, New York, 2011;
Member of the Group of Friends of the Millenium Development Goals, New York, 2010-2011;
Member of the Executive Council of the Association of Permanent Representatives to the United Nations
, New York, 2009–2011;
Chairman of the Committee of Ambassadors of the Group of Río, Brussels, 2007;
Chairman of the Committee of Ambassadors of the Caribbean
Group, Brussels, 2007;
Chairman of the Committee of Ambassadors of the Group of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP
), Brussels, 2006;
Vice-Chairman of the Ambassadorial Working Group on the Future of the ACP Group, 2006–2007;
Lead Negotiator on Trade in Services and Investment, as a Member of the Caribbean College of Negotiators for the Regional Economic Partnership Agreement with the EC, 2005-2007;
Chairman of the ACP Group, Geneva, 2002;
Chairman of the Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) at UNCTAD, Geneva, 2001;
Vice-President of UNCTAD's Trade and Development Board, Geneva, 2001;
First Chairman and Founder of the GRULAC, International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Geneva, 2001-2002;
Chairman of the GRULAC, World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO), Geneva, 2000;
Vice-Chairman of the International Summit for the Information Society
, Geneva, 2001-2002;
Vice-Chairman of the International Conference on Competition Law and Policy at UNCTAD, Geneva, 2000-2005;
First Chairman and Founder of the WTO Paradisus Group with El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the DR, 1999-2002;
First Chairman and Founder of the WTO CARIFORUM Group with the CARICOM Missions to the WTO and Cuba
, Haiti
and the Dominican Republic, Geneva, 2000;
First Chairman and Founder of the WTO Group of 5 with Bolivia
, Honduras
, Nicaragua
and Panama
which negotiated jointly the accession of the People’s Republic of China, Geneva, 2000-2001;
First Chairman and Founder of the Working Group for the Liberalization of Tourism of the World Tourism Organization
(WTO/OMT), Madrid, 1999-2002;
Chairman of UNCTAD’s Commission on Trade in Goods, Services and Commodities. Geneva, 1999;
He was the Director of the School of Economics of his Alma Mater, INTEC (1993–1994). In march 2003, he was recruited as a Research Professor of Economics at the Pontifical Catholic University “Mater et Magistra” (PUCMM, St. Thomas Aquinas Campus), where he lectured on Development Economics (at the advanced undergraduate level) and Economic Policy (at the graduate level). He is on leave without pay since January 2005 for the duration of his service to the Dominican Foreign Service.
His research on trade, development and intellectual property have been funded by OXFAM
/Intermón (Santo Domingo), Friedrich Ebert Foundation
(Santo Domingo and Geneva), Quaker International Affairs Program (QIAP, Ottawa), Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) and International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty (ILEAP). He accepted a special leave without pay from the PUCMM to rejoin his country’s diplomatic corps as Ambassador in Brussels.
He has lectured on these issues to the European Parliament
, the EC, MERCOSUR
, the Andean Pact, the International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), the Parliament of Surinam, the Canadian, Dominican, Finnish and German Governments, the Foreign Policy Association (New York), Latin American Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (ALIFAR), the Federation of European Chambers of Commerce, Oxford University, the Free University of Brussels
, the Universities of the United Nations, Antwerp, Leuven, Manchester, Prague and Warsaw, the Complutense University of Madrid, Fairleigh-Dickinson University, the Catholic University of Santo Domingo (UCSD), PUCMM and INTEC.
Dominican Multilateral Diplomacy at the United Nations, 2009-2011. Santo Domingo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (In Spanish and English, forthcoming 2012).
On the Urgency and the Importance of Disaster Risk Reduction. In R. González, F. Peña-Mora, R. Plunz, A. Werner-Lamb et al. (Forthcoming, 2011): Natural Hazards and Diaster Risk Management in the Dominican Republic. New York: Columbia University.
Realizing the Cotonou Blueprint Through a Development-Enhancing Agreement. In Americo Beviglia-Zampetti & Junior Lodge (2011): The CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement: A Practitioners’ Analysis, pp. 11–18. Kluwer Law International BV, The Netherlands.
Questions Seeking Answers. Nation News, Bridgetown, Barbados, 27 April 2009.
