Arab Union of Customs Executives

Arab Union of Customs Executives, attended the International Conference organized by the World Customs Organization

Dr. Mamdouh Rifai, President of the Arab Union of Customs Executives, attended the International Conference organized by the World Customs Organization in the Belgian capital (Brussels). The conference discusses the main points on transit, electronic sealing, shipment safety, rapid release at the customs ports and the houses of the technical unit of the Agadir Agreement to ease the Arabic European and Arabic trade.

The meeting was attended by Dr. Fakhri Hazeaima and Dr. Mohamed Tolba from the technical unit of the Agadir Agreement, and exchanged views and ideas on customs activity, Arab agreements, ways of activating the same and Agadir role in linking and increasing intra-Arab trade and Arab European trade through the European and Arab agreements signed by the technical unit of Agadir.

He also met Mr. Bashubati Pandi, Director of Technical Techniques at the World Customs Organization, Mr. Murad Arfaoui, Director of Regional Development in the Middle East, Mr. Ibrahim bin Saleh Al Humaidan, Customs Attaché and Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the World Customs Organization and Colonel Raed Al Shayeb, manager of electronic follow-up of Jordanian Customs. The meeting discussed many mutual topics and that related to the objectives of the Union.

Dr. Al-Rifai met with Mr. Kyunio Myokuriya, Secretary-General of the World Customs Organization. In addition, Dr. Mamdouh Al-Refai presented a comprehensive explanation of the Arab Union of Customs Clearance, its objectives and vision in the customs work and its aspirations, rather than discussing the ideas on customs performance and customs trustee.

He praised the Union's role and stressed the importance of the Union's ideas in the customs work and what it hopes to reach. He added that customs plays an important role in protecting the borders of countries by fighting smuggling, arms and non-allowed commodities and also fighting illegal financial flows. Such problems can be solved through dissemination of awareness and customs culture.

In this meeting, Mr. Kyonio Myokuriya expressed his happiness  and the discussions that took place on customs performance

WCO is an intergovernmental organization based in Brussels established in 1952 in the name of the Customs Cooperation Council. Today, the organization has 178 members from customs departments around the world. Its mission is to improve the efficiency of customs administrations by developing international legal instruments to coordinate customs systems and effective communication among member states. To achieve this mission, the Organization prepares and manages various international covenants, tools and standards for coordination and unified application of simplified and effective customs regulations and procedures governing the movement of goods, persons and trans-boundary means of transport. The organization provides capability building and technical assistance to be as means necessary to support modernization efforts.