RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/BFA/SPEC/82
16 October 2002
(02-5601)
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration
2003
BUDGET ESTIMATES
Proposals by the Director-GeneralWT/BFA/SPEC/82
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CONTENTS
PAGE
FOREWORD ....................................................................................................................... ..............5
INTRODUCT ION................................................................................................................... ...........7
2003 INCOME ES TIMATES .........................................................................................................1 1
WORKLOAD INDI CATORS ........................................................................................................11
Annex A-1...................................................................................................................... .........15
Annex A-2...................................................................................................................... .........16
Annex A-3...................................................................................................................... .........17
Annex B ........................................................................................................................ ..........18
Annex C ........................................................................................................................ ..........19
Annex D ........................................................................................................................ ..........20
Annex E ........................................................................................................................ ..........21
2003 DETAILED BUDG ET ESTI MATES....................................................................................24
PART II
Senior Management .............................................................................................................. ...47
Office of the Di rector-General ................................................................................................4 8
Accessions Division............................................................................................................ .......49
Administration And General Services Division .....................................................................52
Condominium Costs .............................................................................................................. ...56
Agriculture And Commodities Division.................................................................................58
Council and TNC Division....................................................................................................... 62
Development And Economic Research Division....................................................................65
External Relations Division.................................................................................................... .68
Informatics Division........................................................................................................... ......71
Information and Media Relations Division............................................................................74
Intellectual Prop erty Division ................................................................................................. 77
Language Services and Documentation Division ..................................................................82WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Legal Affair s Division ......................................................................................................... .....85
Market Access Division......................................................................................................... ...88
Rules Division ................................................................................................................. ..........94
Statistics Division ............................................................................................................ .........97
Technical Cooperation Division............................................................................................101
Technical Cooperation Audit ................................................................................................104Textiles Di vision .............................................................................................................. .......106
Textiles Monito ring Body ......................................................................................................1 09
Trade and Environment Division .........................................................................................111
Trade and Finance Division ..................................................................................................115
Trade Information Centre And Library..............................................................................117
Trade in Services Division ..................................................................................................... 120
Trade Policies Review Division .............................................................................................123Training Institute ............................................................................................................. ......126
Appellate Body ................................................................................................................. ......129
WTO Secretariat 2003 Budget Proposals By Project Areas ......................................................132WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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FOREWORD
In presenting the Budget proposals for 2003, I wish to emphasize that our most urgent priority
in the WTO is bringing the Doha Development Agenda to a timely and successful conclusion.  Our
Organization is facing a crucial period.  In Doha, a number of important commitments were made and
significant progress in achieving them must be made before Cancún.
Four pillars will underpin the work of the Secretariat during my tenure of the Office of
Director-General: (i) strengthening the legal frame work which binds the multilateral trading system
together; (ii) assisting developing and least-developed countries through technical assistance and
capacity building to be better equipped to participat e in the multilateral trading system; (iii) greater
coherence in international economic policy-making; and (iv) strengthening the WTO as an institution
to serve its membership even more effectively.
The WTO must have the resources necessary to carry forward both the Doha mandate and
preparations for Cancún.  I have been very encouraged by the beginning of the Doha Development
Agenda Global Trust Fund Programme, which started from scratch and became, in a matter of
months, a very important force to deliver technical assistance and capacity building in the areas whereit is most needed. A second programme, clearly ambitious in scope, has been presented and I am
confident that Members will respond as generously as possible at the second pledging conference,
given the challenge accepted in Doha and the dist ance which needs to be bridged between now and
September 2003.
Resources are also critically needed in the context of the regular budget, as the proposals for
2003 attest. The proposals I am submitting embody my personal commitment to be as moderate as
possible, in view of the overall economic situation and the particular difficulties that some Members
are facing, while at the same time being realistic with regard to the Organization’s requirements.
On the often difficult question of additional staff positions, the sensitivity of which I fully
understand, let me emphasize that the real needs of the Secretariat far outstrip the proposals for twelve
new posts.  I am confident that we will be able to identify the most pressing proposals from among all
the requests, most of which I personally consider more than justified, and which amount to close to
four times that number.
I would also like to highlight that, in accordance with a decision made by WTO Members, a
review of the salary scale has to be undertaken every three years.  In his conclusions, the independent
external expert who undertook the study concludes that the overall salary costs should be increased by
8% to achieve parity with the organizations we compete with for the recruitment and the retention of
staff.  The WTO is not alone in this situation.  The body which advises the United Nations in this
field, the International Civil Service Commission, has put forward a recommendation to the UNGeneral Assembly which includes an increase of some 10 per cent.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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I am also seeking additional resources for (i) the Training Institute, which has vastly increased
its activities, and (ii) translation and interpretation.  In addition, funding for 2003 for the Appellate
Body Operating Fund needs to be secured from th e regular budget, in the absence of alternative
sources of funding. These requests either reflect decisions taken by the Members or the actual level ofexpenditure over the past years.  Not to take them into consideration would lead to unrealistic
budgeting and predictable overspending, which is not a managerial approach I consider to be
appropriate for the WTO.
Finally, I would like to pay tribute to the dedicated and tireless Secretariat staff whom I have
the honour and privilege to direct. In the context of the budget proposals for 2003, I am asking you to
provide the resources which will permit them to continue providing Members with the quality ofservice that has become the hallmark of the WTO.
Supachai Panitchpakdi
Director-GeneralWT/BFA/SPEC/82
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INTRODUCTION
1. The Director-General hereby submits his budget estimates for the expenses and income of the
World Trade Organization (WTO) for the year 2003.
2. In comparison with the approved budget for 2002 (CHF 143.1 million), the consolidated
budget estimates for the WTO Secretariat and the Appellate Body and its Secretariat amount to
CHF 165.7 million.  This figure represents an overall increase of 15.80%, equivalent to CHF 22.6
million. Within this overall increase, 6.49%, or CHF 9.3 million, represents real growth.
3. Detailed budget estimates for the WTO Secretariat and the Appellate Body and its Secretariat
are presented separately further in this present document. For clarity of presentation, the Introduction
will deal with the overall consolidation of the two budgets, which stand at CHF 161.0 million for the
WTO Secretariat and CHF 4.7 million for the Appellate Body and its Secretariat.
4. The following table demonstrates the various categories of increases over the 2002 budget:
Analysis of Proposed Increases for 2003
CHF millions %
Statutory and other unavoidable increases:
   Inflation 0.1 0.08%
   Statutory increases 10.6 7.39%
   Other unavoidable increases 2.6 1.84%
Sub-total statutory/unavoidable increases 13.3 9.31%
Real Increase:
   Additional staff resources 6.0 4.20%
   Other increases/(decreases) 3.3 2.29%
Sub-total real increase 9.3 6.49%
Overall increase 22.6 15.80%
Inflation: CHF 0.1 million – 0.08 per cent
5. In contrast with other international organizations, many of which include the effects of
inflation in all areas of the budget, the WTO traditionally attempts to absorb such effects wheneverpossible. The areas where inflationary factors have been felt the strongest have been in airfares where
the continuing tendency is to pass on higher costs for fuel and additional security measures to
consumers. Another area where inflation has been experienced, but with lesser budgetary impact,  is
in the acquisition of books and periodicals for the library.
6. Overall, the increase due to inflation has been estimated at CHF 0.1 million, equivalent to an
increase of 0.08% over the 2002 budget.
Statutory Increases: CHF 10.6 million- 7.39 per centWT/BFA/SPEC/82
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7. By far, the largest portion of statutory increases falls under salary, pension and other common
staff costs, and represents CHF 10.2 million of the total for this category of increase.  Two specific
elements account for 82.4% of this statutory increase: i) Staff Regulation 6.2 stipulates that the salary
scale and method of adjustment shall be subject to review every three years; and ii) Staff Regulation
6.4 specifies that the WTO shall institute and maintain programmes to reward staff members
according to their performance and achievements and that performance-related awards shall constituteon aggregate no more than 2 per cent of the total net salary budget.
8. With regard to the Performance Award System (PAS), WTO staff members, and in particular
managers, have followed training programmes re garding the implementation of the system.  The
current year has been used as a “dry-run” exercise; that is staff evaluations have been completed, the
process is currently being “fine-tuned,” but no performance awards have yet been made.  2003 will
therefore be the first year that the PAS will be fully functioning, in accordance with the desire of
Members to move away from the automatic annual step  system which is still prevalent in the majority
of Common System institutions.
9.  To comply with Staff Regulation 6.2, a specialist in the area of compensation surveys
undertook a study, which has been circulated separately as document WT/BFA/W/80.  Without going
into the details of the results of the study, which wi ll be examined separately and in its totality, the
consultant’s conclusions indicate that, in overall terms, WTO salaries should be increased by 8.0 percent.
10. More detailed information regarding the statutory impact on salaries can be found in
paragraphs 29 and 34.
11. Aside from salaries, statutory decreases have been noted and deal primarily with the one-time
costs (recruitment, permanent equipment, etc.) rela ted to the new posts which were approved in the
2002 budget.
12. One last element under statutory increases is found under the WTO contribution to the regular
budget of the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC) and amounts to CHF 0.3 million.  A
complete budget proposal presentation by the staff of the ITC will be made, based on the document
ITC/BUD/44.
Other Unavoidable Increases: CHF 2.6 million – 1.84 per cent
13. The most important element under this category of increase concerns the replenishment of the
Appellate Body Operating Fund (ABOF).  It will be recalled that the ABOF was established at the end
of 1996 to cater for the variable costs associated with the volume and duration of the cases brought
before the Appellate Body.  The initial fundin g for 1997 was provided from an extra-ordinary
expenditure under the 1996 budget.  Subsequent replenishments to the ABOF have been provided
from positive balances of the Surplus Accounts of the years 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000, ranging from
CHF 1.5 million from the 1996 surplus to CHF 2.2 million from the 1998 surplus.  As there was no
surplus produced in the WTO accounts for 2001 (to be reviewed in the context of examination of the
Director-General’s Budgetary and Financial Report  for 2001 and Report of the External Auditor
Thereon – WT/BFA/W/72), replenishment of the ABOF for 2003 falls to the WTO regular budget.
Annual expenditure under the ABOF has varied betw een CHF 1.1 million and CHF 2.0 million.  The
Director-General proposes that CHF 1.7 million be in cluded in the 2003 budget in order to ensure that
the ABOF is adequately funded to fulfil its role.
14. The second element under other unavoidable increases concerns the replacement of the
simultaneous interpretation equipment. This equipm ent, mainly software, has not been upgraded in
the last six years.  Current software programmes are no longer being serviced, which means that aWT/BFA/SPEC/82
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breakdown would preclude repairs and the entire system would have to be replaced at very short
notice, without adequate time to devote to a project of this importance.  In addition, it is not
considered prudent to jeopardize the heavy schedule of meetings, especially in a year of negotiations
leading up to the Cancun Ministerial Conference.  It is imperative that the entire system, including the
driving PC, be upgraded in order to avoid any possibility of technical disruptions during WTO
meetings.  Extensions of the system to include digital recording, voice server and voice distributionsalso need to be studied.  The budget foreseen for this upgrading amounts to CHF 0.5 million and
includes hardware applications servers, PC’s and replacement interfaces and interpreter stations,
software and licences, consultants’ services and staff training.
15. The final element of this category of increase concerns the allocation to fund the Ministerial
Conference Operating Fund.  It will be recalled that, to date, CHF 400,000 has been provided in the
annual WTO budgets in order to fund Ministerial Conferences, which are held every two years.  Thus,
it has been foreseen that an amount of CHF 800,000 be available for each Conference.  Experiencehas shown that Members’ expectations, overwh elming world attention and a growing and more
important presence of civil society make WTO Ministerial Conferences major undertakings on a
global scale.  Expenditure by the WTO (which does not include important financial inputs from the
Host Government) for the last two Minister ial Conferences in 1999 and 2001 has amounted to
CHF 1.2 and CHF 1.5 million, respectively.  It is proposed to increase the credit in the 2003 budget byCHF 350,000, which will ultimately, and merely, bring funding by 2005 into the range of recent past
expenditure for this important activity.
Additional Staff Resources: CHF 6.0 million – 4.20 per cent
16.  Additional staff resources fall into two categories: i) new posts and ii) additional funding for
temporary assistance.  With regard to new posts, the Director-General would like to recall thatDirectors of WTO Divisions were asked in July 2002 to assess their needs and to make proposals for
new posts which they consider necessary to accomplish the tasks entrusted to them.  The result was
that proposals for 46 additional posts were received.  Clearly, not all of these proposals had the same
degree of urgency or priority attached to them, but a very large number nevertheless were considered
to be more than fully justified.  The Director-General feels that, well-founded justificationsnotwithstanding, other realities, including the financial pressures being felt by Governments
everywhere, need to be considered as well.  As a result, and in spite of the fact that a more significant
number of new posts could in all honesty be proposed, it has been decided to request only twelve new
posts, which would be funded for only six months (in view of the time necessary to assure transparent
recruitment procedures).  The budgetary implications of the twelve new posts amount toCHF 1.8 million.  The difficult task of evaluating the proposals and putting forward the twelve most
urgent and important proposals is underway.  Separate proposals in this regard will be presented for
Members’ consideration in the course of examination of the 2003 budget proposals in the coming
weeks.
17. The credit for temporary assistance covers a wide range of staff resources, from translators
and interpreters to security staff, messengers, conference room assistants (huissiers), additional
clerical staff, and consultants.  The replacement of staff members on long sick and maternity leave isalso included under temporary assistance.  The increased workload associated with translation and the
hiring of daily free-lance interpreters for meetings (12.9% in each case) accounts for over half
(CHF 2.3 million) of the proposed increase in temporary assistance.  In addition, a supplementary
amount of CHF 0.7 million is proposed for a messengers,  security staff, conference room staff, and
additional clerical staff for the preparation of documentation (Pool).
18. It should be recalled that, even with the proposed increase of CHF 4.2, the allocation would
not even equal the level of expenditure for temporary assistance in 2001, where over-expenditure
reached CHF 5.5 million.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Other increases/(decreases): CHF 3.3 million – 2.29 per cent
19. A number of varied activities come under the category of other increases/(decreases).  The
most important concerns the WTO Training Institu te, where the complement of activities announced
last year (CRP(01)22, page 6) includes two additional three-month training courses, bringing the total
to six, two additional specialized training courses, the Training of Trainers programme, and the
University outreach programme.  The additional cost represents CHF 2.1 million.
20. Another activity falling in this category is the funding of the NGO Symposium, which has
been budgeted at CHF 0.5 million.  Article V:2 of the Marrakech Agreement calls upon the General
Council to “make appropriate arrangements for consultation and cooperation with non-governmental
organizations concerned with matters related to those of the WTO.” In accordance with this mandate,
the Secretariat was given the task by the General Council in the 1996 Guidelines For Arrangements
on Relations With Non-Governmental Organizations of playing “a more active role in its direct
contacts with NGOs … [T]his interaction … should be developed through various means such as interalia the organization on an ad hoc basis of symposia on specific WTO-related issues, informal
arrangements to receive the information NGOs may wish to make available for consultation by
interested delegations and the continuation of past practice of responding to requests for general
information and briefings about the WTO.”(WT/L/162).
21. Various other activities proposed for 2003 include additional credits for informatics, WTO
staff training (language courses, management training, informatics skills enhancement), and costs
associated with improvements to the WTO library.  Other increases/(decreases) also take into account
the deletion of the one-time costs for the new training room which was required in order to double the
number of Trade Policy Training Courses from three in 2001 to six in 2003. The net increase for these
activities amounts to CHF 0.7 million.
Breakdown between WTO Secretariat and the Appellate Body and its Secretariat
22. The consolidated budget proposal for the WT O amounting to CHF 165.7 million is comprised
of CHF 161.0 million for the WTO Secretariat and CHF 4.7 million for the Appellate Body and its
Secretariat.  Detailed tables can be found in Annex A-1 for the consolidated WTO proposed budget,
Annex A-2 for the WTO Secretariat and Annex A-3 fo r the Appellate Body and its Secretariat. Full
narrative explanations can be found starting at paragraph 27. 
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2003 INCOME ESTIMATES
23. It is proposed that the total 2003 Budget for the WTO Secretariat (CHF 160,989,300) and the
costs of the Appellate Body and its Secr etariat (CHF 4,750,800), leading to a total of
CHF 165,740,100, be financed as follows:
CHF
Contributions assessed on WTO Members 164,580,000
Miscellaneous Income 1,160,100
TOTAL 165,740,100
24. The details of miscellaneous income are as follows:
Miscellaneous Income2001
Actual
CHF2002
Budget
CHF2003
Estimates
CHF
Sale of publications (273,015) 94,100 100,000
Profit or (loss) on exchange (324,583)        -        -
Savings on previous year's outstanding obligations 236,856 91,000 105,000
Rental of meeting rooms, office space and parking
  At Centre William Rappard to others 152,965 140,000 130,000
Contributions of Obse rver Countries 661,187 630,000 680,000
Other:
 - Interest on Current Account 81,609 40,750 35,000
 - Various 369,801 34,000 110,100
TOTAL 904,820 1,029,850 1,160,100
25. On the basis of the proposed expenditure budget for 2003, an amount of CHF 164,580,000 is
to be assessed on Members in the form of contributions.  The draft scale of contributions, which can
be found in Annex E, contains a minimum contribution of 0.015 per cent for Members whose share in
the total trade of all Members is less than 0.015 per cent.  The draft scale takes into account the
amounts to be deducted from the relevant contributions for 2003 under the terms of the Early PaymentEncouragement Scheme.
WORKLOAD INDICATORS
26. The graphs on the following pages indicate the evolution of workload in several key areas of
WTO activities financed under the regular budget.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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I. Translation and Documentation
Translation and Documentation: Number of words in original language for translation
Translation and Documentation: Total number of words translated in other languages
*The figures for 2001 included the translation of backlog accumulated from previous years
and it should be stressed that it was a Ministerial year.
On a year-to-year comparison, the number of  words translated in 2002 is approximately
15% higher than in 2001.010,000,00020,000,00030,000,00040,000,000
Number of words 16,900,448 18,994,255 27,808,658 29,745,886 40,371,750 35,882,331
% of change 12.4% 46.4% 7.0% 35.7% (11.1%)1997 1998 1999 2000 2001* 2002(January - August)02,500,0005,000,0007,500,00010,000,00012,500,00015,000,00017,500,000
Number of words 8,556,290 9,450,967 14,170,492 14,992,274 14,456,912 16,319,752
% of change 10.5% 49.9% 5.8% (3.6%) 12.9%1997 1998 1999 2000 2001* 2002(January - August)WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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II. Meetings
Meetings ** (January – August)
** Formal, informal and private
Meetings  (January – August)
* Ministerial year05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000
1,139 1,340 1,710 1,701 2,186 2,402 2,966 2,941
% change 17.7% 27.6% (0.53%) 28.5% 9.9% 23.5% (0.8%)1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001* 2002
05001,0001,5002,0002,500
Number of days of freelance
interpreters614 725 806 1,017 1,353 1,157 1,812 2,047
% change 18.1% 11.2% 26.2% 33.0% (14.5%) 56.6% 12.9%1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001* 2002Days of freelance interpretersWT/BFA/SPEC/82
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III. Dispute Settlements Panels
Dispute Settlement Panels:  Expenditure
* Based on actual expenditure to 31/08/2002 .
