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ORGANIZATIONWT/BFA/W/73
15 October 2002
(02-5574)
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration
DIVISIONAL REPORTING ON OBJECTIVES AND EXPENDITURE
2001WT/BFA/W/73
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SENIOR MANAGEMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL ----------------------------------------------------------------4
ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION ----------------------------------------5
WTO CONDOMINIUM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8
ACCESSIONS DIVISION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES DIVISION -------------------------------------------------- 11
COUNCIL AND TNC DIVISION --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15
COUNCIL DIVISION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15
DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH DIVISION ------------------------------------- 19
DEVELOPMENT DIVISION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19
ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS DIVISION ---------------------------------------------- 19
EXTERNAL RELATIONS DIVISION -------------------------------------------------------------------- 23
INFORMATICS DIVISION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26
INFORMATION AND MEDIA RELATIONS DIVISION -------------------------------------------- 28
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DIVISION -------------------------------------------------------------- 32
LANGUAGE SERVICE AND DOCUMENTATION DIVISION ------------------------------------ 36
LEGAL AFFAIRS DIVISION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38
MARKET ACCESS DIVISION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42
RULES DIVISION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47
STATISTICS DIVISION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51
TECHNICAL COOPERATION DIVISION -------------------------------------------------------------- 54
TECHNICAL COOPERATION AUDIT ------------------------------------------------------------------ 56
TEXTILES DIVISION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58
TEXTILES MONITORING BODY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 61
TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT DIVISION -------------------------------------------------------------- 64
TRADE AND FINANCE DIVISION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 67
TRADE INFORMATION CENTRE AND LIBRARY ------------------------------------------------- 69
TRADE POLICIES REVIEW DIVISION ---------------------------------------------------------------- 71
TRAINING INSTITUTE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 73
TRADE IN SERVICES DIVISION ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 76
APPELLATE BODY AND ITS SECRETARIAT ------------------------------------------------------- 79WT/BFA/W/73
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Senior Management
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 1,676,600 1,633,356 43,244
Temporary Assistance 107,600 8,990 98,610
B. Administrative
        Costs
Permanent Equipment 8,500 5,434 3,066
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
     Official 301,800 214,039 87,761
     Technical Cooperation
Representation and
     Hospitality 203,600 201,804 1,796
Total 2,298,100 2,063,623 234,477
*Including higher category staffWT/BFA/W/73
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Office of the Director-General
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 1,070,000 1,085,038 (15,038)
Temporary Assistance 146,600 134,473 12,127
B. Administrative
        Costs
Permanent Equipment 14,700 9,367 5,333
Expendable Equipment 0 50 (50)
Contractual Services 750 167 583
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs 2,500 2,500 0
Missions
     Official 171,700 171,485 215
     Technical Cooperation
Representation and
     Hospitality
Total 1,406,250 1,403,080 3,170
*Including higher category staffWT/BFA/W/73
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Administration and General Services Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 8,594,160 8,233,029 361,131
Temporary Assistance 1,372,500 1,867,865 (495,365)
B. Administrative
        Costs
Permanent Equipment 794,050 1,372,909 (578,859)
Expendable Equipment 0 12,096 (12,096)
Contractual Services
   (b) Office Automation 403,000 125,502 277,498
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
   Official 49,000 46,750 2,250
  Technical Cooperation
Representation and
     Hospitality 800 781 19
Miscellaneous 26,500 36,913 (10,413)
    Training 408,000 402,097 5,903
    Insurance
    UN Bodies
Total 11,648,010 12,097,941 (449,931)
*Including higher category staffWT/BFA/W/73
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Administration and General Services Division
Assessment On Reaching The Stated Objectives For 2001
The Administrative and General Services Division which was established by the end of
January 2001 (office (01)11) incorporated all the function of the former Finance and General Services
Division (FGSD) and the Personnel Division.
(i) Ensure the efficient functioning of services in (a) all financial matters, including budget
preparation and control, accounting, and payroll, (b) logistical issues related to the physical
facilities, and (c) missions and other travel arrangements:
• Carried out and monitored the cash flow of the Organization including recording of all
financial proceedings on a daily basis, and execute the monthly payment of salaries ofsome 500 staff members as well as the subsistence allowances of staff on missions.
Pensions and medical insurance premiums were collected and processed for the WTOPension Plan and the Van Breda & Co. International respectively.
• Insured and maintained as appropriate the Centre William Rappard, and replaced
equipment, furniture as well as general office supplies when necessary.
• Received and processed: (a) contributions totaling CHF 122,984,145 from Member
countries to the WTO 2001 operating budget, (b) assessed contributions totaling
CHF 495,287 from Observer countries in respect to the services received in 2001 from
the Secretariat.
• Received and processed the Extra-budgetary funds.
• Prepared the (i) Director-General’s Budgetary and Financial Report for 2001, (ii)
Divisional Reporting on Objectives and Expenditures for 2001 and (iii) Report on
Extra-Budgetary Funds for 2001.
• Assisted the WTO External Auditors in their auditing task.
• Prepared the 2002 Budget Estimates based on the inputs from the various Divisions.
• Assured the logistical support for technical co-operation regional activities.
(ii) Monitor the decentralization budget as well as the Extra-budgetary funds and provide timely
information to Divisions:
• Ensured that expenditures of the WTO Secretariat and the Appellate Body and its
Secretariat are effected in accordance with the budget approved by the WTO Members.
• Ensured that the Extra-budgetary funds were administered in the same manner as
regular funds.
• Issued, on a quarterly basis, the budget status report to all Divisions and provided
clarification upon request from the latter.
(iii) Ensure the smooth administrative functioning of the Committee on Budget, Finance and
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• Organized 10 formal meetings and 1 informal meeting of the Committee on Budget,
Finance and Administration, including preparation of agendas and related documents to
be distributed to the meetings as well as reports of the meetings.
• Organized 4 meetings of the Working Group on the selection of external auditor for the
WTO accounts and the WTO Pension Plan accounts including the preparation of relateddocuments for the meetings.
(iv) Provide information to the Senior Management to ensure a smooth and efficient functioning
of the Organization.
• Provided information, as and when required, to the Senior Management.
(v) Provide a comprehensive support service to management and members of the Secretariat, by
managing efficiently the human resources of the organization.  At the request of the ExternalAuditor, a facility for reporting on various aspects of personnel entitlements will be
developed, on condition that this can be computerized under Oracle.
• Filled 28 external vacancies, and 5 internal vacancies in 2001.
• Developed, reviewed and implemented personnel policies: (a) performance award
system, (b) new internship programme, and (c) other personnel policies (internal staff
mobility, education grant, personnel management and career development policies, andrental subsidy scheme).
• Organized and implemented training programmes for WTO staff: (a) EDP – 37 courses,
(b) Management/skills – 7 staff members, (c) Language courses – 118 staff members.
• Administered approximately 566 staff members on an ongoing basis – contracts,
remuneration, career development, entitlements, social security, cessation of service: (a)2 036 daily contracts processed (b) 918 monthly contracts processed, (c) 56 new
appointments (fixed-term), (d) 30 cessation of service (fixed-term/regular), (e) 20transfers (internal), (f) 1 311 consultancies (special service agreements), and (g) 93
internships.
• Provided counselling to a large number of staff members either in person, or by
phone/e-mail.
• Maintained close co-operation with the Staff Counsellor.
• Managed WTO-specific pensions arrangements – holding regular meetings of the
Management Board of the WTO Pension Plan.WT/BFA/W/73
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WTO Condominium
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 22,837,440 21,457,721 1,379,719
Temporary Assistance 108,550 102,170 6,380
B. Administrative
Costs Communications 1,795,000 1,901,509 (106,509)
Building Facilities 2,548,100 2,628,811 (80,711)
Permanent Equipment 863,000 1,278,599 (415,599)
Expendable Equipment 417,000 394,756 22,244
Contractual Services
(a)  Reproduction 127,000 68,120 58,880
(b) Office Automation 0 278,688 (278,688)
(c) Other 244,000 192,535 51,465
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs 1,604,400 1,473,798 130,602
Missions
     Official
      Technical14,800
340,0001,978
305,87712,822
34,123
Representation and
     Hospitality 5,000 10,389 (5,389)
External Auditors 70,000 70,000 0
Ministerial 400,000 1,127,041 (727,041)
Unforeseen 100,000 0 100,000
ITC 14,361,500 13,874,831 486,669
Permanent Group ofExperts 30,000 0 30.000
Other 63,000 75,390 (12,390)
Total 45,928,790 45,242,213 686,577
*Including higher category staffWT/BFA/W/73
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Accessions Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 941,900 969,990 (28,090)
Temporary Assistance 5,000 6,735 (1,735)
B. Administrative
        Costs
Permanent Equipment 1,000 566 434
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
     Official 5,100 5,007 93
     Technical
Cooperation
Representation and
     Hospitality 800 303 497
Miscellaneous
Total 953,800 982,600 (28,800)WT/BFA/W/73
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Accession Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
(i) Pursue and facilitate the negotiations between WTO Members and states and entities
requesting accession to the WTO by encouraging their integration into the multilateral tradingsystem through the effective liberalisation of their trade regimes in goods and services;  and;
• Regular meeting schedule disrupted due to work on China, Chinese Taipei and Doha
Ministerial Meeting.
• 27 Working Party meetings were held, and 11 rounds of bilateral negotiations organised
by the Secretariat in Geneva.
• The accessions of Moldova, China and Chinese Taipei were completed.
• The Working Party on the Accession of Vanuatu completed its mandate.
• Other accessions were brought close to finalisation, namely Armenia.
• Work commenced in Working Parties on Lebanon, Nepal, Samoa, Tonga, Uzbekistan
• Work advanced in Working Parties on:  Algeria, Cambodia, Macedonia, Russia,
Viet-Nam.
• New working Parties were established for Bahamas, Tajikistan, FR Yugoslavia.
• Requests for accession were received from Libya and Syria.
• Missions concerning Accessions were undertaken to Algeria, Andorra, Bhutan,
Kazakhstan, Lao PDR, Libya, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Vanuatu.  This does not
include Missions to acceding countries also undertaken by the Technical Cooperation
Division, and does not reflect demand for technical assistance on accession issues.
• Other participation in Missions was to Lithuania, Moscow, G8 meeting in Italy,
UNCTAD, Uzbekistan (seminar), IDB Jeddah and Milan (DG).
(ii) 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.
• 5 meetings of the Informal Group on Accessions were held in order to prepare for
Working Party meetings.  Members are presented with a consolidated calendar ofaccession meetings for approval.  Preparation for this process requires consultations
with members and acceding governments on an almost daily basis.
• WTO Members continued to express appreciation for the co-ordination and
organisation of work on accessions, as well as on the concrete progress achieved on
advancing individual accessions.WT/BFA/W/73
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Agriculture and Commodities Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 1,920,200 1,850,282 69,918
Temporary Assistance 5,000 22,678 (17,678)
B. Administrative
        Costs
Permanent Equipment 21,450 16,683 4,767
Expendable Equipment 250 159 91
Contractual Services
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
   Official 40,500 34,988 5,512
   Technical Cooperation
Representation and
     Hospitality 800 208 592
Total 1,988,200 1,924,998 63,202
*Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/73
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Agriculture and Commodities Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
(i) To give effective assistance, as required and appropriate, in all matters related to the
negotiations on continuing the reform process in agricultural trade:
• With the negotiations on continuing the reform under Article 20 of the Agreement on
Agriculture on their way since March 2000, the Division serviced five Special Sessions
of the Committee on Agriculture and four informal open-ended Special Sessions in
2001. Related work included a wide range of activities, such as frequent advice to the
Chairman and delegations on procedural and substantive matters; processing and
circulation of 86 non-papers and a series of  other documents from Members; drafting of
five Special Session reports and preparation of Chairman's reports to the formal SpecialSessions and to the General Council; participation in informal consultations etc. In
addition the Division prepared or updated and revised seven Secretariat background
papers covering issues in the areas of market access, domestic support, export
competition and trade performance. The Division participated in the preparatory
process for the Doha Ministerial Conference, including by assisting in the organization,conduct and follow-up of informal consultations on agriculture, and was actively
involved in developing the relevant part of the Ministerial Declaration. At Doha, the
Division provided assistance and advice to the Friend of the Chair dealing with
agriculture.
(ii) 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 the Committee on Agriculture in all areas, including in particular the process
of multilaterally reviewing the implementation of the commitments, is organized and
conducted in an efficient manner:
• In 2001, the Division serviced, in close cooperation with the Chair, four regular
meetings of the Committee on Agriculture. The activities included advice to the Vice-Chairman and delegations  concerning all aspects of the work of the Committee; the
preparation of a Secretariat background paper for the purposes of the Article 18.5
consultations; the processing and issuing of 263 agriculture notifications by Members;
the preparation of twelve room documents, a series of other Committee-relateddocuments and four Committee reports; drafting of Chairman statements; preparation
of the annual report of the Committee; a series of informal consultations with
delegations, etc. The Division participated in and contributed to the Agreement on
Agriculture-related work on implementation conducted in 2001 under the auspices of
the General Council and actively contributed to developing the agriculture provisions
of the Decision on Implementation-Related Issues and Concerns adopted at Doha,
including the relevant recommendations of the Committee on Agriculture.
(iii) 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:
• The Division serviced three formal meetings of the SPS Committee, two special
meetings, seven  informal meetings and a workshop on the participation of developing
countries in the development of international standards.  In response to concerns of
developing countries regarding the implementation of Article 4 on equivalence and to a
request from the General Council, the Division prepared a decision, adopted by the SPS
Committee in October 2001, to facilitate the recognition of equivalence of SPSWT/BFA/W/73
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measures between Members.  Furthermore, the Division organized, prepared and
reported on the various actions undertaken by the Director-General, in response to the
request from the General Council, to seek ways to increase the participation of
developing countries in standard-setting activities and to coordinate with the relevant
international organizations regarding technical assistance.  The Division also actively
participated in developing the Ministerial Conference's decisions on eight SPS-relatedimplementation issues.
