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Regional Representation

！ Role of Vice-chair
    The Region is represented by a Regional Vice Chairman. The role of the Regional Vice Chairman is to:
  • Identify regional requirements in respect of WCO activities;
  • Identify potential facilities and support for such facilities;
  • Assist in making arrangements for seminars, training sessions etc.;
  • Obtaining the views of Members in the region for presentation at Policy Commission meetings;
  • As appropriate, represent the WCO at meetings of international bodies in the region;
  • Arrange periodic regional meetings to foster WCO activities and hold discussions on subjects of common interest to Members in the region.
The current Regional Vice-Chair is Republic of Korea.
The current regional representatives at Policy Commission meetings are: Republic of Korea(Regional Vice-Chair), Australia, China, Japan, Malaysia and Thailand The Region is represented at WCO Finance Committee meetings by three elected regional members. The current regional members of the Finance Committee are Australia, India and Japan.
The Regional representative at WCO Audit Committee is New Zealand.
The delegates of all regional members are able to attend Customs Cooperation Council Sessions.

！ List of recent Vice-chairs for the WCO Asia-Pacific Region

Tenure Country
1998~2000 Australia
2000~2002 Hong Kong, China
2002~2004 New Zealand
2004~2006 China
2006~2008; India
2008~ Republic of Korea

Regional Meetings

！ Meeting of Regional Contact Points
  • The nominated contacts for each administration in the region meet at least once a year (usually in October) to discuss and exchange opinions on matters of common interest.

！ List of the venues for recent RCP meetings

  Venue Time
8th RCP Meeting Canberra, Australia 1998
9th RCP Meeting Tehran, Iran 1999
10th RCP Meeting Hong Kong, China 2000
11th RCP Meeting Macao, China 2001
12th RCP Meeting Auckland, New Zealand 2002
13th RCP Meeting New Delhi, India 2003
14th RCP Meeting Beijing, China 2004
15th RCP Meeting Bangkok, Thailand 2005
16th RCP Meeting New Delhi, India 2006
17th RCP Meeting Goa, India 2007
18th RCP Meeting Seoul, Korea 2008
19th RCP Meeting Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 2009
！ Regional Conference of Heads of Administrations
  • The Regional Conference is hosted by the Regional Vice Chairman (usually biennially). It is attended by the Directors-General of regional customs administrations and sets the region's direction for the following two years.

！ List of the venues for recent RHCA conferences

  Venue Year
7th RHCA Conference Malaysia 1999
8th RHCA Conference Australia 2000
9th RHCA Conference Hong Kong, China 2002
10th RHCA Conference New Zealand 2004
11th RHCA Conference China 2006
12th RHCA Conference India 2008
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