Dispute Settlement Panels:  Average Expenditure per Month0200,000400,000600,000800,0001,000,0001,200,000
CHF 292,700 475,800 880,800 1,195,300 972,662 910,325 1,200,0001996 1997 1998 1999 2000 20012002 
Estimated*
020,00040,00060,00080,000100,000
CHF 24,392 39,650 73,400 99,600 81,055 75,860 99,429
% change 62.6% 85.1% 35.7% (18.6%) (6.4%) 31.0%1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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ANNEX A-1
2003 PROPOSED CONSOLIDATED BUDGET FOR THE WTO SECRETARIAT AND THE APPELLATTE
BODY AND ITS SECRETARIAT
(in Swiss francs)
P 2003
A 2002 Increase Increase/ Total 2003
R SECTION Budget Inflation Statutory Unavoidable Staff (decrease) increase Estimates
T Other)
A 1 Staff (Work/years)
(a) Salary 64,286,900 6,934,600 759,600 7,694,200 71,981,100
(b) Pensions 12,684,000 1,471,100 152,400 1,623,500 14,307,500
(c) Other Common Staff costs 10,836,900 23,000 1,959,900 751,200 2,734,100 13,571,000
2 Temporary Assistance 13,241,100 100,000 4,172,300 4,272,300 17,513,400
B 3 Communications
(a) Telecommunications 643,500 151,000 151,000 794,500
(b) Postage charges 1,529,000 88,000 88,000 1,617,000
4 Building Facilities
(a) Rental 249,600 62,800 62,800 312,400
(b) Utilities 1,659,500 23,000 23,000 1,682,500
(c) Maintenance and Insurance 1,923,000 (585,000) (585,000) 1,338,000
5 Permanent Equipment 3,748,000 (28,000) 334,000 108,000 689,000 1,103,000 4,851,000
6 Expendable Equipment 1,376,400 109,100 109,100 1,485,500
7 Contractual Services
(a) Reproduction 1,436,000 19,000 19,000 1,455,000
(b) Office Automation / Informatics 2,239,800 12,000 (290,900) (278,900) 1,960,900
(c) Other 244,000 95,000 (8,000) 87,000 331,000
C 8 Staff Overhead Costs
(a) Training 430,000 50,000 205,000 255,000 685,000
(b) Insurance 1,119,500 (16,800) 2,400 106,800 92,400 1,211,900
(c) Joint Services 542,000 25,000 25,000 567,000
(d) Miscellaneous 56,500 (8,000) 60,000 52,000 108,500
9M i s s i o n s
(a) Official 1,251,100 37,000 37,000 1,288,100
(b) Technical Co-operation 1,198,200 36,000 185,000 221,000 1,419,200
10 Trade Policy Training Courses 3,380,000 1,769,000 1,769,000 5,149,000
11 Contribution to ITC 15,113,850 260,150 260,150 15,374,000
12 Various
(a) Representation and Hospitality 284,000 284,000
(b) Dispute Settlement Panels 1,337,000 1,337,000
(c) Permanent Group of Experts/
Arbitration under GATS30,000 30,000
(d) Appellate Body
(e) Library 586,900 15,000 26,600 41,600 628,500
(f) Publications
Priced Publications193,000 22,000
177,00022,000
177,000215,000
177,000
(g) Public Information Activities 210,000 15,000 15,000 225,000
(h) External Auditors 50,000 50,000
(i) Ministerial Meeting 400,000 350,000 350,000 750,000
(j) ISO 58,900 (1,400) (1,400) 57,500
(k)
(l)Other
Appellate Body Operating FundNGO Symposium691,200
1,700,00010,000
481,40010,000
1,700,000
481,400701,200
1,700,000
481,400
13 Unforeseen Expenditure 100,000 100,000
TOTAL 143,129,85
0111,000 10,572,950 2,629,000 6,017,900 3,279,400 22,610,250 165,740,100
Percentage with respect to 2002 Budget 0.08% 7,39% 1,84% 4,20% 2.29% 15,80%
Real growth 6,50%WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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ANNEX A-2
2003 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR WTO SECRETARIAT
(in Swiss francs)
P 2003
A 2002 Increase Increase/ Total 2003
R SECTION Budget Inflation Statutory Unavoidable Staff (decrease) Increase/ Estimates
T Other (decrease)
A 1 Staff(Work/years)
(a) Salary 62,786,700 6,790,300 759,600 7,549,900 70,336,600
(b) Pensions 12,387,600 1,438,600 152,400 1,591,000 13,978,600
(c) Other Common Staff costs 10,592,500 23,000 1,905,300 751,200 2,679,500 13,272,000
2 Temporary Assistance 13,205,100 100,000 4,172,300 4,272,300 17,477,400
B 3 Communications
(a) Télécommunications 637,000 151,000 151,000 788,000
(b) Postage charges 1,529,000 88,000 88,000 1,617,000
4 Building Facilities
(a) Rental 249,600 62,800 62,800 312,400
(b) Utilities 1,646,500 23,000 23,000 1,669,500
(c) Maintenance and Insurance 1,923,000 (590,000) (590,000) 1,333,000
5 Permanent Equipment 3,700,800 (28,000) 334,000 108,000 692,200 1,106,200 4,807,000
6 Expendable Equipment 1,358,700 109,100 109,100 1,467,800
7 Contractual Services
(a) Reproduction 1,421,000 19,000 19,000 1,440,000
(b) Office Automation /
Informatics2,239,800 12,0000 (290,900) (278,900) 1,960,900
(c) Other 244,000 95,000 (8,000) 87,000 331,000
C 8 Staff Overhead Costs
(a) Training 430,000 50,000 205,000 255,000 685,000
(b) Insurance 1,114,500 (16,800) 2,400 106,800 92,400 1,206,900
(c) Joint Services 542,000 25,000 25,000 567,000
(d) Miscellaneous 54,500 (8,000) 60,000 52,000 106,500
9M i s s i o n s
(a) Official 1,241,100 37,000 37,000 1,278,100
(b) Technical Co-operation 1,198,200 36,000 185,000 221,000 1,419,200
10 Trade Policy Training Courses 3,380,000 1,769,000 1,769,000 5,149,000
11 Contribution to ITC 15,113,850 260,150 260,150 15,374,000
12 Various
(a) Representation and Hospitality 283,000 283,000
(b) Dispute Settlement Panels 1,337,000 1,337,000
(c) Permanent Group of Experts/
Arbitration under GATS30,000 30,000
(d) Appellate Body Members
(e) Library 583,500 15,000 25,000 40,000 623,500
(f) Publications
Priced publications193,000 22,000
177,00022,000
177,000215,000
177,000
(g) Public Information Activities 210,000 15,000 15,000 225,000
(h) External Auditors 50,000 50,000
(i) Ministerial Meeting 400,000 350,000 350,000 750,000
(j) ISO 58,900 (1,400) (1,400) 57,500
(k)
(l)Other
NGO Symposium73,000 10,000
481,40010,000
481,40083,000
481,400
13 Unforeseen Expenditure 100,000 100,000
TOTAL 140,313,850 111,000 10,341,550 929,000 6,017,900 3,276,000 20,675,450 160,989,300
Percentage with respect to 2002 Budget 0,08% 7,37% 0,66% 4,29% 2,33% 14,74%
Real growth 6,62%WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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ANNEX A-3
2003 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR APPELLATE BODY SECRETARIAT
(in Swiss francs)
P 2003
A 2002 Increase Increase/ Total 2003
R SECTION Budget Inflation Statutory Unavoidable Staff (decrease) Increase/ Estimates
T Other (decrease)
A 1 Staff(Work/years)
(a) Salary 1,500,200 144,300 144,300 1,644,500
(b) Pensions 296,400 32,500 32,500 328,900
(c) Other Common Staff costs 244,400 54,600 54,600 299,000
2 Temporary Assistance 36,000 36,000
B 3 Telecommunications 6,500 6,500
4 Building Facilities
(b) Utilities 13,000 13,000
(c) Maintenance and Insurance 5,000 5,000 5,000
5 Permanent Equipment 47,200 (3,200) (3,200) 44,000
6 Expendable Equipment 17,700 17,700
7 Contractual Services
(a) Reproduction 15,000 15,000
(b) Office Automation /
Informatics
(c) Other
C 8 Staff Overhead Costs
(b) Insurance 5,000 5,000
(d) Miscellaneous 2,000 2,000
9 Official Missions 10,000 10,000
12 Various
(a) Representation and Hospitality 1,000 1,000
(d) Appellate Body Members 618,200 618,2,00
(e) Library 3,400 1,600 1,600 5,000
(k) Appellate Body Operating
Fund1,700,000 1,700,000 1,700,000
TOTAL 2,816,000 231,400 1,700,000 3,400 1,934,800 4,750,800
Percentage with respect to 2002 Budget - 8,22% 60,37% 0,12% 68,71%
Real growth 0.12%WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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ANNEX B
WTO
YearAppropriations
CHFHuman Resources
Work/Years Temporary Assistance
P and above GS Total P and above
CHFGS
CHFTOTAL
CHF
1995 105,389,500 a/ 200 245 445 5,647,500 2,307,000 7,954,500
1996 115,693,503 250 263 513 4,720,000 2,323,000 7,043,000
1997 114,111,750 b/ 246 261 507 6,098,000 2,723,000 8,821,000
1,581,000 c/ 4 2 6 - 4,500 4,500
1998 114,399,250 b/ 248 259 507 6,098,000 2,723,000 8,821,000
1,579,600 c/ 4 2 6 - 4,500 4,500
1999 120,204,500 b/
1,990,950 c/524
99,336,750
4,500
2000125,386,460
2,310,550b/
c/530
99,826,850
18,000
2001131,305,610
2,778,000b/
c/539
1311,443,050
108,500
2002140,313,850
2,816,000b/
c/547
1313,205,100
36,000
2003160,989,300
4,750,800d/
e/559
1317,477,400
36,000
a/ WTO/GATT.
b/ WTO Secretariat.c/  Appellate Body (permanent costs).d/ Proposed WTO budget.
e/ Proposed Appellate Body budget (permanent costs).WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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ANNEX C
TABLE OF REGULAR STAFF POSITIONS
(in work/ years)
Division Grades 1-
10Grades 11-
12
DirectorsSenior
ManagementTotal
Senior Management 5 5
Office Of The Director-General 10 2 12
Office of the Deputy Directors General 4 1 5
Accessions Division 7.4 1 8.4
Administration and General Services Division 85.1 1 86.1
Agriculture & Commodities Division 15 1 16
Council and TNC Division 10.5 1 11.5
Development and Economic Research Division 15.5 1 16.5
External Relations Division 8 1 9
Informatics Division 16.5 1 17.5
Information & Media Relations Division 18.5 1 19.5
Intellectual Property Division 12.5 1 13.5
Language Services & Documentation Division 138 1 139
Legal Affairs Division 15.5 1 16.5
Market Access Division 13 1 14
Rules Division 15 1 16
Statistics Division 26.5 1 27.5
Technical Co-operation 17 1 18
Technical Cooperation Audit  1 1
Textiles Division 3.5 1 4.5
Textiles Monitoring Body 1  1 2
Trade & Environment Division 10 1 11
Trade and Finance Division 6 1 7
Trade in Services Division 15 1 16
Trade Information Centre 9 1 10
Trade Policies Review Division 32.5 1 33.5
WTO Training  Institute 10 1 11
Sub-Total 515 26 6 547
Appellate Body 12 1 13
TOTAL 527 27 6 560WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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ANNEX D
SCHEDULE OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE
(in Swiss francs)
2002
Budget2003
Estimates
  -  Interpreters 932,000 1,494,000
  -  Translators 5,803,000 7,503,000
  -  Other Professionals 739,550 720,800
  -  Replacements 375,000 650,000
  -  Consultants EDP 1,922,500 2,748,500
  -  Secretaries/Clerks 419,000 449,600
  -  Proofreaders 25,000 25,000
  -  Pool 615,000 615,000
  -  Messengers/Drivers/Guards/Manual Workers 620,000 1,320,000
  -  Roneo 300,000 300,000
  -  Conference Staff 110,000 85,000
  -  Overtime 500,000 500,000
  -  Internships 150,000 172,500
  -  Common Staff Costs 694,050 894,000
  TOTAL 13,205,100 17,477,400WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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ANNEX E
DRAFT SCALE OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 2003
(Minimum contribution of 0.015%)
2002 2003 INTEREST 2003 NET
MEMBERS CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONEARNED  1 CONTRIBUTION
CHF % CHF CHF CHF
Albania 21,315 0.015 24,687 165 24,522
Angola 80,997 0.069 113,560 323 113,237
Antigua and Barbuda 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Argentina 724,710 0.464 763,651 244 763,407
Australia 1,730,778 1.143 1,881,149 18,200 1,862,949
Austria 2,043,398 1.373 2,259,683 20,830 2,238,853
Bahrain 96,628 0.069 113,560 987 112,573
Bangladesh 149,205 0.106 174,455 174,455
Barbados 28,420 0.020 32,916 190 32,726
Belgium 3,812,543 2.671 4,395,932 34,283 4,361,649
Belize 21,315 0.015 24,687 218 24,469
Benin 21,315 0.015 24,687 91 24,596
Bolivia 36,946 0.025 41,145 216 40,929
Botswana 58,261 0.038 62,540 362 62,178
Brazil 1,403,948 0.926 1,524,011 10,981 1,513,030
Brunei Darussalam 62,524 0.041 67,478 552 66,926
Bulgaria 133,574 0.094 154,705 591 154,114
Burkina Faso 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Burundi 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Cameroon 38,367 0.025 41,145 426 40,719
Canada 5,561,794 3.945 6,492,681 49,028 6,443,653
Central African Republic 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Chad 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Chile 441,931 0.290 477,282 368 476,914
China, People’s Republic of 4,224,633 3.155 5,192,499 5,192,499
Colombia 331,093 0.211 347,264 385 346,879
Congo 34,104 0.023 37,853 37,853
Costa Rica 147,784 0.097 159,643 1,303 158,340
Côte d’Ivoire 96,628 0.063 103,685 103,685
Croatia 208,887 0.133 218,891 1,824 217,067
Cuba 90,944 0.070 115,206 620 114,586
Cyprus 90,944 0.061 100,394 575 99,819
Czech Republic 726,131 0.499 821,254 7,817 813,437
Democratic Republic of the Congo 34,104 0.016 26,333 26,333
Denmark 1,347,108 0.951 1,565,156 13,013 1,552,143
Djibouti 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Dominica 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Dominican Republic 177,625 0.128 210,662 210,662
Ecuador 120,785 0.077 126,727 382 126,345
Egypt 377,986 0.259 426,262 3,873 422,389
El Salvador 82,418 0.059 97,102 390 96,712
Estonia 89,523 0.064 105,331 888 104,443
European Communities 0 0 0
Fiji 22,736 0.015 24,687 256 24,431
                                                     
1 Interest earned in 2001 under the Early Payment Encouragement Scheme (L/6384) and to be deducted from the 2003
contribution.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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2002 2003 INTEREST 2003 NET
MEMBERS CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONEARNED  1 CONTRIBUTION
CHF % CHF CHF CHF
Finland 954,912 0.642 1,056,604 8,730 1,047,874
France 7,873,761 5.272 8,676,658 49,907 8,626,751
Gabon 48,314 0.034 55,957 55,957
Gambia 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Georgia 21,315 0.015 24,687 130 24,557
Germany 13,202,511 8.920 14,680,536 81,533 14,599,003
Ghana 59,682 0.043 70,769 70,769
Greece 441,931 0.411 676,424 1,685 674,739
Grenada 21,315 0.015 24,687 175 24,512
Guatemala 89,523 0.063 103,685 795 102,890
Guinea 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Guinea-Bissau 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Guyana 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Haiti 21,315 0.015 24,687 142 24,545
Honduras 55,419 0.039 64,186 139 64,047
Hong Kong, China 4,753,245 3.166 5,210,603 52,655 5,157,948
Hungary 586,873 0.417 686,299 5,487 680,812
Iceland 63,945 0.045 74,061 643 73,418
India 1,179,430 0.850 1,398,930 2,975 1,395,955
Indonesia 1,180,851 0.774 1,273,849 1,273,849
Ireland 1,621,361 1.201 1,976,606 13,993 1,962,613
Israel 778,708 0.568 934,814 6,900 927,914
Italy 6,262,347 4.136 6,807,029 47,290 6,759,739
Jamaica 80,997 0.054 88,873 659 88,214
Japan 9,419,809 6.359 10,465,642 72,459 10,393,183
Jordan 93,786 0.061 100,394 823 99,571
Kenya 66,787 0.044 72,415 507 71,908
Korea, Republic of 3,383,401 2.367 3,895,609 32,981 3,862,628
Kuwait 275,674 0.190 312,702 1,634 311,068
Kyrgyz Republic 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Latvia 72,471 0.049 80,644 621 80,023
Lesotho 21,315 0.015 24,687 173 24,514
Liechtenstein 38,367 0.025 41,145 409 40,736
Lithuania 117,943 0.076 125,081 224 124,857
Luxembourg 422,037 0.345 567,801 2,598 565,203
Macao, China 88,102 0.062 102,040 843 101,197
Madagascar 21,315 0.015 24,687 202 24,485
Malawi 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Malaysia 1,865,773 1.267 2,085,229 17,601 2,067,628
Maldives 21,315 0.015 24,687 163 24,524
Mali 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Malta 68,208 0.049 80,644 644 80,000
Mauritania 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Mauritius 58,261 0.038 62,540 604 61,936
Mexico 2,992,626 2.267 3,731,029 5,066 3,725,963
Moldova 21,315 0.015 24,687 37 24,650
Mongolia 21,315 0.015 24,687 147 24,540
Morocco 227,360 0.156 256,745 1,504 255,241
Mozambique 21,315 0.015 24,687 9 24,678
Myanmar, Union of 45,472 0.032 52,666 383 52,283
Namibia 41,209 0.027 44,437 250 44,187WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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2002 2003 INTEREST 2003 NET
MEMBERS CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONEARNED  1 CONTRIBUTION
CHF % CHF CHF CHF
Netherlands, Kingdom of the 5,151,125 3.481 5,729,030 44,608 5,684,422
New Zealand 377,986 0.243 399,929 3,677 396,252
Nicaragua 28,420 0.020 32,916 265 32,651
Niger 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Nigeria 289,884 0.190 312,702 279 312,423
Norway 1,220,639 0.820 1,349,556 12,014 1,337,542
Oman 140,679 0.105 172,809 1,089 171,720
Pakistan 262,885 0.153 251,807 285 251,522
Panama 176,204 0.114 187,621 1,674 185,947
Papua New Guinea 46,893 0.031 51,020 503 50,517
Paraguay 90,944 0.052 85,582 265 85,317
Peru 194,677 0.126 207,371 29 207,342
Philippines 892,388 0.553 910,127 910,127
Poland 998,963 0.695 1,143,831 10,194 1,133,637
Portugal 865,389 0.572 941,398 5,762 935,636
Qatar 107,996 0.083 136,601 569 136,032
Romania 241,570 0.167 274,849 1,730 273,119
Rwanda 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Saint Lucia 21,315 0.015 24,687 36 24,651
Senegal 32,683 0.022 36,208 352 35,856
Sierra Leone 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Singapore 2,955,680 1.973 3,247,163 20,030 3,227,133
Slovak Republic 291,305 0.198 325,868 3,112 322,756
Slovenia 240,149 0.160 263,328 1,482 261,846
Solomon Islands 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
South Africa 740,341 0.481 791,630 8,288 783,342
Spain 3,507,028 2.432 4,002,586 23,153 3,979,433
Sri Lanka 134,995 0.094 154,705 832 153,873
St. Kitts and Nevis 21,315 0.015 24,687 205 24,482
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Suriname 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Swaziland 25,578 0.016 26,333 237 26,096
Sweden 2,127,237 1.436 2,363,369 21,671 2,341,698
Switzerland 2,182,656 1.464 2,409,451 22,906 2,386,545
Chinese Taipei 2.031 3,342,620 3,342,620
Tanzania 35,525 0.024 39,499 39,499
Thailand 1,419,579 0.950 1,563,510 14,204 1,549,306
Togo 21,315 0.015 24,687 24,687
Trinidad and Tobago 63,945 0.041 67,478 487 66,991
Tunisia 190,414 0.127 209,017 1,306 207,711
Turkey 1,125,432 0.748 1,231,058 1,231,058
Uganda 28,420 0.018 29,624 224 29,400
United Arab Emirates 737,499 0.556 915,065 6,291 908,774
United Kingdom of Great Britain
  and Northern Ireland8,329,902 5.722 9,417,268 80.330 9,336,938
United States of America22,342,383 15.899 26,166,574 31,786 26,134,788
Uruguay 90,944 0.058 95,456 5 95,451
Venezuela 447,615 0.316 520,073 135 519,938
Zambia 29,841 0.015 24,687 24,687
Zimbabwe 48,314 0.045 74,061 74,061
TOTAL 142,100,000 100.000 164,580,000 903,116 163,676,884WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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2003 DETAILED BUDGET ESTIMATES
WTO Secretariat1
Part A - Staff
Part A of the budget proposals cover all salary, pension and common staff costs for those staff in
regular positions and those hired under temporary assistance.  For regular staff, standard costing hasbeen used.  Standard costs are composed of a number of elements under Salaries and Common Staff
Costs; they can vary from year to year with changes in the cost of living, conditions of service, places
of recruitment, number of expected retirement s and home leave entitlements (authorized every second
year). Since 1 January 1999, the WTO Conditions of Service are applied.  These conditions of service
include, inter alia , the provision that "Salaries… shall be on a single scale covering all levels of
functions…"
2 Therefore, there are single appropriations for salaries, pension contributions and other
common staff costs.
EVOLUTION OF STANDARD COSTS 2002-2003
27. The evolution of standard costs from 2002 to the proposals for 2003 is based on the following
elements:  with regard to salaries, the net increase is due to changes in the staff population as well as
implementation of the WTO salary index system, which is based on (i) the extent to which thepurchasing power of selected national civil service salaries have been maintained and (ii) movement
of the Swiss consumer price index.  The increase also takes into account the implementation of the
Performance Award System (in accordance with Staff Regulation 6.4) as well as the results of thesalary survey undertaken in compliance with Staff Regulation 6.2. Concerning other common staff
costs, the movements relate to increases in:  (i) si ckness insurance, (ii) separation costs, (iii) family
allowances, (iv) education and repatriation grants, and (v) home leave.  Decreases are noted under
(i) installation grants, (ii) rental subsidies and (iii) language allowances.
                                                     
    1  Not including the Appellate Body and its Secretariat. Examination of the proposed budget for the
WTO Secretariat may be facilitated by consulting the fold-out table on the last page of this document in order toidentify project areas which cut across several budget section.
   
2  WT/L/282, Annex 2, Compensation Philosophy, paragraph 10.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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28. The following table shows the evolution of standard costs from the 2002 budget to the
proposals for 2003:
Standard Costs for WTO staff CHF
2002 Budget 2003 Budget
Proposals
(a) Salary 115,400 127,200
(b) Contribution to th e WTO Pension Plan 22,800 25,300
(c) Other common staff costs:
- sickness insurance 5,700 6,100
- rental subsidy 500 400
- separation grants 700 1,400
- family allowances 5,700 6,600
- education grants 3,700 4,600
- home leave travel 1,300 1,900
- various other staff costs (non-residents allowances,
language allowance, installation and repatriationgrants and separation payments) 1,800
2,000
19,400 23,000
TOTAL 157,600 175,500
EVOLUTION OF OVERALL STAFF COSTS 2002-2003
29. With regard to salaries, changes in the staff population as well as statutory entitlements amount
to an increase of CHF 6.6 million.  Annual adjustment to salaries reflects only the purchasing power of
national civil service salaries in France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States
of America, has been maintained.  The basis is contained in Regulation 6.2 of the WTO Staff
Regulations (Conditions of Service Applicable to the Staff of the WTO Secretariat, WT/L/282,
Annex 2) which states that "The WTO shall establish a salary scale which shall be adjustedannually… subject to the constraint that the annual adjustment shall not exceed, on a cumulative
basis, the movement of the Swiss consumer price in dex."  The movement of the Swiss consumer price
index is measured over the 12-month period ending on 30 June on the basis of statistical data provided
by the "Office cantonal de la statistique" in Geneva, which publishes a monthly statistical bulletin.
During the reporting period, the Swiss Consumer Price Index increased by 0.3 per cent.
30. Other statutory elements included in the increase of CHF 6.6 million are the financial
implications of the Performance Award System: CHF 1.4 million, the results of the salary survey:
CHF 5.0 million, equivalent to an 8 per cent overall in crease in salary costs, and the full funding of
the 2002 new posts
3, which were financed for a partial year: CHF 0.3 million.  It is recalled that the
General Council approved the Performance Award System on 8 February 2001, on a recommendation ofthe Committee on Budget, Finance and Ad ministration (document WT/GC/M/63).
                                                     
3 Of the eight new posts, two were funded for a full year, and six funded for six months.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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31. The reasons for the evolution of costs for pension contributions and other common staff costs
are basically the same as those outlined with regard to salaries.  Nevertheless, it should be noted that
while the provisions for salary indexation, performa nce pay/steps and regradings impact on the pension
contributions, they have no infl uence on other common staff costs.
32. The following table is a summary of the above-mentioned information:
Salary
CHFPension
Contributions
CHFOther Common
Staff Costs
CHFTotal
CHF
2002 approved appropriations 62,786,700 12,387,600 10,592,500 85,766,800
Statutory increases/(decreases):
  Inflation - - 23,000 23,000
  Staff population, statutory entitle ments (269,300) (24,200) 1,100,300 806,800
  WTO salary index system 187,800 37,400 - 225,200
  Full funding of new 2002 posts 346,200 68,400 (145,800) 268,800
  Performance Award System 1,356,300 337,200 - 1,693,500
  Salary survey result 5,023,300 992,400 517,800 6,533,500
  Medical insurance - - 433,000 433,000
  Sub-total statutory Increases/(decreases) 6,644,300 1,411,200 1,928,300 9,983,800
Other increases:
  Regradings 146,000 27,400 - 173,400
  12 additional posts 759,600 152,400 751,200 1,663,200
TOTAL PROPOSED CREDITS FOR
200370,336,600 13,978,600 13,272,000 97,587,200WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Section 1 - Work/Years CHF 97,587,200
2002 Budget CHF 85,766,800
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 83,201,180
2001 Expenditure CHF 79,639,611
2000 Expenditure CHF 76,586,353
(a) Salary CHF 70,336,600
2002 Budget CHF 62,786,700
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 60,131,250
2001 Expenditure CHF 58,181,890
2000 Expenditure CHF 55,856,696
33. The salary scale of the WTO staff and its annual adjustment is based on the WTO Staff
Regulations article 6.2.  The 2003 estimate represents the costs of salary for 559 work/years in the
WTO Secretariat.  Compared to the 2002 budget, there is an increase of CHF 7.4 million, of which
CHF 6.6 million are statutory in nature (see paragraphs 29 – 32).
