Kunio Mikuriya

Dr
Kunio Mikuriya
御厨 邦雄
Kunio Mikuriya, 2010
Secretary General of the World Customs Organization
Assumed office
1 January 2009

Kunio Mikuriya (Japanese: 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 term.[3] Mikuriya has called for successful completion of the Doha Development Round,[4] lobbied against the U.S. 100% container scanning law,[5] and advocated enhanced trade facilitation measures during the global economic downturn.[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

  1. ↑ Kunio Mikuriya's career, WCO
  2. ↑ Kunio Mikuriya elected WCO Secretary General, Japan MOF
  3. ↑ Kunio Mikuriya re-elected Secretary General of the World Customs Organization
  4. ↑ Global Dialogue on Customs Capacity Building Conference, World Customs Journal
  5. ↑ EastWest Institute 6th Worldwide Security Conference, WCO
  6. ↑ WCO engages G20 on global financial crisis. WCO
  7. ↑ Mikuriya, Kunio (2003), The Challenges of Facilitating the Flow of Commerce in a Heightened Security Environment, UNECE
  8. ↑ Customs Modernization Handbook, World Bank
  9. ↑ Mikuriya, Kunio (2006), The Customs Response to the 21st Century, Global Trade and Customs Journal
  10. ↑ Mikuriya, Kunio (2007), Supply Chain Security: The Customs Community's Response, World Customs Journal


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