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21 December 2022  
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EVOLVING TENTATIVE CALENDAR OF FORMAL MEETINGS OF WTO BODIES FOR 2023  
This document, prepared at the request of Members,  and in line with paragraph 4 of the 
Guidelines on the Arrangements for Scheduling of Meetings of WTO Bodies (in WT/L/106),  contains 
a tentative  calendar of  formal  meetings of WTO bodies for 2023. While an attempt is made to ensure 
completeness, this calen dar is indicative and will evolve over time as further meetings are scheduled. 
Its purpose is to assist Members, Chairs and the Secretariat in planning and scheduling meetings. It 
should be read in conjunction with the meetings calendar on the WTO website,  which is updated on 
an ongoing basis. As per established practice, formal meetings will be convened by means of a 
convening notice/airgram.   
While care has been taken to avoid scheduling conflicts, some overlaps can occur for a range 
of reasons, in partic ular as not all formal meetings are attended by the same officials.1 In Ministerial 
Conference (MC) years, necessary  flexibility would be required from all concerned as meetings may 
need to be scheduled in parallel to advance work and negotiations on Mini sterial Conference 
deliverables.  
 
 
 
1 See also paragraphs 2 and 3 of WT/L/106.   
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2023 TENTATIVE DATES   
COUNCILS3 & TNC  
  
OTHER WTO  BODIES   
AIRGRAM  
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OTHER INTERNATIONAL 
KEY MEETINGS5 
 
JANUARY  
2 January  WTO CLOSURE   
19 January   Working Party on the Accession of  the 
Union of the  Comoros    
16-20 January     World Economic Forum, Davos  
24 and 26 January  TPR – Dominican Republic     
26 January   Work Programme on E-Commerce, 
Dedicated Session    
27 January  Dispute Settlement Body   16 January   
     
FEBRUARY  
1 February   Committee on Balance of Payments  
Restrictions    
8 and 10 February  TPR – Malaysia     
10 February6  CTD Aid for Trade  30 January   
14-16 February     Meeting on Responsible 
Business Conduct at Ministerial 
level, OECD, Paris 
17 February   CTD Special Session  6 February   
20 February   Sub-Committee on LDCs  9 February   
21 February   Work Programme on E -Commerce, 
Dedicated Session    
 
2 This calendar lists the tentative dates of formal meetings in 2023, based on the latest information available as of the date of circulation of this document. It should 
be read in conjunction with the meetings cal endar on the WTO website, which is updated on an ongoing basis. As per established practice, formal meetings will be convened  
by means of a convening notice/airgram.  
3 WTO bodies as per paragraph 2 of WT/L/106 . 
4 Dates for the closing of airgrams are indicated as available and applicable .  
5 The tentative dates in this column  are also based on the latest information available as of the date of circulation of this document.  
6 Regular sessions of the CTD Aid for Tra de committee held in February and October will be preceded by workshops held the day before the formal meetings. The 
dates and themes will be finalized once Members endorse the biennium Aid -for-Trade Work Programme.   
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22 and 24 February  TPR – Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, 
Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, 
and St. Vincent and the Grenadines  
(OECS)     
27 February  Dispute Settlement Body   16 February   
28 February  Trade Negotiations Committee7    
MARCH  
1 and 3 March  TPR – Japan     
2-3 March  General Council   17 February   
5-9 March     UN LDC V, Doha  
6-8 March   Services Subsidiary Bodies    
8 March  International Women's Day   
8 and 10 March  TPR – Türkiye     
8-10 March   Committee on TBT 16 February   
9 March   Committee on Budget, Finance and 
Administration    
9 March  Council for Trade in Services   24 February   
10 March   Services Subsidiary Bodies    
14-15 March   Committee on Trade and Environment    
16-17 March  Council for Trade -Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights     
13-17 March     World Summit on the 
Information Society Forum, 
ITU, Geneva  
21-22 March   Committee on Trade Facilitation  7 March   
22 March   Work Programme on E -Commerce, 
Dedicated Session    
22-24 March   Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures  1 March   
27-28 March   Committee on Agriculture  17 March   
27-28 March   Committee on Regional Trade 
Agreements    
29 March   ITA Committee  16 March   
30 March   CTD Dedicated Session on Small 
Economies  17 March   
31 March  Dispute Settlement Body   20 March   
March – Exact date TBD   Committee on Trade -Related 
Investment Measures    
 