(b) Contribution to the WTO Pension Plan CHF 13,978,600
2002 Budget CHF 12,387,600
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 11,663,140
2001 Expenditure CHF 11,009,7092000 Expenditure CHF 10,582,099
34. The contributions to the WTO Pension Plan are based on the Regulations of the WTO
Pension Plan, Articles 20 and 21.  The contributions of the participant and of the WTO correspond to
7.5 per cent and 15 per cent of personable remuneration, respectively.  Compared to the 2002 budget,there is a total increase of CHF 1.6 million, as detailed in the table in paragraph 32.
(c) Other Common Staff Costs CHF 13,272,000
2002 Budget CHF 10,592,500
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 11,536,7902001 Expenditure CHF 10,448,012
2000 Expenditure CHF 10,147,558
35. The estimate for Common Staff Costs includes provision for sickness insurance, family
allowances, language allowances, education grants, travel on home leave, installation grants, travel
and removal and other common staff costs such as non-residential allowances, repatriation grants and
rental subsidies.  These costs have been calculated in accordance with the entitlements under theWTO Staff Regulations.  They are based on the actual situation with regard to the staff, including
projected retirements and turnover.
36. The 2003 common staff costs show an overall increase of CHF 2.7 million compared to that
of the 2002 Budget.  The increase in the allocation is mainly related to (i) changes in the make up of
the WTO staff population, (ii) the impact of the results of the salary survey, (iii) increased medicalinsurance costs, and (iv) deletion of one-time costs, such as travel and installation grants, for the new
posts approved for the year 2001. CHF 0.8 million of the overall increase relates to costs for the
proposed twelve additional posts.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Section 2 - Temporary Assistance CHF 17,477,400
2002 Budget CHF 13,205,100
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 17,961,790
2001 Expenditure CHF 16,957,142
2000 Expenditure CHF 13,000,179
37. The allocation for temporary assistance covers freelance interpreters and translators,
consultants, secretaries, clerks, typists and other temporary staff.  It also covers the replacement of
staff on long sick or maternity leave.  The proposed 2003 allocation shows an increase of CHF 4.3
million compared to the 2002 budget.  The increase relates primarily to the need for translators,
interpreters, security staff, informatics consultants, and replacement of staff on maternity and
extended medical leave.  The table provided in Annex D gives a breakdown of the various elements of
temporary assistance.
Part B - Administrative Costs
Administrative costs include the maintenance and in surance of the building and associated facilities,
permanent and expendable equipment, communication costs, costs related to the reproduction of
documents and those for informatics/office automation.
Section 3 – Communications CHF 2,405,000
2002 Budget CHF 2,166,0002002 Expected Expenditure CHF 2,306,640
2001 Expenditure CHF 1,901,509
2000 Expenditure CHF 1,755,865
(a) Telecommunications CHF 788,000
2002 Budget CHF 637,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 718,040
2001 Expenditure CHF 558,116
2000 Expenditure CHF 495,070
38. The estimate of CHF 788,000 provides for telefax and telephone communications as well as
for the rental of telephone lines, call boxes, etc.  The increase of CHF 151,000 over the 2002 Budget
is primarily due to the result of increase in  the volume of communications, and the fibre-optic
connections (telephone and informatics) with the WTO Annex in the Rue Rothschild.
(b) Postal charges CHF 1,617,000
2002 Budget CHF 1,529,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 1,588,600
2001 Expenditure CHF 1,343,3942000 Expenditure CHF 1,260,795
39. The estimate provides for the cost of postage, pouch services (through the United Nations)
and of freight and cartage.  The increase of the allocation of CHF 88,000 is due to:  (i) a continuing
increase in the volume of documentation sent, (ii) increases in postal tariffs which have been
announced by then Swiss Post Office as from January 2003, and (iii) postal charges in connection
with the University outreach programme.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Section 4 - Building Facilities CHF 3,314,900
2002 Budget CHF 3,819,100
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 3,588,530
2001 Expenditure CHF 2,628,811
2000 Expenditure CHF 2,438,480
(a) Rental of premises CHF 312,400
2002 Budget CHF 249,600
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 223,900
2001 Expenditure CHF 49,485
2000 Expenditure CHF 37,403
40. This estimate provides for the rental of storage and parking space.  The increase of
CHF 62,800 is primarily due to rental of parking spaces for the new office annexe situated in the rue
Rothschild.
(b) Utilities CHF 1,669,500
2002 Budget CHF 1,646,500
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 1,646,550
2001 Expenditure CHF 1,501,364
2000 Expenditure CHF 1,507,133
41. The estimate covers the cost of electricity, water and heating as well as the cost of contractual
cleaning for the whole of the Centre William Rappa rd (CWR).  The increase of CHF 23,000 over the
2002 Budget is mainly due to the cost of cleaning and utilities in the new office annexe, as well as
anticipated price increases.
(c) Maintenance and Insurance CHF 1,333,000
2002 Budget CHF 1,923,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 1,718,080
2001 Expenditure CHF 1,077,9622000 Expenditure CHF 893,945
42. This provision covers the maintenance of the building, fire equipment, snow removal,
renovations, building insurance, sanitary equipment as well as security measures.  It is proposed that
the credit be decreased by CHF 590,000.  Under the te rms of the Headquarters Agreement, the Swiss
authorities provide for basic maintenance while the WTO is responsible for the day-to-day
maintenance work of the CWR. The net decrease is primarily comprised of the deletion of one-timecosts for the new training room for Trade Policy Courses, offset by costs associated with the
renovation of the WTO Library.
Section 5 - Permanent Equipment CHF 4,
807,000
2002 Budget CHF 3,700,800
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 3,803,170
2001 Expenditure CHF 3,678,215
2000 Expenditure CHF 3,265,058WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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43. This section covers the cost of permanent equipment items valued at over CHF 5,000 and/or
an expected life-span over five years.  It comprises both purchase and lease costs.  An amount of
CHF 388,500 is foreseen for the programme of regular replacement and refurbishment of furniture
resulting normal usage, as well as for furniture  costs for the twelve new posts.  Computing and
informatics needs amount to CHF 3,263,500 and include (i) the purchase of informatics equipment,
hardware, printers, scanners, CD-ROM readers, and software, and (ii) the leasing arrangement whichis financing the development and implementation of the Performance Award System
4 as well as
software in relation to the decentralized budget and management of trust fund activities.  Audio visual
equipment, estimated at CHF 119,000, includes (i) the purchase of Dictaphones (primarily used by
translators) and a digital camera, and (ii) the lease for the interpretation system for the new Trade
Policy Courses training room. The proposed cr edit of CHF 120,000 for communications equipment
covers the purchase of the required capacity extension for the telephone switchboard, fax machines
and portable telephones.
44. The equipment costs associated with the replacement of the simultaneous interpretation
system amount to CHF 235,000.  The lease for furniture and equipment in conjunction with the
library renovation as well as with the “salle de loisirs” amount to CHF 151,000, while the lease for
office photocopiers and reproduction machines amounts to CHF 346,000.5 Other requirements
amounting to CHF 184,000 include the replacement of an official vehicle (primarily to cater for themovement of staff between the WTO annexe and the Centre William Rappard) and equipment
(cameras, alarm server, etc) to enhance security in the WTO.
Permanent Equipment CHF
Office furniture (including replacements) 388,500
Computing and Informatics equipment
     - purchase 2,547,500
     - lease 716,000 3,263,500
Audio visual equipment
     - purchase 20,000
      -lease 99,000 119,000
Communications equipment 120,000
Replacement of simultaneous interpretation system 235,000
Furniture and equipment (lease) for library renovation and
« salle de loisirs » 151,000
Office photocopiers and reproduction machines (lease) 346,000
Other (including official vehicle, security system, etc) 184,000
TOTAL 4,807,000
                                                     
4 Implementation of the Performance Award System entails the development of an entirely new
computer programme to calculate salaries.  Under the former system, salaries were calculated with reference toa single salary scale and a staff member’s salary corresponded to his/her grade and step.  The new systemawards merit increases depending on the staff member’s evaluation.  These merit increases may be pensionable
or non-pensionable, depending on whether the staff member is at the top of the salary range for his/her grade.
5 It will be recalled that the budget proposals for 2002 (WT/BFA/SPEC/63, Volume 1, paragraph 52)
included a provision for leasing with regard to a new configuration which is making the entire reproductionsystem more flexible, increasing automation and economising paper.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Section 6 - Expendable Equipment CHF 1,467,800
2002 Budget CHF 1,358,700
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 1,360,940
2001 Expenditure CHF 1,306,440
2000 Expenditure CHF 1,214,146
45. The estimate for expendable equipment covers stationery and other general office supplies,
EDP supplies (toner for printers, spare parts), paper and other supplies for reproduction equipment,
electrical and other tools/supplies for the maintenance of the building, and uniforms for guards and
drivers.  It is proposed to increase the allocation for 2003 by CHF 109,100 compared to that of the
2002 Budget.  This is mainly due to increased needs in terms of both office and EDP supplies. The
proposed allocation can be summarised as follows:
Expendable Equipment CHF
Office supplies 270,000
EDP supplies (toner and other various supplies) 225,800
Reproduction costs (paper and supplies) 745,000
Building supplies 182,000
Other supplies 45,000
TOTAL 1,467,800
Section 7 - Contractual Services CHF 3,731,900
2002 Budget CHF 3,904,800
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 3,842,360
2001 Expenditure CHF 3,845,552
2000 Expenditure CHF 3,418,788
(a) Reproduction CHF 1,440,000
2002 Budget CHF 1,421,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 1,368,4302001 Expenditure CHF 1,209,346
2000 Expenditure CHF 1,167,529
46. The estimate for reproduction includes costs related to all the rental of major reproduction
machines, the cost of copies on these machines and the rental of high capacity photocopiers in theDocuments Reproduction and Distribution Section.  Th e number of copies is estimated at 120 million
pages. Compared to the 2002 budget, the amount foreseen for shows an increase of CHF 19,000,
which is the net result of increased costs for reproduction equipment rental and lower copy costs, in
spite of a higher number of copies. This is due primarily to the new configuration of service of the
reproduction of documents, taking the emphasis away from Offset ITEK machines and increasing thereproduction of documents on high-speed photocopiers. The details are as follows:WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Reproduction CHF
Cost of copies 255,000
Rental costs of reproduction equipment 1,150,000
Maintenance 25,000
Various other costs 10,000
TOTAL 1,440,000
(b) Office Automation/Informatics CHF 1,960,900
2002 Budget CHF 2,239,800
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 2,230,710
2001 Expenditure CHF 2,443,671
2000 Expenditure CHF 2,093,149
47. The estimates includes:   (i) credits for computer use at the International Computing Centre
(site maintenance, data storage, line charges and maintenance, data computer centre, data encryption
servers and licenses, etc.), amounting to CHF 1,275,600;  (ii) EDP insurance amounting to
CHF 22,000; (iii) costs for EDP maintenance, up-grades, purchase of software and cost of licences
amounting to CHF 574,980; and (iv) informatics costs related to the proposed new posts
(CHF 12,000). The decrease in the proposed allocation amounting to CHF 278,900 is primarily the
result of informatics systems up-grading in 2002, which is not required in 2003.
(c) Other CHF 331,000
2002 Budget CHF 244,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 243,230
2001 Expenditure CHF 192,535
2000 Expenditure CHF 158,111
48. This estimate covers the maintenance and repair costs of official vehicles, petrol, oil and
related insurance costs, as well as maintenance costs for office equipment.  The proposed increase in
the allocation reflects primarily costs related to the replacement of the system for simultaneous
interpretation in the conference rooms.
Part C - Other Costs
Other costs cover staff overhead costs (training,  insurance and costs related to shared common
services), missions, hospitality, Dispute Settlement Panels, the Permanent Group of Experts, Trade
Policy Training Courses, public information activ ities, external auditors, contribution to the
International Trade Centre, and unforeseen expenditure.
Section 8 - Staff Overhead Costs CHF 2,565,400
2002 Budget CHF 2,141,0002002 Expected Expenditure CHF 2,242,980
2001 Expenditure CHF 1,915,307
2000 Expenditure CHF 2,038,012WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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(a) Training CHF 685,000
2002 Budget CHF 430,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 448,160
2001 Expenditure CHF 402,097
2000 Expenditure CHF 431,271
49. The proposed provision for training includes the costs of language training courses organized
by the United Nations, training with regard to informatics programmes, and management training for
WTO staff.  The proposed increase of CHF 255,000 concerns increased needs for informatics
training: CHF 150,000, management training: CHF 50,000, and language courses: CHF 5,000. It also
includes an amount of CHF 50,000 for training with regard to the operation of the proposed
simultaneous interpretation system replacement.
(b) Insurance CHF 1,206,900
2002 Budget CHF 1,114,500
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 1,191,940
2001 Expenditure CHF 1,064,3802000 Expenditure CHF 1,001,845
50. This provision covers the costs of third party insurance, insurance covering the Organization’s
permanent equipment as well as of insurance provided in the WTO Staff Rule 110.5 in respect of the
Secretariat staff, which concerns compensation for service-incurred illness, injury or death. It is
primarily increased costs for insurance for service-related illness, injury or death which accounts for
the increase in this credit.
(c) Joint Services CHF 567,000
2002 Budget CHF 542,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 552,730
2001 Expenditure CHF 397,027
2000 Expenditure CHF 533,038
51. This estimate provides for the WTO,s share in the running costs of the Administrative
Tribunal of the International Labour Organization, the Consultative Committee on Administrative
Questions, the Joint Purchase Unit and the Joint Medical Service.  Compared to the Budget of 2002,
there is an increase of CHF 25,000.  In this context, it will be recalled that these bodies, being part of
the UN Common System, operate on dollar-based budgets.  In addition, the increased demands being
put on the Medical Service in the WTO as a result of more staff, additional Trade Policy Training
Courses, a larger proportion of staff in the WTO annexe, and a higher number of interns indicate that
the adequacy of the current level of medical service must be reviewed in the near future.
(d) Miscellaneous CHF 106,500
2002 Budget CHF 54,500
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 50,140
2001 Expenditure CHF 51,8042000 Expenditure CHF 71,859
52. These estimate covers administrative costs such as those related to the issuance of laissez-
passez  and passports as well as the advertising of vacancy announcements.  The increase in the
proposed allocation is in direct relation to the advertisement costs necessary for the proposed newposts.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Section 9 - Missions CHF 2,697,300
2002 Budget CHF 2,439,300
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 2,439,300
2001 Expenditure CHF 2,139,059
2000 Expenditure CHF 1,881,646
53. It should be mentioned that the overall need for missions, whether they be consultations with
Governments, attending meetings of other international organizations (World Bank, International
Monetary Fund, OECD), undertaking consultations  with, or providing technical co-operation
assistance to developing countries, continues to increase with the higher visibility and greater interest
in the WTO.  Technical cooperation with least developed and developing countries is covered from
two sources:  (i) the annual WTO budget, as well as (ii) trust funds.  The increases below reflect a
3 per cent inflation, based on information provided by the WTO travel agency.
54. These estimate covers the payment of travel expenses, subsistence allowances and other
incidental expenses.  Increases of CHF 37,000 for official missions and CHF 36,000 for technical
co-operation missions are foreseen due to inflation.  In addition, CHF 185,000 to fund the University
out reach programme under the WTO Training Institute are also proposed.
(a) Official Missions CHF 1,278,100
2002 Budget CHF 1,241,100
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 1,241,100
2001 Expenditure CHF 1,028,206
2000 Expenditure CHF 1,149,057
(b) Technical Co-operation CHF 1,419,200
2002 Budget CHF 1,198,200
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 1,198,2002001 Expenditure CHF 1,110,853
2000 Expenditure CHF 732,589
Section 10 - Trade Policy Training Courses CHF 5,149,000
2002 Budget CHF 3,380,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 3,042,270
2001 Expenditure CHF 1,362,569
2000 Expenditure CHF 1,252,851
55. This estimate provides for six Regular Trade Policy Training Courses in 2003 in Geneva6, an
increase of two courses from 2002 as foreseen in the examination of the budget for 2002. The coursesare open to officials from all developing countries which have, or may have in the future,
responsibilities in the formulation and conduct of foreign trade policy.  The number of participants in
each training course is set at twenty-seven.  The proposed increase for 2003 of CHF 1,769,000 reflects
primarily the two additional Trade Policy Training  Courses, which last three months. In addition,
three special courses and two introduction courses for LDCs, lasting three weeks, are foreseen.
                                                     
    6  In addition, special courses are organised at the request of sponsoring governments under Trust Funds.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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CHF
Cost per course Total
Six Regular Trade Policy Training Courses
  Lodging 264,000 1,584,000
  Subsistence 230,000 1,380,000
  Travel (to and from Geneva) 75,000 450,000
  Miscellaneous 8,500 51,000
Three special courses 180,000 560,000
Two LDC introduction courses 240,700 481,400
TOTAL 4,506,400
Section 11 - Contribution to the ITC CHF 15,374,000
2002 Budget CHF 15,113,850
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 15,113,850
2001 Expenditure CHF 13,874,831
2000 Expenditure CHF 14,167,300
56. The provision made under this section covers the contribution to the International Trade
Centre UNCTAD/WTO which was established in accordance with a decision taken by the
CONTRACTING PARTIES on 22 November 1967 (SR.24/14) and Resolution 2297 (XXII) adopted
by the United Nations General Assembly on 12 December 1967, effective 1 January 1968, to the
effect that the ITC would be operated jointly by UNCTAD and GATT on a continuing basis and in
equal partnership.  The WTO has since assumed the responsibilities of GATT in this respect(WT/GC/M/3, item 6).
57. New administrative arrangements, based on a decision of the WTO General Council in 1995
(WT/GC/M/3), have now been implemented.  The ITC budget is subject to the same preparation and
reporting procedures as the WTO budget itself.  The budget covers a calendar year and is presented in
Swiss francs on the basis of exchange rates and inflation factors decided jointly.
58. It will be recalled that the Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration examined the
Preliminary Budget Outline for 2003  (ITC/BUD/42) at it’s meeting on 8 May 2002 (WT/BFA/59,
paragraphs 2-5).  The Committee took note of the budget outline at that time.  Details of the ITC
budget proposal are included in document ITC/BUD/ 44, which will be examined separately in the
Committee.
Section 12 - Various CHF 4,312,400
2002 Budget CHF 3,218,400
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 3,122,110
2001 Expenditure CHF 3,488,472
2000 Expenditure CHF 2,684,377WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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(a) Representation and Hospitality CHF 283,000
2002 Budget CHF 283,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 282,640
2001 Expenditure CHF 251,516
2000 Expenditure CHF 246,157
59. The allocation provides for representation allowances for the Director-General, the Deputy
Directors-General and the Chairman of the Textiles Monitoring Body.  Hospitality expenditure,
mainly for working lunches and dinners, is authorized in advance in each case by, or on behalf of, the
Director-General and reimbursement is made in accordance with WTO rules and procedures.  It is
proposed to maintain the provision at the 2002 level.
(b) Dispute Settlement Panels CHF 1,337,000
2002 Budget CHF 1,337,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 1,240,940
2001 Expenditure CHF 923,366
2000 Expenditure CHF 972,662
60. The credit covers the travel fees, per diem allowances and honoraria of panellists serving on
Dispute Settlement Panels.  Based on the present level of activities, it is proposed to maintain the
same level of provision as in 2002.
(c) Permanent Group of Experts/ Arbitration under GATS  CHF 30,000
2002 Budget CHF 30,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 12,820
2001 Expenditure Nil
2000 Expenditure Nil
61. Under Article 24 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures which forms
part of Annex 1A of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization,  it was
agreed that a Permanent Group of Experts would be established by the Committee on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures.  In addition, procedures have been approved by the Council for Trade in
Services (S/C/M/38) for the implementation of Article XXI of the General Agreement on Trade in
Services (GATS) which provides for an arbitration process .  The estimate is maintained at the 2002
level and would provide for arbitration under GATS as well as for the Permanent Group of Experts.
The allocation covers travel fees, per diem allowances and honoraria under the same conditions as for
panellists for dispute settlements.
(d) Appellate Body
62. The permanent costs of the Appellate Body and its Secretariat can be found in paragraphs 72
to 86.
(e) Library CHF 623,500
2002 Budget CHF 583,500
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 591,670
2001 Expenditure CHF 565,436
2000 Expenditure CHF 554,489WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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63. The estimate provides for the purchase of books, subscriptions to periodicals, newspapers and
documentation on microfiches as well as for the binding costs of reference publications.  The increase
in the provision of CHF 40,000 compared with 2002 is due to inflation with regard to the costs of
books and periodicals and the necessity to maintain a credible range of information material with
regard to the expanding body of trade-related issues.
(f) Publications CHF 392,000
2002 Budget CHF  193,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 236,410
2001 Expenditure CHF 198,884
2000 Expenditure CHF  148,927
64. The estimate provides for the production costs of publications.  Since 1999, the costs charged
to this line of the budget primarily concern publications provided free-of-charge to delegations.  These
costs include printing, artwork and the supply of paper.  Printing firms offering the lowest production
quotes are accepted.  It is proposed that the credit for publications provided free-of-charge to
delegation be increased by CHF 22,000.  In addition, in light of a continuing and growing deficit
under the sale of publications under Miscellaneous Income, which resulted from a widening freedistribution of priced publications by WTO divisions in the course of their official activities, it was
decided that henceforth the cost of such publications should be included in a budget provision for
activities financed from the regular budget and in specific budget estimates for any activity financed
from trust funds. It is for this reason that a credit for the free provision of priced periodicals be
established in the amount of CHF 177,000, which is the estimated cost based on projections of WTOdivisions.  Sixty-five per cent of this amount is foreseen to meet the needs of the various regular
budget-funded training courses of the WTO Training Institute.
(g) Public Information Activities CHF 225,000
2002 Budget CHF 210,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 174,5202001 Expenditure CHF 217,772
2000 Expenditure CHF 176,164
65. The estimate covers the cost of all WTO promotional activities including the production of a
video presentation on the WTO Doha Development Ag enda Round, the costs related to making copies
of existing videos. It also covers photo costs relate d to the public information activities, information
and subscription costs for an ICC news service, the printing costs of information press material,
participation at international book fairs, as well as other miscellaneous costs.  It is proposed to
increase the provision in 2003 by CHF 29,000, largely for the production and copies of video films on
the WTO.