• The Division updated the compilation of specific SPS issues which have been
considered by the SPS Committee since 1995, a substantive and popular documentwhich illustrates the use of the Committee as a practical way to resolve trade problems.
Other documentation prepared by the Division was a new questionnaire on technical
assistance needs;  further text for an  interactive CD-Rom on the SPS Agreement;
detailed presentations and slides on the SPS Agreement, risk analysis and disputesettlement;  compilations of responses to questionnaires on technical assistance for
developing countries;  770 SPS notifications; and many other Committee documents.
(iv) To support, as required, the implementation of the Ministerial Decision on Measures
Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on Least-Developed andNet Food-Importing Developing Countries:
• The Division assisted in the annual monitoring exercise of the Decision by the
Committee on Agriculture, including by producing an updated paper on actions taken
to implement the Decision which served as the basis for this exercise. On several
occasions, it provided advice to net food-importing developing countries related to the
implementation of the Decision. In the context of the implementation work under theGeneral Council, the Division assisted in the organization, conduct and follow-up of
several informal consultations on the NFIDCs Decision and was actively involved in
the relevant recommendation by the Committee on Agriculture adopted at Doha.
(v) To provide effective and efficient services for dispute settlement  in the area of agriculture:
• The Division provided the Secretary to, and assisted otherwise, the panels on Korea-
Beef (complaints by the United States and Australia) and on Canada Dairy (recourse toArticle 21.5 DSU by New Zealand and the United  States). It assisted the panel on US-
Foreign Sales Corporations (recourse to Article 21.5 DSU by the EC) and the panel on
Chile Price Band System (complaint by Argentina).
(vi) To provide technical assistance and cooperation:
• As in previous years, the Division responded to numerous specific requests from
Geneva-based delegations and capitals for technical assistance, for example in regard to
the preparation of notifications under the Agreements on Agriculture and SPS;  on
specific implementation problems in the areas of market access, domestic support,
export competition and SPS;  on explanations of particular WTO provisions;  on WTOprocedures;  on market access and subsidy information; on accession documents; etc.  It
made a series of   presentations in the framework of the WTO Trade Policy Courses and
the Geneva Week. The Division conducted, or participated in, 23 technical assistance
missions to Asia, Africa and Latin America (national or regional seminars and
workshops, including two pre-Doha Ministeria l meetings), in each case requiring the
preparation of event-specific teaching and presentational material.
(vii) To support senior management and other Divisions in matters related to trade in agriculture,
forestry and fisheries products:WT/BFA/W/73
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• As every year, significant resources had to be devoted to support of senior management
and the work of other Divisions (numerous briefings; many substantive inputs into and
comments on documents prepared by other Divisions; participation in internal
meetings; administrative matters; etc.), including in the context of the preparations for
the Doha Ministerial Conference.
(viii) To co-operate, as appropriate, with relevant international organizations, the private sector and
non-governmental organizations:
• Throughout the year, the Division received many visitors and  responded to requests for
briefings, factual information, etc. from other intergovernmental organizations,
parliamentarians,  non-governmental organizations, representatives of farm
communities and agro-industries and other private sector entities.  It  participated in and
made presentations at 28 international meetings, conferences or workshops (it turneddown around 100 invitations, in many cases for lack of staff and/or financial constraints
rather than lack of interest).WT/BFA/W/73
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Council and TNC Division
Council Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 872,900 845,922 26,978
Temporary Assistance 2,000 88,544 (86,544)
B. Administrative
        Costs Permanent Equipment 4,100 0 4,100
Expendable Equipment 250 0 250
C. Other Costs Contractual Services
   Office Automation 0 0 0
Official Missions
Representation and
Hospitality 800 380 420
Total 880,050 934,846 (54,796)
*including higher category staff.
Ministerial Sessions Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 944,400 897,646 46,754
Temporary Assistance 5,000 5,943 (943)
B. Administrative
        Costs Permanent Equipment 5,500 14,424 (8,924)
Expendable Equipment 0 50 (50)
C. Other Costs Contractual Services
   Office Automation 0 0 0
Official Missions 10,000 8,429 1,571
Representation and
Hospitality 800 423 377
Total 965,700 926,916 38,784
*including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/73
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Council and TNC Division
The Ministerial Sessions Division and the Council Division are merged to form the Council
and the TNC Division as of 1st January 2002 (Office (01)/110).
Council Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
(i) To ensure the efficient management of the General Council and the DSB and
effective participation of Members in relation to WTO developments in the General
Council and DSB including through informal consultations at plurilateral andmultilateral levels:
• In 2001 the General Council held 7 formal meetings and 16 informal meetings
and consultations.
• The DSB held 23 formal meetings and 9 informal meetings.
• The preparation of meetings involved:  agendas for meetings, prepared in
coordination with the Chairpersons, delegations and relevant divisions;
chairnotes for meetings;  monitoring developments in the WTO of relevance tothe General Council and the DSB;  organization of informal meetings and
consultations.
• The follow-up to meetings included:  preparation of minutes; organization of
informal consultations on specific subjects as appropriate; coordination withrelevant divisions on the follow-up of meetings as appropriate.
• The Council Division coordinated with relevant divisions the presentation of
reports of WTO bodies for the review of WTO Activities conducted at the end-
of-year meeting of the General Council in December 2001.
• The work in the General Council and DSB was carried out in a transparent
manner according particular attention to ensuring an effective participation of
Members in the process of preparation of meetings, and their follow-up.
Ministerial Sessions Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
(i) To ensure smooth running and timely completion of:
• Follow-up work to the Seattle Ministerial Conference:  The major focus of the
Division's work in this respect continued to be in the area of implementation issues and
concerns. In the light of its Decisions of 3 May and 15 December 2000, the General
Council was to address the outstanding implementation-related issues and concerns
with a view to completing the process no later than the Fourth Ministerial Conference.
In 2001, three General Council Special Sessions were held, interspersed with over 40
informal meetings and consultations in an intensive effort to conclude work in this areawithin the stipulated deadline.  This work was undertaken by the General Council
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Division (MSD) organizing and servicing all of the meetings and consultations.  The
process culminated in the elaboration of a draft Decision for Ministers, a revision of
which was transmitted to the Doha Conference by the Chairman and the Director-
General.  It was agreed as part of the Doha package.
• Preparations for the Fourth Session of the Ministerial Conference:  Following the
decision by the General Council in February 2000 to authorize its Chairman, in
cooperation with the Director-General, to st art consultations on both organizational and
substantive matters related to the preparation of the Fourth Session of the Ministerial
Conference, an intensive programme of work was undertaken for which MSD had the
primary Secretariat responsibility.  The Gene ral Council systematically reviewed issues
for inclusion on the agenda for action by Ministers on the basis of a checklist of issues
issued by the General Council Chairman in April, holding some 50 informal General
Council meetings in total.  These meetings included one at senior-official level in June,
and another in July which served as a "reality check".  They were complemented byaround 60 informal consultations, taking the total number of hours of meetings to
over 260.  At the end of the process in Geneva in early November, a draft Ministerial
Declaration together with a separate draft Declaration on TRIPS and Access to
Medicines/Public Health were transmitted to Ministers at Doha by the Chairman and
the Director-General.  The Division had a very substantial workload during this period,ensuring the work of organizing, servicing and following up on all of the work of the
Chairman and the Director-General relating to  preparations for the Fourth Session.  The
staff of the Division also worked closely with the General Council Chairman on the
drafting of the Ministerial Declaration and the documents that preceded it.
• Working sessions and consultation processes at the Conference:  At the Ministerial
Conference itself, MSD brought together all the work undertaken in Geneva under the
previous two items, organizing a process of intensive informal open-ended meetings at
the level of Heads of Delegation over five days – one day more than originally
foreseen.  In all, 11 such meetings were held, complemented by over 100 hours of
informal consultations.  The Division had primary responsibility for this process,
offering close and continuous support to the Chairman of the Conference, Ministersacting as Friends of the Chair, the Director-General and senior management, and
organizing all aspects of the work.  Th is process ran smoothly and was extremely
successful, leading to the adoption of the D oha Ministerial Declaration, the Ministerial
Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health, and a Ministerial Decision on
Implementation-related  Issues and Concerns.  MSD also had the responsibility ofpreparing successive versions of these do cuments throughout the process, which was
done in a timely and efficient manner.
• Secretariat follow-up of decisions and wo rk programmes from the Conference:  The
follow-up work to the Doha Conference started almost immediately in the light of the
decisions by Ministers to launch negotiations and work programmes in a number of
areas.  For the Division, this involved the preparations for the first meeting of the TradeNegotiations Committee (TNC) as well as follow-up work in the General Council,
including the drawing up of a framework for the conduct of the Work Programme on
Small Economies.  The Division organized and serviced a series of informal
consultations conducted by the General Council Chairman leading to a successful TNC
meeting in January 2002.WT/BFA/W/73
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Expected results
• Efficient management and support of follow-up work from the Third Session of the
Ministerial Conference and other work subsequently mandated by General Council, soas to facilitate eventual consensus among Members.
• Timely and efficient management of Secretariat work on developing substantive agenda
for the Fourth Session of the Ministerial Conference, including possible launch of newnegotiations.
The optimum result was achieved, with WTO Members reaching agreement at Doha on a
work programme including new negotiations, as well as taking a Decision on implementation-related
issues and concerns.WT/BFA/W/73
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Development and Economic Research Division
Development Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 1,107,100 986,570 120,530
Temporary Assistance 8,000 27,784 (19,784)
B. Administrative
        Costs
Permanent Equipment 7,500 5,800 1,700
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
   Official 15,000 14,309 691
   Technical Cooperation
Representation and
     Hospitality 800 206 594
Miscellaneous
    GTAP/Sponsoring
    Other
Total 1,138,400 1,034,669 103,731
*Including higher category staff.
Economic Research and Analysis Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 1,345,000 1,150,145 194,855
Temporary Assistance 25,300 81,824 (56,524)
B. Administrative
        Costs Permanent Equipment 8,000 6,741 1,259
Expendable Equipment 0 0 0
C. Other Costs Contractual Services
   Office Automation 0 0 0
Official Missions 15,000 11,945 3,055
Representation and
Hospitality 800 245 555
Total 1,394,100 1,250,900 143,200
*including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/73
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Development and Economic Research Division
The Economic Research and Analysis Division and the Development Unit of the
Development Division are merged to form the Development and Economic Research Division as of
1st January 2002 (Office (01)/110).
Development Division
Attainment of Objectives
• In addition to its work preparing and servicing the intensified work programme of the CTD
(which held five formal and nine informal sessions in 20011), the Division also prepared three
documents for the CTD's continued review  of the application of the special provisions for
differential and more favourable treatment of developing countries in the WTO Agreements2
and prepared and serviced two seminars held under the CTD's auspices on the subjects of
"Technology, Trade and Development" (14 February 2001) and "Government Facilitation of
E-commerce for Development" (14 June 2001)3.  The Division also assisted delegations in
preparing for the WTO input to the International Conference on Financing for Development,
and it prepared a background document for delegation's work on the Generalized System of
Preferences (WT/COMTD/W/93). The Division intensified its work in servicing negotiations,especially on special and differential treatment, in the run-up to the Doha Ministerial
Conference.  All these activities contributed either to give delegations a better understanding
of the topics or to assist them during meetings.
• Service to non-residents in the run up to the Doha Ministerial was a key aim and the Division
improved its service.  The holding of Geneva week in September 2001 featured opportunities
for briefings on preparations for Doha, as well as time for consultations with the chairman ofthe General Council on the preparation of the ministerial declaration.  A newsletter covering
the main aspects of WTO work has been produced for non-residents on a regular basis.  Its
frequency has been enhanced since the Doha Ministerial Conference.   Chairman's speaking
notes and summing ups, and other documents relating to meetings are also sent to non-
residents on a regular basis.
In 2001, the Division no longer had responsibility for questions relating to the LDCs.
Economic Research a nd Analysis Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
The expected visible results are (1) the scheduled annual publications, the special studies and
working papers;  (2) in-house support in respect to economic analysis and support for technical
assistance activities; and (3) cooperation with international organisations and outside institutions.
                                                     
1 The formal meetings were held on 16 February, 9 April, 22 May, 8 October and 26 November.  The
reports of these meetings are contained in documen ts WT/COMTD/M/32 - WT/COMTD/M/36.  The informal
meetings were held on 19 January, 9 February, 22 March, 9 April, 17 July, 13 September, 28 September,1 October and 11 December.
2 WT/COMTD/W/77/Rev.1/Add.1, Add.2, and WT/COMTD/W/85.
3 The reports are annexed to documents WT/COMTD/M/32 and WT/COMTD/M/34.WT/BFA/W/73
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(i) Produce regularly scheduled annual publications , including key parts of the Annual Report.
• Regular Publications and Documents:
(a) Annual Report 2001.
(b) Overview of trade developments – the introductory chapter - in International
Trade Statistics 2000.
(c) Contributions to the DG's Report to the Council – Ministerial conference in Doha
(parts on trade developments, accession and regionalism).
(d) Press Release and Press Conference in April and November 2001 providing
assessment of trade developments in 2000 and discussing the prospects for 2001.
(e) Special Study Market Access:  The Unfinished Business – Post Uruguay Round
Inventory and Issues in May 2001.  The Study was presented to the WTO
Members in a special seminar.
(f) Several articles on trade-related subjects published in specialized journals or
books outside WTO.
• Two special studies (Adjustment Costs to Trade Liberalization and Trade and
Economic Performance) have been completely drafted and are likely to be released in
Spring 2002.
• The envisaged Special Study on Regionalism could not be completed due to the
unforeseeable departure of two staff members.  Parts of the study were completed and
used as inputs to the DG's report to the Ministerial Conference and to a paper presented
at an OECD workshop on regionalism.