Milestones in the CARIFORUM-EC Economic Partnership Agreement. Nation News, Bridgetown, Barbados, 18 December 2008.
MFN in the CARIFORUM-EC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is no Threat to South-South Trade. In Trade Negotiations Insights, Geneva, Vol. 7, No. 4, May 2008.
Towards Development-Enhancing Trade Negotiations. Berlin: InWent, 2006.
Nuevos aires en las relaciones domínico-europeas. Santo Domingo: Funglode, 2006.
Una ronda de negociaciones multilaterales para el desarrollo. Santo Domingo: Funglode, 2005.
What makes a round a “development round”? Berlín: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2005.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Access to Medicines Under TRIPS and the DR-CAFTA. Ottawa: Quaker International Affairs Program (QIAP, 2004).
Hacia el libre comercio: intereses, opciones y negociaciones. Santo Domingo: Cámara de Diputados de la República Dominicana (Editor, 2004).
Preservando los espacios para las políticas de desarrollo en las negociaciones de la OMC. Santo Domingo: Fundación Friedrich Ebert/CIECA (2003).
TRIPS-Related Issues for the Consideration and Possible Ministerial Decision at Cancún. Santo Domingo: OXFAM/Intermón (2003).
Negociaciones Agrícolas: Estado de Situación en la OMC. Santo Domingo: OXFAM (2003).
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
, 1966) is a diplomat
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
of the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
. Since 14 July 2011, he is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, where he seeks to maximize the opportunities for increased bilateral trade and investment arising from the Economic Partnership Agreement between the Caribbean Forum Member States and the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
and its Member States (the CARIFORUM-EU EPA). Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II received his letters of credence at Buckingham Palace on 11 October 2011.
Previously, he served as the Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations in New York, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He presented his letters of credence to Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations, after succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007. Before going on to be Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations. He entered diplomatic service the year he...
, UN Secretary-General, on 3 June 2009.
During his tenure in New York
New York
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he succeeded in electing his country for the first time as member of the Executive Board of UN Women
UN Women
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, is a United Nations entity working for the empowerment of women and girls....
(2011-2014) and to the Economic and Social Council
Economic and Social Council
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(ECOSOC, 2012-2013). His thematic priorities in New York were promoting political stability and economic development in Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
; promoting food and nutritional security; compliance with the Millenium Development Goals; preventing and mitigating natural disasters; achieving gender equality
Gender equality
Gender equality is the goal of the equality of the genders, stemming from a belief in the injustice of myriad forms of gender inequality.- Concept :...
; and transitioning to renewable energy
Renewable energy
Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from...
sources in order to adapt to climate change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
.
Organizationally, he led the transformation of the Permanent Mission from a traditional diplomatic unit into a knowledge center, with information flowing both ways, to and from the key government decision-makers, thus generating local ownership for the legal and institutional reforms required for implementing the outcomes of UN events. To that effect he personally became involved in monthly coordination meetings with the UN Country Team in the Dominican Republic, complemented with direct contacts with his government's relevant implementing agencies.
In December 2004, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
to the Kingdom of Belgium
Belgium
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, presenting his credentials to His Majesty King Albert II (February 2005), to the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
(May 2005), the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
(November 2007) and Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
(January, 2008), negotiating successfully the CARIFORUM-EU EPA.
He was also the Dominican Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the European Office of the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
and to the World Trade Organization
World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which commenced in 1948...
(WTO) in Geneva
Geneva
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, Switzerland
Switzerland
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, between March 1999 and August 2002, collaborating in the successful integration of developing country priorities into the Doha Ministerial Declaration (2001).
Role in the Dominican Republic
After concluding his doctoral studies and concurrently with his official duties, he served as a Project Coordinator for a number of economic reform projects in the Dominican Republic, operating with funding from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), ITUItu
Itu is an old and historic municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2009 was 157,384 and the area is 641.68 km². The elevation is 583 m. This place name comes from the Tupi language, meaning big waterfall. Itu is linked with the highway numbered the SP-75 and are flowed...
, UNDP, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. It is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues....
(UNCTAD) and the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
. The culmination of this work was the enactment and implementation of new legal and institutional frameworks on trade negotiations, telecommunications, industrial property, copyright, consumer protection and competition policy.