(h) External Auditors CHF 50,000
2002 Budget CHF 50,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 49,130
2001 Expenditure CHF  70,000
2000 Expenditure CHF 60,000
66. The estimate provides for the travel costs and subsistence allowances in respect of the team of
auditors.  The estimate is maintained at the same level as that of 2002.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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(i) Ministerial Conference  CHF 750,000
2002 Budget CHF 400,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 400,000
2001 Expenditure CHF  1,127,041
2000 Expenditure CHF 400,000
67. It will be recalled that funds for previous WTO Ministerial Conferences have been provided
through both the regular budget as well as from extra-budgetary sources.  In 1997, the report of the
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration (WT/BFA/32, paragraph 9) indicated that "the
Committee might consider [the] financing [ inter alia  of the conferences] through the regular budget…
However, the financing … should be done in a way that would avoid important budgetary
fluctuations."  In view of the global significance of WTO Ministerial Conferences, as well as actualexpenditure for the last two Conferences, it is  proposed to increase the provision by CHF 350,000.
(see also paragraph 15 of Introduction)
(j) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) CHF  57,500
2002 Budget CHF 58,900
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 58,150
2001 Expenditure CHF 59,067
2000 Expenditure CHF  63,465
68. It will be recalled that the Ministerial Decision adopted by the Trade Negotiations Committee
on 15 December 1993 stipulated that the WTO should reach an understanding with ISO to establish
an information system with regard to notification by standardizing bodies accepting the Code of Good
Practice.  The provision of CHF 57,500 represents the support costs of publishing the
ISO/WTO Directory of Standardizing Bodies Accepting the WTO Code of Good Practice,  information
on standardizing bodies accepting the WTO Code in the ISO Bulletin,  and other administrative costs.
(k) Other CHF  83,000
2002 Budget CHF 73,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 75,830
2001 Expenditure CHF 75,3902000 Expenditure CHF 62,512
69. Under this provision, an amount of CHF 42,000 is  proposed to cover bank charges and other
incidental charges and CHF 31,000 to cover related fees for the Global Trade Analysis Project
consortium.  In addition, it is proposed to continue a provision of CHF 10,000 for the purpose of
sponsoring individually, or jointly with other institut ions in Geneva, one or two day visits to the WTO
for outside specialists who are either resident in Western Europe or passing through on other business.
It is proposed to increase the allocation by CHF 10,000, which is due to the increased bank charges.
(l) NGO Symposium – CHF 481,400
2002 Budget Nil
2002 Expected Expenditure Nil2001 Expenditure Nil
2000 Expenditure NilWT/BFA/SPEC/82
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70. On the basis of 75 funded pa rticipants to attend a four-day NGO symposium (see full
explanation for this activity in paragraph 20 of Introduction), it is proposed to include a credit of
CHF 481,400 in the 2003 budget proposals.  This amount covers airfare, accommodation and meals:
CHF 393,000; interpretation: CHF 14,400; the production and reproduction of documents:
CHF 15,000; and CHF 59,000 for various items such as postage, temporary assistance, Web posting
and reception/coffee breaks.
Section 13 - Unforeseen Expenditure CHF 100,000
2001 Budget CHF 100,000
2001 Expected Expenditure CHF 48,190
2000 Expenditure Nil
1999 Expenditure Nil
71. It is proposed to continue the provision for unforeseen expenditure at the level of the 2002
Budget.  The Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration has been informed that the expected
expenditure in 2002 relates to the necessity to re-c onfigure the parking pattern at the car park in the
Chemin des Mines in view of the serious shortage of parking places for delegates and staff.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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2003 DETAILED BUDGET ESTIMATES
Appellate Body and its Secretariat
Permanent Costs7
Part A - Staff
Section 1 - Work/Years CHF 2,272,400
2002 Budget CHF 2,041,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 2,162,6702001 Expenditure CHF  1,954,043
2000 Expenditure CHF  1,251,910
72. The standard costs for staff consists of three elements:  salary, contributions to the
WTO Pension Plan and other common staff costs.  The standard costs used are the same as for theWTO Secretariat (see paragraphs 27 and 28).  The factors influencing the various elements of salary,
pension fund contributions and common staff costs are the same as described for the WTO
Secretariat.
(a) Salary CHF 1,644,500
2002 Budget CHF 1,500,200
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 1,552,160
2001 Expenditure CHF 1,130,151
2000 Expenditure CHF 946,241
(b) Contribution to the WT O Pension Plan CHF 328,900
2002 Budget CHF 296,400
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 286,140
2001 Expenditure CHF 205,5392000 Expenditure CHF 182,240
(c) Common Staff Costs CHF 299,000
2002 Budget CHF 244,400
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 324,370
2001 Expenditure CHF 618,3532000 Expenditure CHF 123,430
73. The above estimates represent the costs for the 13 regular positions currently in the Appellate
Body Secretariat.  In comparison with 2002, the overall cost shows a net increase of CHF 231,400.
The elements are the same as for the WTO Secretariat (see paragraph 28).
                                                     
    7  The presentation of the budget proposals for the Permanent Costs of the Appellate Body and its
Secretariat follows the same outline in terms of Parts and Sections as for the WTO Secretariat.  In certain instances,however, there is no identified cost.  Therefore, mention is made of only those sections under which costs havebeen identified.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Section 2 - Temporary Assistance CHF  36,000
2002 Budget CHF 36,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 40,770
2001 Expenditure CHF 123,330
2000 Expenditure CHF 20,495
74. It is proposed to maintain the provision for temporary assistance in 2003 at the same level as
in 2002, which is used exclusively for to fund inte rns who provide valuable assistance while at the
same time gaining solid professional experience.
Part B - Administrative Costs
Section 3 - Telecommunications CHF 6,500
2002 Budget CHF 6,500
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 5,880
2001 Expenditure CHF 7,696
2000 Expenditure CHF 4,902
75. The provision for telecommunications costs remains at the same level as in 2002.
Section 4 – Building Facilities CHF 18,000
2002 Budget CHF 13,000
2002 Expected Expenditure  CHF 13,790
2001 Expenditure  CHF 14,193
2000 Expenditure CHF 370
(b) Utilities CHF 13,000
2002 Budget CHF 13,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 11,000
2001 Expenditure CHF 11,000
2000 Expenditure Nil
76. The provision for utility costs remains at the same level as in 2002.
(c) Maintenance and Insurance 5,000
2002 Budget Nil
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 2,790
2001 Expenditure CHF 3,1932000 Expenditure  CHF 370
77. It is proposed to include a credit of CHF 5,000 in the budget for 2003 to cover insurance and
minor maintenance works.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Section 5 - Permanent Equipment CHF 44,000
2002 Budget CHF 47,200
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 38,590
2001 Expenditure CHF  59,264
2000 Expenditure CHF 26,512
78. The provision covers the supply of office furniture and equipment as well as for EDP
equipment.  Compared to the 2002 budget, a decrease of CHF 3,200 is proposed for 2003.
Section 6 - Expendable Equipment CHF 17,700
2002 Budget CHF 17,700
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 15,5002001 Expenditure CHF 14,927
2000 Expenditure CHF 6,098
79. The provision mainly covers office and reproduction supplies.  It is proposed to maintain the
provision at the same level of the year 2002.
Section 7 - Contractual Services CHF  15,000
2002 Budget CHF 15,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 13,700
2001 Expenditure CHF 15,7032000 Expenditure CHF  8,473
(a) Reproduction CHF 15,000
2002 Budget CHF 15,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 13,000
2001 Expenditure CHF 13,398
2000 Expenditure CHF 8,473
80. It is proposed to keep the provision at the same level of 2002.
(b) Office Automation/Informatics - Nil
2002 Budget Nil
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF  Nil
2001 Expenditure CHF 2,305
2000 Expenditure Nil
(c) Others - Nil
2002 Budget Nil
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF  700
2001 Expenditure CHF Nil2000 Expenditure NilWT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Part C - Other Costs
Section 8 - Staff Overhead Costs  CHF 7,000
2002 Budget CHF 7,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 8,7002001 Expenditure CHF 52,184
2000 Expenditure CHF 21,047
(a) Training
2002 Budget Nil
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 1,8502001 Expenditure Nil
2000 Expenditure Nil
(b) Insurance CHF 5,000
2002 Budget CHF   5,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 5,000
2001 Expenditure CHF 4,187
2000 Expenditure CHF 19,674
81. This provision covers the costs of insurance provided in the WTO Staff Rule 110.5 in respect
of the Secretariat staff, which concerns compensatio n for service-incurred illness, injury or death.
(d) Miscellaneous CHF 2,000
2002 Budget CHF 2,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 1,8502001 Expenditure CHF    47,998
2000 Expenditure CHF 1,373
Section 9 - Missions CHF 10,000
2002 Budget CHF 10,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 9,500
2001 Expenditure CHF  4,511
2000 Expenditure CHF 17,525
82. The proposed credit covers the costs of missions for the staff of the Appellate Body and its
Secretariat in 2003 and is maintained at the current level.
Section 12 - Various CHF 2,324,200
2002 Budget CHF 622,600
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 642,420
2001 Expenditure CHF   651,3802000 Expenditure CHF 600,637WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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(a) Hospitality and Representation CHF 1,000
2002 Budget CHF 1,000
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 960
2001 Expenditure CHF    632
2000 Expenditure CHF 1,000
83. The proposed credit, which remains at the same level as that of 2002, covers hospitality which
is managed in accordance with WTO rules and procedures.
(d) Appellate Body Members CHF 618,200
2002 Budget CHF 618,200
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 636,3202001 Expenditure CHF  645,278
2000 Expenditure CHF 586,720
84. The general conditions of service for Appellate Body Members are set out in the decision of
the Dispute Settlement Body on the Establishment of the Appellate Body (WT/DSB/1) as well as in
the Appellate Body Members’ contracts.
Appellate Body Operating Fund  CHF 1,700,000
85. In view of the fact that no surplus exists in  the 2001 accounts to replenish the Appellate Body
Operating Fund (ABOF), and considering expend iture for 2000 and 2001 which amounted to CHF 1.6
and CHF 2.0, respectively, replenishment of the ABOF for 2003 falls to the regular budget. (see
paragraph 13 of Introduction)
(e) Library CHF 5,000
2002 Budget CHF   3,400
2002 Expected Expenditure CHF 5,140
2001 Expenditure CHF 5,435
2000 Expenditure CHF  12,663
86. The proposed provision covers minor miscellaneous and library expenditure under the
Appellate Body and its Secretariat. It is proposed that the credit be increased by CHF 1,600 in 2003.
(g) Public Information Activities - Nil
2002 Budget Nil
2002 Expected Expenditure Nil
2001 Expenditure CHF   35
2000 Expenditure CHF 255WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Note:  The budget tables included are derived from the 2003 budget estimates.
(i) salary costs are based on standard cost.
(ii) apportionment of the allocations for tem porary assistance, ED P projects and missions
will only take place after a review of the needs has been completed. and
(iii) pending a decision on new posts, the re levant costs are included under the
Condominium Budget.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Senior Management
Staffing
Ungraded 5
Other Staff 5
Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 1,272,000
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment 60,000
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services *
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions **
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 203,600
 - Other
TOTAL 1,535,600
* Allocation for EDP reserve is managed by the EDP Steering Committee.
** Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Office of the Director-General
Staffing
Director 2
Other Staff 10
Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work years/Salary 1,526,400
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment 30,000
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
Other
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs 2,500
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality
 - Other
TOTAL 1,558,900
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Accessions Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives
• Pursue and facilitate the negotiations between WTO Members and states and entities requesting
accession to the WTO by encouraging their integration into the multilateral trading systemthrough the effective liberalisation of their trade regimes in goods and services;  and.
• Act as a focal point in the overall efforts of WTO Members to achieve an open and liberal
multilateral trading system with wider scope and coverage.
Background
There are presently 28 Accession Working Parties in operation, at different stages in the process.
Three requests for accession are pending action by the General Council (Iran, Libya and Syria).
There are indications of several other countries who will shortly request accession.
Main Activities
• Facilitation of the work of accession Working Parties and assistance in bilateral and multilateral
negotiations between WTO Members and acceding governments.
• Technical assistance to all acceding governments at various stages - during the fact finding phase,
in preparing implementing legislation, through to the facilitation of market access negotiations in
goods, agriculture and services.
Expected Results
• 2003 will again be a busy one for Accessions because a number of accessions negotiations are
likely to be concluded, requiring special efforts by the Division.
• Important accessions such as Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Vietnam etc. will be further
accelerated.
• In particular work on Russia will be intensified, and will require a significant increase in
workload for the Division.  (Completion aimed for in 2003/4.)
• Accessions likely to be concluded include Cambodia, Samoa andTonga.
• On-going work on accessions such as Algeria, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and FR
Yugoslavia.
• The Division also expects accessions such as Bahamas, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Sudan
to be intensified.
• We expect to schedule around 3-4 working Party meetings per month during 2003.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
- by staff funded from the regular budget.
All work related to accessions incorporates considerable elements of technical assistance,
both in terms of detailed issues of a technical nature and policy guidance to the acceding
governments.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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- by staff funded from trust funds:
New fast-track Grade 7 position significantly enhances the Division's capacity for technical
assistance.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Accessions Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 7.4
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 1,068,500
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C.. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - Other
TOTAL 1,069,300
*Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Administration And General Services Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
• Ensure the efficient functioning of services in (a) all financial matters, including budget preparation
and control, accounting, and payroll, (b) human resources matters, (c) logistical issues related to the
physical facilities, and (d) missions and other travel arrangements.
• Monitor the decentralized budget as well as the Extra-budgetary Funds and provide timely
information to Divisions.
• Ensure the smooth administrative functioning of the Committee on Budget, Finance and
Administration.
• Provide information to the Senior Management to ensure a smooth and efficient functioning of the
Organization.
• Assure logistical support for technical co-operation activities.
Background
The Administration and General Services Division had been restructured in 2001 and is responsible for
the (i) functioning of the services of the Organization in respect of all financial matters, including budget
preparation and control, accounting, and payroll, (ii) management of the human resources, and (iii)
logistical issues related to the physical facilities.  It serves the Comm ittee on Budget, Finance and
Administration. The Division is divided into (i) Budget and Control Section, (ii) Finance and Accounts
Section (iii) Human Resources Section, (iv) Technical Projects and Telecommunications Section and (v)
Procurement, Insurance and Transportation Section.
Main Activities
• The Division will continue to ensure that expenditure of the WTO Secretariat as well as of the
Appellate Body and its Secretariat is effected in accordance with the budget approved by WTO
Members.
• The Division will carry out and monitor the cash flow of the Organization.  It will record (i) all
the financial proceedings on a daily basis such as receipts of contributions, sales of publications
and souvenirs, (ii) execute the monthly payment of salaries and staff entitlements as well as the
subsistence allowances of staff on missions, and (iii) make payments to suppliers, Appellate
Body, the WTO Training Institute and Extra-budgetary activities.  In addition, the Division willreplace equipment, furniture as well as general office supplies when the needs arise in accordance
to the approved allocation. The Centre William Rappard will be insured and maintained as
appropriate throughout the year.
• The Division will manage the human resources of the Organization in compliance with the Staff
Rules and Staff Regulations.  It will (i) fill vacant posts, (ii) develop and implement personnel
policies, in particular the Performance Award System (PAS) and the internship programme, (iii)organise and implement training programmes fo r staff, and (iv) administer approximately 550
regular staff and approximately 200 short-term staff on an ongoing basis – contracts,
remuneration, career development, entitlements, social security, and cessation of service, and (v)
provide counselling to the staff.  It will also manage the WTO Pension Plan.
• The Division will prepare the Director-General’s Budgetary and Financial Report, the Divisional
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as the Budget Estimates for the year 2004 based on the inputs from the various Divisions
Furthermore, it will assist the External Auditors to accomplish their auditing task.
• The Division will issue, on a quarterly basis, the budget status report to all Divisions and provide
clarification upon request from the latter.
• The Division will organise approximately 6 mee tings of the Committee on Budget, Finance and
Administration and will prepare the agendas and related documents to be distributed 10 workingdays prior to the meetings.  Members of the Division will work in close consultation with the
Chairperson on matters concerning the Committee or issues that may arise and require to bebrought to the attention of the Committee.  It will organise working groups within the framework
of the Committee to deal with specific issues upon requests from the Committee and/or Senior
Management.
• The Division will ensure that Extra-budgetary funds are administered in the same manner as
regular funds.
• The Division will assure logistical support for technical co-operation regional activities.
Expected Results:
• The cash flow of the organisation will be ensured:
• Monthly payments of salary and other staff entitlements will be effected for some 550 regular
and 200 temporary staff members of the organization.
• Pension and medical insurance contributions will be collected and processed for the WTO
Pension Plan and J. Van Breda & Co. International, respectively.
• Financial matters relating to missions (financed from regular budget or trust funds), such as
the processing of the PT8s and travel claims will be managed.
• Assessed contributions from Member countries to the WTO operating budget as well as to the
Working Capital Fund will be received and processed.  Assessed contributions from Observer
countries in respect of the services received from the Secretariat will be received and
processed.
• Extra-budgetary Funds will be processed.
• Receipt of sales of publications and souvenirs will be processed.
• The decentralized WTO regular budget and Extra-budgetary Funds will be managed and
monitored:
• The divisional budgets will be prepared on a quarterly basis and notified to all Divisions, with
clarifications being provided upon request.
• The Centre William Rappard will be insured and maintained as appropriate and equipment,
furniture as well as general office supplies will be bought and replaced according to the
approved allocation.
• Expenditures on Extra-budgetary Funds projects will be authorised and monitored.
• The Director-General’s Budgetary and Financia l Report, the Divisional Report on Objectives
and Expenditures and the Report on Extra-budgetary Funds for 2002 will be prepared and
assistance will be provided to the External Auditors as required.
• The 2004 Budget Estimates will be prepared.
• The human resources will be managed in accordance with the Staff Rules and Staff Regulations:
• The PAS will continue to be implemented as well as the internship programme.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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• Approximately 22 external vacancies and 4 internal vacancies will be filled.  Staff will be
given advice on problems related to work and to life in Geneva.
• Policies addressing the principal needs of the Organization will be developed.
• Meetings of the Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration will be organized and related
documents and reports prepared.
• Logistic support for technical co-operation activities will be provided.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities:
- by staff funded by regular budget: 13,044
- by staff funded by trust fund: 15,060WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Administration and General Services Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 85.1
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 10,951,900
Temporary Assistance 1,520,000
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment 730,000
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs 635,000
Missions *
Various 86,500
 - Representation and Hospitality 1,200
 - Other
TOTAL 13,924,600
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Condominium Costs
Condominium costs relate to (i) expenditure for the WTO as a whole;  (ii) costs which are not readily
identifiable according to division;  and (iii) costs which will be apportioned at a later stage.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Condominium Costs
Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 28,008,800
Temporary Assistance * 2,801,900
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTSCommunication
Building facilities2,377,000
3,314,900
Permanent Equipment 1,115,000
Expendable Equipment 592,000
Contractual Services 75,000
 - Reproduction
 - Office Automation
 - Other 331,000
C. OTHER COSTS Staff overheads
 - Training 50,000
 - Insurance 1,206,900
 - Joint Services 554,000
 - Miscellaneous 17,500
Missions *
 - Official 1,278,100
 - Technical Co-operation 1,234,200
Geneva Week 662,600
Contribution to ITC 15,374,000
- Representation and Hospitality 22,200
Various
 - Permanent Group of Experts 30,000
 - External Auditors 50,000
 - Other 52,000
 - Priced Publications 77,000
 - NGO Symposium 481,400
 - Ministerial Conference 750,000
Unforeseen Expenditure 100,000
TOTAL 60,555,500
* To be subsequently apportioned among divisions.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Agriculture and Commodities Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
• To give effective assistance, as required and appropriate, in all matters related to the negotiations on
agriculture under the Doha Development Agenda.
• To actively contribute to the effective implementation of the existing WTO rules and commitments
on agriculture, assist in enhancing the quality of implementation, and ensure that the work of theCommittee on Agriculture in all areas, including in particular the process for multilaterally
reviewing these commitments, is organized and conducted in an efficient manner.
• To actively contribute to the effective implementation of the Agreement on the Application of
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, addressing in particular the difficulties faced by developing
countries.
• To support, as required, the implementation of the Decision on Measures concerning the Possible
Negative Effect of the Reform Programme on Least-Developed and Net Food-ImportingDeveloping Countries.
• To provide effective and efficient services for dispute settlement in the area of agriculture and SPS.
• To provide technical assistance and co-operation.
• To support senior management and other Divisions in matters related to trade in agriculture,
forestry and fishery products as well as SPS matters.
• To co-operate, as appropriate, with relevant international organizations, non-governmental
organizations and other representatives of the private sector.
Background
The Agriculture and Commodities Division is responsible for servicing the regular meetings of theCommittees on Agriculture and on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures as well as thenegotiations currently underway in agriculture that are being conducted in Special Sessions of the
Committee on Agriculture.
The Committee on Agriculture was created to oversee the implementation of the Agreement on
Agriculture and of the Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform
Programme on Least-Developed and Net-Food Importing Developing Countries.  Four regularmeetings are held each year during which Members are given the opportunity to review each others'
notifications.  In addition, Members can raise any other matters of concern related to the
implementation of the Agreement.  Notifications cover Members' commitments and actions they have
taken in the areas of market access, domestic support and export subsidies as well as actions related to
the NFIDCs Decision.  Over 260 notifications were received during the period 1 May 2001 to 31 July2002. These notifications often require technical assistance in their preparation and all are being
examined carefully by the Division before circulation.  The Division also prepares notes, background
papers and other documents related to the work of the Committee as required.
The Division services the negotiations on agriculture which are being held in Special Sessions of the
Committee on Agriculture.  Three Special Sessions are already scheduled for 2003 (January, Februaryand March) culminating in the establishment of modalities for further commitments by the end of
March.  A series of further consultations and meetings, both formal and informal, will be required in
2003 for moving ahead the negotiations.  Since the beginning of the negotiations, Members have
asked the Secretariat to prepare a series of background papers on a wide range of matters, and theWT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Division is administratively, organizationally and substantially assisting the negotiations in a wide
variety of other ways.
The SPS Committee meets three to four times a year to oversee the implementation of the SPS
Agreement and to give Members an opportunity to inform about and discuss SPS-related measures
and activities.  The Committee has been a very effective forum for discussion, has considerably
improved the understanding of the Agreement among Members and observer countries, and hashelped avert a number of disputes.  Over 890 notifications of new or revised sanitary regulations were
circulated during the period of 1 May 2001 to 31 July 2002, with the number having increased
annually.  In addition to formal meetings, the Division also organizes workshops and special meetings
focused on the specific provisions of the Agreement which are of greatest concern to developing
country Members.