(ii) Provide economic analysis and research in support of the WTO's operational activities,
including monitoring and reporting on current economic news and developments.
• In-house support activities:
(a) Preparation of briefings for the Director-General and Deputies Director-General
on trade-related issues, such as countries' economic analysis; publications by
other international organizations, governments and/or private institutions and
reports on current economic issues and developments.
(b) Participation in 17 different Technical Cooperation Division's missions to
developing countries.
(c) Organization of various in-house economic seminars by eminent scholars for
members of missions and staff.
(d) Preparation of background material for the Ministerial Conference in Doha, in
particular Note on Globalization.
(e) Lecturing at in-house trade policy courses.
(f) Providing ad-hoc information to delegations and media.
(g) Receiving visitors inquiring about WTO research activities.WT/BFA/W/73
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(iii) Carry out activities related to cooperation with other international organizations and the
academic community through conferences, seminars and courses .
• International Organisations and Outside Institutions
(a) Participation in joint (WB, IMF, UNC TAD, ILO, OECD) meetings, workshops
and conferences.
(b) Six regular lectures at the Joint Vienna Institute, Austria (Technical
Cooperation).
(c) Participation in the International Task Force on Commodity Risk Management in
Developing Countries, the GTAP Consortium and the Link Project.
(d) Presentation of papers and lectures:
(ii) On WTO issues in Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Zaragoza and Clermont Ferrand.
(iii) Lectures in Berlin, Budapest, Prague, Lübeck and Bratislava.
(iv) Lectures in Gaborone, Geneva (I LO), Moskow, Kunming and Tsingtao
(China)
(v) Presentation of paper on Trade and Employment  in Geneva (ILO), Bogota
and Lausanne.
(vi) Presentation of paper on Technology Transfer  in Paris (OECD).
(e) Preparation for launching an economic journal focussing on WTO issues.WT/BFA/W/73
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External Relations Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 895,700 839,784 55,916
Temporary Assistance 139,600 70,551 69,049
B. Administrative
        Costs
Permanent Equipment 5,000 7,268 (2,268)
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
   Official 20,000 16,770 3,230
   Technical Cooperation
Representation and
     Hospitality 800 797 3
UN and Other Bodies
Total 1,061,100 935,169 125,931
*Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/73
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External Relations Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
(i) Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) should be expanded and intensified.
Through increased collaboration with those divisions concerned with NGOs within the
Secretariat and cooperation with WTO Members and the NGOs themselves, move the current
debate away from confrontation to collaboration. Counter misrepresentation andmisunderstandings.
• New NGOs activities are described in WT/INF/30 (12 April 2001).
• External Relations Division prepared for the attendance of NGOs to the Doha
Ministerial Conference organizing registration, ensuring that all facilities be providedto NGOs in Doha, organized workshops fo r NGOs held at NGOs Centre; organized a
major Symposium on issues confronting the world trading system held in WTO on 6-7July which involved more than 500 participants; prepared and/or participated in
numerous meetings between the Director-G eneral and NGOs; organized and conducted
regular NGOs briefing; organized around 70 visits and meetings of NGOs
representatives and groups either bilateral or involving other Secretariat officials;
organized small-scale NGO lunchtime dialogue;  issued a monthly NGOs bulletin to
more than 1300 recipients all around  the world.
(ii) Increase the working relations with Parliamentarians around the world in order to build
awareness of the WTO's objectives and functions, especially with regard to its important
contribution to trade, development and social welfare.
• External Relations prepared for the attendance of parliamentarians to the Doha
Ministerial Conference;  helped the Inter-Parliamentary Union to organize its first ever
Parliamentary meeting on the trading system held in Geneva at CICG on 8-9 June andwhich involved more than 300 participants;  helped to prepare the publication of WTO
Policy issues for parliamentarians; prepared and/or participated in visits of
parliamentarians to WTO; issued a monthly bulletin for parliamentarians.
(iii) Improve and expand relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations (IGOs) whose mandates
are related to WTO activities by encouraging them to do more to clarify their role and
mandate, thereby reducing pressures on the WTO to address non-trade concerns.
• External Relations has been working closely with various IGOs to ensure better
cooperation. In that regard this Division observed meetings of various UN andspecialized agencies bodies including ECOSOC as well as OECD Trade Committee.
The Division attended the HLCP meetings to prepare for the participation of theDirector-General to the meetings of ACC. It contributed to reports prepared by the UN
and other IGOs;  focal point for receiving IGOs requests for observer status.
Miscellaneous:
• External Relations is the focal point in the Secretariat for coordination of WTO
representation at meetings of other organizations;  it issued two editions of the WTODirectory;  it is responsible for official relations with Members including the host
country; gave advice to many delegations regarding Credentials and other protocol
matters; continued to improve the efficiency of the WTO Registry.
Expected resultsWT/BFA/W/73
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• The efforts developed to increase relations with NGOs, Parliamentarians and IGOs
through improved cooperation, increased communication and access to informationhave certainly helped to improve understanding of WTO's mandate and work, and
eventually wider acceptance of the role and benefits of the multilateral trading system.
However, the relations with IGOs could be enhanced should the Members decide to
move on the pending requests for observer status.WT/BFA/W/73
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Informatics Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 1,953,500 1,916,029 37,471
Temporary Assistance 1,026,000 1,634,597 (608,597)
B. Administrative
        Costs
Permanent Equipment 1,261,060 580,684 680,376
Expendable Equipment 149,170 177,073 (27,903)
Contractual Services 1,632,070 1,944,169 (312,099)
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs 12,000 0 12,000
Missions
     Official 11,100 11,026 74
     Technical Cooperation
Representation and
     Hospitality 800 0 800
Miscellaneous
Total 6,045,700 6,263,578 (217,878)
*including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/73
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Informatics Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
(i) To continue the operation, management and enhancements of the Information Technology
infrastructure, as well as users' support and training.
• The Infrastructure was regularly enhanced and maintained in a proactive manner. The
result was a very high percentage of network infrastructure and services availability
(near 100%). Basic training for newcomers and some advanced training was performed.
However, due to lack of resources and funds, a regular follow-up global IT training
program could not be put in place.
(ii) To introduce the required new IT facilities and services.
• Following the final IT budget allocation and prioritisation of projects, all projects have
been successfully implemented. In addition, the network in the new premises has beendesigned and implemented including interconnection with CWR. It is operational since
January 2002. In addition, the IT requirements for the Ministerial Conference in Doha
were successfully implemented.
(iii) To promote Information Management and adapt working methods to take advantage of new
technologies.
• New working methods are being developed in line with the migration to the new
environment, based on Windows 2000 and Office XP. The first phase of the Migrationwas successfully completed.
(iv) To promote further usage of IT in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on IT.
• The recommendations of the Task Force on IT were not implemented due to shortage
of resources, lack of office space and the preparations of the Doha Ministerial.
However, they have been re-activated at the beginning of 2002: Three Special Interest
Groups have been started to deal with "Knowledge Management", "Archiving Policy"
and "Coordination of Services to Members".
(v) To provide enhanced Services through IT to Members, Staff and public.
• A number of additional Services were made available to Members.
(vi) To enforce existing IT Policies.
• IT Security policies will be re-enforced in 2002 as the selection of an IT Security
Officer will soon be completed.WT/BFA/W/73
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Information and Media Relations Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 3,114,300 3,076,235 38,065
Temporary assistance 86,500 196,334 (109,834)
B. Administrative
     Costs
Permanent Equipment 45,600 62,700 (17,100)
Expendable Equipment 0 332 (332)
Contractual Services 98,150 10,619 87,531
C. Other costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
     Official 25,000 20,571 4,429
     Technical Cooperation 0 0 0
Representation and
     Hospitality 5,000 4,976 24
Miscellaneous
     Library 567,000 565,436 1,564
     Publications 203,000 198,884 4,116
     Information Activities 260,000 217,772 42,228
Total 4,404,550 4,353,858 50,692
*Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/73
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Information and Media Relations Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
(i) 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,  public outreach
activities, a range of information and reference publications, and an ever-improving internet
service.
Expected Results:
• Greater public understanding of the WTO and an increase in support for an openness to
trade. Wider and more effective contacts with journalists, particularly in DevelopingCountries. This will be achieved in a number of ways including through journalists
seminars in English, French and Spanish at the WTO. Our efforts at outreach tojournalists in Latin America has been very successful and we expect to build on this.
Assessment:
• New information publications were produced for public distribution including the list
below. Several  thousand print copies of each in English, French and Spanish were
distributed to the media and the public, and to participants at the Doha Ministerial. Theelectronic versions of  these publications were made available on the WTO Internet site.
Many tens of thousands of copies were downloaded by visitors to the site from around the
world.
− GATS Fact and fiction
− WTO policy issues for parliamentarians
− The WTO …why it matters
• Outreach efforts to developing country journalists have been largely a success. This has
been driven by the work of the staff in Africa and Latin America and by virtue of the
successful journalists seminars that we have conducted over the past year. The use of thejournalists contact data base has been very successful in allowing us to send information
quickly and in a targeted fashion to journalists from around the world. The interest in the
Doha Ministerial Conference also provided an opportunity to extend our contacts with
journalists in the Arab world. Through the Arab strategy we were able to bring a number
of journalists from the region to Geneva and to place a number of op-ed articles inprominent papers in the Middle East.
(ii) Explain clearly what the WTO does, how it functions and its mission for the future.
Expected Results:
• Greater public understanding of the WTO and an increase in support for an openness to
trade.
Assessment:
• The effectiveness of  our communications effort to create greater public understanding is
impossible to measure quantitatively. However, the growing number of users of  ourwebsite, the increasing demand for WTO information and the increase in newspaper,
radio and TV  features on aspects of the WTO's work attest to a more positive attitude
to the WTO and its message about the need for openness to trade. The establishment ofWT/BFA/W/73
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the DDA web pages have further assisted us in these efforts. We expect to build on this
success in 2002.
(iii) Increase efficiency in the distribution of WTO information through the use of electronic media,
including the Internet, CD-ROMs and web streaming:
Expected Results:
• 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.
Assessment:
• The quantity of WTO publications and documents downloaded from the website
continued to increase during 2001, reaching a  new record of 150,000 megabytes of data in
a single one-month period. This is equivalent to about 150,000 million pages of  standard
text.
• A new Contacts database enabled us to maintain regular email contacts with registered
users of the WTO website, alerting them to new developments according to their areas of
interest. By the end of the year there were 25,000 registered users of the website with new
registrations growing at the rate of  80-100 per day.
• The use of CD-ROMs to assemble collections of key documents and information
continued, including special production for the Libraville Conference, the Brussels UNDevelopment Conference and the Doha Ministerial. Several thousand copies of each were
distributed at these events.
• Work was started on the production of a new library of Computer Based Training (CBT)
modules designed for use by trade officials in developing countries.
• Webstreaming was used successfully to enable public access to the open sessions of the
Doha Ministerial Conference. These daily webcasts were viewed by a total of about
80,000 individuals world-wide.  The webstreaming section of the WTO website was used
to provide access to on-demand videos of WTO short trade policy courses.
(iv) Further develop the WTO website to facilitate access by a growing number of users through
the use of the latest technologies for website  maintenance and management.  This includes
the implementation with various WTO Divisions of a "Community Forum" section of thewebsite for the free exchange of views and information between the WTO and the public.
Expected Results:
• 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.
Assessment:
• The numbers of individual visitors to the WTO website continued a steady increase,
reaching about 496,000 individual users during the month of November, 2001.
• The community forum section of the website initiated a lively "chat" area where 25-30
users per day engage in discussions on WTO-related issues.
(v) 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.WT/BFA/W/73
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Expected Results:
• A growing list of information, research and reference publications meeting high standards
for editorial content, style and presentation. A continuing reduction in the cost ofproducing  and distributing WTO print and electronic publications, mainly through the
increased use of co-publishing agreements with commercial publishers of high reputation.
Assessment:
• WTO co-publishing agreements saved the organization about CHF 800,000 in printing and
productions costs which were assumed by co-publishers. These co-publishers sold about
7,000 WTO titles, paying the organization over CHF 50,000 in royalties and providing
hundreds of free copies of print and CD products.
• There were 150 books produced (English, French and Spanish) by the WTO and co-
publishers and four commercial CD-ROMs.
• We expect to enlist in 2002 a co-publishing partner for Spanish language publications.WT/BFA/W/73
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Intellectual Property Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years Salary 1,560,000 1,589,697 (29,697)
Temporary Assistance 11,000 47,483 (36,483)
B. Administrative
        Costs
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services6,200
0
02,210
0
03,990
0
0
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
   Official 35,800 35,276 524
   Technical Cooperation
Representation and
     Hospitality 800 800 0
Total 1,613,800 1,675,467 (61,667)
* including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/73
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Intellectual Property Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
1. Intellectual Property
(i) Provide efficient service to the TRIPS Council and to dispute settlement panels that may arise:
• The TRIPS Council had four formal meetings during the course of 2001 as well as a
number of informal meetings.  One of the main focuses of work during the second halfof the year was the issue of intellectual property and access to medicines, on which
discussions in the TRIPS Council contributed importantly to the Doha Declaration on
the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health.  Major areas where the Council made
significant progress in increasing understanding included geographical indications andmatters related to the review of Article 27.3(b) of the TRIPS Agreement.  Other major
activities included the notification and review of national laws and regulations of 49
additional Members, as well as follow-up to reviews initiated earlier.  During the
course of the year, the Division was involved in the servicing of one dispute settlement
panel and one arbitration proceeding in the TRIPS area.
(ii) 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:
• During the course of the year, Division members participated in 14 technical
cooperation seminars and similar events outside Geneva.  Division officers were also
involved in other technical cooperation activities in Geneva itself, such as the WTO
training courses, the WIPO Academy, visiting groups from developing countries and
the usual discussions with individual delegates or visiting officials as well as written
correspondence.  In July 2001, the Directors-General of WIPO and WTO launched a
joint initiative between their two Secretaria ts to provide technical cooperation to least-
developed countries.