Among his prior official duties since 1986, he served as a Vice-Minister of Economics (1995–1999) and as an Economic Adviser to the Chamber of Deputies (2003–2004).
Diplomacy and Trade Negotiations
His experience in trade negotiations started in 1993 during the services negotiations of the Uruguay RoundUruguay Round
The Uruguay Round was the 8th round of Multilateral trade negotiations conducted within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , spanning from 1986-1994 and embracing 123 countries as “contracting parties”. The Round transformed the GATT into the World Trade Organization...
and continued during the ensuing negotiations at the World Trade Organization
World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which commenced in 1948...
(1995–2002); the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA, 1995–99); the Free Trade Agreement between CARICOM and the DR (1997–98); and the Free Trade Treaty between Central-America and the DR (1997–98).
Throughout his career, he has held the following positions within intergovernmental decision-making or representative bodies:
Vice-President, Preparatory Committee of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least-Developed Countries, New York and Istanbul, 2011;
Member of the Executive Board of UN Women, New York, 2011;
Member of the Group of Friends of Food and Nutritional Security, New York, 2011;
Member of the Group of Friends of the Future of the United Nations, New York, 2011;
Member of the Group of Friends of the Millenium Development Goals, New York, 2010-2011;
Member of the Executive Council of the Association of Permanent Representatives to the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
, New York, 2009–2011;
Chairman of the Committee of Ambassadors of the Group of Río, Brussels, 2007;
Chairman of the Committee of Ambassadors of the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
Group, Brussels, 2007;
Chairman of the Committee of Ambassadors of the Group of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP
ACP
-Organizations:*The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States*ACP Magazines, Australia*Active Citizen Project*Alberta Conservative Party, the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta*Alliance for Climate Protection*American College of Physicians...
), Brussels, 2006;
Vice-Chairman of the Ambassadorial Working Group on the Future of the ACP Group, 2006–2007;
Lead Negotiator on Trade in Services and Investment, as a Member of the Caribbean College of Negotiators for the Regional Economic Partnership Agreement with the EC, 2005-2007;
Chairman of the ACP Group, Geneva, 2002;
Chairman of the Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) at UNCTAD, Geneva, 2001;
Vice-President of UNCTAD's Trade and Development Board, Geneva, 2001;
First Chairman and Founder of the GRULAC, International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Geneva, 2001-2002;
Chairman of the GRULAC, World Intellectual Property Organization
World Intellectual Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....
(WIPO), Geneva, 2000;
Vice-Chairman of the International Summit for the Information Society
Information society
The aim of the information society is to gain competitive advantage internationally through using IT in a creative and productive way. An information society is a society in which the creation, distribution, diffusion, use, integration and manipulation of information is a significant economic,...
, Geneva, 2001-2002;
Vice-Chairman of the International Conference on Competition Law and Policy at UNCTAD, Geneva, 2000-2005;
First Chairman and Founder of the WTO Paradisus Group with El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the DR, 1999-2002;
First Chairman and Founder of the WTO CARIFORUM Group with the CARICOM Missions to the WTO and Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
, Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
and the Dominican Republic, Geneva, 2000;
First Chairman and Founder of the WTO Group of 5 with Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
, Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
, Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
and Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
which negotiated jointly the accession of the People’s Republic of China, Geneva, 2000-2001;
First Chairman and Founder of the Working Group for the Liberalization of Tourism of the World Tourism Organization
World Tourism Organization
The World Tourism Organization , based in Madrid, Spain, is a United Nations agency dealing with questions relating to tourism. It compiles the World Tourism rankings. The World Tourism Organization is a significant global body, concerned with the collection and collation of statistical information...
(WTO/OMT), Madrid, 1999-2002;
Chairman of UNCTAD’s Commission on Trade in Goods, Services and Commodities. Geneva, 1999;
Teaching and research
Cuello was educated at the University of Illinois and the Santo Domingo Institute of Technology. He has a Ph. D. in Regional Science and Development Economics (University of Illinois, 1994); an M. A. in Economic Theory and Econometrics (University of Illinois, 1990) and a B. Sc. in Economics, Magna Cum Laude (Technological Institute of Santo Domingo--INTEC--, 1987).He was the Director of the School of Economics of his Alma Mater, INTEC (1993–1994). In march 2003, he was recruited as a Research Professor of Economics at the Pontifical Catholic University “Mater et Magistra” (PUCMM, St. Thomas Aquinas Campus), where he lectured on Development Economics (at the advanced undergraduate level) and Economic Policy (at the graduate level). He is on leave without pay since January 2005 for the duration of his service to the Dominican Foreign Service.