7 The format of the TNC meetings (formal /informal) will be decided closer to the date of the meeting. This applies to all TNCs listed in this tentative calendar.   
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APRIL  
3-4 April Council for Trade in Goods   23 March   
5 April   CTD Regular Session ( preceded by the 
CTD Dedicated Session on RTAs and 
the CTD Dedicated Session on PTAs)8   
6 April  Committee on Import Licensing  23 March   
7 April WTO CLOSURE – Easter – Good Friday   
10 April WTO CLOSURE – Easter Monday   
10-16 Apri l    IMF/World Bank Spring 
Meeting  
18 and 20 April  TPR – El Salvador     
20 April   Work Programme on E -Commerce,  
Dedicated Session    
24 April  Eid Al Fitr - No official meetings but WTO open   
26-27 April   Committee on Market Access  13 April   
28 April  Dispute Settlement Body   17 April   
28 April  WP on State Trading Enterprises  14 April  
MAY 
1-5 May  RULES  
(Committee on Safeguards, Committee 
on Subsidies and Countervailing 
Measures, and Committee on Anti -
Dumping Practices ) 19 April  
8-12 May     UNCTAD E -Commerce Week  
8 May  Trade Negotiations Committee     
9 May   CTD Aid for Trade    
9 May   Committee on Customs Valuation  26 April   
11-12 May  General Council   28 April   
15 May   Committee on Rules of Origin  27 April   
 
8 In line with the CTD's rules of procedure and the existing practice, an initial agenda for the CTD Regular Session and its su bsidiar y bodies will be circulated four 
weeks before the scheduled meeting. The initial agenda will be followed by a revised agenda as necessary, circulated ten days  before the meeting. For the CTD Regular 
Session and its subsidiary bodies, this column shows the date of closure of the revised agenda that will be circulated ten days before the meeting as necessary. In the 
case of the CTD Special Session, which does not fall under the structure of the CTD Regular Session, the practice is for just  one agenda to be ci rculated ten days before 
the meeting.   
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AIRGRAM  
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16 May  
 
 
16-17 May   - Dedicated Discussion of the Relevant 
Trade -Related Developments on 
Cotton ; 
- 39th Round of the DGCFMC -  
Cotton Development Assistance    
16 May   Committee on Budget, Finance and 
Administration    
18 May WTO CLOSURE – Ascension   
19 May WTO CLOSURE – Ascension   
19 – 21 May     G7 Summit, Hiroshima  
21 – 30 May     76th World Health Assembly, 
WHO 
24 and 26 May  TPR – Liberia     
29 May WTO CLOSURE – Whit Monday   
30 May  Dispute Settlement Body   16 May   
Exact date TBC     APEC Second Senior Officials' 
Meeting, Ministers Responsible 
for Trade Meeting, and Related 
Meetings – Detroit, Michigan  
JUNE  
5-7 June  TPR – European Union     
12 June   Committee on Trade and Environment    
5-17 June     111th Session of the 
International Labour 
Conference, Geneva  
8 June     World Oceans Day  
12-13 June  Council for Trade in Services   1 June   
14-16 June  Services Subsidiary Bodies    
14-15 June  Council for Trade -Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights     
15-16 June  Committee on Trade Facilitation  1 June   
16 June   Committee on Trade and Environment    
19 June   TBT – Tenth Special Meeting on 
Procedures for Information Exchange 
among Enquiry Points    
21-23 June  Committee on Technical Barriers to 
Trade  1 June   
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27 and 29 June9 TPR – Cameroon, Central African 
Republic, Chad, Congo, Rep. of, and 
Gabon (CEMAC)     
27 June   Committee on Budget, Finance and 
Administration    
27-28 June  Committee on Agriculture  16 June  
29 June  Eid Al -Adha - No official meetings but WTO open   
30 June  Dispute Settlement Body   19 June   
June - Exact date TBC   Committee on Regional Trade 
Agreements    
JULY  
3 July   CTD Regular Session (preceded by the 
CTD Dedicated Session  on the 
Monitoring Mechanism on S&D, the 
CTD Dedicated Session  on RTAs and  
the CTD Dedicated Session on PTAs)  22 June   
6-14 July     WIPO General Assembly  
6-7 July Council for Trade in Goods   23 June  
12 and 14 July  TPR – Honduras     
12-14 July  SPS Committee  21 June  
19 and 21 July   TPR – Fiji    
20 July  Trade Negotiations Committee     
24-25 July  General Council   13 July   
31 July   Dispute Settlement Body   20 July   
AUGUST  
August – Exact date TBC     APEC Third Senior Officials ' 
Meeting, Women and the 
Economy Forum, and Related 
Meetings – Seattle, Washington  
SEPTEMBER  
7-8 September  WTO CLOSURE – JEUNE GENEVOIS   
9-10 September     G20 18th Leaders'  Summit, 
New Delhi, India  
12-30 September     78th Session of the UN General 
Assembly , New York  
 
