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Interview with Dr. Serguei Kouzmine Head, Trade Facilitation Unit Trade and Sustainable Land Management Division UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

When the computer “revolution” started about forty years ago, and even up until today, we believed that we were moving away from a paper-based society towards a digital one –– and yet this has not happened. Mr Kouzmine (and his colleagues) is working on a new initiative at the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) with the aim of standardizing and facilitating trade documents and data exchange. This will be done electronically in order to assist trade and, in particular,…

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Saint Guillaume Courtet: A missionary vocation

Guillaume Courtet was born in the village of Sérignan, close to the town of Bèziers, in the French department of the Herault, in the region of Languedoc Roussillon. A special plaque is placed at the house where he was born in the historical centre of Sérignan. While still a pupil with the Jesuits in Bèziers, the first Christian martyrdom had just taken place in Nagasaki in 1597. Twenty six men, women and children were crucified after a long and…

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