Disputes involving agricultural products tend to  be complex.  In addition, disputes under the SPS
Agreement require the identification and involvement of  scientific experts to advise the Panel.  Panel
reports are invariably appealed.  Recourses to Articles 21.5 and 22.6 of the DSU have also been a
feature of disputes related to the Agreement on Agriculture and the SPS Agreement.  Panels and
arbitration are therefore particularly time-consuming activities for which the Division must allocate
adequate resources.
Technical co-operation is another important element of the Division's overall activities.  Technical
and policy advice is given to Members, as well as to acceding countries, on the wide range of issues
covered by the SPS Agreement and the Agreement on Agriculture and related commitments as well as
other matters within the Division's responsibilities.  In the SPS area, developing countries are, in
particular, facing difficulties with the technical requirements underlying the SPS Agreement.  In
agriculture, a major part of the technical assistance activities relates to the ongoing negotiations.
Main Activities
• The Division will support, in close co-operation with the Chairperson, the agriculture negotiations
by servicing the Special Sessions and providing other support as required.  This activity willinclude advice and assistance to Members, including through background papers.  The Division
will also assist, as required, in the preparations for, conduct of and follow-up to the Cancun
Ministerial Conference.
• The Division will service, in close co-operation with the Chairperson, four regular meetings of the
Committee on Agriculture as well as informal meetings of the Committee and informal
consultations among Members.  It will ensure that the broad range of notifications required by the
Committee and submitted by Members can be reviewed in an operationally effective manner.
The Division will assist the Committee and individual Members in systematically and
substantially addressing the general and specific implementation issues that are likely to continue
to emerge from the Committee's review process.  The Division will provide any documentation,background papers or other support requested by Members.
• The Division will provide appropriate support for monitoring the implementation of the SPS
Agreement and assist the SPS Committee and its Chairperson in addressing generic, technical and
other implementation matters as they arise.  It will provide all services required for the
organization of three to four regular meetings of the Committee plus the usual series of informal
meetings and consultations, and in this context will produce notes, draft guidelines, draftdecisions, etc., as required.  The Division will assist, as necessary, in addressing the various
implementation concerns raised by developing country Members.
• As in the past the Division will provide the Secretary and/or expert advice to Panels established to
examine disputes involving the Agriculture and SPS Agreements.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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• Technical assistance will be provided (i) on an almost daily basis at headquarters to Geneva-based
delegations and visitors, (ii) by way of telecommunication with capital-based officials, and (iii)
through missions to capitals and elsewhere (national and regional seminars, workshops, etc.,
including in co-operation with other international organizations).  The Division's ability to
participate in missions will be subject to the wo rkload related to servicing the negotiations, the
regular meetings of the Committees and disputes.
• Information and advice in the areas of fisheries, forestry, tropical products and other natural-
resource based products will be provided to Members, acceding countries, other relevant
international organizations and the private sector.
• With respect to all matters for which the Division is responsible, the work programme will
include technical, legal and policy advice to senior management of the Secretariat and substantive
inputs into the work of other Divisions, as well as liaison and co-operation, as appropriate, with
other international organizations and the private sector, including through participation in
meetings and conferences, lecturing, speeches and informally by phone, fax and e-mail.
Expected Results
• Keeping the agriculture negotiations on track.  This will contribute towards progress in agriculture
trade reform and the Doha Development Agenda more generally, as well as contribute toenhancing confidence in the WTO system.
• Facilitating the smooth implementation of the Agriculture and SPS Agreements, including by way
of helping to ensure that the Committee on Agriculture and the SPS Committee conduct theirregular work in a business-like, effective manner.
• Orderly resolution of agriculture-related trade disputes.
• A greater practical understanding of the WTO system as it relates to agriculture.  This will, among
other things, help Members to better use the opportunities for economic development created
through the Agreement on Agriculture and the SPS Agreement.
• A better appreciation of the benefits of continuing the agriculture trade reform process through the
negotiations.  This will also be achieved through technical assistance to Members and acceding
countries and our contacts and cooperation with other international intergovernmental
organizations, NGOs and the private sector.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
- by staff funded from the regular budget:  6,000
- by staff funded from trust funds:  noneWT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Agriculture and Commodities Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 15
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 2,035,200
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment 1,500
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - Other
TOTAL 2,037,500
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Council and TNC Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
• To ensure efficient management of all meetings (regular, informal or special sessions, plus all
associated consultations) of the General Council, the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC), and the
Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), including all tasks related to the preparation and conduct of suchmeetings and coordination of follow-up activities.
• To ensure smooth running and timely completion of preparations for the Fifth Session of the
Ministerial Conference; organize and run formal and working sessions at the Conference; and co-
ordinate Secretariat follow-up work stemming from decisions taken at the Conference.
• To provide a high level of advice and support to the Director-General and the Chairman of General
Council (and other members of senior management) in connection with their responsibilities in these
areas, including organizing and servicing consultation processes undertaken by them.
Background
The Division was formed on 1 January 2002 by merging the existing Ministerial Sessions and GeneralCouncil Divisions, with a view to achieving cost and efficiency savings by combining the related
functions of servicing the newly-established TNC and the General Council.  The Division also has the
responsibility of servicing the Ministerial Conference and the DSB, including servicing (in conjunction
with the Legal Affairs Division) the negotiations taking place in Special Sessions of the DSB.
Throughout 2002, the Division has had a continuous and increasing workload involving a large number
of meetings at both formal and informal levels and consultations, and providing support to the
Chairpersons of the bodies it services as well as to the Director-General and senior management.  This
increasing workload is due not only to the creation of the TNC, but also to the growing volume of dispute
settlement cases requiring more frequent meetings of the DSB.  Another major factor is the clear long-
term trend of increased informal consultative processes, responding to Members' calls for greater
transparency and inclusiveness in the WTO's work, particularly at the level of the General Council and
TNC.  The number of meetings and consultations has grown considerably in the first seven months of2002 (an increase of over 25% compared to the combined activities of the two divisions during the same
period in 2001).
The Fifth Ministerial Conference will be held in September 2003, and many of the Division's main tasks
in 2003 will be geared towards this Conference.  This will clearly lead to a further increase in the
workload of the Division, due mainly to the preparations for the Conference to be undertaken in both theGeneral Council and the Trade Negotiations Committee.  In the light of the time-frames in the Doha
Declaration, it is very likely that a significant effort will also be expected from the Division, both during
and after the Conference, with a view to achieving a successful outcome of the Conference and to
ensuring prompt and efficient follow-up activities.
Main Activities
• Servicing an increasing number of meetings of the WTO bodies for which the Division is
responsible, including all tasks related to the preparation, conduct and follow up of these meetings.
• Providing close support for the consultative activities of the Chairman of the General Council in his
activities on issues under consideration in that body.
• Providing close support to the Director-General in his work as Chairman of the TNC.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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• Servicing the preparatory process for the Fifth Ministerial Conference.
• Organizing and servicing the formal and working sessions at the Conference, as well as any
consultative processes which may be necessary.
• Co-ordinating Secretariat follow-up of decisions and work programmes from the Conference.
• Maintaining frequent contact with delegations on all issues within the purview of the bodies for
which the Division is responsible.
• Maintaining the Indicative List of Governmental and Non-Governmental Panelists for the DSB.
• Assembling the annual volumes of the Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD).
Expected Results
• Efficient functioning of the General Council, the TNC, and the DSB.
• Efficient and timely management of the preparations for and conduct of the substantive business of
the Fifth Session of the Ministerial Conference.
• Preparation of all issues to be placed before Ministers, such as to facilitate effective decision-making.
• Expeditious co-ordination of Secretariat follow-up of decisions and work programmes from the
Conference.
• Provision of appropriate advice and support to the Director-General and the Chairman of General
Council (or other members of senior management) in connection with their responsibilities in theseareas.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
- by staff funded from the regular budget: 700
- by staff funded from trust funds: 0WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Council and TNC Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 10.5
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 1,462,800
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - Other
TOTAL 1,463,600
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Development and Economic Research Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
• To carry out work on the Doha Development Agenda and maintain the continuing activities on
development-related activities falling under the responsibility of the Committee on Trade and
Development;  ensure that the mandated work on development-related activities within the frameworkof the WTO is carried out in accordance with the wishes of the Members.
• To provide the necessary background research and analysis on development-related issues in order to
advance the Agenda in this area, including in support of the work of other Divisions.
• To carry out other research and analysis as required to meet the analytical needs of the WTO in the
economic field.
Background
The Doha Ministerial Declaration places considerable emphasis on the development dimension of
international trade relations, in order to ensure that the needs and interests of developing countries are
recognized and addressed within the multilateral trading system.  Part of these responsibilities turn ontechnical cooperation, training and capacity building, which are not the primary responsibility of the
Development and Economic Research Division.  However, another important aspect of work in this area
is to ensure that appropriate dialogue, and as necessary negotiations, take place on all aspects of the
development dimension, thereby making sure that the needs and priorities of developing and least-
developed countries receive adequate attention.  A good deal of the development-related work takes placethrough the negotiations and work programmes carried out by other WTO bodies.  But through its own
work and committee structure, the Division constitutes the focal point for development policy matters
within the WTO.
The research functions of the Division are focused in the first instance on development-related questions.
The purpose of this support work, whether for the Division's own Committee and Working Groups, or
whether for other bodies, is to provide necessary background information and analysis.  The emphasis ison elucidation, not advocacy.  This work seeks to deepen understanding of issues, to enrich debate and
contribute to a better informed perspective from which Members may discuss and negotiate on matters of
importance in the development domain.  In addition to development-related research and analysis, the
Division covers broader aspects of analytical work focusing on economic questions relevant to all aspects
of the WTO's mandate.
Main Activities
• The Division is responsible for servicing the following bodies:
• Committee on Trade and Development (CTD).
• Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Development.
• Dedicated Session of the Committee on Trade and Development.
• Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology.
• The CTD is the oversight body on development-related policy matters, including technical assistance
and training activities.  It also receives reports from the Sub-Committee on Least-Developed
Countries (serviced by the Technical Cooperation Division).  The Special Session deals with specialand differential treatment questions arising from the implementation mandate and the Doha
Declaration, and reports on different aspects of its work to the General Council and to the Trade
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small economies and reports to the General Council.  The Working Group on Trade and Transfer of
Technology carries out the work programme on technology transfer agreed to in Doha.
• Servicing the above bodies includes the provision of background documents, minutes and regular
reports of activities.  Seminars may also be organized under the auspices of the CTD or other bodies,
on trade and development-related matters.
• The Division reports to and briefs senior management on issues within its responsibilities as they
arise or on request.  Staff of the Division are often called on to provide advice to staff of diplomatic
missions to the WTO as well as official visitors from capitals on issues within the responsibility ofthe Division.
• Staff of the Division are often required to represent the WTO at meetings of other inter-governmental
organizations, including United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD),
regional commissions of the United Nations, Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD), the World Bank, regional banks, etc. on trade and development issues.
Staff are also required to carry out technical cooperation missions on trade and developmentissues as well as those related to regional trade agreements, and to lecture to WTO training
courses.
• Staff are increasingly being called on to represent the WTO at international conferences, seminar and
workshops on issues related to trade and development.  This may be seen as an outreach activity tohelp explain the nature of WTO work and processes, intended to develop support for the WTO's
objectives among academics, business and other sections of civil society.  Participation in such
meetings may also provide information which helps the substantive work of the Division.
• Research staff prepare background analyses and literature surveys for the WTO bodies under its
responsibilities, and for other bodies as well.
• Research staff also provide briefings on economic issues and trends to senior management.
• The Division maintains contacts on research-related activities with other organizations and the
academic community more generally.
• The Division prepares a substantial portion of the WTO Annual Report, as well as studies on
trade-related issues of importance to the work of the WTO.
Expected results
• The work of the Division may be expected to advance the Doha Development Agenda in areas
relating to development, both in terms of negotiations and other aspects of the work programme.
• The work of the Division should also contribute to a deeper understanding of trade and
development linkages, helping to strengthen the development impact of the WTO agreements, and
to assist developing countries to integrate more fully into the WTO system.
• The Division's analytical support work should pr omote a fuller understanding of trade issues,
especially in relation to development, thereby contributing to the quality of debate and
negotiations and to the fulfilment of the objectives of the WTO.
• Similarly, the Division's outreach activities on both the development and research side should
assist in improving understanding of the WTO, and of its objectives, priorities and activities.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
- by staff funded from the regular budget:   400 hours
- by staff funded from trust funds:  2,500 hours.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Development and Economic Research Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 15.5
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 2,098,800
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - Other 31,000
TOTAL 2,130,600
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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External Relations Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
•  Continue to expand and intens ify relations with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
as well as with Parliamentary Organizations, Parliaments and Parliamentarians.
• Continue to enhance and strengthen rela tions with Inter-Governmental Organizations
(IGOs) whose mandates are related to WTO activities to ensure greater institutional policycoherence and cooperation.
• Prepare and organize the registration and a ttendance of NGO representatives to the
5
th Ministerial Conference in Cancun, Mexico
• Continue to improve the efficiency  of the WTO's Registry function.
Background
WTO accountability and transparency issues conti nue to be major concerns of civil society
representatives and legislators.  Closer relations with NGOs a nd parliamentarians and regular
information exchanges have helped increase unde rstanding of the work of the WTO and the
benefits of the rules-based multilateral trading system and trade liberalization.  Closer
involvement with elected offici als with strong links to civil society groups, especially in
developing countries, can furt her enhance such understanding and build more support for the
WTO and the current Doha negotiations.
Increasing cooperation and communication between  the WTO and IGOs, and especially those
concerned with trade and development activities, has helped  to clarify the role and work ofthe respective institutions. Formal and informal contacts will continue with a greater focus on
ensuring institutional policy coherence between the WTO and other IGOs.
Main Activities
Regarding NGOs
• Continue to meet and brief NGO representatives on WTO work and activities and develop civil
society contacts in countries and regions benefitting from WTO technical assistance programmes.
• Work with the Mexican host government to identify and put in place logistical arrangements for
all NGO representatives attending the 5th Ministerial Conference. Develop and implement
appropriate Ministerial accreditation and registration procedures.
• Continue to organize various workshops and seminars and hold a public symposium at the WTO
where key issues related to the DDA work programme are discussed.
• Continue to identify key issues of concern to NGOs and develop appropriate strategies for how to
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Regarding Parliamentarians
• Continue to develop working relations with parliamentary institutions which can help to build
support for the WTO and develop more contacts with parliaments located in countries or regionsbenefitting  from WTO technical assistance programmes.
• Work closely with the IPU and the European Parl iament to follow-up on the work of the Steering
Committee established in Doha to prepare for a Parliamentary dimension to the WTO.
• Work closely with IPU to prepare for another gl obal parliamentary meeting on international trade.
• Develop contacts with key parliamentary delegations, staff and researchers and provide them with
regular  updates on the WTO.
Regarding IGOs
• Follow-up on major UN Conferences and processes linked to the work of the WTO.
• Observe various bodies of the UN system and other IGOs.
• Prepare for participation of the DG to meetings of the UN system and other IGOs.
• In close cooperation with other Divisions provide inputs, as appropriate, to the UN and other IGO
reports.
• Serve as the focal point  for receiving IGOs requests for observer status.
Registry
• Continue to improve  efficiency of the WTO Registry in developing its automation.
Miscellaneous
• Coordination of attendance at meetings: act as the focal point in the Secretariat to ensure
coordination of attendance at meetings of other organizati ons; attend meetings on behalf
of the WTO and deliver lectures and speeches.
• Protocol: in charge of official relations w ith Members including host country and protocol
matters in close liaison with the Office of the Director-General. Maintain Directory and
issue regular revisions.  An Internet compatible version of the directory is beingdeveloped.
Expected Results
• Through improved coordination, communica tion and access to information, the
relationships between the WTO, the IGOs, parliamentarians and civil society should
continue to improve, leading to increased cooperation and enhance understanding of the
role and benefits of the multilateral trading system.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:  NILWT/BFA/SPEC/82
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External Relations Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 8
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 1,144,800
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment 1,500
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - Other
TOTAL 1,147,100
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Informatics Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Background
A significant part of the resources of the Division is dedicated to the operational maintenance of the
infrastructure, the information systems and tools in production, and provide support and training to users.
In this regard, the objectives are the same every year, except that the number of divisional information
systems and staff to support grows constantly. The other resources are dedicated to the development of
new applications with the participation of external consultants where necessary. The IT Security Policywill be gradually implemented more effectively as the position of IT Security Officer is now filled.
Main Activities
• Information Technology strategy and research to align the constant evolution of technology and the
needs of the Organization.
• The maintenance, operation and evolution of the existing infrastructure covering desktops, Local
Area Network, Intranet/Internet, E-Mail and Divisional Systems.
• IT Security.
• The analysis, development and implementation of IT Projects requested by Divisions.
• The IT budget and expenditures, the IT asset management, the IT training and the users' support.
• The Support of special events (Geneva Week, High-Level meetings, WTO Ministerial Conference).
• The participation in inter-organization committees and Task Forces related to IT.
• Complete the migration to the Windows 2000 and Office XP environments and train staff.
• Participation in the establishment of new WTO Reference Centers and in technical assistance
activities requiring the use of IT.
Expected Results
• Within the expected budgetary allocations, it is most likely that all the tasks defined in the objectives
will be met. The automation of Conference Services will only be partial in 2003 as it requires to
implement as a pre-requisite the recommendations contained in a data model study. It should becompleted in 2004.Objectives:
♦ To fulfill the on-going core functions of the Division: Research, management and enhancements o f
the Information and Communication Technology infrastructure and IT systems, and provide the best
user support and training.
♦ To enhance the existing IT Security Policy and implement it gradually.
♦ To introduce IT facilities and services when and where required, one of which is the start of the
automation of the Conference Services.
♦ To achieve all the IT requirements for the WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancun.
♦ To complete the deployment/training for the Windows 2000/ Office XP environment.
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Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
It is estimated that 40 days of technical assistance will be provided as part of the Division's contribution
to the creation of the WTO Trade Reference Centers.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Informatics Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 16.5
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 2,226,000
Temporary Assistance 2,675,000
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment 2,550,000
Expendable Equipment 225,800
Contractual Services 1,960,900
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
 - Insurance
 - Joint Services 13,000
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - Publications
 - Public Information Activities
 - Other
TOTAL 9,651,500
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Information and Media Relations Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
• Acting on the mandate delivered by Member Governments, to use all means at our disposal to better
inform the public about the WTO through regular press contacts, a range of information and reference
publications, and an ever-growing internet service.
• Explain clearly what the WTO does, how it functions and its mission for the future, focusing this year
on the negotiations process launched at the Doha Ministerial Conference, and on the fifth WTO
Ministerial Conference.
• Continue improvements in making WTO information and publications available through the use of
electronic media, including the WTO Internet site, CD-ROMs and related electronic media.
• Make the WTO website more user friendly and easy to maintain through the use of the latest
technologies for website maintenance and management.
• Expand and build upon existing co-publishing agreements to increase dissemination of WTO print and
electronic publications, improve editorial control and quality, reduce costs for printing and production.
Background
The Information and Media Relations Division is the point of contact between the WTO and itsvarious audiences, including the media and the general public.  As such it is a conduit for WTO
information emanating from many WTO Divisions. Its responsibility is to interpret and present this
information in keeping with WTO key messages and communications objectives, using language
which is accessible and clear, and employing a range of print and electronic media for the broadest
possible dissemination. It carries out this work in the three WTO working languages: English, Frenchand Spanish. The division is organized along operational lines but with staff constantly supporting
each other's activities, according to their specialized  knowledge and skills. The broad areas of activity
are media relations, public information, print and electronic publications, and Internet  services.
Main Activities
• The Information and Media Relations Division is committed to improving its outreach efforts to
the public through enhanced media contacts and through better distribution of our information,
research and  reference publications. Special attention will be devoted to full explanation of the
Doha Development Agenda.
• Press officers will continue to build not only on existing relationships with journalists but to
extend their efforts to encompass those reporters who may be unfamiliar with the work of theorganization.
• In addition to the normal briefings on the work of committees and working groups, the division
plans to continue programmes targeted for journalists who may not have experience with WTO
issues. Three two-and-a-half day seminars in French, Spanish and English are planned for 2003
with special emphasis to be given to the prep arations for the Cancun Ministerial Conference.
• The internet is becoming our most effective  vehicle for distributing WTO information to the
general public worldwide. The web team will work to ensure that the home pages in English,French and Spanish are always consistent with each other and that the content in each language is
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WTO events. During the first six months of 2002, there were 3,211,110 visitors to the WTO
website (an average of 535,185 per month), which compares favourably with the 1,910,381
visitors (an average of 318,396 per month) in the first six months of 2001.
• In concert with the Technical Cooperation Division, IMRD will continue to support WTO
Reference Centres, particularly through the development of new information and training toolsavailable on CD-ROM and through  the Internet.
• IMRD will be working with other divisions throug h the publications committee, to determine the
full range of  print and electronic publications  which are to  be produced by the WTO. IMRD will
be encouraging greater focus on studies and reports which are relevant to the Doha Development
Agenda.
• The IMRD Publications group will further expand on its private sector partnerships in the
publication and distribution of WTO materials aiming at an increase in the reach anddissemination of books (print and electronic versions) and CDs worldwide.
• The Publications group will continue the de velopment of a low-cost line of WTO print
publications, through  agreements with select publishers in developing countries.
• Data presented on the website is increasingly taken from databases developed and maintained by
Divisions. The webteam will work with Divisions to ensure that these databases are developed ina way consistent with the needs of website users.
• Members of the Division will continue and expand where appropriate, their contacts with the
public through IMRD-organized lectures and seminars for students, business groups, NGOs andgovernment officials. IMRD organized 103 such  meetings in the first six months of 2002,
compared with 99 during the first half of 2001
Expected Results
• Greater public understanding of the WTO and an increase in support for an openness to trade.
• Media and public awareness of the aims of the Doha negotiations and the work of the fifth
Ministerial.
• Increase in the effectiveness of the website as a means for dissemination of WTO information and
data, with a continuing increase in the number of users worldwide.
• A growing list of information, research and reference publications meeting high standards for
editorial content, style and presentation.
• A continuing reduction in the cost of producing  and distributing WTO print and electronic
publications, mainly through the increased use of co-publishing agreements with commercial
publishers of high reputation.
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Information and Media Relations Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 18.5
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 2,480,400
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment 11,000
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 5,000
 - Publications 215,000
 - Public Information Activities 225,000
 - Other
TOTAL 2,936,400
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Intellectual Property Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
• Provide efficient service to the regular and Special Sessions of the TRIPS Council, in particular to
facilitate completion on schedule of the negotiations and work programmes established at Doha, and to
any dispute settlement panels that may arise.