9 An alternative date is currently being consulted and will be communicated in due course.   
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13-15 September  <<< WTO PUBLIC FORUM >>>  
  
21 September   Committee on Budget, Finance and 
Administration    
22 September  Dispute Settlement Body   11 September   
27 and 29 September   TPR – Jordan     
27-28 September   Committee on Agriculture  15 September   
OCTOBER  
2 October  Council for Trade in Services   21 September   
3-5 October   Committee on Trade Facilitation  20 September   
3-6 October   Services Subsidiary Bodies    
6 October  Trade Negotiations Committee     
9-15 October     World Bank/ IMF Annual 
Meetings , Marrakesh, Morocco  
9-10 October  Council for Trade -Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights     
10 October10  CTD Aid for Trade  28 September   
11-12 October   Committee on Trade and Environment    
12 October   Committee on Rules of Origin  28 September   
17 October   Committee on Budget, Finance and 
Administration    
17-18 October   Committee on Market Access  4 October   
20 October   Working Party on State Trading 
Enterprises  6 October   
23-27 October   RULES  
(Committee on Safeguards, Committee 
on Subsidies and Countervailing 
Measures, and Committee on Anti -
Dumping Practices ) 11 October   
26 October  Dispute Settlement Body   13 October   
25 and 27 October  TPR – Botswana, Eswatini, Lesoth o, 
Namibia, and South Africa (SACU)     
30-31 October  General Council   19 October   
NOVEMBER  
3 November   Committee on Import Licensing  20 October   
7 and 9 November  TPR – Chinese Taipei     
 
10 Regular sessions of the CTD Aid for Trade committee held in February and October will be preceded by workshops held the day b efore the formal meetings.  The 
dates and themes will be finalized once Members endorse the biennium Aid -for-Trade Work Programme.   
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8-10 November   Committee on Technical Barriers to 
Trade  19 October   
15-17 November   Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures  25 October   
16 November   Committee on Budget, Finance and 
Administration    
17 November   CTD Regular Session (preceded by the 
CTD Dedicated Session on the 
Monitoring Mechanism on S&D, the 
CTD Dedicated Session on RTAs and 
the CTD Dedicated Session on PTAs)  6 November   
22 and 24 November  TPR - Albania     
23 November  
 
 
23-24 November   - Dedicated Discussion of the  
Relevant Trade -Related  
Developments on Cotton;  
- 40th Round of the DGCFMC - Cotton 
Development Assistance    
23 November   Committee on Budget, Finance and 
Administration    
27 November  Dispute Settlement Body   16 November   
27-29 November   Committee on Agriculture  17 November   
28 November  Trade Negotiations Committee     
30 Nov – 1 Dec Council for Trade in Goods   17 November   
30 Nov – 12 Dec     COP 28, UAE  
November - TBC    APEC Economic Leaders' Week 
– US, location TBA  
DECEMBER  
4-6 December   Services Subsidiary Bodies    
6 and 8 December  TPR – Hong Kong, China     
7 December  Council for Trade in Services   27 November   
11 and 13 December  TPR – Chile     
14-15 December  General Council   1 December   
18 December  Dispute Settlement Body  7 December    
25-29 December  WTO YEAR END CLOSURE   
 
 
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ANNEX  
2023  WTO NON -WORKING DAYS * 
Monday, 2  January  (Replacing New Year's Day)  
Friday, 7  April Good Friday  
Monday, 10  April Easter Monday  
Thursday, 18  May 
Friday, 19  May Ascension  
Monday, 29  May Whit Monday  
Thursday, 7  September  
Friday, 8  September  Jeûne Genevois  
Monday, 25  December  Christmas Day  
 
*Please note that the WTO will remain open on Eid al -Fitr (24 April) and Eid al -Adha (29 June) but 
no official meetings will be scheduled.  
 
 
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