(iii) 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 the WTO processes:
• During 2001, other IGOs and NGOs markedly increased their activities on matters
relating to the TRIPS Agreement, including on the relationship between the Agreementand public health and the relationship between the Agreement and human rights.  The
Division has close working relations with a range of intergovernmental organizations
including WIPO, WHO, UNAIDS, UNHCHR, UNECE, WCO, UPOV, the CBD
Secretariat, FAO, CGIAR, OIV and a number of regional industrial property officessuch as ARIPO, EPO and OAPI.  The Division interfaces with many non-governmental
organizations, both in Geneva and elsewhere, including practitioners' organizations,
industry associations, consumer and public interest groups, and the academic
community.
(iv) Contribute to other Secretariat activities relating to intellectual property rights, including the
General Council implementation mechanism and preparations for the next ministerialmeeting:
• The Division was involved in assisting the work in the context of the General Council
on implementation issues relating to the TRIPS Agreement as well as in the follow-up
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to Article 66.2 and the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention
on Biological Diversity.  Furthermore, the Division assisted the preparatory work on
TRIPS matters for the Doha Ministerial Meeting, which led to the paragraphs relating
to intellectual property in the main Declaration as well as to the Declaration on the
TRIPS Agreement and Public Health.  The Division assists and gives advice on IP
matters to other parts of the Secretariat, notably senior management and in connectionwith environmental matters, accessions, development, electronic commerce and trade
policy review.
2. Competition policy
(i) Provide efficient service to the Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and
Competition Policy:
• The Secretariat serviced the one informal and three formal meetings of the Working
Group on the Interaction between Trade and Competition Policy held during 2001,including preparing its report to the General Council as well as a number of background
papers.
(ii) Provide technical cooperation, in conjunction with UNCTAD and other intergovernmental
organizations where appropriate, and information/advice more generally to WTO Members:
• The Secretariat organized a Workshop, in cooperation with the Governments of South
Africa and the United Kingdom, for the benefit of African WTO Members and
observers in Cape Town, South Africa.  In addition, staff participated in regional
seminars or similar events that were sponsored by intergovernmental organizations,
non-governmental organizations or national governments. The Division alsocontributed to technical cooperation activities in Geneva, including in regard to WTO
training courses, visiting groups from developing countries, NGO organized activities
and the usual discussions with individual delegates or visiting officials as well as
written correspondence.
(iii) Maintain and develop lines of communication with other intergovernmental organizations,
business, the NGO community, the academic world, etc:
• The Division maintains close working relations with a range of intergovernmental
organizations with interests in competition policy, including UNCTAD, the WorldBank and the OECD, and communicates re gularly with certain non-governmental
organizations with interests in this area as well.  Staff also maintained direct contactswith academics and practitioners.
(iv) Contribute to other Secretariat activities on competition policy matters, including the
preparations for the next ministerial meeting:
• The Division contributed to the servicing of the preparatory work for the Doha
Ministerial as it related to competition policy matters and continued to provide advice
and assistance to senior management and other parts of the Secretariat on such matters.
3. Government procurement
(i) Provide efficient service to the work of the Working Group on Transparency in Government
Procurement:
• The Secretariat serviced the two formal meetings that the Working Group on
Transparency in Government Procurement held in 2001.  It also assisted the work on
transparency in government procurement in the preparations for the Doha Ministerial
Conference.WT/BFA/W/73
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(ii) Provide efficient service to the Committee established under the Plurilateral Agreement on
Government Procurement and to dispute settlement panels that may arise:
• The Secretariat serviced the two formal mee tings and four informal meetings that the
Committee on Government Procurement held in 2001.  Notable activities were thenegotiations aimed at improving and expanding the Agreement under Article XXIV:7
of the Agreement for which the Secretariat prepared and maintained extensivedocumentation.  The Committee was actively involved in discussions with sixteen
countries who are in the process of acceding to it and agreed on procedures to facilitate
such accession negotiations.
(iii) Provide technical cooperation and information/advice more generally to WTO Members:
• Division staff participated in two technical  cooperation seminars.  The Division also
contributed to technical cooperation activities in Geneva, including in regard to WTOtraining courses, visiting groups from developing countries and the usual discussions
with individual delegates or visiting of ficials as well as written correspondence.
(iv) Maintain and develop lines of communication with other intergovernmental organizations,
business, the NGO community, the academic world, etc:
• The Division maintains close working relations with a range of intergovernmental
organizations including the World Bank, the OECD, ASDB, IADB and APEC.   The
Division also continues to keep in contact with the procurement community, non-
governmental organizations, lawyers associations, trade unions and the academic
community.
(v) Cooperate with other parts of the Secretariat on government procurement matters:
• The Division assists and gives advice on government procurement matters to other
parts of the Secretariat, notably senior management and in connection with theWorking Party on GATS Rules and trade policy review.WT/BFA/W/73
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Language Service and Documentation Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Professional* Salary 15,273,700 14,150,588 1,123,112
Temporary Assistance 7,538,800 11,811,608 (4,272,808)
B. Administrative
        Costs
Permanent Equipment 314,600 256,721 57,879
Expendable Equipment 695,000 721,279 (26,279)
Contractual Services
    Reproduction
     Office Automation1,090,000
42,0001,141,226
61,649(51,226)
(19,649)
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
     Official 18,000 12,125 5,875
     TechnicalCooperation
Representation and
     Hospitality 800 746 54
Total 24,972,900 28,155,940 (3,183,040)
*including higher category staffWT/BFA/W/73
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Languages Services and Documentation Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
(i) Eliminate the present translation backlog with a view to ensuring timely and simultaneous
circulation of documents in the three working languages:
• During the first few months of 2001, an ambitious plan was put into place with a view
to eliminating the translation backlog while keeping abreast of current day-to-day work.
By the summertime, significant inroads had been made.  By the Ministerial Conference,
in November, the long-standing translation backlog had been completely eliminated.
Therefore, this objective which was of paramount importance for LSDD, was achieved
in its entirety.
(ii) Improve services to Members, Observers and the public in the documentary field.  Stage 2 of
the Document Dissemination Facility (DDF) will be deployed.  New services will include the
possibility of retrieving documents for forthcoming meetings (searching documents on the
basis of meeting dates) and the dissemination of documentation on CDs:
• In February 2001,the DDF was replaced by a new and more powerful application called
Documents Online (see WT/L/388) .  Members, staff, and the public have been
benefiting from a panoply of services offered by this application since the beginning of
2001.  It is worth recalling that in November 2001 a new service for Observers was
inaugurated.  This represented an important development given the complexity of
access rights that each Observer holds. In this respect, by providing online access to
Observers,  Documents Online  has contributed to enhancing the notion of transparency.
The possibility of retrieving documents for past meetings was introduced in February
2001.  The dissemination of documentation on CDs has been postponed for 2002/2003
for technical and budgetary reasons.
(iii) Enable Members and the public to consult the GATT document collection on-line.  It should be
borne in mind that hitherto only WTO documents have been accessible via the DDF:
• This project has been decoupled into two:  a) the most important GATT documents
have been uploaded and are now accessible by Members, Observers, staff and the
public via Documents Online.  In addition all Uruguay Round documents have been
uploaded and are also available to users via Documents Online .  b) all other GATT
documents (since 1 January 1988) have been uploaded and are accessible online via theIntranet.
(iv) Upgrade the Document Management System (5 years old) in light of more advanced operating
systems and new needs:
• Eighty five percent of the upgrade to a 32 bit environment was carried out during 2001.
The rest of the upgrade will be carried out in the first quarter of 2002.  It should be born
in mind that the upgrade included the refinement and improvement of several modules
as well as the creation of new modules.
(v) Enhance computer assistance for translators and interpreters:
• The Translation Assistance System (TAS) was upgraded and additional copies of the
Translators' Workbench were purchased and deployed. On the external front, during thesummer 2001 a special version of Documents Online for Translators  was inaugurated.
It features "text synchronisation technology" and constitutes an important translationtool for our collaborators working abroad.WT/BFA/W/73
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Legal Affairs Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 1,805,200 1,669,767 135,433
Temporary Assistance 47,000 60,917 (13,917)
B. Administrative
        Costs
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services10,750
08,095
1592,655
(159)
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
   Official 10,300 9,752 548
   Technical Cooperation
Representation and
     Hospitality 800 364 436
Miscellaneous
     Panels 1,337,000 923,366 413,634
Total 3,211,050 2,672,420 538,630
*Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/73
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Legal Affairs Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
General considerations
• As in previous annual assessments, two general points need to be emphasized in respect
of assessing the achievement of stated objectives in the Legal Affairs Division.  First,
the work expected of and performed by the Legal Affairs Division is almost entirely
responsive , i.e., we stand ready to respond to requests for legal information, advice and
training from a variety of sources, especially dispute settlement panels, the DSB and its
chairman, Member delegations, the Director-General and Secretariat, and the public at
large.  To this extent, it would be difficult to say that we set our own objectives or thatthese change significantly over time.  Secon d, it remains extremely difficult, given the
nature of our work, to meaningfully quantify  the extent to which we have attained our
objectives.
• Our summary assessment is that we have largely met our "Objectives for 2001" as set
out on page 109 of the "2001 Budget Estimates" (WT/BFA/SPEC/49).  More
specifically, the Legal Affairs staff have faithfully carried out the Legal Affairs andDepository functions set out in these objectives.  As in past years, we at times were not
able to comply with deadlines set out in th e DSU for the circulation of the final reports
of dispute settlement panels;  however, where this occurred, it was due either, as in the
past, to the excessive length of the descriptive portions of these reports and the
resulting severe translation backlog experienced by LSDD, or to the complexity ofindividual cases for which panels determined to take additional time in their
deliberations.  Another area where LAD was not able to meet the objectives set for
2001 was with regard to the target date for completion and publication of the WTO
Analytical Index, this due in large measure to competing assignments of the staff
members involved.
• A more detailed assessment follows.
Legal Affairs Functions
(i) Give legal advice to panels and generally support the drafting of panel reports in an
appropriate and speedy way:
• Legal Affairs staff serviced 8 regular panels in the course of 2001, 3 of which were
completed.
• Legal Affairs staff serviced 3 Article 21.5 compliance panels in 2001, all of which were
completed.
• Legal Affairs coordinated the process of composition of 5 panels.
• Legal Affairs advised the Director-General in the composition of 2 panels.
(ii) 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:
• Legal Affairs frequently provided legal ad vice to the Secretariat, including briefing
notes and informal advice to the Director-General, other senior management and morebroadly within the Secretariat; a considerable amount of this advice was in connection
with preparations for the Doha Ministerial Meeting and in the framework for
conducting multilateral negotiations.WT/BFA/W/73
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• In addition to legal advice on matters relating to the WTO agreements, with increasing
frequency we have been asked for advice on other legal issues, e.g., personnel matters,
cooperation agreements, supply contracts, technical assistance agreements, etc.
• On a regular basis, we were called upon to provide significant legal advice to the DSB
and its chairman;  also on a regular basis, we provided legal advice to the various
committees serviced by the Market Access Division, and in particular the CTG and the
Market Access Committee and their chairmen.
• We provided advice to the DSB chairman and WTO Members in relation to proposals
for amendments to the DSU and the establishment of a process for negotiating such
amendments.
• Legal Affairs advised the Secretariat and WTO Members on legal issues relating to
implementation of WTO obligations, and on the establishment of a legal framework for
multilateral negotiations on agriculture, services and other issues.
• Legal Affairs provided legal technical support to senior management and delegations in
connection with the Fourth Ministerial Conference and its follow-up.
• In 2001, Legal Affairs continued to provide the main substantive, legal and
administrative support for the final year of the Working Party on the Accession of
China;  a member of the division continued to serve as secretary to the Working Party,
assisting the chairman with the 4 major meetings of the Working Party in 2001, in
addition to the many informal consultations and plurilateral sessions;   the Director
oversaw the approval and acceptance of the terms of China's accession in Doha.
• One LAD member continued to serve as Secretary to the JAB (8 proceedings, 5
completed, 3 pending); another member continued as a member of the JAB; 2 other
members provided legal advice to staff members challenging administrative decisions
of the Director-General, 1 of whom presented the case before the JAB;  and the
Director continued to advise the Director-General on staff appeals to the JAB and, in
one case, drafted and presented the case for the Director-General before the JAB.
Thus, a significant amount of LAD resources was devoted to JAB matters.
(iii) Participate in technical assistance activities, ma inly in respect of training, and more generally
help fulfil the training mandate of Article 27.3 of the DSU:
• Legal Affairs staff participated extensively in special courses on dispute settlement,
regular WTO training courses, WTO technical cooperation missions, and other training
seminars and workshops, including in, e.g., Amman, Bangkok, Beijing, Lima,
Marrakesh, Managua, Montevideo, New Delhi, Singapore.
• Legal Affairs staff also made presentations to meetings of other organizations with
WTO-related activities, e.g., on EU/WTO in Milan, on WTO and the precautionary
principle in Paris, on WTO and MEAs in Washington, on China and the WTO in
Canberra and in Beijing, on the international trade of GMOs in Aix-en-Provence.
• Legal Affairs made an assessment at the end of 2001 that the Division would need the
equivalent of at least 1 additional person/year to meet the additional technicalassistance and training activities mandated by the Doha Ministerial Declaration.
(iv) Prepare and publish the Analytical Index of WT O Agreements and other publications such as
the Status of Legal Instruments, the dispute settlement booklet:
• Despite substantial progress being made on the preparation of the first edition of the
WTO Analytical Index, Legal Affairs staff were not able to complete this task in 2001;the revised target date is the end of April 2002, with publication in hard copy, CD RomWT/BFA/W/73
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and "on-line" planned for later in the year;  the delayed publication will allow for
inclusion of all jurisprudence and other relevant decisions through June 2001.
