french studio bplusb architectures has extended the ‘dainville library’ with a pitched previously housed within an old farm building the new structure compliments its original aesthetic two large gable-shaped volumes face towards the street opening their façades to the public in an urban gesture the organization of the spaces preserves and defines the entry court the new frontage offers a wide entrance with a large glazed surface that is protected by a sun barrier of natural wooden fins the design’s outcome refers to traditional forms in order to integrate with its surrounding environment and compliment the agricultural origin of the area the wooden cladding on the interior enables necessary acoustic properties to perform well while the steel structure punctuates the mass without compromising the current structure the new façade features a wooden fins the interior of the library with its pitched roof the asymmetric steel structure contains the new library designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here. happening now! partnering with antonio citterio, AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function, but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style, context, and personal expression. 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Sign In español  français Ambassador Etienne Oudot de Dainville of France informed members of his meetings and consultations where members made significant progress on how to move forward on improving the functioning of the CTG Of the almost 30 suggestions for improvement the Council agreed to act on 15 and left the remainder for further discussion The specific measures include the integration of CTG data into the Trade Concerns Database and the introduction of the eAgenda into the work of the CTG The eAgenda allows members to electronically add agenda items raise and support specific trade concerns (STCs) and upload statements ahead of Council and Committee meetings Members welcomed the progress made and committed to continue engaging on further efforts including how best to improve the discussion of trade concerns transparency and notification requirements Delegations thanked the WTO Secretariat for compiling in record time a document that presents a compilation of “next steps” that will assist members in consolidating and deepening progress Ambassador Oudot de Dainville thanked members for engaging in a constructive exercise that will be very positive for the future work of the Council The Council heard 41 trade concerns on maintained or newly introduced measures by over 20 WTO members including non-tariff barriers on agricultural products quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs domestic certification and administrative procedures These concerns encompass a wide range of sectors (agriculture forestry and food products) as well as specific products The full agenda of the meeting is available here Members were unable to agree on a proposed list of names of chairs for the CTG subsidiary bodies Ambassador Oudot de Dainville reported that he and the outgoing Chair of the Council for Trade in Services had met the coordinators of the four regional groups and other members in March which resulted in a provisional list of names for the subsidiary bodies of both councils “I regret to inform you that there is no consensus on this provisional list of names,” Mr Oudot de Dainville said He called on delegations concerned to keep exploring possible solutions The Council elected Ambassador Adamu Mohammed Abdulhamid of Nigeria as Chair for the upcoming year The next formal meeting of the CTG is scheduled for 6-7 July 2023 Problems viewing this page? 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the Yom Kippur War] Western forces are trying to contain the conflict They are reduced to the defensive in their vulnerable land bases as in 1983 in Beirut [the Drakkar attacks cost the lives of 58 French paratroopers] subjected to daily drone and missile attacks in Iraq and Syria is paralyzed by tensions with its host country Since withdrawing from Afghanistan in 2021 American forces have given the impression of losing interest in the Middle East the US Navy has always accompanied Israel to prevent surprises The Israelis were not always happy about this when they sank the American spy ship Liberty to signal that they were still in control of military action American units have been present in the Combined Task Force in response to piracy and Iranian attacks on Israeli merchant ships in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf You have 78.86% of this article left to read Lecture du Monde en cours sur un autre appareil Vous pouvez lire Le Monde sur un seul appareil à la fois Ce message s’affichera sur l’autre appareil Parce qu’une autre personne (ou vous) est en train de lire Le Monde avec ce compte sur un autre appareil Vous ne pouvez lire Le Monde que sur un seul appareil à la fois (ordinateur En cliquant sur « Continuer à lire ici » et en vous assurant que vous êtes la seule personne à consulter Le Monde avec ce compte Que se passera-t-il si vous continuez à lire ici Ce dernier restera connecté avec ce compte Vous pouvez vous connecter avec votre compte sur autant d’appareils que vous le souhaitez mais en les utilisant à des moments différents Nous vous conseillons de modifier votre mot de passe Votre abonnement n’autorise pas la lecture de cet article merci de contacter notre service commercial español  français The course aims to increase participants' capacity to monitor trade policy developments to learn about the WTO's dispute settlement system and to actively participate in WTO negotiations Participants also get the opportunity to participate in roundtable discussions with Geneva-based government officials and external trade experts Referencing his experiences as a delegate to the WTO Mr Oudot de Dainville encouraged participants to take a proactive role during the two-month course and to benefit from information that could help their countries boost their participation in the multilateral trading system emphasised the practical nature of the course and urged participants to play an active role by sharing their experience and asking questions the course provides hands-on training that builds on the trade knowledge participants have acquired during Level 1 and Level 2 courses The WTO Secretariat offers training activities in the three WTO official languages: English Details of the course are available in the programme Further information on the WTO's technical assistance and training activities can be found here Gbemi Faminu incoming chairperson of the Council for Trade in Goods at the World Trade Organization (WTO) $(document).ready(function(){(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({})}); español  français Established in 2010, the WTO Chairs Programme seeks to bring together institutions into a network that works with the WTO and policy-makers on trade-related research, curriculum development and policy outreach. The programme currently comprises 35 universities. A call for applications from underrepresented regions is open until 30 June. Two sessions will be organized as part of the Global Review of Aid for Trade 2024. One session will focus on evolving trade priorities for least-developed countries (LDCs) and another on LDCs' participation in digital trade. The full programme of the Global Review is available here. Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will meet the participating WTO Chairholders on 25 June to discuss their role in supporting trade negotiations and in better harmonizing the work done in Geneva and in the regions and in economies where they are based The conference was opened by Deputy Director-General Xiangchen Zhang who thanked the programme's donors — France we saw the Chairs come together on numerous occasions Whether it was the Asian Chairs collaborating on the Fisheries Subsidies Agreement the African Chairs addressing digital trade issues or the Latin American and Caribbean Chairs discussing WTO reform one common thread tied all these efforts together: a genuine commitment to making the trading system more inclusive and functional I must say the Chairs have done a remarkable job.” France's Permanent Representative to the WTO  said: “The  widely diverse Chairs Network is extremely important to complement the work of experts in Geneva and in WTO members in developing trade-related knowledge within developing economies The exchanges you will have throughout the conference will be essential in feeding into political reflection both in Geneva and in your economies.” The Republic of Korea's Permanent Representative to the WTO said that the Chairs are true partners in advancing the WTO’s aim to help developing economies further their development prospects through trade “The Chairs are indispensable partners in the WTO’s endeavours The immeasurable value they add and the transformative impact they bring reinforce our collective commitment to helping developing economies drive economic growth in their countries.” Australia's Permanent Representative to the WTO said: “The Chairs Programme has proved to be useful and practical establishing itself as a powerful tool in developing academic and research communities especially in countries where development is a priority Governments in this institution will be relying on you more closely as we work collectively to address upcoming trade and economic challenges The very rich curriculum of this conference is a testament of the network's vitality.” described the milestones that her team has achieved through the programme in particular the work on expanding export opportunities in different countries across Africa She stressed that they have been able to extend the scope of their research and form close partnerships with policymakers through the Programme More information on the Chairs Programme is available here español  français The Council heard 41 trade concerns on measures maintained or newly introduced by 25 WTO members These concerns were raised over a wide range of measures import licensing requirements and countervailing duties Many members took the floor to express their strong opposition to the invasion of Ukraine The Russian Federation responded by saying that the WTO was not the proper venue for a discussion of this nature and expressing concern over the restrictive measures introduced by several members on Russian products and sectors in response to the conflict These members noted those measures would not have been introduced if Russia had not invaded Ukraine Members welcomed the report by the WTO Secretariat in document G/L/223/Rev.29, which contains the status of notifications under the provisions of WTO agreements in Annex 1A of the WTO Agreement The document's latest revision updates the information on the notifications submitted by members up to 31 December 2021 Members considered the document very informative and thanked the Secretariat for the update Some members expressed concern about the lack of improvement in notifications compliance across agreements since the report's previous revision They further noted that the challenge of incomplete and missing notifications was not limited to members of a particular region or grouping despite the availability of Secretariat assistance and training opportunities Members reiterated that addressing the operation and effectiveness of current notification practices, as recommended in the proposal on transparency and notification procedures would be a practical means of making progress on these issues with a view to strengthening the WTO's performance in this area The chair, Ambassador Lundeg Purevsuren of Mongolia, drew members' attention to the Beta version of the Notifications Portal, available in notifications.wto.org which was released by the Secretariat at the beginning of this year for members' review all general information concerning notifications and the information for the agreements on trade in goods summarized and presented following the template of document G/L/223/Rev.29 Chad said that an agreement on this decision would make an important contribution to remedying the difficult circumstances that graduating LDCs were encountering particularly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine It would also contribute to the further integration of LDCs in the multilateral trading system Some developed country members acknowledged the challenges that LDC members were facing as a result of two consecutive and overlapping global crises but also noted gaps remaining in the information that is needed for this proposal to be workable from a technical perspective they stood ready to consider ideas and proposals with the LDC Group as to how to address those gaps The Council was not able to reach a consensus on a slate of names for its subsidiary bodies Members agreed to suspend this agenda item and to reconvene the Council as soon as a slate of names was ready for its consideration the Council elected Ambassador Etienne Oudot de Dainville of France as its new chair for 2022 and thanked Ambassador Lundeg Purevsuren of Mongolia for his service as chair for 2021 The next meeting of the Council for Trade in Goods is scheduled for 7-8 July 2022 Handover of the gavel between the outgoing chair Problems viewing this page? If so, please contact [email protected] giving details of the operating system and web browser you are using español  français France's contribution will support four programmes “The French government is particularly attached to technical assistance programmes for three reasons: the broad geographical diversity they offer their capacity to facilitate exchanges of experiences between different countries in ensuring that there is mutual understanding of one another and of perhaps new ideas in order to move forward and help the multilateral trading system remain stable for all of our countries and be a vector for development,” said Ambassador Oudot de Dainville France has contributed just over EUR 34 million (approximately CHF 33 million) to WTO trust funds over more than 20 years Problems viewing this page? If so, please contact [email protected] giving details of the operating system and web browser you are using.