• Maintain and, if possible, increase assistance to WTO Members through technical cooperation, in
particular in conjunction with WIPO, and through the provision of information/advice more generally.
• Maintain and develop lines of communication with other intergovernmental organizations, the NGO
community, intellectual property practitioners and the academic community so that they have an
adequate understanding of the TRIPS Agreement and of WTO processes.
• Contribute to other Secretariat activities relating to intellectual property rights, including preparations
for the next Ministerial meeting.
Background
• The Intellectual Property Division is responsible for servicing the Council for TRIPS and also, jointly
with the Legal Division, dispute settlement panels arising in the intellectual property area.  The
TRIPS Council has a heavy agenda of work resulting from its built-in agenda and decisions taken atDoha, including those in the section of the main Declaration on the Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights as well as those in paragraph 12 on outstanding implementation issues
and the decisions on implementation-related issues and concerns.
• Given that the TRIPS Agreement is one of the most demanding WTO Agreements from the
implementation point of view, technical cooperation is particularly important. Within its resources,
the Division seeks to provide such assistance as it can, focusing on those aspects on which it has
special knowledge and working wherever possible with WIPO and other relevant international
organizations. In this connection, one of the tasks in 2003 will be implementing the joint
WIPO/WTO initiative on technical cooperation in favour of least-developed countries.
• In the ongoing public debate about globalization and the role of the WTO, the TRIPS Agreement is a
frequent subject of discussion and views, for example in regard to such matters as its public healthimplications and the relationship of IP protection to the conservation and sustainable use of
biodiversity.  In accordance with the mandate given to the Secretariat by the General Council, the
Division seeks to ensure that such discussion is as well informed as possible about WTO matters.
Main Activities
• The main activities in the TRIPS Council are likely to include continuation of the work on
geographical indications (presently taking place both in the special and regular sessions) and on thecomplex of issues relating to biotechnology/biodiversity/traditional knowledge and folklore.  In
addition, the Council has to formulate a recommendation to the Fifth Ministerial Conference on the
scope and modalities of non-violation complaints in the TRIPS area.  Further, the Council will
continue its work on reviewing national legislation, technical cooperation and transfer of technologyunder Article 66.2.
• In regard to technical cooperation, Division members participate in a large number of seminars and
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the Division provides information and advice to local delegations and visiting officials, and, in
writing or through oral communication, to capital-based experts.
• In regard to other IGO's, the Division has close cooperative relations with the WIPO, with which the
WTO has a cooperation agreement.  It also cooperates wherever possible with other IGO's such asUPOV, the WHO and the CBD.  In regard to "civil society", the Division attempts to respond to the
steadily increasing interest of the NGO community, industry associations, intellectual propertypractitioners and the academic community, by receiving visitors, responding to enquiries and
participating in their meetings where possible.
Expected Results
• The Special Session of the TRIPS Council is required to complete negotiations on the establishment
of a notification and registration system for geographical indications for wines and spirits by the FifthSession of the Ministerial Conference.
• The TRIPS Council is also required to submit to the Fifth Session a recommendation on the scope
and modalities for non-violation complaints.
• Significant progress in addressing other matters on the TRIPS agenda including in the areas of
geographical indications and biotechnology/biodiversity/traditional knowledge and folklore.
• Assistance to developing countries so as to help them implement their TRIPS obligations in a way
conducive to their national development objectives.
COMPETITION POLICY
Objectives:
• Provide efficient service to the Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and Competition
Policy or such other work as might result from decisions to be taken at Doha.
• Provide enhanced technical cooperation, in conjunction with UNCTAD and other intergovernmental
organizations where appropriate, and information/advice more generally to WTO Members.
• Maintain and develop lines of communication with other intergovernmental organizations, business,
the NGO community, the academic world, etc.
• Contribute to other Secretariat activities on competition policy matters, including the preparations for
the next Ministerial meeting.
Background
• The Working Group is pursuing its work on the basis of the mandate established at the Doha
Ministerial Conference.
• The Doha Ministerial Declaration calls for enhanced technical assistance and capacity-building in the
area of trade and competition policy.
Main Activities
• The Working Group can be expected to continue its work in clarifying the issues set out in the Doha
Declaration.
• The Division will also contribute towards the work on the modalities for the negotiations in this area
to be adopted at the Fifth Session of the Ministerial Conference.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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• The Secretariat will continue to step up its technical cooperation activities in accordance with the
plan submitted to the Committee on Trade and Development and the Working Group itself,
cooperating, wherever possible, with UNCTAD and other intergovernmental organizations, such as
the World Bank and OECD.
Expected Results
• Significant progress towards greater understanding of the issues under consideration and adoption, by
consensus, at the Fifth Session of the Ministerial Conference of agreed modalities for thenegotiations.
• The technical cooperation activities of the Secretariat should result in a better understanding on the
part of policy makers in developing countries of the links between competition policy, trade and
development and of the possible options for enhanced multilateral cooperation in the WTO in this
area.
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
Objectives:
• Provide efficient service to the work of the Working Group on Transparency in Government
Procurement.
• Provide efficient service to the Committee established under the plurilateral Agreement on
Government Procurement and to dispute settlement panels that may arise.
• Provide technical cooperation and information/advice more generally to WTO Members.
• Maintain and develop lines of communication with other intergovernmental organizations, business,
the NGO community, the academic world, etc.
• Cooperate with other parts of the Secretariat on government procurement matters.
Background
• The Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement is pursuing its work on the basis
of mandate established at the Doha Ministerial Conference.
• The Division is also responsible for servicing the plurilateral Agreement on Government
Procurement, including its Committee, its schedules, the ongoing work on the renegotiation of theagreement and (with the Legal Affairs Division) any dispute settlement proceedings that may
eventuate.
• The Doha Ministerial Declaration calls for enhanced technical assistance and support for capacity-
building in this area.
Main Activities
• The Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement can be expected to continue its
work aimed at clarifying the issues under consideration.
• The Division will contribute towards the work on the modalities for the negotiations in this area to be
adopted at the Fifth Session of the Ministerial Conference.
• Activity under the plurilateral Agreement can be expected to continue at a high level, particularly
with the renegotiation of the Agreement, likely to reach its critical stage in 2003.  In addition, the
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• In regard to both the work on transparency and the plurilateral agreement, Division members will
continue to step up its technical cooperation activities, by participating in seminars and workshops
and providing information and advice to local delegations and visiting officials as well as capital
based experts.
Expected Results
• In the area of transparency in government procurement, significant progress towards greater
understanding of the issues under consideration and adoption, by consensus, at the Fifth Session ofthe Ministerial Conference of agreed modalities for the negotiations.
• The technical cooperation activities of the Secretariat should result in a better understanding on the
part of policy makers in developing countries of the possible options for enhanced multilateralcooperation in the WTO in this area.
• The Committee on Government Procurement has set a target of the Fifth Session of the Ministerial
Conference for the completion, albeit on a provisional basis, of the renegotiation of the text of the
Agreement on Government Procurement.  It will also initiate the negotiations on coverage andelimination of discriminatory measures.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
- by staff funded from the regular budget - 25%
- by staff funded from trust funds - 70%WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Intellectual Property Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 12.5
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 1,717,200
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment 3,000
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - Other
TOTAL 1,721,000
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Language Services and Documentation Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
• General.  Continue to provide language and documentation services in an efficient and timely way,
overcoming complexities resulting from the location of part of the division outside the Centre
William Rappard (over 70 regular and temporary staff members in the Annex in Rue Rothschild).
• Conference services.  Streamline and facilitate registration procedures for Ministerial Conference.
Enhance conference services in Members' Home Page.  Improve electronic posting and updating of
calendar of meetings, including contribution to a joint inter-agency calendar.  Particularly, contribute
in the logistic areas under its purview to the smooth running of the Cancún Ministerial Conference.
• Documentation services.  Provide improved services to Members, observers and the public at large.
Special attention will be devoted to the training of specialists on legal research online and of junior
trade officials on the rudiments of on-line documentation management and retrieval.
• Translation services. Reinforce the in-house translation/revision capacity, mainly in the legal area.
Enhance communications infrastructure and applications.  Upgrade the TAS (translation assistance
system) and other CAT tools.
Background
The demand for language and documentation services continues to grow steadily.  Over the last three
years (1999 – 2001), the translation workload increased by 67.3%, with a further 15% increase
projected for 2002;  the number of new documents circulated, by 26.3%;  the number of pagesprinted, by 34.8%;  the total number of meetings almost doubled (while the number of formal
meetings remained relatively stable, the number of informal, private and bilateral meetings more than
doubled).
While in some fields it has been possible to cope with the workload growth through more
sophisticated equipment and new computer applications, an increase in human resources has become
indispensable in the translation field where, notwithstanding the significant contribution ofinformatics, the human factor remains more decisive.
In order to be able to meet this increased demand in a cost-efficient way, LSDD has expanded its
various types of translation resources:  regular staff, temporary in-house translators, SSC translators
and external contractual translators.  It is important to make a judicious mix of these various types oftranslation resources with the aim of meeting the essential objectives of quality, timeliness and cost-
effectiveness.  The need to strengthen the in-house translation/revision capacity is already making
itself felt, particularly in the highly sensitive area of dispute settlement, and can only increase in the
coming years.  Therefore, the necessity of creating some additional posts at the required level is clear
and pressing.
Main activities
I. On-going Projects:
• Workflow Management.  Re-engineering the work process to enable better coordination and
integration of  translation and text-processing operations between Centre William Rappard and RueRothschild, including telework by external collaborators.
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• Documents Online. Enhancement of  research and consultation services for Members and Observers,
including tighter integration with  the CRN.
• Translation Assistance Systems. Fine-tuning of existing applications including expansion of
translation memories.
• Printing facilities.  Completing replacement of obsolete equipment for document reproduction
with a view to introducing all-digital, on-demand reproduction techniques.
II. New Projects:
• Provision of training courses on matters relating to Online Documentation and Conference services.
• Migration from a traditional standalone registration system to Web-based registration system for
participants in WTO meetings.
• Development of new modules of the DMS.
• Testing of second generation translation assistance systems.
• Development of new features in Documents Online, including "documents for meetings" and
research services dealing with notification requirements.
• Provision of better infrastructure and communication facilities to staff and external collaborators
working outside of headquarters.
• Provision of new facilities in the area of text synchronisation, machine assisted translation and voice
recognition for internal and external translators.
Expected results
• Improved service to Members and the Secretariat.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:  “NIL”WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Language Services and Documentation Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 138
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 17,680,800
Temporary Assistance 10,157,000
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment 231,500
Expendable Equipment 650,000
Contractual Services 1,365,000
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - Other
TOTAL 30,085,100
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Legal Affairs Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
• Give legal advice to panels and generally support the drafting of panel reports in an appropriate
and speedy way.
• Give legal advice to the Office of the Director-General, to the organs of the WTO and to other
divisions, including servicing the JAB Secretariat.
• Participate in technical assistance activities, mainly in respect of training, and more generally help
fulfil the training mandate of Article 27.3 DSU and the Doha Ministerial Declaration.
• Prepare, publish and keep up to date the WTO Analytical Index and other publications such as the
Status of Legal Instruments, the DS Reports and the dispute settlement booklet.
• Perform the depository functions of the Director-General in respect of WTO Agreements.
•       Set up and maintain a Dispute Settlement Registry.
Background
The first three objectives mentioned above are related to functions of the Secretariat and of the LAD
which have been constantly growing over the past years and which can be expected to continue to grow
in the immediate and medium-term future.  The Dispute Settlement Registry was set up in the first half of
2002 and is still in a trial stage.
Main Activities
• The main activities all relate to the six objectives mentioned above.  In addition, the LAD
occasionally gives informal legal advice to individual Members of the Organization and members ofthe LAD staff advise other Secretariat personnel "à titre personnel" about their rights under the Staff
Regulations and Rules.  In general it can be said that internal legal advice, in particular in thepersonnel sector, has been growing fast and probably will continue to do so.
Expected Results
• The Division should service approximately 15 panels during the year 2003 (including 21.5 and 22.6
procedures).
• The Division should be able to respond to all reasonable requests for training and teaching activities
in the framework of technical assistance. The demand for such services is constantly growing andcannot continue to be regarded as a mere "time-filler", when there are temporarily fewer panels to be
serviced.
• The Division should be able to dispense legal advice more efficiently and more in anticipation of
developments, rather than "after the fact".
• Updates of the Analytical Index should be made once a year.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
- by staff funded from the regular budget;
- by staff funded from trust funds.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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The technical assistance function of the division is mandated by the Marrakesh Agreement (mainly
training, see Article 27 of the DSU) and the Doha Ministerial Declaration.  At present the burden is
slightly over a person/year, namely some 250 days, for the division over the period May 2001 – May
2002.  This burden is shared out among the lawyers of the division.  As of October 2002, LAD will have
one PSF staff member who will devote the bulk of her time to technical assistance activities.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Legal Affairs Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 15.5
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 2,098,800
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - Dispute Settlement Panels 1,337,000
 - Other
TOTAL 3,436,600
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Market Access Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
Council for Trade in Goods (CTG)
• The objectives of the CTG in 2003 will to a considerable extent be linked to the activities of its
subsidiary bodies.  It oversees the multilateral trade agreements and ministerial decisions coveringthe goods sector and takes actions, where required, on the issues raised by the various committees
which report to it.
• Such actions would include examining and approving requests for waivers and waiver extensions,
adopting the terms of reference under which free trade agreements are to be examined in the
CRTA, and taking note of the situation regarding compliance with relevant notification
obligations.  The CTG may also address substantive matters on goods-related issues including thereview under Article 9 of the TRIMs Agreement.
• Trade facilitation:  Ministers at Doha directed the CTG to (a) review and, as appropriate, clarify
and improve relevant aspects of GATT 1994 Articles V, VIII and X;  and (b) identify the trade
facilitation needs and priorities of Members, in particular of developing and least-developed
countries.  Members further committed themselves to ensuring adequate technical assistance and
support for capacity-building in this area.  Work to continue in the CTG until the Fifth MinisterialConference.
Committee on Market Access:
• Make as much progress as possible on the ongoing exercise of introducing HS2002 changes to
schedules of concessions.
• Complete the exercise of introducing HS96 changes to schedules of concessions.
• Complete the transposition of the remaining two schedules of concessions into the Harmonized
System.
• Work closely with the Statistics Division in respect of the IDB and the CTS database.
• Participate in the WCO meetings of the Harmonized System Committee.
• Address the two implementation issues which currently figure on the agenda of the Committee.
• Provide information and advice to acceding countries, delegations, other international
intergovernmental organizations, private parties and Divisions in the Secretariat on matters
relating to market access issues.
• Process and circulate expeditiously notifications received.
Negotiating Group on Market Access:
• Reach agreement on the modalities for market access negotiations by 31 May 2003.
• Reach agreement on a 2003 programme of meetings and work programme subsequent to 31 May
2003.
• Ensure the provision of technical assistance.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Committee on Customs Valuation:
• Monitoring Members' legislation and implementation of the Agreement.
• Continue to address the implementation issues relating to customs valuation.
• Providing information and advice to delegations, other international organisations, private parties and
other Divisions in the Secretariat on matters relating to customs valuation.
• Advising Members on technical assistance needs and availability of assistance and working with
other donors and providers to ensure provision of assistance.
• Organizing and participating in technical cooperation missions to expedite implementation.
• Receiving and processing notifications of legislation.
• Participate in WCO meetings of the Technical Committee on Customs Valuation and other relevant
tasks forces on capacity-building and technical assistance.
• Monitoring and administering aspects related to the Agreement on Preshipment Inspection.
Committee on Rules of Origin:
• Completing the Harmonization Work Programme on non- preferential rules of origin.  Members of
the Division will work in close consultation with the Chairman on specific issues with a high
degree of technical complexity.
• Monitoring and reviewing annually the implementation of the Agreement on Rules of Origin in
light of the disciplines required by the Agreement.
• Providing information and advice to delegations, other international intergovernmental
organizations, private parties and other Divisions in the Secretariat on matters relating to rules of
origin.
• Attending meetings of the WCO Technical Committee on Rules of Origin in Brussels.
Committee on Import Licensing:
• Receiving, processing and reviewing notifications required under various provisions of the
Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures.
• Improving the compliance of Members with notification obligations.
• Conducting the review of the implementation of China's commitments in the import licensing area
under Section 18 of its Protocol of Accession and reporting the results of the review to the Council
for Trade in Goods.
• Monitoring and reviewing the implementation and operation of the Agreement.
• Providing information and advice to acceding countries, delegations, other international
intergovernmental organizations, private parties and other Divisions in the Secretariat on matters
relating to import licensing.
Committee on Information Technology:
• Advance on the Non-Tariff Measures Work Programme.
• Review product coverage.
• Review classification issues.
• Increase participation by adding new Members.
• Monitor and review implementation matters.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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• Review other matters relating to trade in information technology products.
• Organize a workshop on EMC/EMI.
Other: Quantitative Restrictions
• Monitor biannual notifications of QRs in accordance with Decisions G/L/59 and G/L/60.
• Maintain and update QR database.
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of information in notifications and, if necessary, verify with
delegations.
Background
Negotiating Group on Market Access:  The negotiating group was established by the TNC on 1
February 2002 following the mandate given in paragraph 16 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration for
market access negotiations for non-agricultural products.
Council  for Trade in Goods - trade facilitation   Following the mandate given in paragraph 27 of the
Doha Ministerial Declaration, work on trade facilitation is taking place in regular meetings of the CTG.
Main Activities
Council for Trade in Goods:
• Organize six to eight meetings of the Council for Trade in Goods (i.e. preparation of draft agendas,
speaking notes, reports of meetings, informal papers, reports to the General Council etc., andcoordinate activities of the subsidiary bodies of the CTG).
• Organize formal and informal consultations prior to meetings in order to resolve sensitive issues.
• Continue work on trade facilitation.
• Prepare an update of the status of notifications under the WTO Agreements serviced by subsidiary
bodies of the CTG and deal with other routine matters.
• The Council will continue the review envisaged under Article 9 of the TRIMs Agreement.
• Organize and participate in technical assistance missions on trade facilitation in developing countries
according to the 2003 TA Plan.
Committee on Market Access:
• Organize three to four formal meetings of the Committee (preparation of speaking notes, reports
of meetings, background papers etc).  Informal meetings will also need to be organized.
• Attend two meetings of the WCO Harmonized System Committee in Brussels.
• Verify electronically HS2002 submissions.
• Continue with the multilateral reviews of the status of HS96 submissions.
• Provide technical assistance in the preparation of HS2002 submissions.
• Continue examination of the implementation issues, as required.
• Keep the waiver situation under review.
Committee on Customs Valuation:
• Monitor and review annually the implementation of the Customs Valuation Agreement.
• Advising Members on the provisions of the Customs Valuation Agreement and the Preshipment
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• Attend meetings, twice annually, of the WCO Technical Committee on Customs Valuation in
Brussels.
• Organize and participate in technical assistance missions on customs valuation in developing
countries according to the 2003 TA Plan.
• Monitor the implementation of the Agreement on Preshipment Inspection.
• Ensure the efficient operation of the Independent Review Entity under Article 4 of the Agreement on
Preshipment Inspection in cooperation with the International Chamber of commerce and the
International Federation of Inspection Agencies.
Negotiating Group on Market Access:
• Organize formal meetings of the Negotiating Group (preparation of speaking notes, summary
reports of meetings and minutes, background notes etc).
• Organize workshops on specific issues in the context of capacity-building and technical
assistance.
• Undertake technical assistance missions on market access negotiations.
Committee on Rules of Origin:
• Carry out the Harmonization Work Programme on non-preferential rules of origin.
• Attend meetings once a year of the WCO technical Committee on rules of Origin in Brussels.
• Provide information and advice to delegations, private parties and other Divisions in the Secretariat
on matters relating to rules of origin.
• Organize and participate in technical assistance missions on rules of origin in developing countries
according to the 2003 TA Plan.
Committee on Import Licensing:
• Provide a forum for the discussion of issues relating to import licensing.
• Organize meetings of the Committee (preparation of agendas, speaking notes, reports of meetings,
reports to the Council for Trade in Goods, etc.).
• Organize informal consultations prior to meetings in order to resolve sensitive issues.
• Monitor and review the implementation and operation of the Agreement on Import Licensing
Procedures, paying particular attention to the compliance of Members with notificationobligations.
• Provide information and advice to acceding countries, delegations, private parties and other
Divisions in the Secretariat on matters relating to import licensing.
• Organize and participate in technical assistance missions on import licensing in developing countries
according to the 2003 TA Plan.
Committee on Information Technology:
• Provide technical assistance and information to acceding participants.
• Review the implementation of the ITA.
• Continue the work, technical and otherwise, with respect to non-tariff barriers and classification
issues.
• For review of product coverage (ITA II), provide continuing support for the negotiations and the
follow-up if necessary.  In the event of an agreement, design a template to be used for schedules
and electronic verification of schedules.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Quantitative Restrictions
• Process information contained in the notifications in order to input it into the QR database.
• Contact delegations as necessary to verify and correct information contained in notifications.
• Advise delegations on how to fulfill their obligations under G/L/59 and G/L/60.
Expected Results
To ensure the smooth running and implementation of the tasks assigned to the different bodies under the
responsibility of the Market Access Division.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
- by staff funded from the regular budget; approximately 4300 hours
- by staff funded from trust funds. One PSF post  i.e. 1600 hours a year
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Market Access Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 13
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 1,780,800
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - Other
TOTAL 1,781,600
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Rules Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
• Ensure efficient functioning of, and facilitate on-going discussions and negotiations in the
Negotiating Group on Rules as well as work of other WTO bodies serviced by the Division.
• Monitor implementation of the WTO Agreements in the areas of anti-dumping, subsidies and
countervailing measures, safeguards, state trading and civil aircraft and actively assist in theirimplementation.
• Provide all necessary implementation assistance, counselling and expert advice to Members
concerning the above Agreements.
• Provide "hands on" expertise and technical assistance to trade remedy investigating authorities in
developing countries.
• Actively participate in the WTO technical assistance programme.
• Provide legal officers and secretaries to WTO dispute settlement panels involving the rules area
Agreements.
• Support senior management and other Divisions in all matters relating to the rules area.
• Undertake any tasks which may result from the preparation for and the outcome of the Cancún
Ministerial Meeting.
Main Activities
• The bodies serviced by the Rules Division are:  Negotiating Group on Rules (anti-dumping and
subsidies/countervail);  Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices, Committee on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures;  Committee on Safeguards;  Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft;
Working Party on State Trading, Working Party on Subsidy Notifications;  Permanent Group of
Experts;  Informal Group on Anti-Circumventi on;  Working Group on Implementation of the
Agreement on Anti-Dumping.
• The Division will organize and service regular and special meetings of these bodies, including
preparing documents, draft agenda, and minutes of meetings, as well as continuing consultations
with Chairmen and delegations on matters concerning the work of these bodies.  The Division
will facilitate the on-going negotiations and discussions taking place in these bodies.