His research on trade, development and intellectual property have been funded by OXFAM
Oxfam
Oxfam is an international confederation of 15 organizations working in 98 countries worldwide to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives...
/Intermón (Santo Domingo), Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Friedrich Ebert Foundation
The Friedrich Ebert Foundation is a German political foundation associated with the Social Democratic Party of Germany , yet independent of it...
(Santo Domingo and Geneva), Quaker International Affairs Program (QIAP, Ottawa), Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) and International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty (ILEAP). He accepted a special leave without pay from the PUCMM to rejoin his country’s diplomatic corps as Ambassador in Brussels.
He has lectured on these issues to the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
, the EC, MERCOSUR
Mercosur
Mercosur or Mercosul is an economic and political agreement among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Founded in 1991 by the Treaty of Asunción, which was later amended and updated by the 1994 Treaty of Ouro Preto. Its purpose is to promote free trade and the fluid movement of goods, people,...
, the Andean Pact, the International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), the Parliament of Surinam, the Canadian, Dominican, Finnish and German Governments, the Foreign Policy Association (New York), Latin American Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (ALIFAR), the Federation of European Chambers of Commerce, Oxford University, the Free University of Brussels
Free University of Brussels
The Free University of Brussels was a university in Brussels, Belgium. In 1969, it split into the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel....
, the Universities of the United Nations, Antwerp, Leuven, Manchester, Prague and Warsaw, the Complutense University of Madrid, Fairleigh-Dickinson University, the Catholic University of Santo Domingo (UCSD), PUCMM and INTEC.
Publications since 2003
His list of published books, monographs and academic papers started in 1985 and are available within the academic databases of institutions of higher education. Following is a partial list of his published works after 2003:Dominican Multilateral Diplomacy at the United Nations, 2009-2011. Santo Domingo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (In Spanish and English, forthcoming 2012).
On the Urgency and the Importance of Disaster Risk Reduction. In R. González, F. Peña-Mora, R. Plunz, A. Werner-Lamb et al. (Forthcoming, 2011): Natural Hazards and Diaster Risk Management in the Dominican Republic. New York: Columbia University.
Realizing the Cotonou Blueprint Through a Development-Enhancing Agreement. In Americo Beviglia-Zampetti & Junior Lodge (2011): The CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement: A Practitioners’ Analysis, pp. 11–18. Kluwer Law International BV, The Netherlands.
Questions Seeking Answers. Nation News, Bridgetown, Barbados, 27 April 2009.
Milestones in the CARIFORUM-EC Economic Partnership Agreement. Nation News, Bridgetown, Barbados, 18 December 2008.
MFN in the CARIFORUM-EC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is no Threat to South-South Trade. In Trade Negotiations Insights, Geneva, Vol. 7, No. 4, May 2008.
Towards Development-Enhancing Trade Negotiations. Berlin: InWent, 2006.
Nuevos aires en las relaciones domínico-europeas. Santo Domingo: Funglode, 2006.
Una ronda de negociaciones multilaterales para el desarrollo. Santo Domingo: Funglode, 2005.
What makes a round a “development round”? Berlín: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2005.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Access to Medicines Under TRIPS and the DR-CAFTA. Ottawa: Quaker International Affairs Program (QIAP, 2004).
Hacia el libre comercio: intereses, opciones y negociaciones. Santo Domingo: Cámara de Diputados de la República Dominicana (Editor, 2004).
Preservando los espacios para las políticas de desarrollo en las negociaciones de la OMC. Santo Domingo: Fundación Friedrich Ebert/CIECA (2003).
TRIPS-Related Issues for the Consideration and Possible Ministerial Decision at Cancún. Santo Domingo: OXFAM/Intermón (2003).
Negociaciones Agrícolas: Estado de Situación en la OMC. Santo Domingo: OXFAM (2003).