Kessie Edwini

Edwini Kessie works in the Council and Trade Negotiations Committee Division at the WTO, which has the responsibility for coordinating the negotiations which were launched in Doha, Qatar in November 2001. He is also a part-time lecturer in international trade law at the World Trade Institute in Berne, Switzerland and also the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. He has a Doctorate Degree in Law from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia and Masters' Degrees in Law from the University of Toronto, Canada and the University of Brussels, Belgium and a Bachelor's Degree in Law from the University of Ghana. He is admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Courts of England & Wales, New South Wales, Australia and Ghana. He has practiced Corporate and Commercial Law in Sydney, Australia and International Trade Law and European Community Law in Brussels, Belgium. Dr. Kessie joined the WTO Secretariat in January 1995 and has worked in various divisions of the Secretariat including the Development Division, the Training Division and the legal unit of the Technical Cooperation Division, where he had the responsibility for assisting developing countries wishing to have recourse to the dispute settlement procedures of the WTO. Dr. Kessie has participated in many international conferences on international trade and written a number of articles on international trade issues.