The following is a 3 May 2011 press release from the World Customs Organization (WCO).

Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his report on the negotiations to the General Council on 3 May 2011, stressed his call to members “to listen to each other and to focus constructively on our way ahead”. He said that “this is a time, if there ever was one, to think and act systemically”.

This release is available in its entirety on the WCO website at:

http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news11_e/gc_rpt_03may11_e.htm

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