WT/DSB/W/609/Rev. 23 
13 September 2022 
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Dispute Settlement Body  
23 September 2022 Original:  English  
 
  
APPELLATE BODY APPOINTMENTS  
PROPOSAL BY AFGHANISTAN; ANGOLA;  ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA;  ARGENTINA; AUSTRALIA;  
BANGLADESH; BENIN;  PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA; BOTSWANA; BRAZIL; BURKINA FASO; 
BURUNDI;  CABO VERDE; CAMBODIA; CAMEROON; CANADA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC;  CHAD;  
CHILE; CHINA; COLOMBIA; CONGO; COSTA RICA; CÔTE D'IVOIRE; CUBA;  DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 
OF CONGO; DJIBOUTI; DOMINICA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;  ECUADOR;  EGYPT; EL SALVADOR; 
ESWATINI; THE EUROPEAN UNION;  GABON;  THE GAMBIA; GHAN A; GUATEMALA; GUINEA; 
GUINEA -BISSAU;  HONDURAS; HONG KONG, CHINA; ICELAND; INDIA; INDONESIA;  ISRAEL;  
KAZAKHSTAN; KENYA; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; LESOTHO;  LIECHTENSTEIN;  MADAGASCAR; MALAWI; 
MALAYSIA; MALDIVES;  MALI; MAURITANIA;  MAURITIUS; MEXICO; REPUBLIC OF MOLDO VA; 
MOROCCO;  MOZAMBIQUE;  NAMIBIA; NEPAL; NEW  ZEALAND;  NICARAGUA;  NIGER; NIGERIA;  
NORTH MACEDONIA; NORWAY;  PAKISTAN;  PANAMA; PARAGUAY; PERU;  THE PHILIPPINES;  QATAR;  
RUSSIAN FEDERATION; RWANDA;  SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS; SAINT LUCIA;  SENEGAL;  SEYCHELLES;  
SIERRA LEONE; SINGAPORE; SOUTH AFRICA; SWITZERLAND;  THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS 
TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU,  KINMEN AND MATSU; TANZANIA; THAILAND; TOGO; TUNISIA;  
TÜRKIYE ; UGANDA; UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM; URUGUAY;  THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF 
VENEZUELA; VIET NAM;  ZAMBIA;  AND ZIMBABWE  
Revision  
The following communication, dated 12 September 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegations of Afghanistan ; Angola ; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina ; Australia ; Bangladesh ; Benin; 
Plurinational State of Bolivia ; Botswana ; Brazil; Burkina Faso ; Burundi ; Cabo Verde ; Cambodia ; 
Cameroon ; Canada ; Central African Republic ; Chad; Chile; China; Colombia ; Congo; Costa Rica ; 
Côte D'Ivoire ; Cuba; Democratic Republic of Congo ; Djibouti ; Dominica; Dominican Republic ; 
Ecuador ; Egypt; El Salvador ; Eswatini ; the European Union ; Gabon; The Gambia ; Ghana; 
Guatemala ; Guinea ; Guinea -Bissau ; Honduras ; Hong Kong, China ; Iceland ; India; Indonesia ; Israel; 
Kazakhstan ; Kenya; Republic of Korea ; Lesotho ; Liechtenstein ; Madagascar ; Malawi; Malaysia ; 
Maldives ; Mali; Mauritania ; Mauritius ; Mexico; Republic of Moldova ; Morocco ; Mozambique ; 
Namibia ; Nepal; New Zealand ; Nicaragua ; Niger; Nigeria ; North Macedonia ; Norway ; Pakistan ; 
Panama ; Paraguay ; Peru; the Philippines; Qatar; Russian Fed eration ; Rwanda ; Saint Kitts and Nevis; 
Saint Lucia; Senegal ; Seychelles ; Sierra Leone ; Singapore ; South Africa ; Switzerland ; the Separate 
Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu ; Tanzania ; Thailand ; Togo; Tunisia ; 
Türkiye ; Uganda ; Ukraine ; United Kingdom ; Uruguay ; the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ; Viet 
Nam; Zambia;  and Zimbabwe.  
 
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Given the urgency and importance of filling the vacancies in the Appellate Body, in compliance with 
the DSU and so that it can carry o n its functions properly, the delegations referred to above, propose 
that, at its meeting, the DSB takes a decision with regard to the following:  
(1) to launch : (i) one selection process to replace Mr Ricardo Ramírez Hernández, whose 
second  four-year term of office expired on 3 0 June 2017, (ii) a second selection process to replace 
Mr. Hyun Chong Kim, who resigned from the Appellate Body as of 1 August  2017, (iii) a third 
selection process to replace Mr. Peter Van den Bossche, whose second four -year term of  office 
expired on 1 1 December  2017, (iv) a fourth selection process to replace Mr. Shree Baboo Chekitan 
Servansing, whose four -year term of office expired on 3 0 September  2018, (v) a fifth selection WT/DSB/W/609/Rev. 23 
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  process to replace Mr. Ujal Singh  Bhatia , whose second four -year term of office expired 
on 10 December  2019, (vi) a sixth selection process to replace Mr. Thomas R.  Graham , whose 
second four -year term of office expired on 1 0 December  2019, and (vii) a seventh selection process 
to replace Ms. Hong Zhao, whose first four -year term of office expired  on 30 November  2020. 
(2) to establish a Selection Committee, consistent with the procedures set out in document 
WT/DSB/1 and with previous selection processes, composed of the Director -General and the 
Chairperso ns of the General Council, the Goods Council, the Services Council, the TRIPS Council and 
the DSB, to be Chaired by the DSB Chair;  
(3) to set a deadline of a 30 -day period after the date of its decision, for Members to submit 
nominations of candidates ; and 
(4) to request the Selection Committee to carry out its work in order to make recommendations 
to the DSB within 60 days after the deadline for submitting nominations of candidates, so that the 
DSB can take a decision to appoint seven new Appellate Body me mbers as soon as possible.  
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