• Legal Affairs continued its responsibility of preparing and issuing documents in the DS
series.
• Legal Affairs staff prepared and circulated 7 updated versions of the Update of WTO
Dispute Settlement Cases.
• In cooperation with the Informatics Division, Legal Affairs was able to ensure a fully
functioning Dispute Settlement Database on Microsoft Access and obtained a
feasibility study from an outside consultant on making the database available on theWTO website.
• Legal Affairs continued to ensure part of th e editing and proof-reading functions for the
Dispute Settlement Reports in all 3 WTO languages, taking over from the Appellate
Body Secretariat the more demanding task of editing the English versions of these
reports.
Depository Functions
(v) Perform the depositary functions of the Director-General:
• Legal Affairs staff continued to ensure the depository functions of the Director-
General, preparing all treaty texts of protocols, certifications, procès-verbaux, etc;
registering and notifying Members of all actions taken on legal instruments;  updatingthe Status of Legal Instruments;  registering all legal instruments with the United
Nations;  keeping the membership list up to  date;  and providing material to the
Division concerned for inclusion in the BISD.WT/BFA/W/73
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Market Access Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 1,535,300 1,428,321 106,979
Temporary Assistance 5,000 29,664 (24,664)
B. Administrative
     Costs
Permanent Equipment 0 0 0
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
Official 27,700 27,630 70
Technical Cooperation
Representation and
Hospitality 800 665 135
Total 1,568,800 1,486,280 82,520
* including higher category staffWT/BFA/W/73
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Market Access Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
To provide efficient service to the following WTO Bodies:
(i) Council for Trade in Goods:
• As stated in document WT/BFA/SPEC/49 Volume 2, the objectives of the Council for
Trade in Goods (CTG) in 2001 were to a considerable extent linked to the activities ofits subsidiary bodies.  The Council oversees the multilateral trade agreements and
ministerial decisions covering the goods sector and takes actions, where required, on
the issues raised by the various committees which report to it. It was noted that such
actions include, among others, 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 compliancewith relevant notification obligations.  In addition, the CTG would also address
substantive matters and goods-related issues which were to be determined.
• The expected results of ensuring "the smooth running and im plementation of the tasks
assigned to the bodies falling under the responsibility of the Division" were met by
preparing eight formal meetings of the Council which discussed a range of issues and
successfully concluded consultations of the long-standing Article IX waiver for theACP-EC Partnership Agreement.
• In two informal meetings in February and May, the division further serviced the
Council to enable it to continue its analytical work on trade facilitation which focussed
on the preparatory process for the Fourth Ministerial Conference. In response to a
request made by members at the February meeting, the Division organized a workshop
on technical assistance and capacity building in trade facilitation and prepared a reporton the workshop (G/C/W/297).
(ii) Committee on Import Licensing:
• During the year 2001 the division prepared two formal meetings of the Committee at
which 46 notifications received under various provisions of the Agreement were
reviewed.  It provided information and advice to delegations and several accedingcountries and responded to queries from a number of private parties on matters relating
to import licensing.
(iii) Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade on Information Technology Products:
• During 2001, the Committee held 5 formal meetings and 4 informal meetings:
Conduct consultations on non-tariff barriers:
• The Committee embarked on the Non-Tariff Measures' Work Programme in 2001 after
agreeing to a programme in late 2000.
• At all of its formal meetings, and at the informal meetings, the Committee proceeded
with the identification and examination of non- tariff measures that impacted trade of IT
products.
• There were 11 submissions by participants to the work programme, which served as a
basis for discussion and examination.
Review of product coverage:WT/BFA/W/73
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• While the "Review of Product Coverage" was addressed under 'other business' at each
of the Committee's formal meetings, there was no formal conclusion of this work by the
participants, nor were there any decisions or discussions in the formal work agenda.  It
was noted that consultations were on-going.
Review of classification issues:
• There was continued work on classification divergences in the formal meetings during
the year.
• The Committee corresponded with the WCO for their advice on this matter with respect
to certain products.
Increase participation by adding new Members:
• During 2001, the Committee added two new participants—Bulgaria and Moldova.
Monitoring and review of implementation:
• The Committee reviewed the implementation of the ITA at each of its five formal
sessions during the year.
• Five documents on the status of implementation were prepared and circulated so that
the matter could be kept under review by participants.
Review other matters relating to trade in information technology products:
• The Committee served as a forum for particip ants to raise any matter relating to the
Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Products
(iv) Rules of Origin
Carry out the Harmonization Work Programme on non-preferential rules of origin:
• The Committee on Rules of Origin held five negotiating sessions in order to carry out
the Harmonization Work Programme, resolving 281 outstanding issues
• The integrated negotiating text was updated after each negotiating session
Provide services to the Committee on Rules of Origin:
• The five sessions of the Committee were well prepared and successfully concluded.
• The minutes of these meetings are contained in G/RO/M/35-39
Provide information and advice to delegations, private parties and other divisions in the
Secretariat on matters relating to rules of origin:
• Responding to requests from various parties, relevant information was provided
Attend meetings twice a year of the WCO Technical Committee on Rules of Origin in
Brussels:
• A staff member of the Division attended a meeting of the WCO Technical Committee
on Rules of Origin.
• The Technical Committee met only once in 2001 instead of twice as planned.
(v) Customs Valuation
Monitoring Members' legislation and implementation of the Agreement:WT/BFA/W/73
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• 2001 marked the year when all Article 20.1 delay periods expired for developing
country Members.  During the year, the Committee dealt with seven requests forextensions of the delay periods under paragr aph 1, Annex III;  four were granted and
three are pending.  In addition, four Members requested reservations to maintain
minimum values under paragraph 2, Annex III of the Agreement.
• The Committee examined the national legislations of 19 Members.  It concluded
examination of the legislations of Albania, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kyrgyz Republic, Madagascar, Malaysia,
Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Senegal, and Uruguay.  The
legislation of Korea was be reverted to by the Committee for further examination.
Provide service to the Committee on Customs Valuation:
• During 2001, the Committee has held six formal meetings (on 9 March; 11 April, 24
July, 2 and 25 October, and 21 November).  Much of the work this year focused on
implementation matters.
• The Secretary of the Committee has provided all the background documents for these
meetings (estimated at close to 100 different documents including airgrams, minutes of
meetings, background factual reports, draft decisions, etc.)
Discussing technical assistance needs of developing countries;  determine role of WTO in
providing such assistance;  assist in missions to expedite implementation:
• The Committee has continued to focus on the question of technical assistance at its
formal and informal meetings.  At its meeting of 24 July, the Committee adopted awork programme on reinvigorating technical assistance activities in the Committee.  It
is presently discussing how to implement the work programme.
• Seven national missions on customs valuation and one regional three-week on-the-job
training mission was carried out during 2001.
Participate in WCO meetings of the Technical Committee on Customs Valuation:
• The Secretary of the Committee attended the 12th and 13th Sessions of the Technical
Committee during 2001.
Receiving and processing notifications of legislation:
• See paragraph above on monitoring Members' legislation.
(vi) Committee on Market Access
The supervision of the implementation of Uruguay Round concessions relating to tariffs and
non-tariff measures, and of concessions by acceding countries:
• During its three formal meetings and twelve informal meetings, the Committee on
Market Access provided a forum for Members to raise issues concerning the
implementation of Uruguay Round concessions relating to tariffs and non-tariff
measures and of concessions by acceding countries.
Completing the transposition of schedules of  concessions into the Harmonized System (HS):
• The schedule of one Member was transposed during 2001.WT/BFA/W/73
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Improving the efficacy of its work through ensu ring a) the submission of timely notifications
of quantitative restrictions and timely provision of trade and tariff information by Members;
b) the implementation of the decision on the establishment of loose-leaf schedules on goods
and the development of an electronic verification process; both of which will provide
Members with the necessary information for such supervision:
• With respect to the timely provision of trade and tariff information by Members,
following agreement in the Committee on a programme for a "Multilateral Appraisal of
the Operation of the IDB and Related Technical Assistance Activities" the Committee
commenced work in this area.  In this respect, four meetings were held, based on
regional groupings with the Secretariat preparing background notes for each meeting.
The Committee further discussed the outcome of these meetings in an informal meeting
on 24 September 2001 and at the formal meeting of 26 September 2001, and examined
ways to improve IDB submissions and technical assistance activities.
• No submissions were made pursuant to the Decision on the Establishment of
Consolidated Loose-Leaf Tariff Schedules.  However work on the Consolidated Tariff
Schedules database has been progressing well with the Committee being kept informed
regularly on the status of this project.
Completing the introduction and verification of the changes in the HS approved by the World
Customs Organization into WTO tariff schedules:
• In continuing with the practice established in the previous year, the Committee agreed
to hold informal meetings dedicated to the review of the HS96 situation based on theinformal list prepared by the Secretariat.  Three such meetings were held during 2001.
• The Committee continued to address the issue of HS2002 during 2001, especially
focusing on the WTO procedures.  A number of informal meetings were held to workon new procedures for this process.  At its meeting of 27 June 2001, the Committee
agreed on the proposed procedures and forwarded them to the Council for Trade inGoods and the General Council for adoption.  The General Council approved the
procedures at its meeting of 18 July 2001in document WT/L/407.
Reviewing the procedural issues identified with respect to modifications and rectifications of
schedules:
• The Committee did not examine these issues during 2001.
Reviewing the situation of waivers granted in connection with the introduction of the
Harmonized System and the introduction of Harmonized System changes to schedules:
• The Committee examined this issue and foll owing informal consultations agreed that
Members requiring a waiver for the introduction of Harmonized System 1996 changes
would be granted one last extension of the "collective waiver".  Thereafter waivers, ifrequired, would be granted on an individual basis.WT/BFA/W/73
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Rules Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 1,693,200 1,663,287 29,913
Temporary Assistance 26,300 54,030 (27,730)
B. Administrative
     Costs
Permanent Equipment 0 0 0
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
   Office Automation 0 0 0
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
   Official 8,000 2,843 5,157
   Technical Cooperation
Representation and
     Hospitality 800 481 319
Miscellaneous
Panels
Total 1,728,300 1,720,642 7,658
*Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/73
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Rules Division
Realisation of Objectives for 2001
(i) Ensure efficient functioning of, and facilitate on-going negotiations and consultations in all
WTO bodies serviced by the Division; support other divisions and senior management in all
matters relating to the rules area (WT/BFA/SPEC/49, II, objectives (i) and (vi))
In 2001, the staff of the Rules Division serviced some 35 formal and informal meetings of the
main and subsidiary bodies within its area of competence.4  This included the circulation, and
organization of review by the respective Committees of, Members' notifications concerning subsidies,
contingent trade remedy legislation and actions, and state trading enterprises.  It also includedpreparing documents, draft agendas, notes for Chairpersons and detailed minutes of meetings, as well
as consulting with Chairs and delegations -- frequently on the basis of intensive and numerous
consultations -- on matters concerning the work of these bodies.  Additionally, staff of the Division
provided information concerning the various meetings to delegations who were unable to attend.
Examples of the on-going work of the Rules-area bodies in 2001 include:
• in the subsidies area, Division staff assisted the Chair with lengthy consultations among
Members (i.e. at least nine rounds of informal consultations with various groups of
interested Members) to deal with the five implementation-related issues that had been
directed to the SCM Committee, and in the development of the special procedures
adopted by Ministers at Doha relating to requests by certain developing countries forextensions of the exemption from the prohibition on export subsidies.  Division staff
also participated in on-going WTO work on fisheries subsidies;
• formal adoption of the protocol and product coverage annex to the Agreement on Trade
in Civil Aircraft that had been prepared by Division staff at the direction of the
Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft.
(ii) Rules-area implementation monitoring and assistance and participation in WTO technical
assistance; support other divisions in all matters relating to the rules area (WT/BFA/SPEC/49,
II, objectives (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vi))
The Division continued its active programme of implementation and technical assistance, and
providing expert advice to delegations and natio nal administrations, in the areas of subsidies,
contingent trade remedies, state trading enterprises and trade in civil aircraft.  As servicing dispute
settlement panels continued to occupy a dominant proportion of the Division's workload, the Division
found itself unable to respond to numerous technical assistance requests from Members, and was
obliged to limit the number and scope of its specific projects in this regard.  Nonetheless:
• Division staff responded to approximately 20-25 requests monthly for specific, detailed
advice on issues arising in the implementation and administration of anti-dumping,countervailing, and safeguards mechanisms, as well as relating to obligations under the
Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft.  In addition, staff responded to numerous
requests per month for advice on fulfilment of notification obligations, relating to both
procedural and substantive issues in the notification of subsidy programmes, state
                                                     
4 The bodies serviced by the Rules Division are:  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 Enterprises, Permanent Group of Experts, Informal Group on Anti-Circumvention, Ad Hoc Group on Implementation of the Agreement on Anti-Dumping, Working Party on
Subsidies Notifications, Technical Sub-Committee of the Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft and Working
Group on Trade and Competition (co-secretary).  The Division also services the Rules Negotiating Group.WT/BFA/W/73
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trading enterprises, and contingent trade remedy actions.  Staff also provided advice to
countries in the process of accession concerning their obligations under the Agreements
within the Division's area of competence, including the separate process of accession to
the plurilateral Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft.
• In the area of implementation assistance to individual countries, Division staff assisted
in preparing and/or reviewed draft legislations of several countries regarding contingent
trade remedies.
• Members of the Division conducted 17 technical assistance missions covering some or
all of the following:  multilateral subsidies disciplines, contingent trade remedies,notification obligations, and dispute settlement.
• Members of the Division lectured, as necessary, on anti-dumping, subsidies and
countervailing measures, and safeguards as well as state trading enterprises at regionaltraining programmes organized by the Technical Cooperation Division in cooperation
with other international organizations.  These activities were carried out, for example,
in Austria (in cooperation with the Joint Vienna Institute, for Central and Eastern
European and Central Asian countries).
