Kunio Mikuriya Explained
| Honorific-Prefix: | Dr |
| Kunio Mikuriya |
| Native Name: | 御厨 邦雄 |
| Native Name Lang: | jpn |
| Office: | Former Secretary General of the World Customs Organization |
| Term Start: | 1 January 2009 - 31 December 2023 |
Kunio Mikuriya (Japanese: 御厨 邦雄, Mikuriya Kunio) was the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO) from 2009 to 2023.
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] He was re-elected to a second and third five-year term in 2013 and 2018. Mikuriya has called for successful completion of the Doha Development Round,[3] lobbied against the U.S. 100% container scanning law,[4] and advocated enhanced trade facilitation measures during the global economic downturn.[5]
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.[6]
- Mikuriya, Kunio (2004), Legal Framework for Customs Operations and Enforcement Issues, (Chapter 3 of the World Bank's Customs Modernization Handbook).[7]
- Mikuriya, Kunio (2006), The Customs Response to the 21st Century, Global Trade and Customs Journal, Vol.1, No. 1.[8]
- Mikuriya, Kunio (2007), Supply Chain Security: The Customs Community's Response, World Customs Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2.[9]
- 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.
Notes and References
- http://www.wcoomd.org/home_about_us_biography.htm Kunio Mikuriya's career
- http://www.mof.go.jp/english/tariff/ka200628e.htm Kunio Mikuriya elected WCO Secretary General
- http://www.worldcustomsjournal.org/media/wcj/-2008/2/Opening_remarks_by_Kunio_Mikuriya,_WCO_Secretary_General_elect.pdf Global Dialogue on Customs Capacity Building Conference
- http://www.wcoomd.org/speeches/?v=1&lid=1&cid=11&id=130 EastWest Institute 6th Worldwide Security Conference
- http://www.wcoomd.org/press/?v=1&lid=1&cid=6&id=176 WCO engages G20 on global financial crisis
- http://www1.unece.org/unece/cgi-bin/unece.cgi/en/d/Js3675e/ Mikuriya, Kunio (2003), The Challenges of Facilitating the Flow of Commerce in a Heightened Security Environment
- http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEXPCOMNET/Resources/Customs_Modernization_Handbook.pdf Customs Modernization Handbook
- http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/toc.php?area=Journals&mode=bypub&level=6&values=Journals%7E%7EGlobal+Trade+and+Customs+Journal%7EVolume+1+%282006%29%7EIssue+1 Mikuriya, Kunio (2006), The Customs Response to the 21st Century
- http://www.worldcustomsjournal.org/media/wcj/-2007/2/supply_chain_security_the_customs_communitys_response.pdf Mikuriya, Kunio (2007), Supply Chain Security: The Customs Community's Response
