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peace and understanding through
international trade. However,
this often gives tangible results
such as accepting a Chinese
trade delegation to the partici-
pate in the General Assembly in
Taipei, and vice versa ... such as
having North and South Koreans
sitting around the same dining
table. We have to start some-
where and a dialogue is a good
place to start," declares Tozzoli.

In order to assist in the develop-
ment of the poorest countries,
the WTCA is also contributing
through its different projects.
The educational and develop-
mental programmes that it car-
ries out around the world tend to
be rather discrete. However, one
should note that they were work-
ing on more than nineteen proj-
ects in the poorest regions of the
world. "In the newly established
World Trade Centre in
Afghanistan, we have set up a
school for women where we
teach them to become teachers,"
Tozzoli explains. The associa-
tion is also proceeding on the
development of a World Trade
Centre University with an
impressive campus planned for
Palm Spring and Palm Desert
Cities in California. "Education
is important, and we are trying to
help through our different train-
ing courses. We used to have a
lot training courses of all kind in
the World Trade Centre, but
after 11 September everything
was transferred to Penn
University."

After leaving Guy Tozzoli's
office that afternoon, I realised
that there are many ways of cre-
ating dialogue and understand-
ing among people, and this
organization has perhaps done
far more than any other. "You
see, I like to start new things, and
I always try to see how things
can be done better", Mr Tozzoli
observes, and I'm absolutely cer-
tain that he will keep up the good
work.
David RockEfeller, Les Robertson and Guy Tozzoli at GROUND ZERO, July 2002

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