• Division staff served as lecturers in the WTO Trade Policy Courses on anti-dumping,
subsidies and countervailing measures, safeguards and state trading enterprises,
presenting some 12 lectures in this context.  Division staff also spoke more briefly on
these topics and on notification obligations, at the request of the Technical Cooperation
Division, to visiting delegations from Members' capitals and countries in accession, as
well as to individual representatives of Members.
• One of the objectives of the Division in 2001 was to complete and publish the
Handbook on Anti-Dumping Practices. The Division has received numerous requests inthe past to develop a manual on anti-dumping investigations to assist developing
countries to better understand the process.  The approach followed in developing the
Handbook was therefore to provide a practical tool to newly established anti-dumping
units, or Members in the process of establishing units, to assist them in conductinginvestigations.  The main objective of the Handbook is therefore to provide technical
assistance to certain Members in need of a detailed manual on AD investigations.  The
draft of the Handbook was completed in 2001, with a final review to be done in 2002.
The scheduled date for publication is October 2002.
• In addition, staff worked on the divisional data-bases on anti-dumping and
countervailing actions.  These data-bases enabled the Division to respond to numerousrequests monthly from delegations, management and other divisions, requiring specific
directed research.
• Members of the Division continued to contribute to the preparation of the forthcoming
new edition of the Analytical Index.
(iii) Provide secretaries and legal officers to WTO dispute settlement panels involving the rules
area Agreements; support other divisions in all matters relating to the rules area
(WT/BFA/SPEC/49, II, objectives (v) and (vi))
A major and consistently increasing proportion of the Division's workload is related to dispute
settlement.  On average, more than half of all WTO dispute settlement panels are in the Rules area.
The Division provided both secretary and legal officer for 11 panels established or operating
during 2000.  Because of shortage of staff, and in light of other responsibilities, the Division was
unable to provide secretaries and legal officers for some Rules-area panels established in 2001;WT/BFA/W/73
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however, Division staff nevertheless provided substantive input for the work of at least 3 other panels
dealing with rules issues.  The Division's panel work  involved more than 45 meetings with panellists
(with and without parties), most of which extended over several days.  As requested by the panellists,
this work also involved the preparation of numerous memoranda and discussion papers concerning the
various issues to be considered and resolved, as well as drafting and preparing descriptive parts and
reports.
• Reports were issued in the Panels involving United States – Hot-Rolled Steel ;
Argentina – Ceramic Tiles ;  United States – Export Restraints ;  and United States
- Line Pipe Safeguards .
• Work was begun or underway on the Panels involving;  United States - Steel Plate ;
Chili - -Price Bands ;  Egypt - Steel Rebar ;  United States - CVD Measures ;  United
States - Carbon Steel ;  US - Offset Act (Byrd Amendment) ;  EC - Tube and Pipe
Fittings ;  US - Section 129URAA ;  Canada - Export Credits ;  United States – Softwood
Lumber .
• Division staff also assisted Members, and where necessary, the Director-General, in
composing some eight panels over the course of 2001.
(iv) Undertake any tasks which may result from the on-going discussions in the General Council;
support senior management and other divisions in all matters relating to the Rules area
(WT/BFA/SPEC/49, II, objectives (vi) and (vii))
Division staff were heavily involved in the Doha Ministerial Conference and in the intensive
conceptual and substantive Rules-related preparation for that Conference, including extensive
involvement in the Rules-related aspects of the "implementation process" concerning the numerous
implementation proposals in the areas of anti-dumping and subsidies.  In this regard, the Division
participated in a multitude of internal meetings and meetings with delegates, serviced consultations
among Members, analyzed proposals, advised manage ment, assisted in drafting Chairpersons' notes
and assisted management and Members to develop approaches regarding implementation and
proposals concerning the texts of General Council and Doha Ministerial Conference decisions on
Rules-area issues.  Senior Division staff attended the Doha Ministerial Conference and were
extensively involved in, and provided the necessary substantive expertise in support of Members and
senior management for, the conceptualization and finalization of the Rules-related aspects of theMinisterial Declaration and Implementation-Related Decision.
(v) Other
Members of the Division were responsible for attending, as observers, meetings of the OECD
Joint Group on Trade and Competition and the Participants' Group of the Understanding on Export
Credits.WT/BFA/W/73
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Statistics Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 3,193,600 3,094,183 99,417
Temporary Assistance 243,000 280,995 (37,995)
B. Administrative
        Costs
Permanent Equipment 43,140 15,887 27,253
Expendable Equipment 2,000 287 1,713
Contractual Services
   Office Automation 33,050 21,899 11,151
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
   Official 21,000 17,532 3,468
   Technical Cooperation
Representation and
     Hospitality 800 0 800
Miscellaneous
    UN Bodies
Total 3,536,590 3,430,783 105,807
*Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/73
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Statistics Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
• The Division's overall objectives for 2001 are to continue to strive towards the provision of
effective, timely, quality statistics, technical advice, assistance and support to Members, the
Secretariat and the general public; and to continue to participate actively in inter-agency efforts to
improve coordination, cooperation and collaboration in the fields of merchandise trade and trade
in services.
• Within these core activities, staff will be focusing on a number of important areas.  These include
the provision of timely and effective background statistics, technical advice and assistance to the
Secretariat for the mandated negotiations in agriculture and services; and the preparation of thetechnical infrastructure needed to support future tariff negotiations. Through our active
participation in inter-agency task forces on merchandise trade and trade in services statistics we
are aiming by 2001 to move closer to data sharing between agencies (WTO and ITC will be
collaborating on a joint project) with respect to merchandise trade, and to promote the
implementation by national compilers of the first internationally developed Manual on Statistics
of International Trade in Services
Realization of Objectives
(a) to continue to strive towards the provision of effective, timely, quality statistics
• In 2001 the Division provided statistics on mercha ndise trade and trade in services for the
"WTO Annual Report 2001" and the WTO International Trade Statistics.  The latter report,
was delivered three weeks in advance, to co incide with the Doha Ministerial Conference
and was complemented by a summary of the developments in world trade.
• Important improvements were made by the Merchandise Trade (MTS) and the Trade in
Services (TISS) sections to the process of data collection, production and subsequent
dissemination to the public.  In particular, the use of electronic facilities (Internet websites,
CD-ROMs), has considerably streamlined the procedure.  Enhanced data quality resultedfrom the use of new estimation methodologies, the correction of statistical anomalies and
the use of mirror statistics.  A major data review of the trade in services statistics for the
Least Developed Countries was initiated during the year.
• MTS has added a network of world trade in agriculture to its regular World Network
programme and new historical statistics on trade in clothing and textiles.  It has also
extended back to 1980, several statistical series such as the country trade in agricultural
products and manufactures.  Data for Least Developed Countries were significantly
improved through expanded partners' coverage, commodity detail and time span.  TISS
successfully estimated world trade in specific services sectors.
(b) technical advice, assistance and support to Members, the Secretariat and the general
public;
• The Integrated Data Base (IDB) Section planned, organized, and implemented the
multilateral review of the IDB by the Market Access Committee.  Its success and theestablishment of national focal points translated into a higher number of Members'
submissions.  Increased IDB participation was also the result of numerous regional andnational technical assistance activities engaged in by the Section and of its participation in
the WTO Tariff Seminar, the Geneva based Trade Policy Courses and the NTM seminar.WT/BFA/W/73
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• The Systems Development and Production (SDP) Section developed the IDB Internet
Analysis Facility prototype, which is currently being tested by users.
• The IDB and SDP sections greatly enhanced the electronic processing, handling and
dissemination of submissions to the IDB.
• With respect to the Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database, all the tariff and
agricultural commitments of developing country members and recently acceded Members
were processed for inclusion in the Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database.  TheCTS team also worked actively with the Members concerned to complete outstanding
submissions.
• The Division obtained funding from the Global Trust Fund and the UK Department
for International Development to support the upcoming IDB/CTS dissemination and
analytical software development project.
• To assist Members on issues linked to the trade negotiations, the Division produced a
background paper for the Council on Trade in Services and a paper suggesting new
compilation techniques for telecommunication services statistics.  It also gave major inputs
in several WTO documents on, e.g. market access conditions for LDCs.  In addition, it
prepared comprehensive data sets on trade in services developments in developingcountries for a paper for the Committee on Trade and Development.
• Support was provided to the Secretariat and the general public through timely replies to
the frequent requests for information.  Within the Secretariat, the Division collaboratedclosely with the Budget and Finance Division to assess Members' contributions to the WTO
budget and provided assistance to an arbitration panel.
(c) to continue to participate actively in in ter-agency efforts to improve coordination,
cooperation and collaboration in the fields of merchandise trade and trade in services
• In 2001, the Division cooperated intensively with other international organizations to
finalize the "Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services".  Coordinated inter-
agency efforts were also made on the Common Data Set Project on merchandise trade,
and on improving the timeliness of data submissions to the UNSD "Comtrade" data base.Several background and technical papers on merchandise trade and on trade in services
were drafted as a result of increased collaboration.
• The Division participated actively in the meetings of the Task Force on International
Trade Statistics, the ACC Sub-Committee on Statistical Activities, the Conference of
European Statisticians, the OECD Trade Statistics meeting, the OECD Working Party onGlobalization, and the Joint OECD-Eurostat Meeting of Experts on Trade-in-Services
Statistics.WT/BFA/W/73
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Technical Cooperation Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 2.120,800 2,147,339 (26,539)
Temporary Assistance 365,000 137,287 227,713
B. Administrative
        Costs
Permanent Equipment 12,100 10,335 1,765
Expendable Equipment 1,000 100 900
Contractual Services
   Office Automation 0 0 0
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
   Official
  Technical Cooperation0
74,0000
739,1600
840
Representation and
     Hospitality 1,200 1,175 25
Total 3,240,100 3,035,396 204,704
*Including higher category staffWT/BFA/W/73
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Technical Cooperation Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
The year 2001 was a transitional year for WTO technical cooperation and for  the TCD.  In
June 2001, Senior Management issued a circular laying out terms of the re-organization.  The
re-organization exercise began in the month of June and continued to  the period immediately
preceding the Doha Ministerial Conference.  The non-routine specific objectives on which re-
organization exercise focussed were as follows:
• Reorganization of TCD.  A new organizational structure was approved by Senior
Management in December 2001;
• Enhanced outreach with informal groups  (the WTO LDCs' Consultative Group, the
WTO African Group, and the ACP Group);
• Intensified interaction with informal groups in Doha during the course of the
Ministerial Conference;
• Drafting and adoption by Members of the New WTO Strategy for Technical
Cooperation Growth and Integration.  The New Strategy was endorsed by the  CTD on19 October 2001 and by WTO Ministers in in Paragraph 38 of the Doha Ministerial
Declaration;
• Re-vamping of the Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to
the LDCs, and the initiation  of  implementation on a test basis in  the Pilot Scheme.Satisfactory progress is currently underway in three pilot countries namely, Cambodia,
Cambodia, Madagascar and Mauritania.  As a result of progress, the re-vamped IF has
now been extended to 11 Least-Developed Countries.
• Sorting and standardizatio of the situation of Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs)
into which the WTO has entered.
• Establishment  of the Technical Assistance Management Committee (TAMC) for the
purpose of achieving internal coherence and coordination and coherence within the
WTO Secretariat  on TA matters.  So far, the TAMC has functioned effectively as amechanism of internal WTO Secretariat coordination on technical assistance matters;
• In addition to the above objectives in 2001, the delivery of technical assistance to
developing and least-developed countries continued.
To a very large extent, the specific objectives of the re-organization exercise in 2001 were
achieved.  The impact has been more evident in 2002, as will be shown in the Report for 2002.WT/BFA/W/73
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Technical Cooperation Audit
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 183,200 174,460 8,740
Temporary Assistance 18,000 0 18,000
B. Administrative
        Costs
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
   Office Automation
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
   Official
  Technical Cooperation0
60,0000
58,3060
1,694
Representation and
     Hospitality 800 258 542
Total 262,000 233,024 28,976
*Including higher category staffWT/BFA/W/73
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Technical Cooperation Audit
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
There were no objectives for 2001 for Tech ncial Cooperation Audit (TCA), the function
having been established in February of that year.
(i) The main activities/achievements of the year were:
• Setting up of the function and the administrative framework - done.
• Familiarization with WTO TA programmes - partly done, ongoing.
• Consultations with Secretariat and Members on the nature of the function, and to
determine expectations - done.
• Development of a methodology for monitoring and evaluation of TA - done.
• Evaluation of ten activities through direct participation, with corresponding back-to-
office reports (BTOR), and about 15 activities on the basis of BTOR and feedback
forms - done.
• Consultations with other international and national aid providers to assess relevance of
their evaluation systems - done.
• Attendance at about four sessions of the Committee on Trade and Development, two
meetings of the LDC Sub-Committee, and several meetings of the TAMC.WT/BFA/W/73
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Textiles Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 642,500 633,029 9,471
Temporary Assistance 5,000 1,874 3,126
B. Administrative
        Costs
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
  (b) Office Automation 1,000 0 1,000
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
     Official 13,000 10,283 2,717
     TechnicalCooperation
Representation and
     Hospitality 800 296 504
Miscellaneous
Total 662,300 645,482 16,818
*Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/73
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Textiles Division
Achievement of the Objectives of the Textiles Division for 2001
(i) Provide counselling and technical advice on textiles matters and on the implementation of the
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing to WTO Members and countries in the process of
accession:
• Discussions were held and technical information was provided to a number of
interested developing country Members with respect to the provisions and operation ofthe ATC.  This advice also covered textile-related activities in other agreements (e.g.
rules of origin, anti-dumping, etc.) in relation to:
(a) Their preparation and participation in the General Council Sessions on
Implementation Related Issues and their preparations for the Fourth Ministerial
Conference.