• In relation to the Negotiations, the Division will provide delegations with background papers and
notes and such other assistance as may be requested by participants, including assistanceconcerning technical aspects of issues under negotiation.
• The Division will continue its programmes to monitor and assist in Members' implementation of
the Agreements in the rules area.  These programmes continue to involve:  (1) assisting Members
and countries in accession to prepare contingent trade remedy legislation, including detailed
review and written comments on draft laws and regulations and (in some cases) direct assistance
in the drafting process;  (2) assisting Members and countries in accession in establishing or
improving a domestic trade remedy system to ensure its consistency with WTO rules;  (3)
consulting with individual delegations on specific  aspects of interpretation and application of the
relevant agreements;  (4) providing delegations with information regarding the practice of
different Members in implementing rules area agreements;  (5) developing model countervailing
measures legislation for use by developing country and other Members that need such a
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investigations in a WTO consistent manner;  (7) continuous update of database of all contingent
trade remedy actions taken since 1980;  (8) assistance to WTO Members benefitting from
transition periods, including extended transition periods, regarding subsidy disciplines in
identifying subsidy programmes that may be subject to prohibition once the transition period ends
and in devising strategies for phasing out or for modifications;  (9) assistance in preparing
required notifications in the trade remedies and rules areas (subsidies, state trading);  (10)cooperation with other international institutions (in particular regional institutions such as the
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) in organizing regional technical assistance on issues
in the rules area.
• The Division will continue to participate in technical cooperation missions and other forms of
technical assistance (preparation of technical assistance aids such as flow charts, slides,
summaries of the Agreements, Internet sites etc., and lecturing in various courses for developing
countries organized by the WTO, or in conjunction with other international organizations).
• The Division will service (by providing legal officers and secretaries) dispute settlement panels in
the rules area.  On the basis of consultations requested so far the number of panels in this area in
2003 may be established at between six to ten.
• The Division will assist Members in any new tasks they may decide to undertake, in particular
pursuant to the Cancún Ministerial Meeting, and will address as appropriate, problems that may
emerge in the areas of subsidies/countervailing measures, anti-dumping, safeguards, state trading,
and civil aircraft.
• Division members will participate as observers in relevant meetings of other international
organizations (e.g. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)) on issues of relevance to the
Division's work.
Expected Results
• As in previous years, the Division will do its best to meet its tasks and obligations.  Insufficient
staffing resources of the Division will probably make it difficult to fully respond to all requests in the
area of implementation and technical assistance, seriously reduced in recent years.  Also, increasing
dispute settlement activities may make it difficult to provide all assistance requested by panels in a
fully satisfactory way.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
Technical assistance activities have again fallen short of the peak years (6,000).  Regular staff -
+/- 3,000/3,500.  L-staff (1 person as of 1 September 2002) – 500 hours.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Rules Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 15
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 2,035,200
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - Permanent Group of Experts
 - Other
TOTAL 2,036,000
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Statistics Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
Within the Division's regular programmes
• provide quantitative information, technical support, advice and assistance in the field of
merchandise trade, trade in services, tariffs, and other trade-related economic statistics to
Members, the Secretariat and the general public as requested;
• improve the analytical value, coverage, and access to WTO trade statistics (Internet);
• seek efficiency through sharing working tools within and across the different Sections of the
Division;
• maximise the effective use of resources through employing newly available technology for
computing and disseminating statistics.
To support tariff negotiations
• continue to prepare the technical infrastructure - data and software - in collaboration with the
relevant committees, negotiating groups and WTO Divisions;
• provide statistical support and advice as requested by Members and WTO Divisions.
To implement WTO policies on Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
• continue technical assistance and capacity building activities to assist Members in complying
with IDB notification requirements and to improve their capacity to use IDB/CTS information
in the context of ongoing negotiations.
To improve international cooperation and collaboration
• coordinate the inter-agency effort to implement and maintain a common data set on aggregate
merchandise trade by country;
• provide guidance to national compilers to implement the Manual on Statistics of International
Trade in Services , in co-operation with other international organizations.
To fulfil the Division's programmes competently and effectively
• improve working processes in data collection, processing and dissemination;
• promote staff development activities.
Background
The following elements in the Doha Development Agenda were taken into account in setting the
Division's objectives for 2003:
• Technical support for tariff negotiations, including data and software development;
• technical assistance to least-developed and developing Members in the context of tariff
negotiations;
• transparency and openness to the public;
• active co-operation and collaboration with other intergovernmental agencies;
• additional elements included the effective use of resources and the quality and content of the
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Main Activities
Merchandise Trade Section
• Provide timely, high quality statistics for the WTO Annual Report, International Trade
Statistics, and, on request, for mandated negotiations, Members, official WTO documents and
the general public at large (e.g. the Agreement on Agriculture, export competitiveness);
• improve dissemination of WTO's trade statistics through rationalising the content of its annual
publication International Trade Statistics while including more topical issues, and redesigning
the Division's Statistics internet gateway;
• co-operate with other international organizations through the Task Force on International
Trade Statistics (convenor)  to develop and implement efficient procedures for creating,
maintaining, and disseminating an inter-agency  data set on aggregate merchandise trade by
country;
• develop procedures for more efficient data documentation, editing and tabulation to enhance
transparency and minimise processing errors.
Trade in Services Section
• Provide technical advice and timely, high quality statistics for the WTO Annual Report,
International Trade Statistics, and, on request, for mandated negotiations, Members, officialWTO documents and the general public at large (e.g. in relation to services negotiations);
• provide expert technical advice on statistics on trade in services and their use in relation to
service negotiations;
• compile statistics on trade in goods and services for the assessment of WTO Members'
contributions to the WTO budget;
• co-operate with other international organizations to improve statistics on international trade in
services through an active participation in the Task Force of Statistics on International Trade in
Services , and various other related international and regional fora.
Integrated Data Base Section
• Process IDB submissions, in particular those needed for tariff negotiations, and continue
updating the CTS including the link between CTS and IDB;
• service the Market Access Committee and the Negotiating Groups (agricultural and non-
agricultural);
• service requests from Members, WTO divisions and other ad hoc requests concerning tariffs
and tariff-line imports, including tariff simulations;
• assist Members in providing comprehensive IDB submissions and in using IDB and CTS data
through technical assistance in Geneva and in the capitals.
Systems Development and Production Section
• Provide systems development, production and support services for (1) IDB and CTS databases
and systems developed for use by Members (IDB/CTS Internet File Transfer Facility, IDB
Reporting Tools, IDB Internet Analysis Facility, IDB CD-ROM, QR database); and (2) systems
that facilitate the processing of IDB submi ssions, CTS updates, IDB/ CTS link and IDB/CTS
dissemination;
• develop additional analytical facilities in the IDB/CTS Internet Analysis Facility (additional
reports and features) and, contingent on funding, develop a portable version of the IDB/CTS
Internet Analysis Facility, which  would operate from a local database for users with unreliable
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• provide systems development and support for market access negotiations in goods, special
studies and ad hoc requests, including technical assistance for Members to resolve technical
problems and to assist them in using the IDB/CTS applications;
• maintain the IDB/CTS hardware/software infras tructure and upgrade applications to Windows
2000/Office XP, in collaboration with the Informatics Division.
Expected results
Regular programmes
• Enhanced analytical value of statistics on merchandise trade and trade in services in the
International Trade Statistics report;
• improved presentation of WTO statistical outputs on the Internet, including relevant
information on concepts, methodology, classifications, and their relationships to WTO
agreements;
• provision of quality statistics on trade in goods and services for the assessment of WTO
Members' contributions according to the new methodology agreed by the General Council;
• up-to-date IDB and CTS databases for bound and applied tariffs and imports, linked,
increasingly, at the tariff line level; and regula r dissemination of this information via Internet
and IDB CD-ROM.
Tariff negotiations
• More detailed tariff profiles and other contributions for technical documents, papers, notes etc.
in support of agricultural and non-agricultural negotiations;
• new and improved customized IDB/CTS analytical facilities for Members and the Secretariat;
• faster response time for complex tariff requests and assessments of potential tariff reductions
through an improved access to IDB and CTS databases;
• ensure effective operations of IDB/CTS/QR databases and applications, provision of associated
support services; effective functioning of the IDB/CTS hardware and software infrastructure.
Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
• Improvement in IDB submissions and enhance capacity in Geneva (Delegations) and in capitals
(national experts) regarding the use of IDB and CTS for negotiations.
International cooperation
• Enhanced trade data quality through a common data set on aggregate merchandise trade by
country, which is agreed and jointly disseminated by international organizations;
• provision of preliminary material to assist national compilers in implementing the Manual on
Statistics of International Trade in Services.
Competence and Effectiveness
• Improved quality and transparency of statistical outputs through a more streamlined production
of the Division's core statistics;
• applications upgraded to Windows 2000/Office XP, depending on the schedule established by
the Informatics Division.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
- by staff funded from the regular budget:   800
- by staff funded from trust funds. 1400WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Statistics Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 26.5
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 3,498,000
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - Other
TOTAL 3,498,800
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Technical Cooperation Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
• Provide technical assistance  to WTO Members and Observers as mandated by the Doha
Development Agenda;
• Implementation  (overall responsibility) of the New WTO Strategy for Technical Cooperation,
and the development of technical cooperation policy as appropriate; and
• Developing  policy for sustainable technical cooperation and capacity building beyond the Doha
negotiations.
Main activities
• Design and implementation  of the WTO 2003 Technical Assistance Plan;
• Co-ordination  of WTO TC/CB within the WTO Secretariat Technical Assistance Management
Committee – TAMC), with the WTO membership, and with other multilateral agencies;
• Organizing  WTO Annual Pledging Conferences for the funding of WTO Annual TA Plans;
• Implementation  of the Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to the
LDCs (IF), and chair the Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) responsible for the day-to-daymanagement of the IF.  The Inter Agency Working Group is composed of the IMF, ITC,
UNCTAD, UNDP, the World Bank, and the WTO;
• Joint delivery  of TA activities with the core IF agencies to assist countries to mainstream trade
priority areas of action  into Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) or their economic
development plans;
• Co-ordinating the recently initiated WTO-World Bank Regional Development Bank Annual
Policy Dialogue Forum (Six Regional Developm ent Banks are involved – African Development
Bank, Asian Development Bank, Arab Monetary Fund, European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, Inter-American Developm ent Bank, Islamic Development Bank);
• Management  of the joint WTO/OECD Doha Development Agenda Trade-Related Technical
Assistance and Capacity-Building Database;
• Management  of the 6 core Agency Integrated Framework web-site;
• Coverage and servicing of :
(i) the WTO Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries, a subsidiary body of the
Committee on Trade and Development;
(ii) the Integrated Framework Steering Committee (IFSC) – the apex governance
structure for the IF.  The IFSC is composed of the 6 core multilateral agencies, the
donor countries, and the 49 LDCs;
(iii) the Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) for the IF;WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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(iv) the WTO Secretariat Technical Assistance Management Committee (TAMC); and
(v) WTO-World Bank/Regional Development Bank Forum;  and
• Coverage and servicing  of informal WTO Groups (and outreach responsibility for the):
- WTO African Group;
- WTO Least-Developed Countries Consultative Group;
- Non-Resident Group – "Geneva Week"; and
-A C P .
Background
• The Technical Cooperation Division is the point of complex interaction of the Secretariat's duties and
responsibilities.  As a result, its scope of work embraces substantive policy as well as finance;
• Technical assistance is a core function of the WTO Secretariat, mandated by Ministers.  WTO
assistance helps Members and Observers to understand the Agreements and participate effectively
in the Doha Development Agenda work programme,  and draw the benefits of the open and rules-
based multilateral trading system;
• Technical assistance is a crucial factor in the current negotiations.  Developing and least
developed countries have made clear that their continued participation in, and support for, thenegotiations is conditional upon the provision of adequate technical assistance and capacity
building.  Developed countries have acknowledged this conditionality by providing additional
resources.  The membership is closely monitoring the Secretariat's performance in technical
assistance; and
• The TCD's overall responsibilities include developing policy as it relates to technical assistance
and capacity building; serving as Secretariat contact point for donors, recipients and regional andinternational agencies; designing annual technical assistance plans to be implemented by the
Secretariat; co-ordinating and overseeing implem entation of annual plans; assisting with delivery
of activities; providing Secretariat support for development-related Committees; and, in co-
ordination with the Technical Cooperation Audit (TCA), ensuring appropriate monitoring and
evaluation of WTO technical assistance efforts.
• Increased effective participation of developing and least-developed countries, and economies in
transition in the multilateral trading system, in particular in the Doha Development Agenda work
programme and negotiations.
• Expected results for the recipient countries include:
• better understanding of their WTO rights and obligations;
• identifying the opportunities arising from the WTO Agreements;
• enhancing their capacity building for implementation of Agreements; and
• assisting their efforts to enhance their capacity to draw on the benefits of the trading
system (in partnership with key agencies and bilateral donors.
Estimate of work hours in the current year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division
- by staff funded from the regular budget: 17 posts (16 full time, 2 half-time) X 12 months.
- by staff funded from Trust Funds: 2.5 fixed-term L post and 3.5 temporary PSF positions X 12 months.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Technical Cooperation Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 17
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 2,289,600
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment 14,000
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Trade Policy Training Courses
Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - Other
TOTAL 2,304,400
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Technical Cooperation Audit
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
• Monitoring and evaluation of all TA activities carried out by the WTO, including trade policy
courses in the regions and in Geneva. On that basis, input into planning and design of such
activities.
Background
• The function will be in its third year of operation. Donors and beneficiaries, and Members in
general, will no doubt be anxious to measure the progress of the programme of TA in relation to
the benchmarks set out in the DDA.
Main activities
• Monitoring TA activities on an individual basis;
• Evaluation of such activities;
• Policy development for TA based on observation of TA activities;
• Contacts with beneficiaries, donors and partner institutions.
Expected Results
• Reports to senior management and the membership (CTD) on the effectiveness, efficiency and
sustainability of TA activities
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division :
- by staff funded from the regular budget;    100%
- by staff funded from trust funds.                100%WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Technical Cooperation Audit
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 127,200
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Trade Policy Training Courses
Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - Other
TOTAL 128,000
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Textiles Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
The textiles Division provides:
• Counselling and technical advice to WTO Members and countries in the process of accession on the
Members' rights and obligations and on the process of the implementation of the ATC and on other
textile matters.
• Technical and secretarial service to the Textiles Monitoring Body.
• Service to DSU panels in cases related to the ATC.
• Information and advice to intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, private sector,
trade associations and academics.
The Textiles Division also maintains:
• Close liaison with other WTO divisions in all matters relating to the textiles sector and participates in
WTO training and technical cooperation functions.
• A broad knowledge base on political, economic and social developments in world textiles and
clothing trade and in government policies and actions in this area.
Background
• From 1974, textiles and clothing trade was largely governed by the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA).
A derogation from the GATT principle of non-discrimination, it provided the basis on which many
industrial countries established quotas through bilateral agreements or unilateral actions on imports oftextiles and clothing from more competitive developing countries.  The MFA expired on 31
December 1994 with the coming into force of the WTO and, under it, the new Agreement on Textiles
and Clothing (ATC).
• The ATC sets the rules for the phasing-out of the former MFA quota system through the gradual
integration of textile and clothing products into GATT rules over 10 years (1995-2004):  it is based
on a "rollover" of the existing MFA quotas into the WTO Agreement as the starting-point for thetransition;  as products are integrated into GATT rules, any quotas on these products must be
removed;  growth rates in the remaining quotas will be progressively enlarged as a means of
liberalization.  It also contains a special safeguard clause to protect against damaging surges in
imports during the transition.  The implementation is overseen by the Textiles Monitoring Body, a
standing body comprising the Chairman and 10 members.
• In 2003, the ATC will reach year 9, the second year of the final stage in the 10-year transitional
period, which will lead to the termination of the ATC and the special rules governing the trade in thissector.
Main Activities
• The provision of technical advice and guidance on Members' rights and obligations in respect of
the application of the provisions of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing;  (1) to WTOMembers in Geneva and in the capitals, and to countries in the process of accession;  and (2) to a
broad range of other organizations and individuals.  In 2003, the Division will respond, inparticular, to enquiries regarding the implementation of the third stage of the ATC integration
process as well as any matters relating to the ATC which may arise in relation to the Fifth
Ministerial Conference.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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• The secretariat service of the Textiles Monitoring Body, including participation in about
15 meetings during the year, providing advice and information to TMB members, and thepreparation of documentation and reports.
• The secretariat service to DSU panels on textile matters and on the implementation of the ATC.
This involves arranging meetings, processing submissions, providing information and guidance tothe Legal Division, to the representatives of the disputing Members and to the members of the
Panels, drafting the descriptive part of Panel's reports to the DSB and participating in thepreparation of the Panel's findings and conclusions.
• Advice to intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, trade associations and
academics on the WTO's structure, policies and programmes with particular reference to the
textiles and clothing sector and will provide these organizations and persons with information on
the ATC and its possible economic impact.  The Division also provides to these bodies
information and analysis of developments and trends in global textiles and clothing trade and onthe outlook for the future.
• Maintain liaison with other WTO Divisions by providing information on the provisions of the
Textiles Agreement, on global and regional textiles trade and related economic developments, as
well as on notification obligations and compliance therewith.
• Prepare and present detailed lectures on the provisions and implementation of the ATC and on the
economic, trade and political aspects of textiles and clothing trade for the activities organized by
the Training Institute and for seminars of the Technical Cooperation Division.  Makepresentations at meetings of other public and private organizations and at numerous sessions with
delegations from Members and acceding countries visiting Geneva.
Expected Results
• To assist Members, both delegations in Geneva and their Governments in capitals, to meet their
obligations under the ATC;  to fully understand their rights in this regard;  and to participate in alldiscussions on this Agreement.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
- by staff funded from the regular budget; 500
- by staff funded from trust funds   -WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Textiles Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 3.5
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 572,400
Temporary Assistance
C. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
D. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - Other
TOTAL 573,200
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Textiles Monitoring Body
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
• Contribute to the efficient functioning of the Textiles Monitoring Body (TMB) by providing full
service to it in carrying out its tasks under the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC).
• Ensure timely processing and circulation of notifications addressed to the TMB and reports adopted
by it, to WTO Members for their information.
• Assist the TMB, in particular in the conduct of its examination of any disputes that can be referred to
it by WTO Members.
• Provide assistance to the TMB in preserving transparency on all matters related to its activities.
Background
The ATC specifies that the task of the TMB is to supervise the implementation of this Agreement, to
examine all measures taken under this Agreement  and their conformity therewith, and to take the
actions specifically required of it by the Agreement.
The ATC defines specific requirements vis-à-vis  the TMB regarding the kind of action that has to be
carried out or taken by it when addressing issues in the context of the particular ATC provisioninvoked.
As a standing body, the TMB has to meet regularly.
Main Activities
• Organize and prepare the meetings of the TMB which is scheduled to meet on a monthly basis.
• Process and circulate documents related to the TMB's activities (notifications received and reports
adopted by the Body) to WTO Members for their information.
• Assist WTO Members in complying with their obligations, in particular with those related to
notifications, under the ATC.
• Provide full support to TMB members and their alternates in the preparation and conduct of the TMB
meetings (preparation of draft agendas and reports, preparation of background notes, etc.)
• Assist newly appointed TMB members and alternates in assuming their functions, inter alia , by
providing detailed briefings to them.
• Provide technical assistance, when required.
Expected Results
• To comply with all the requirements defined for the TMB by the ATC.  To review, as required, all
the notifications addressed to the Body.  To conduct a thorough examination of any dispute between
WTO Members that may be referred to it and to make the necessary findings, observations andrecommendations, as appropriate. To respect the deadlines defined by the ATC and to preserve
transparency on all matters related to the activities of the Body.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
- by staff funded from the regular budget; 200
- by staff funded from trust funds. ---WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Textiles Monitoring Body
Staffing
Ungraded 1
Other Staff 1
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 254,400
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
      COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 17,000
 - Other
TOTAL 271,400
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Trade and Environment Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
• To give the best possible service to the Regular and Special sessions of the CTE in pursuing the work
programme agreed by Ministers.
• To promote a better understanding of WTO rules among environment officials, as well as in "civil
society".  This applies also to WTO rules as they related to matters covered by, or under negotiations,in MEAs.
• To provide technical assistance.
Background
The 1994 Ministerial Decision on Trade and Environment called for the establishment of a Committee on
Trade and Environment (CTE).  A broad based mandate was agreed upon for the CTE, consisting, in
short, of identifying the relationship between trade measures and environmental measures in order to
promote sustainable development, and of making appropriate recommendations on whether anymodifications of the provisions of the multilateral trade system are required.  With the aim of making
trade and environment policies mutually supportive, the CTE addresses a number of specific issues,
including the effect of environmental measures on market access and environmental benefits of removing
trade restrictions and distortions (win-win-win situations).
Additionally, the Doha Ministerial Declaration called for negotiations in different areas, para. 31, as well
as to give particular attention to selected items of the Trade and Environment Agenda, para.32.
Main activities
• Service the Chairs and Members of the Committee on Trade and Environment, special and regular
sessions.
• Provide Secretariat support to any relevant dispute panels.
• Provide technical assistance to developing countries, including through technical cooperation
missions.
• Maintain dialogue with NGOs, academia and private sector on issues of mutual interest.
• Cooperate with the Secretariats of multilateral environment agreements as well as with relevant
IGOs, including participation in meetings they hold.
• Respond to a well of correspondence.
• Service WTO senior management and coordinate with other WTO divisions.
Expected results
• To contribute to the preparation of the 5th Ministerial Conference.
• Raised awareness on the links between trade, environment and sustainable development.
• Enhanced dialogue between trade and environment policy makers-.
• In general, facilitated consensus-building in a politically sensitive area.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Technical Barriers to Trade
Objectives:
• To give the best possible service to the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade.
• To provide technical assistance.
Background
The TBT Agreement deals with standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures
on goods.  Increasingly, these measures are considered to be important non-tariff trade barriers.  The
Agreement aims at minimizing these obstacles to trade, and has been gaining increased attention from
WTO Members and private business.  Discussions on TBT related matters are being held in the TBTCommittee and other international and regional organizations.  Coordinate and co-operate with these
relevant organizations is essential.
Main activities
• Service the Chair and Members of the TBT Committee.
• Provide secretariat support to any relevant dispute panels.
• Maintain contacts with and attend meetings organized by relevant international and regional
organizations.
• Provide technical assistance to developing countries, LDCs and transition economies.
• Organize seminars, workshops, information sessions and symposia on TBT related matters.
• Service WTO senior management and provide expert technical advice to other WTO divisions.
• To conclude the third Triennial Review of the Agreement at the end of 2003.
Expected results
• Effective implementation and operation of the TBT Agreement.  Smooth functioning of the
Committee.
