Welcoming Luis Oña-Garcés of Ecuador as the new chair of the Committee on Market Access!
CMA supervises the implementation of concessions and provides a forum for consultation on matters relating to tariffs and non-tariff measures for goods.
🔗 bit.ly/3rTTtOu
Luis Oña-Garcés retweeted
🇪🇨 Congratulations to @LXOGDiplo on his election as Chair of the @WTO Committee on Market Access for the 2026–2027 term.
A recognition of Ecuador's continued commitment to the multilateral trading system and his contribution to the work of the WTO.
🔗 wto.org/english/tratop_e/mar…
Luis Oña-Garcés retweeted
🇪🇨 Felicitaciones a @LXOGDiplo por su elección como Presidente del Comité de Acceso a los Mercados de la @OMC_es para 2026-2027
Un reconocimiento al compromiso del Ecuador con el sistema multilateral de comercio y su contribución al trabajo de la OMC.
🔗 wto.org/english/tratop_e/mar…
Luis Oña-Garcés retweeted
Luis Oña-Garcés retweeted
🌍♻️ El Diálogo sobre la Contaminación por Plásticos en #OMC avanzó en el plan de trabajo 2026-2027 hacia la #MC15 e identificó áreas prioritarias para generar resultados concretos, prácticos e impulsados por los Miembros. 🇪🇨 Ecuador es co-coordinador 💪🏽
🔗wto.org/english/news_e/news2…
Members share experiences and perspectives during WTO Trade and Environment Week dlvr.it/TSq2hs
Ecuador 🇪🇨 led and moderated the 2nd Thematic Session on “Greening the Harmonized System and the Linkages to the WTO” in the #CMA. This series, initiated in 2024 by Ecuador’s proposal, explores how the HS can support environmental goals in trade and promote concrete contributions
Members share experiences on going beyond tariff codes to implement environmental measures #MarketAccess dlvr.it/TJMY7L
Luis Oña-Garcés retweeted
Some negotiating advice from 18th century diplomat François de Callières:
“One of the most necessary qualities in a good negotiator is to be an apt listener (…) Most men in handling public affairs pay more attention to what they themselves say than to what is said to them”
Preliminary reflections on the ICJ Judgment on Delimitation of the Continental Shelf • Nicaragua v. Colombia
@ejiltalk ⚖️
Preliminary reflections on the ICJ Judgment in Question of the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between Nicaragua and Colombia beyond 200 nautical miles from the Nicaraguan Coast (Nicaragua v. Colombia) of 13 July 2023 | by @HildeWoker
ejiltalk.org/preliminary-ref…
Luis Oña-Garcés retweeted
#OnThisDay 25 years ago, 120 countries adopted the Rome Statute of the #ICC.
📖 bit.ly/46S3KtV
#17July #RS25 #MoreJustWorld
#17July #RS25
Luis Oña-Garcés retweeted
Today marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 2017.
It's the first multilateral nuclear disarmament treaty in more than two decades.
The TPNW currently has 92 Signatories and 68 States Parties.
▶️treaties.unoda.org/t/tpnw
Luis Oña-Garcés retweeted
Women have played a critical role in diplomacy for centuries, yet their contributions have often been overlooked.
On Saturday’s #WomenInDiplomacy Day, and every day, let’s recognize & celebrate how women are breaking barriers & making a difference.
un.org/en/observances/women-…
Luis Oña-Garcés retweeted
🔸Después de casi 20 años de debates, @UN, con la participación del Ecuador🇪🇨, adoptó por consenso un instrumento para la conservación y uso sostenible de la biodiversidad marina de los océanos.
Luis Oña-Garcés retweeted
Today, after nearly 2 decades of efforts, UN delegates adopted the ambitious new #BBNJ Agreement, crucial for addressing the triple planetary crisis, #GlobalGoals, and #KMGBF, including the target to effectively conserve and manage at least 30% of marine and coastal areas by 2030
Luis Oña-Garcés retweeted
On 19 June, the @UN is expected to adopt the historic new #BBNJ agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas covering over two-thirds of the #ocean.
Follow it live: webtv.un.org
More at: un.org/bbnj
Luis Oña-Garcés retweeted
Esta semana en #OMC 👉🏾
📅 This week:
✔️ Committee on Trade and Environment
✔️ Council for Trade in Services
✔️ Trade and Environment Week
✔️ #TRIPS Council
✔️ Committee on Trade Facilitation
✔️ Dispute Settlement Body (Special Meeting)
✔️ Informal Meeting on WTO Reform
👉 bit.ly/3N20QtK
Luis Oña-Garcés retweeted
Thousands of chemicals are used in plastics, many of them harmful to our health.
To protect people & the planet, we must address this problem.
An ambitious global plastics treaty is our best bet to #BeatPlasticPollution.
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