(b) The major review of the implementation of the ATC in the second stage (1998-
2001) which was conducted by the Council for Trade in Goods;
(c) The preparation of notifications of their lists of products to be integrated in the
third stage of the ATC implementation process;  and
(d) A range of issues in relation to the progress being made in the ATC's integration
process;  what might be expected in the remaining years (2002-2004);  and, in
the longer term, the possible impact on trade patterns after 2004.
• Discussions were also held with countries in the process of accession in relation to their
obligations under the ATC and the benefits accruing to them as a result of the market
access liberalization under the ATC.
(ii) Servicing the Textiles Monitoring Body:
• The Secretary of the TMB is an officer of the Textiles Division;  other Divisional staff
are also involved in support work for the Body.  The TMB met 13 times in 2001, in
some cases for more than one day.
(iii) Provide service to DSU panels, in cooperation with the Legal Division:
• There was one panel in 2001 related directly to the ATC;  a Division official served as
panel secretary.  The Division also monitored closely the panels involving textile andclothing products on which trade policy m easures were applied under other agreements.
(iv) Maintain close liaison with other WTO Divisions and participate in WTO training and
technical cooperation functions:
• The Division maintained relations with other Divisions in a number of areas touching
upon textile related matters.  Particularly close liaison was maintained with MarketAccess Division (textile rules of origin and tariffs as well as discussions in the CTG,
which oversees the implementation of the ATC), Rules Division (anti-dumping,
subsidies, safeguard cases involving textiles) and Legal Division (panel case related to
an ATC measure).  Also, there was close liaison in 2001 with the MinisterialConference Division, in relation to the General Council's Implementation Sessions and
with the preparations for and conduct of the Fourth Ministerial Conference.WT/BFA/W/73
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• The Textiles Division participated in the trade policy courses organized by the Training
Institute presenting lectures on the provisions and functioning of the ATC and
developments in international textile and clothing trade.
• In the area of technical cooperation, in 2001, the Textiles Division participated in
regional seminars held in Guatemala and Australia, inter-governmental conferences in
Brazil, China and Hungary, plus a non-governmental conference in Holland. It also
made presentations at a special course organized for the least-developed countries in
Geneva and took part in a video conference for ALADI members.  A special technicalcooperation mission related to the balance-of-payments assistance was carried out by a
Textile Division officer in Bangladesh.
(v) Maintain a broad knowledge base on developments in world textiles and clothing trade and
government policies and actions in this area:
• In addition to the specific responsibilities relating to the implementation of the ATC,
the Textiles Division maintains a broad knowledge base of trade policies and domesticeconomic/social policies of textile trading countries, based on information from
different publications and from Internet sources.  Trade statistics were assembled and
interpreted to identify changes in trading patt erns that affect Members, for use in all of
the above activities of the Division.
(vi) Provide information and advice to intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations,
trade associations and academics:
• In 2001, the Division worked with inter-governmental organizations (ITC, UNCTAD,
FAO, ITCB, ICAC) on both general textile trade matters and on technical cooperation
activities.  It also maintained close cooperative relationships with private sector
organizations, in particular with regional and international trade associations, informing
them of developments in the implementation of the ATC and in overall WTO activities.The Division maintained contact with a cademics, commenting on papers they were
preparing and exchanging views on the progress in the ATC.WT/BFA/W/73
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Textiles Monitoring Body
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 308,900 308,872 28
Temporary assistance 10,000 5,570 4,430
B. Administrative
     Costs
Permanent Equipment 800 810 (10)
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C. Other costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
     Official
Technical Cooperation7,800
3,2007,715
085
3,200
Representation and
     Hospitality 17,000 15,392 1,608
Total 347,700 338,360 9,340
* including higher category staffWT/BFA/W/73
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Textiles Monitoring Body
Assessment on reaching the stated objective for 2001
(i) Ensure the efficient functioning of the Textil es Monitoring Body (TMB) by providing full
service to it in carrying out its task under the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC):
• As a standing body established by the ATC, the TMB held 13 meetings during 2001,
consisting altogether of 27 working days.  In compliance with the requirements defined
for it by the ATC, the TMB carefully consider ed and examined all the notifications and
communications addressed to it and took appropriate actions with respect to them.
Only one dispute case between Members concerned was referred to the TMB in 2001,
but it had to examine this matter twice under the applicable provisions of the ATC.  On
both occasions, the TMB conducted a thoroug h examination, made a detailed analysis,
offered a number of comments and observations, reached the necessary conclusions and
made appropriate recommendations.  In doing so, the TMB fully respected thedeadlines defined by the ATC and preserved transparency on all matters related to its
activities.  In particular, the reports adopted with respect to the dispute case provided
full details of the arguments presented by the Members involved and set out a detailed
summary of the different steps of the TMB's examination, together with the TMB's
observations, findings and recommendations as well as the rationale behind them.
(ii) Assist the TMB in drawing up its comprehensive report on the implementation of the ATC
during the second stage of the integration process (1998-2001), to be adopted by the end of
July 2001:
• Parts of nine meetings were devoted by the TMB to the preparation of its
comprehensive report.  Discussions were based on detailed drafts prepared by the
Chairman and the Secretary of the TMB.  The TMB also decided to request WTO
Members to provide notifications, information or observations regarding the
implementation of particular ATC provisions, for the purpose of preparing the report.
Contributions received from Members were reflected as fully as possible in the relevant
parts of the report.  The comprehensive report (231 pages in English) was adopted byconsensus on 20 July 2001.  The report is truly comprehensive in the sense that it
covers the implementation of practically each operational provision of the ATC;
together with TMB's detailed analysis, comments and observations, as well as
recommendations.  The comprehensive report was transmitted by the TMB to the
Council for Trade in Goods, within the dead line provided in the ATC, to assist the
Council in the conduct of its second major review on the implementation of the ATC.
During the review of the Council, WTO Members recognized that the TMB's
comprehensive report contained substantial information and that it made a useful
contribution to the review.
(iii) Objective:  Provide assistance to the TMB in its review of the integration programmes for the
third stage of ATC implementation (2002-2004), due to be notified to the TMB at latest by31 December 2000:
• The examination of integration programmes notified by Members was put on the
agenda of each meeting held in 2001 by the TMB.  To facilitate the task of reviewing
technically complex integration programmes, the secretariat provided relevant
background information and analysis to the TMB.  In most cases, the TMB sought
clarifications and, if applicable, reassessment from the notifying Members with respectto particular aspects of their respective integration programmes.  Formal note of an
integration programme was taken only when the TMB was completely satisfied that theWT/BFA/W/73
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relevant technical requirements had been fully met.  During the year 2001, the TMB
took note altogether of 36 Stage 3 integration programmes notified by Members.WT/BFA/W/73
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Trade and Environment Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 1,135,500 1,127,562 7,938
Temporary Assistance 32,300 30,418 1,882
B. Administrative
        Costs
Permanent Equipment 2,200 5,265 (3,065)
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services 1,200 0 1,200
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
     Official 30,000 27,549 2,451
     Technical
Cooperation
Representation and
     Hospitality 800 560 240
Miscellaneous
    Other / ISO 60,000 59,067 933
Total 1,262,000 1,250,421 11,579
* including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/73
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Trade and Environment Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
1. Trade and Environment
Objectives
• To give the best possible service to 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 to WTO rules as they relate to matters covered by, or
under negotiations, in MEAs.
• To assist in preparations of the 2001 Ministerial.
• To provide technical assistance to developing countries, LDCs and transition
economies.
Results
• Raised awareness on the links between trade, environment and sustainable
development.
• Enhanced dialogue between trade and environment policy makers.
• Successfully organized symposium.
The CTE held three sessions in 2001, as planned in the Work Programme adopted by
members.
One regional seminar was organized in Thailand for Asian developing countries in
August 2001, with participants from trade and environment ministries/agencies.  Technical assistance
also took the form of lecturing at Trade Policy Courses and other activities at the WTO itself.
Officers of the Trade and Environment Division attended a number of meetings of
Conference of the Parties to MEAs, UNEPs Governing Body and UNEP Ministerial Meeting,
working sessions in UNCTAD and UNEP, and OECD W.P. on Trade and Environment.  Participation
also at seminars/meetings financed by other organisers.
The Division actively participated in the organization and serviced the relevant sessions of the
NGO Symposium held in July 2001.
Additionally, staff from the Division were heavily involved in the preparation of the
Doha Ministerial Conference.
2. Technical Barriers to Trade
Objectives
• To give the best possible service to the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade,
working to improve the operation and implementation of the TBT Agreement.
• To assist in the preparation of the 2001 Ministerial
• To provide technical assistance to developing countries, LDCs and transition
economies.WT/BFA/W/73
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Expected additional activities and results
• To carry out the work programme of the Committee as a result of the Second Triennial
Review.  This could include effort to further improve the notification system
• To carry out technical cooperation programme of the TBT Committee;  together with
the accession of  China, an increase in technical cooperation missions
• To hold a special meeting on procedures for information exchange
• To prepare for the Ministerial Conference and the possible new Round of negotiations.
Results
• The TBT Committee held three Committee meetings, a special meeting on procedures
for information exchange and a number of informal consultations in 2001.
• At the 2001 Ministerial, on implementation-related issues and concerns, Ministers
made a number of decisions regarding the TBT Agreement.  Ministers also urged the
Director-General to continue his cooperative efforts with relevant organizations to
assist effective participation of developing countries in international standardization
activities.  In relation to that, in 2001, the Secretariat held a special meeting withrepresentatives from these organizations and compiled submissions from them for the
information of Members.  Cooperative activities, such as special workshops for
developing countries were also organized with a number of these organizations.
• In 2001, the Secretariat held and participated in 9 TBT-related technical assistance
activities for the Andean and Central American, Asian, Central and Eastern European,
Eastern African, Gulf and a number of other developing countries.
• Following the Second Triennial Review, the TBT Committee started to develop a
demand-driven technical cooperation programme, the Secretariat was engaged in thepreparation work, i.e. to design a questionnaire for a survey and to collect information
on technical assistance.
• The follow-up work also included the following:  (i) discussions on labelling and
conformity assessment procedures which could lead to a further clarification of the
Agreement; and (ii) the consideration of numb er of proposals to improve procedures for
information exchange and the notification system.
3. WTO and ILO
Objectives
As noted by Ministers in Singapore, "the WT O and ILO Secretariats will continue their
existing cooperation".
Results
• The Trade and Environment Division keeps track of relevant developments and attends
ILO meetings notably the ILO Governing Body, the Annual Conference and theWorking Party on Social Dimensions of Globalization, as the agendas may relate to
trade matters.
• Staff from the Trade and Environment Division attended two meetings of the Working
Party on Social Dimensions of Globalization as well as the Annual Conference.
• Cooperation between Secretariats continued on a regular basis.WT/BFA/W/73
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Trade and Finance Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 892,300 877,320 14,980
Temporary Assistance 8,000 1,818 6,182
B. Administrative
        Costs Permanent Equipment 0 0 0
Expendable Equipment
C. Other Costs Contractual Services
  (b) Office Automation 0 0 0
Missions
     Official 60,000 43,752 16,248
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 353 447
Total 961,100 923,243 37,857
*Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/73
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Trade and Finance Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
(i) Meetings of the bodies serviced by the Division were held and concluded satisfactorily in all
cases, and the results were fed into the preparations for the Doha Ministerial meeting.
The number of meetings held in 2001 were as follows:
• Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures:  No formal meetings took place,
but several informal consultations were held on TRIMs Article 5.3;
• Committee on Balance-of-Payments:  2 formal meetings;
• Working Group on the Relationship between Trade and Investment:  3 formal
meetings;
• Coherence:  2 meetings were held on coherence - 1 Informal General Council meeting,
and 1 Informal Seminar (World bank Handbook).
(ii) One dispute panel report was prepared under the guidance of this Division.
(iii) The Division intensified its technical cooperation activities with UNCTAD in the area of trade
and investment and further deepened its collaboration with the staff of the IMF and the World
Bank in work in the relation to the coherence mandate.
(iv) The Division undertook 17 missions during 2001.  This included attendance at World
Bank/IMF meetings.WT/BFA/W/73
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Trade Information Centre and Library
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 102,300 102,345 (45)
Temporary Assistance 0 0 0
B. Administrative
        Costs Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
C. Other Costs Contractual Services
  (b) Office Automation
Missions
     Official
Representation and
    Hospitality 400 0 400
Total 102,700 102,345 355
*Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/73
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Trade Information Centre and Library
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
A. Trade Information Centre (TIC)
TIC was announced on 5 June 2001 with the objective of improving the flow of information
between the WTO and its Members, Observers and others wishing to join the Organization thus
ensuring their fuller participation in the multi lateral trading system, through designing and
implementing new information strategies based on the application of state-of-the-art technologies.
A strategy paper was produced for the establishment of the TIC on 21 June 2001 outlining
staffing and hardware requirements to operate the Ce ntre and funding required to ensure full Internet
connectivity for LDCs, capacity-constrained and non-resident Members. Sources for funding these
requirements were also identified as part of the strategy which was prepared in close cooperation with
a number of Divisions.
The TIC is to consist of both a physical centre and a virtual centre.  On 1 August 2001, it was
made known that there was a shortage of space in the CWR which made finding a suitable location
for the TIC somewhat problematic and that the problem would unlikely be resolved until November
when FIPOI was to provide the WTO with a new annex building. The funding requested above was
not authorized.
As part of the on-going discussions among Divisions most concerned with the establishment
of a Members' Home Page, presently maintained by the Language Services and Documentation
Division, major progress was achieved in the settin g-up of a prototype encompassing most of the
material useful for Members (i.e. documents online, access to databases, trade statistics, training
manuals, publications).
A report was also prepared on 27 September 2001 on the functioning of the Library and the
services it provides. The report  requested at the same time as TIC was announced incorporated
recommendations on possible improvements in these services.
