WT/DSB/W/609/Rev.9  
 
15 March  2019 
(19-1633) Page: 1/1 
Dispute Settlement Body  
26 March 2019  Original: English  
 
APPELLATE BODY APPOI NTMENTS  
PROPOSAL BY ARGENTIN A; AUSTRALIA ; BENIN; THE PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA ; 
BRAZIL ; CANADA ; CHILE ; CHINA ; COLOMBIA ; COSTA  RICA; CUBA ; DOMINICAN  REPUBLIC ; 
ECUADOR ; EGYPT ; EL SALVADOR ; THE EUROPEAN  UNION ; GUATEMALA ; HONDURAS ; 
HONG  KONG, CHINA; ICELAND ; INDIA ; INDONESIA ; ISRAEL ; KAZAKHSTAN ; KOREA ; 
LIECHTENSTEIN ; MEXICO ; NEW ZEALAND ; NICARAGUA ; NORTH MACEDONIA;  NORWAY ; 
PAKISTAN ; PANAMA ; PARAGUAY ; PERU ; THE RUSSIAN  FEDERATION ; RWANDA;  SINGAPORE ; 
SWITZERLAND ; THE SEPARATE CUSTOM S TERRITORY OF TAIWA N, PENGHU, KINMEN AN D 
MATSU; TURKEY ; UKRAINE ; URUGUAY ; THE BOLIVARIAN REPU BLIC OF VENEZUELA AN D 
VIET NAM 
Revision  
The following communication, dated 14 March  2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation s of Argentina ; Australia ; Benin; the Plurinational State of Bolivia ; Brazil ; Canada ; Chile; 
China ; Colombia ; Costa  Rica; Cuba; Dominican  Republic ; Ecuador ; Egypt ; El Salvador ; the 
European  Union ; Guatemala ; Honduras ; Hong Kong, China; Iceland ; India; Indonesia ; Israel ; 
Kazakhstan ; Korea ; Liechtenstein ; Mexico ; New Zealand ; Nicaragua ; North Macedonia;  Norway ; 
Pakistan ; Panama ; Paraguay ; Peru; the Russian  Federation ; Rwanda;  Singapore ; Switzerland ; the 
Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinme n and Matsu; Turkey ; Ukraine ; Uruguay ; the 
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Viet  Nam.  
 
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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 on its functions properly, the delegations referred to above, propose 
that, at its meeting, the DSB takes a decision with r egard 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 30  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 11  December  2017; and (iv) a fourth selection process to replace Mr.  Shree Baboo 
Chekitan Servansing,  whose four -year term of office expired on 30  September  2018;  
 
(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 
Chairpersons 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 four new Appellate Body memb ers as soon as possible.  
 
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