• Hopefully, reduced implementation problems in developing countries, and to facilitate market access
of their exports as a result of benefiting from the Agreement.
WTO and ILO
Objectives/Background
• As noted by Ministers in Singapore, "The WTO and ILO secretariats will continue their existing
cooperation".
Main Activities
• The Trade and Environment Division keeps track of relevant developments and attends ILO meetings
notably the ILO Governing Body, the annual conference and the working Party on social Dimensionsof Globalization, as the agendas may relate to trade matters.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
- by staff funded from the regular budget;   400
- by staff funded from trust funds.  1,800WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Trade and Environment Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 10
Divisional Budget
PRT SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 1,399,200
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment 3,000
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - ISO 57,500
 - Other
TOTAL 1,460,500
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Trade and Finance Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
• It is expected that the Division’s work programme in 2003 will continue to be focussed to a very
large extent on issues deriving from the Doha Ministerial mandate.  The Division’s main
objective will be to assist Members in preparing these issues for the next Ministerial Session inSeptember 2003.  This involves servicing the Committees on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions
and Trade-Related Investment Measures, the Working Groups on the Relationship between Trade
and Investment and on Trade, Debt and Finance, work in the Council for Trade in Goods on the
Article 9 Review of the TRIMs Agreement and TRIMs-related Implementation issues, and work
in the General Council on the Marrakesh Coherence mandate.  A significant part of the workprogramme will involve providing technical assistance and expert advice to Members in Geneva
and in capitals in the area of Trade and Investment, for the main through joint activities with
UNCTAD.  Other aspects of work will be to service dispute panels addressing matters falling
under the Division’s responsibility, to provide support and briefing to senior management, to
further develop collaboration and co-operation with the staff of the IMF and the World Bankunder the Coherence mandate, to further develop contacts with NGOs and the private sector, and
increase public transparency of the Division’s work.
Background
Much of the Division’s work in 2003 will continue to be focussed on issues deriving from Paragraphs12, 20-22, and 36 of the Doha Ministerial mandate.  Some other aspects of work derive from General
Council and Goods Council decisions in the area of TRIMs, particularly Articles 5 and 9.
Main Activities
• These are described  above under “Objectives”.
Expected Results
• The result being aimed for is progress in all areas of work under the Division’s responsibility that will
contribute to a successful 5th Ministerial Session.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
- by staff funded from the regular budget:  1,500.
- by staff funded from trust funds:  1,200.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Trade and Finance Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 6
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 890,400
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - ISO
 - Other
TOTAL 891,200
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Trade Information Centre and Library
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Trade Information Centre:
Objectives:
• To improve the flow of information between the WTO and its Members including Observers and
others wishing to join the WTO, thus ensuring their fuller participation in the Multilateral Trading
System through the design and implementation of new information technology strategies.
Background
Since least-developed, capacity-constrained and non-resident Members and Observers face more
difficulties than others in managing the vast amount of information disseminated by WTO, a coherent
package of integrated services is being designed using information and communications technologies and
through the provision of targeted (customized) advice and training.
Main Activities
• To assess the needs of the target groups.
• To expand the coverage and update the content of the virtual centre.
• To set-up a physical centre.
• To provide advice and training.
• To coordinate the development of innovative tools and methods to facilitate the dissemination of
information concerning the WTO.
Expected Results
• To provide full Internet connectivity to the target groups.
• To continually improve the Members' Home Page.
• To develop an integrated package of services including the different databases developed by WTO
(i.e. Documents Online, IDB, Services Database, Notification Database, Consolidated Tariff
Schedules Database, Library Catalogue Database, Dispute Settlement Database, Rules Database).
• To devise new and more efficient ways of integrating WTO Reference Centres into the WTO
framework and modus operandi .
• To develop a package of data through push technology that contains topical information that closely
matches the needs and priorities of the target groups.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
100 per cent
- by staff funded from the regular budget:  4,176
- by staff funded from trust funds:  2,088WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Trade Information Centre and Library
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Library:
Objectives:
• To give greater access to the WTO Library and its related web services through an improved
Intranet interface and through an external Internet window to more effectively relate the work of
the WTO to the ongoing substantive work of the WTO Secretariat; to governments, in particular
of developing countries and transitional economies; to universities and academic organizations;
and to civil society.
• To improve the Library collection by enhancing bibliographic records; by developing new
collections; by identifying new Internet links relevant to the current needs of the organization; and bymonitoring the ongoing substantive work of the WTO staff and responding to their immediate
requirements. The Library also offers support to the Trade Information Centre through the quality
of its resource base.
Background
The WTO Library is the institutional memory of the GATT/WTO  and provides the WTO Secretariat,
Government representatives, academics, students, and the public at large with timely information in the
area of international economics and international trade law, and on WTO-related emerging issues.  TheLibrary has three sections:  the Main Library, the Statistical Library and the Archives dating back to
1946.
Main Activities
• To service the needs of clients through the preparation of bibliographies;  researching and analyzing
information on different web sites of relevance to WTO;  training users on the online public accesscatalogue;  etc.
• To purchase books and subscribe to periodicals, statistics, grey literature, documents, and electronic
sources as well as other specialized information that are needed by the Secretariat for its work.
• To share this specialized information on a timely basis throughout the Secretariat.
• To help Library users find the information they need inside or outside the WTO (other libraries,
Internet, on-line data bases, etc.).
Expected Results
• Access through the Internet  of the Library catalogue and its services. The principal beneficiaries will
be Member countries especially the developing and least-developed countries, universities,specialized researchers, and the public at large. It will also add to the transparency of the WTO.
Estimate of work hours in the current year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
- by staff funded from the regular budget: NIL
- by staff funded from trust funds: NILWT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Trade Information Centre and Library
Director 1
Other Staff 9
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 1,272,000
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment 33,500
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - Library 623,500
 - Other
TOTAL 1,929,800
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Trade in Services Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives :
• The objectives for the Division will be essentially the same as in 2002. The year 2003 will be the
fourth year in the new round of negotiations on services.  This will involve negotiations on new
commitments in all services sectors as well as negotiations on new disciplines under the GATSincluding the clarification of some aspects of the Agreement itself.  The negotiations will take
place under the aegis of the Council for Trade in Services and will involve some or all of the four
subsidiary committees. It is also possible that Members will decide to create additional
negotiating structures (negotiating groups). The Services Division will provide support for all of
these bodies .
• The Division will therefore continue to provide su pport for the Council for Trade in Services and
other bodies established under the GATS:
• The Committee on Trade in Financial Services;
• The Working Party on Domestic Regulation (in developing disciplines under Article VI:4);
• The Working Party on GATS Rules (in developing disciplines relating to Subsidies and
Government procurement of services, and on safeguards where the negotiations were prolonged
until March 2004);
• The Committee on Specific Commitments;
• Any additional bodies set up under the Council;
• Any dispute settlement panels involving services.
In addition, the Division will also:
• Provide support for the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements in its work relating to
Article V of the GATS, and for Working Parties on Accession of new Members in relation to
services.
• Continue to participate actively in technical co-operation and other forms of public explanation of
the GATS, and to provide advice and assistance to Geneva delegations.
• Monitor the implementation of the GATS in terms of notifications and implementation of existing
and new commitments.
• Extend the Division's knowledge of specific service sectors and make available the services
database presently being developed.
• Providing continuous technical and legal advice to delegations in the process of the request/offer
negotiations.
• Provide support and briefing to senior management on all matters relating to services.
• Maintain and extend contacts with private sector organizations.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Background
The new round of negotiations will be moving into a higher gear with the commencement of
negotiations on market-access commitments.  This is expected to entail a substantially higher level of
activity for the Division in the form of assistance  to delegations on the technicalities of scheduling
and negotiating procedures generally.  The fact that the negotiations are taking place will also give
rise to a higher level of interest in GATS matters among service industries and the public;  this will
generate even greater demand for the Division's participation in technical assistance and other formsof public presentation of the issues at stake.  Activity of this kind is already a very important part of
the Division's work, since the GATS is still a new agreement and not well understood in many
quarters.
Main Activities
• The most important activity of the Division will co ntinue to be the servicing of the Council and all
other standing bodies.  Since negotiations will be in progress it may be expected that there will be a
heavy focus on the technicalities of scheduling and the classification of services. It must also be
expected that the heavy programme of meetings, of all bodies, which has been followed in 2001 and
2002 will be maintained in 2003.  It should be noted that in addition to the negotiations proper and its
administration of the normal function of the Agreement, the Services Council is continuing its review
of the Air Transport Annex of the GATS, and beginning background information for maritimeservices and the review of the effect of suspending the MFN obligation in the sector, for which the
Division is also providing technical support.
• The Division's second priority, in terms of the time and resources devoted to it, is and will continue to
be technical cooperation.  The opening of negotiations has already stimulated a higher level ofrequest for assistance missions and we must assume that demand will increase further.
• Contacts with service industries and with the public generally, to explain the GATS and the purposes
of the current negotiations, will also be an important activity, especially in view of the
misunderstanding, not to say hostility, manifested by some NGOs and commentators.
• The fact that services are supplied electronically on a very large and increasing scale means that
electronic commerce will continue to make a major call on the Division's resources.
Expected Results
• It is not expected that the new services round will be completed in 2003, so that no definitive
results can be expected from this major element of the Division's work in this year. Results will
rather take the form of significant progress in the negotiations, and in particular the request/offer
process.
• The results of work in the area of technical assistance will take the form of fuller participation in
the negotiations and in all aspects of  trade in services by developing countries, especially thesmaller and less developed among them.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
Based on experience in 2001 and 2002, we should budget for least 400 working days (i.e. 3200 hours)
of technical assistance, including travel and preparation time and lectures given in Geneva.  This
figure represents about 20 per cent of the working time of 10 professionals and the director.  As
suggested above, the experience of the past two years may not be a wholly adequate basis for
planning, since the intensification of the negotiations is likely to generate additional demand.  Thefigure given above should therefore be considered as conservative.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Trade in Services Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 15
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Hours/Salary 2,035,200
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - Other
TOTAL 2,036,000
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Trade Policies Review Division
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
• The Trade Policies Review Division (TPRD) is the Secretariat's functional arm for the Trade Policy
Review Mechanism and the focal point on matters related to the relationship between the WTO and
regional trade agreements (RTAs).
• Pursuant to Annex 3 of the WTO Agreement, TPRD prepares reports, and provides the Secretariat
for meetings of the Trade Policy Review Body, at which  Reviews of Members are carried out.
Under Annex 3, the Division also prepares the Director-General's Annual Overview of trade policy
developments, plays a significant role in the preparation of the WTO Annual Report and, in the
context of the Review process, is increasingly involved in technical cooperation activities,
particularly in respect of the Integrated Framework.  Within this mandate the objective is to provide
Members with coherent, analytical reports that contribute to the smoother functioning of the
multilateral trading system , by achieving greater transparency in, and an understanding of, the trade
policies and practices of Members.
• The Division also services the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) and, for the
negotiations on RTA disciplines and procedures as mandated in the Doha Ministerial Declaration, the
Negotiating Group on Rules.  The objective is to revitalize work on regional trade agreements and on
their impact on the multilateral trading system .  In this context, with almost all Members now party
to a regional trade agreement, there is a growing synergy, particularly with respect to transparency,
between the Division's work on RTAs and trade policy reviews.
Background
The Uruguay Round mandated "Appraisal of the Operation of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism
(WT/MIN(99)/2) reaffirmed the relevance of the TPRM, noted its usefulness on technical assistance, and
emphasized that all Members, including LDCs, should be reviewed at least once as soon as possible, with
efforts continuing to be made to achieve maximum efficiency in the use of TPRD resources.  Since its
inception in 1989, some 104 Members will have been reviewed by end-2002 and at least 110 by end-2003, including 20 LDCs.  Some 18-20 reviews are now conducted each year.  Under the terms of the
TPRM mandate, and with the present Membership, the TPRB would need to conduct some 25 or 26
reviews a year to fully meet the Annex-3 requirements.  TPRD is not adequately staffed to meet this
objective .  In consequence, each year requests for reviews from a significant number of Members,
especially from developing countries and LDCs – who increasingly regard reviews as an importantelement for achieving domestic policy coherence, integration into the multilateral trading system and
adherence to WTO principles – are not able to be met.
On RTAs, the CFRTA is charged with examining the compliance of RTAs notified to the WTO under the
conditional exceptions granted by Article XXIV of GATT 1994, the Enabling Clause  and Article V of
GATS.  Enhancing transparency on individual RTAs, another aspect of the examination function, isrelayed by periodic reports on the implementation of customs unions and free-trade areas, also overseen
by the Committee.  Another essential part of CRTA's mandate is to consider horizontal, systemic issues
arising from the coexistence of regional and multilateral trade regimes and processes.  Its work in this
area made progress mainly in the form of identification of divergencies of interpretation of the relevant
rules.
The CRTA has not been able to reach any conclusions on the consistence or otherwise of individual
RTAs with the legal provisions of the GATT or the GATS.  A few figures give an order of magnitude of
RTAs under the purview of the CRTA.  From a total of 168 notifications (to the GATT/WTO) relating toWT/BFA/SPEC/82
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RTAs still in force today, over 120 are technically under examination by the CRTA, that is no
examination report has been issued.
The CRTA has standardized the treatment of RTAs in the WTO, in identifying major (legal, economic or
political) issues raised by the current unfettered growth of regionalism, and in facilitating reflection on the
significance of this trend for the WTO.  Its work helped the Membership to agree in Doha on the need to
clarify and improve disciplines and procedures related to RTAs.  This work is now being done in  theNegotiating Group on Rules, which has already held three formal meetings and is scheduled to meet
again at least twice in the remainder of 2002.  The Division recently issued an issues paper to the
Negotiating Group, which in many respects provides a road-map for the continuing negotiations
(TN/RL/W/8).
Main Activities
TPRM
• During 2003, the Division will be bringing the Reviews of the following Members (in alphabetical
order) to the TPRB, the largest ever number:  Bulgaria, Burundi, Canada, Chile, El Salvador,Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia, Maldives, Morocco, New Zealand, Niger, Philippines, Rwanda,
SACU (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland), Senegal, Thailand and Turkey.
• In addition, the Division will be completing the documents for publication for some six members
reviewed in 2002;  will begin preparation for reviews in the first-half of 2003 of 10 other Members;
and will be preparing the Director-General's Annual Overview of trade policy developments in 2003.
RTAs
• The CRTA will hold at least three meetings during 2003 and it is expected that the Negotiating
Group on Rules will meet at least five times in formal session.  For each of these meetings TPRD will
ready the necessary documentation.  It is anticipated that both Groups will request substantive papers
on systemic matters, and that material will need to be drafted for the Fifth Ministerial Conference ofthe WTO.  On RTAs, the Division will also provide technical assistance to developing countries and
transition economies, almost all of which are stepping up their degree of involvement in regional
arrangements.
Expected Results
• Timely completion of the work programme.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
- by staff funded from the regular budget – about four man-years;
- by staff funded from trust funds – about five man years.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Trade Policies Review Division
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 32.5
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 4,261,200
Temporary Assistance
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
Permanent Equipment 3,000
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs
Missions *
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 800
 - Other
TOTAL 4,265,000
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Training Institute
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
• WTO training activities aim at assisting recipient countries in their understanding and
implementation of agreed international trade rules and to contribute towards human resource
development.  This objective is achieved by the organization of several trade-policy or training
courses of various length and scope in Geneva for officials mainly from developing countries.
• These courses aim at widening the participants' understanding of the multilateral trading system and
international trade law, and of the activities, scope and structure of the WTO, in order to allow them
to improve the effectiveness of their work in their own administrations.
• Other objectives for 2003 are to pursue the numerous programmes initiated over the recent years,
such as the distance-learning, trainers-training and university-networking projects, as well as the
continuous fine-tuning of both the internal and external evaluation processes for all the Institute's
activities and of the didactic material.
• Another important objective is to seek to maintain and improve wherever possible the quality of
the training delivered in the context of the considerable expansion of its activities since June
2001.  This expansion has resulted from, on the one hand, the regrouping, under the Institute's
umbrella, of activities formerly carried out by other divisions, and, on the other, the December
2001 Members' decision to double the number of regular Trade Policy Courses already delivered
by the Institute.
Background
The year 2003 will be the 48th of the training courses organized by the WTO and its predecessor, GATT.
Since 1955, GATT/WTO has organized 105 regular courses for about 2,200 officials from over 160
countries or customs territories.  Offered in English, French and Spanish, regular trade policy courses, thenumber of which has doubled following Members' decision of December 2001, are open to government
officials from developing countries/customs territories and economies in transition that are Members or
Observers of the WTO or in the process of applying for membership, and least-developed countries.
These courses were supplemented by a variety of other types of courses and activities following the
decision of the Director-General ((OFFICE (01)53 of 5 June 2001)) which established the WTO TrainingInstitute and instructed the then Training Division to " … to begin to expand and diversify the WTO's
training activities."
Main Activities
• The Training Institute will be responsible fo r the planning, organization and implementation of
four Trade Policy Courses of a twelve-week dur ation.  In 2003, one course will be held each in
Spanish and French and the other two in English.  Twenty-seven WTO fellowships will be
available for each course.  As customary, auditor posts will be available for government officialswhose authorities agree to finance the participa tion.  Also in 2003, two such courses that should
have been held in the Autumn will not take place because of TELECOM 2003 during which
period no hotel accommodation will be available in Geneva.  These courses will be replaced by a
series of shorter courses to be delivered prior to and after TELECOM.
• Depending on their duration, the courses consist of lectures, exercises and simulations conducted
by the Training Institute and other WTO officials, invited experts from other International
Organizations, as well as by outside consultants.  The Training Institute is also responsible for
supervising the participants' research work, where applicable.
• The following is an indicative list of the Institute's activities:WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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• To organize and conduct regular Trade Policy Courses.
• To organize and conduct introductory courses (for example the courses specifically
addressed to LDCs).
• To organize and conduct specialized courses (for example the courses on Dispute
Settlement rules and procedures).
• To develop, organize and conduct new forms of courses as to respond more effectively to
the demand in training.
• To organize and conduct the periodic one-day Introduction Courses.
• To organize and conduct training for trainers.
• To organize and conduct distance-learning services.
• To cooperate with universities and other institutions of learning in curriculum
development on WTO and trade-related issues.
• To improve didactic material and training technics with a view to improve the
effectiveness of the training delivered.
• To service the Joint Advisory Board on Training.
• To assist the Association of Former Participants to GATT/WTO TPCs.
• For all Courses, the Training Institute is involved in:
• Pre-Course administration: selection of participants, travel and visas administration and
the organization of accommodation of participants.
• Course administration proper: delivery of the course programme (scheduling of lectures,
coordination of practical work, organization of simulations, etc.)
• Post-Course administration: evaluation of the course and preparation of reports thereon as
well as maintaining contacts with trainees after they leave Geneva both in the context of
ex-post evaluation and follow-up programmes.
Expected Results
• To train satisfactorily well over 200 fellows in the context of Trade policy courses.
• Offer two short courses in Geneva for LDCs.
• Hold three workshops on dispute settlement in Geneva.
• Conduct training for trainers.
• Explore further possibilities for other types of courses/workshops, six to eight thereof, funding
permitting.
• Develop further projects in distance learning.
• Develop, coordinate and rationalize the relations with Universities.
• Develop a harmonized package of training materials on the WTO
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:
- Regular budget: 22,880
- Trust Fund: 2,080WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Training Institute
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 10
Divisional Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 1,399,200
Temporary Assistance 323,500
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
 - Postal Charges 28,000
Permanent Equipment 20,000
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. OTHER COSTS Trade Policy Training Courses 4,486,400
Staff Overhead Costs
Missions * 185,000
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 18,000
 - Priced Publications 100,000
TOTAL 6,560,100
* Allocation for missions to be apportioned at a later date.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Appellate Body
Objectives and Work Programme for 2003
Objectives:
• To enable the Appellate Body to hear and deci de appeals from panel reports pursuant to the
provisions of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Go verning the Settlement of Disputes
(the "DSU").
• To continue to provide an efficient, independent Secretariat to service and assist the Appellate Body
in its functions.
• To manage a growing caseload effectively and effici ently, while maintaining a high level of quality in
the output of the Appellate Body.
• To carry out, effectively and efficiently, other responsibilities (e.g. arbitrations under Article 21.3(c)
of the DSU) assigned by WTO Members to the Appellate Body or its Members.
• To assist, as appropriate, with technical assistance and other training activities of the WTO.
Background
The Appellate Body was established pursuant to th e DSU, which is contained in Annex 2 to the
Marrakech Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization.   The mandate of the Appellate Body
is to hear appeals from panel reports pursuant to Article 17 of the DSU .  The Appellate Body is
comprised of seven Members, recognized authorities in  law, international trade and the subject-matter of
the covered agreements generally, who reside in different parts of the world and are required to be
available at all times and on short notice to hear appeals in Geneva.  Individual Members of the
Appellate Body are sometimes called upon to act as ar bitrators under other provisions of the DSU.  The
staff of the Appellate Body Secretariat is currently comprised of one Director, ten lawyers, one trainee
financed by the Netherlands Government, two interns,  one administrative assistant and three secretaries.
Main Activities
Assisting the Appellate Body Members in hearing and deciding appeals from panel reports, and in
hearing and deciding arbitrations referred to individual Appellate Body Members, in accordance with the
provisions of the DSU;  providing an efficient, independent Secretariat to service and assist the Appellate
Body in carrying out its functions;  managing increasing caseloads and producing Appellate BodyReports and related documents;  assist with technical assistance and other training activities of the WTO.
Expected Results
• It is projected that there will be a caseload of  approximately 10-15 appeals and 4-5 arbitrations
in 2003.  This estimate is based on the number of cases currently before panels and the number of
panels likely to be established by the Dispute Settlement Body before the end of 2002.  The
Appellate Body Secretariat will service and assist the Appellate Body and its Members in the
appeals and other matters to be considered in 2003.
Estimate of work hours per year allocated to technical assistance activities in your Division:   
- by staff funded from the regular budget – approximately 500 hrs.
- by staff funded from trust funds – approximately 2,500 work hours.WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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Appellate Body
Staffing
Director 1
Other Staff 12
Budget
PART SECTION CHF
A. STAFF COSTS Work Years/Salary 1,644,500
Pensions and Common Staff Cost 627,900
Temporary Assistance 36,000
B. ADMINISTRATIVE
     COSTS Communication and Building
 - Telecommunications 6,500
 - Utilities 13,000
 - Maintenance and insurance 5,000
Permanent Equipment 44,000
Expendable Equipment 17,700
Contractual Services 15,000
C. OTHER COSTS Staff Overhead Costs 7,000
Missions 10,000
Various
 - Representation and Hospitality 1,000
 - Appellate Body Members 618,200
 - Library 5,000
 - Appellate Body Operating Fund 1,700,000
TOTAL 4,750,800WT/BFA/SPEC/82
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