B. Library
As  part of the reorganization announced on 14 December 2001, the Library was merged with
the TIC.
Objectives
Once the installation and operation of the Library system are completed – end of 2000 or
beginning of 2001 – the objective will be to give access to the Secretariat  and to the public at large of
the WTO Library catalogue and services as part of the WTO Web page.
Realisation
Access to the Secretariat of the WTO Library catalogue and its services was provided through
the Intranet.  Regarding public access, through the WTO Internet Web page, this had to be delayed in
view of unforeseen difficulties in the inherent Library software and because of security issues at the
ICC.  These problems should be resolved in the coming weeks.WT/BFA/W/73
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Trade Policies Review Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 3,224,900 3,160,786 64,114
Temporary Assistance 14,000 114,270 (100,270)
B. Administrative
        Costs
Permanent Equipment 11,000 9,990 1,010
Expendable Equipment 0 100 (100)
Contractual Services
   (b) Office Automation 1,000 0 1,000
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
   Official 260,000 242,123 17,877
   Technical Cooperation
Representation and
     Hospitality 800 95 705
Total 3,511,700 3,527,365 (15,665)
*Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/73
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Trade Policies Review Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
As noted in WT/BFA/SPEC/49, the Objectives of TPRD are to prepare and service the
meetings of the TPRB, including the Secretariat reports on the relevant Members and the DG's
Annual Overview of trade policy developments;  participate in the preparation of the WTO Annual
Report;  and cooperate with TCD in activities relevant to mainstreaming trade into economic policy-
making, particularly with respect to the IF.
To these ends, in cooperation with Members, a programme of TPRB reviews for 2001 was
established, with provision also made for TPRD work in preparation for the TPRB programme for
2002 (with the Members involved noted on page  148 of WT/BFA/SPEC/49);  the DG's Annual
Overview was planned, for distribution at the Fourth Ministerial and TPRB discussion on20 December 2001;  and a plan of technical cooperation (for OECS Members, Haïti, Malawi,
Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia) was detailed in conjunction with TCD.
The expected results of the work plan was the timely completion of the programme
(WT/BFA/SPEC/49).
Results
(i) The TPRB programme was completed, as scheduled.  There were 15 Reviews, covering
20 Members, constituting the most ambitious review programme to that date.  These reviewsentailed 30 meetings;  and, in preparation of the reviews, there were 22 missions
.
(ii) The DG's Annual Overview of Developments in the International Trading Environment was
completed as scheduled, and issued as a publication for the Ministerial;  the TPRB met to
discuss the Overview on 20 December 2001.  The Overview departed from past practice in
that it dealt also  with a number of topics of current relevance to the trading system, including
regionalism, IRPs and drugs, accessions, and the role of developing countries in the trading
system.  The drafting of the Overview was undertaken in cooperation with a number of
divisions, particularly ERAD.
(iii) In cooperation with TCD, mainstreaming/TPR seminars were held for the OECS Members (in
St. Lucia), for Haiti, and for the East-African Members (Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda andZambia).  There were also "advance", preparatory missions – to help the authorities prepare
their Reviews – to each of the above Members and, as well, to Cameroon and Gabon;  these
missions were held in cooperation with TCD.WT/BFA/W/73
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Training Institute
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 858,700 872,120 (13,420)
Temporary Assistance 21,000 50,303 (29,303)
B. Administrative
Costs
Building Facilities
Permanent Equipment 30,500 7,729 22,771
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
   (b) Office Automation 1,320 978 342
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
     Official
     Technical 20,000 7,511 12,489
Trade Policy Training
   Courses 1,490,000 1,362,569 127,431
Representation and
     Hospitality 9,000 9,020 (20)
Total 2,430,520 2,310,229 120,291
*including higher category staffWT/BFA/W/73
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Training Institute
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
Members will recall that in June 2001, the Director General decided to reconstitute the
Secretariat's Training Division as the WTO Training Institute.  The Division's activities were
consequently extended beyond traditional twelve-week trade policy courses to include also: training
for trainers, a diversified range of short trade policy courses, distance-learning services, and co-
operation with universities and other institutions of learning in curriculum development on WTO and
trade-related issues.
Consequently the Training Institute defined, by July 2001,additional objectives for the "new
activities" which it had been mandated to carry out in the June decision.  It should be noted that no
additional (financial and/or human) resources had been allocated at that time to the Institute for that
purpose.
It is only on 12 December 2001 that the General Council, guided by the Doha Development
Agenda which was endorsed at the fourth session of the Ministerial Conference, approved a revised
budget proposal encompassing, inter alia , the doubling of training capacities over a transitional year
allowing it, in principle, to be fully operational in 2003.  As reflected in the approved budget, the
doubling was meant to imply only doubling the number of the three-month trade policy courses from
three to six annually.
The above developments, which occurred in the second part of 2001, should be kept in mind
while assessing the extent to which the initial objectives set for 2001 were met.
(i) The Objectives initially set for 2001 have been achieved as follows:
• Three twelve-week Residential Trade Policy Courses (TPC's) held in Geneva for
officials from developing countries were organized and delivered.  At the end of thetwo-year cycle (2000-2001), 89% of the total number of eligible countries / customs
territories (153) had been offered at least one fellowship or had had access to TPC's as
self-financed auditors.  A modernised evaluation system has been consistently used by
the Training Institute to assess the quality of its training delivery and to adapt thecourses programme to evolving needs.  Detailed evaluation reports on each course are
available upon request at the Training Institute.
(ii) As to the new functions assigned to the Training Institute in the June 2001 decision, the
Institute has achieved the following so far:
• The first phase of a Training-of-Trainers project has been elaborated with the objective
to train WTO Staff involved in delivering training and technical assistance on training
techniques.  Following an international tender, a firm was selected to conduct a seriesof three-day courses for as many as 160 WTO staff members involved in training and
technical cooperation design and delivery.  Financing was secured through the
Programme Support Fund and implementation was initiated in February 2002.
• In the area of distance learning, a project was elaborated in late 2001 to allow for the
launch of an internet-based pilot course in 2002.  An international tender procedure
allowed identifying a firm, which has been mandated to develop the pilot project withthe Training Institute and the other WTO Divisions involved.  Financing was secured
through the regular budget for 2002 adopted in December 2001.The pilot-project will be
launched in April/May 2002.WT/BFA/W/73
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• A number of contacts have been made with potential partners in the context of the
strengthening of cooperation between the WTO Secretariat and the academic
community, in particular in developing countries.  Due to the absence of financing, no
programme of joint activities has yet been conducted other than exploring potential
areas of interest and cooperation.
• Pursuant to Article 27.3 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the
Settlement of Disputes, the Training Institute organized and conducted, in cooperation
with the Legal Affairs Division and the Secretariat of the Appellate Body, a one-weekspecialized course on Dispute settlement rules and procedures.  Particular emphasis was
placed on ensuring complementarity between this activity and other training activities
delivered by the Training Institute at the WTO Headquarters.  A detailed evaluation
report on the course is available upon request at the Training Institute.
• The successful delivery of the courses programme and the development of new projects
would not have been possible without the active involvement of WTO operational
divisions, other international organizations active in WTO-related fields, as well as
Members which continue to support training activities.WT/BFA/W/73
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Trade in Services Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 1,681,000 1,698,189 (17,189)
Temporary Assistance 61,000 82,415 (21,415)
B. Administrative
        Costs
Permanent Equipment 4,000 0 4,000
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
   (b) Office Automation
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
   Official 34,500 34,329 171
   Technical Cooperation
Representation and
     Hospitality 800 800 0
Total 1,781,300 1,815,732 (34,432)
*including higher category staffWT/BFA/W/73
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Trade in Services Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
The objectives for the Division have been essentially the same as in 2000. The year 2001 was the
second year in the new round of negotiations on services.  This involved negotiations on new
commitments in all services sectors as well as negotiations on new disciplines under the GATS including
the clarification of some aspects of the Agreement itself.  The negotiations are taking place in the Special
Session of the Council for Trade in Services and involve or all of the four subsidiary bodies.  The
Services Division provided support for all of these bodies.
The objectives of the Division have been fully obtained in 2001.  The adoption of the Negotiating
Guidelines represented an important achievement which helped move the negotiations forward in a very
significant way.  The preparation for the Doha Ministerial was significantly facilitated by the Guidelines
as well as the positive manner in which the negotiations have proceeded.  The Services text proposed for
inclusion in the Ministerial Declaration was adopted without any alteration.
The Division continued to provide support for the Council for Trade in Services, the Special
Session of the Council for Trade in Services and other bodies established under the GATS:
/g167 the Committee on Financial Services;
/g167 the Working Party on Domestic Regulation (in developing disciplines under
Article VI:4);
/g167 the Working Party on GATS Rules (in developing disciplines relating to Subsidies and
Government procurement of services, and on safeguards if negotiations on that subject
are not completed by December 2000);
/g167 the Committee on Specific Commitments.
In addition, the Division also:
/g167 Provided support for the Working Parties on Accession of new Members in relation to
services.
/g167 Continued to participate actively in technical co-operation activities.  17 technical co-
operation missions have been fully organized and manned by the Division.  Members in
the division have participated in 29 missions organized by other organizations.
/g167 Members of the Division have  carried out other forms of public explanation of the
GATS, and provided advice and assistance to Geneva-based delegations.
/g167 Monitored the implementation of the GATS in terms of notifications and
implementation of existing and new commitments.
/g167 Extended the Division's knowledge of specific service sectors and made the database
available to all Members on CD-Rom.
/g167 Provided support to and briefed senior management on all matters relating to services.
/g167 Maintained and extended contacts with private sector organizations.WT/BFA/W/73
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The results of the work of the Division are mainly represented in significant progress, essentially
through technical work towards the objective laid down in Article XIX - i.e. the achievement of a
progressively higher level of liberalization.  In some areas of rule-making, however, which are seen by
Members as facilitating the negotiation of specific commitments, the deadline for the negotiations on
safeguards has been extended 15 March 2002.  The date of completion of the review of the Air TransportAnnex has yet to be decided by Members, but major progress towards its completion has been registered.
The results of work in the area of technical assistance has resulted in fuller participation in the
negotiations and in all aspects of  trade in services by developing countries, especially the smaller and
less developed among them.WT/BFA/W/73
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Appellate Body and its Secretariat
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A. Work years* Salary 1,879,900 1,954,043 (74,143)
Temporary Assistance 108,500 123,330 (14,830)
B. Administrative
        Costs Communications 6,500 7,696 (1,196)
Building facilities 21,000 14,193 6,807
Permanent Equipment 89,100 59,264 29,836
Expendable Equipment 17,700 14,927 2,773
Contractual Services 18,000 15,703 2,297
C. Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs 8,400 52,184 (43,784)
Missions
     Official 9,300 4,511 4,789
     Technical
Cooperation
Representation and
     Hospitality 1,000 632 368
Miscellaneous
    Appellate Members
    Library 3,400 5,435 (2,035)
    Public Informationactivities 0 35 (35)
    Other 615,200 645,278 (30,078)
Total 2,778,000 2,897,232 (119,232)
* including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/73
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Appellate Body and its Secretariat
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2001
(i) To enable the Appellate Body to hear and decide appeals from panel reports pursuant to the
provisions of the DSU.
In the year 2001, the Appellate Body considered the following 12 appeals:
Appeals:
Carried over from 2000:
• 23 October:  European Communities – Measures Affecting Asbestos and Asbestos-
Containing Products ;
• 23 October:  Thailand – Anti-Dumping Duties on Angles, Shapes and Sections of Iron
or Non-Alloy Steel and H-Beams from Poland ;
• 1 December:  European Communities – Anti-dumping Duties on Imports of Cotton-
Type Bed Linen from India ;
Filed in 2001:
• 31 January:  United States – Safeguard Me asures on Imports of Fresh, Chilled or
Frozen Lamb Meat from New Zealand and Australia;
• 25 April:  United States – Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel
Products from Japan;
• 9 July:  United States – Transitional Safeguard Measure on Combed Cotton Yarn
from Pakistan;
• 23 July:  United States – Import Prohibiti on of Certain Shrimp and Shrimp Products –
Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by Malaysia;
• 24 July:  Mexico – Anti-Dumping Investiga tion of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
from the United States – Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by the United States;
and
• 4 September:  Canada – Measures Affecting the Importation of Milk and the
Exportation of Dairy Products – Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by New Zealand
and the United States .
Filed in 2001, and carried over into 2002:
• 4 October:  United States – Section 211 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 1998;
• 15 October:  United States – Tax Treatment for "Foreign Sales Corporations",
Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by the European Communities;  and
• 19 November:  United States – Definitive Safeguard Measures on Imports of Circular
Welded Carbon  Quality Line Pipe from Korea .WT/BFA/W/73
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(ii) To continue to provide an efficient, independent  Secretariat to service and assist the Appellate
Body in its functions:
• In the context of the growing number of appeals and arbitrations, the Secretariat has
continued to provide efficient and independent administrative and legal support to the
Appellate Body.
• Five new lawyers' positions were added to the Secretariat complement to enable it to
continue to provide efficient and independent administrative and legal support to the
Appellate Body.
(iii) To manage a growing caseload effectively and efficiently, while maintaining a high level of
quality in the output of Appellate Body Reports:
See (ii) above.
(iv) 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:
• Individual Members of the Appellate Body were appointed for the following 5
arbitrations under Article 21.3(c) of the DSU:
Arbitrations:
Carried over from 2000:
• 22 November:  United States – Section 110(5) of the US Copyright Act;
• 19 December:  United States – Anti-Dumping Act of 1916 ;
Appointment of Arbitrator in 2001:
• 10 January:  Canada – Term of Patent Protection
• 12 June:  Argentina – Measures Affecting the Export of Bovine Hides and the Import
of Finished Leather;  and
• 6 December:  United States – Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel
Products from Japan (carried over into 2002).
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