RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/BFA/W/195/Corr.2 
10 March 2010 
 (10-1275) 
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration  
  
 
REPORT ON DIVERSITY IN THE WTO SECRETARIAT 
 
 
  
 
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Annex 7 should be replaced by the attached tables. WT/BFA/W/195/Corr.2 
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ANNEX 7 
APPLICATIONS RECEIV ED FOR POSITIONS 
ADVERTISED EXTERNALLY IN 2008 AND 2009 
All vacancies (46 posts)  
 
  Country / 
Cust. Territ. Number % 
1 France 629 8.6% 
2 United 
States of America 397 
5.4% 
3 Spain 361 4.9% 
4 Italy 290 4.0% 
5 India 289 4.0% 
6 Canada 217 3.0% 
7 Switzerland 207 2.8% 
8 Mexico 199 2.7% 
9 Brazil 170 2.3% 
9 Germany 170 2.3% 
11 Cameroon 153 2.1% 
12 United 
Kingdom 152 2.1% 
13 South Africa 138 1.9% 
14 Argentina 130 1.8% 
15 Colombia 119 1.6% 
16 China 117 1.6% 
17 Philippines 109 1.5% 
18 Senegal 108 1.5% 
19 Kenya 103 1.4% 
20 Pakistan 102 1.4% 
21 Bulgaria 85 1.2% 
22 Belgium 84 1.1% 
23 Tunisia 83 1.1% 
24 Romania 82 1.1% 
25 Egypt 81 1.1% 
25 Morocco 81 1.1% 
27 Uganda 80 1.1% 
28 Nigeria 78 1.1% 
29 Ukraine 76 1.0% 
30 Korea, 
Republic of 71 1.0% 
31 Turkey 68 0.9% 
32 Peru 66 0.9% 
33 Venezuela 64 0.9% 
34 Greece 59 0.8% 
34 Portugal 59 0.8% 
36 Japan 58 0.8% 
37 Democratic 
Republic of 
the Congo 56 0.8% 
38 Burkina 
Faso 55 0.8% 
39 Côte d'Ivoire 54 0.7% 
39 Ecuador 54 0.7% 
41 Zambia 53 0.7% 
42 Netherlands 50 0.7% 
43 Australia 46 0.6% 
44 Mauritius 43 0.6% 
45 Bolivia 42 0.6% 
46 Poland 41 0.6% 
46 Sweden 41 0.6% 
48 Benin 39 0.5% 
48 Indonesia 39 0.5% 
50 Not 
Specified 38 0.5% 
51 Zimbabwe 37 0.5% 
52 Hungary 34 0.5% 
53 Chile 33 0.5% 
54 Austria 32 0.4% 
54 Bangladesh 32 0.4% 
54 Czech 
Republic 32 0.4% 
54 Rwanda 32 0.4% 
58 Madagascar 30 0.4% 
59 Jamaica 29 0.4% 
60 Uruguay 28 0.4% 
61 Sri Lanka 26 0.4% 
61 Togo 26 0.4% 
63 Dominican 
Republic 25 0.3%   Country / 
Cust. Territ. Number % 
63 Trinidad and 
Tobago 25 0.3% 
65 Congo, 
Republic of 23 0.3% 
65 Finland 23 0.3% 
65 Ghana 23 0.3% 
65 Moldova 23 0.3% 
65 Nepal 23 0.3% 
65 Slovak 
Republic 23 0.3% 
71 Guinea 22 0.3% 
71 Ireland 22 0.3% 
71 Malawi 22 0.3% 
74 Mali 21 0.3% 
74 Tanzania 21 0.3% 
76 Malaysia 20 0.3% 
76 Viet Nam 20 0.3% 
78 Honduras 19 0.3% 
78 Jordan 19 0.3% 
80 Namibia 18 0.2% 
81 Armenia 17 0.2% 
81 Denmark 17 0.2% 
81 El Salvador 17 0.2% 
81 Thailand 17 0.2% 
85 Botswana 16 0.2% 
85 Cuba 16 0.2% 
85 New 
Zealand 16 0.2% 
88 Latvia 15 0.2% 
88 Chinese 
Taipei 15 0.2% 
90 Costa Rica 14 0.2% 
90 Macedonia, 
The Former Yugoslav Republic of 14 
0.2% 
92 Guatemala 13 0.2% 
93 Croatia 12 0.2% 
93 Haiti 12 0.2% 
93 Israel 12 0.2% 
93 Singapore 12 0.2% 
97 Barbados 11 0.2% 
97 Guyana 11 0.2% 
97 Saint Lucia 11 0.2% 
100 Albania 10 0.1% 
100 Chad 10 0.1% 
100 Gabon 10 0.1% 
100 Hong Kong, 
China 10 0.1% 
100 Kyrgyz 
Republic 10 0.1% 
100 Mongolia 10 0.1% 
106 Gambia 9 0.1% 
106 Nicaragua 9 0.1% 
106 Sierra Leone 9 0.1% 
109 Djibouti 8 0.1% 
109 Grenada 8 0.1% 
109 Myanmar 8 0.1% 
109 Norway 8 0.1% 
109 Paraguay 8 0.1% 
114 Cambodia 7 0.1% 
114 Central 
African 
Republic 7 0.1% 
114 Georgia 7 0.1% 
114 Panama 7 0.1% 
118 Lithuania 6 0.1% 
118 Luxembourg 6 0.1% 
118 Mozambique 6 0.1% 
118 Niger 6 0.1% 
122 Burundi 5 0.1% 
122 Fiji 5 0.1% 
122 Lebanon 5 0.1%   Country / 
Cust. Territ. Number % 
122 Russia 5 0.1% 
122 Saudi Arabia 5 0.1% 
122 Serbia and 
Montenegro 5 0.1% 
122 Slovenia 5 0.1% 
129 Antigua and 
Barbuda 4 0.1% 
129 Azerbaijan 4 0.1% 
129 Dominica 4 0.1% 
129 Estonia 4 0.1% 
129 Lesotho 4 0.1% 
129 Papua New 
Guinea 4 0.1% 
129 Sudan 4 0.1% 
136 Angola 3 0.0% 
136 Iceland 3 0.0% 
136 Mauritania 3 0.0% 
136 Saint Kitts 
and Nevis 3 0.0% 
136 Swaziland 3 0.0% 
136 Syrian Arab 
Republic 3 0.0% 
142 Algeria 2 0.0% 
142 Belize 2 0.0% 
142 Cyprus 2 0.0% 
142 Eritrea 2 0.0% 
142 Ethiopia 2 0.0% 
142 Guinea-
Bissau 2 0.0% 
142 Iran  2 0.0% 
142 Malta 2 0.0% 
142 Saint 
Vincent and the 
Grenadines 2 
0.0% 
142 Tonga 2 0.0% 
152 Bahamas 1 0.0% 
152 Bhutan 1 0.0% 
152 Brunei 
Darussalam 1 0.0% 
152 Cape Verde 1 0.0% 
152 Kazakhstan 1 0.0% 
152 Lao 
People's Democratic 
Republic 1 
0.0% 
152 Liberia 1 0.0% 
152 Maldives 1 0.0% 
152 Oman 1 0.0% 
152 Seychelles 1 0.0% 
152 Solomon 
Islands 1 0.0% 
152 Suriname 1 0.0% 
152 Tajikistan 1 0.0% 
152 United Arab 
Emirates 1 0.0% 
152 Uzbekistan 1 0.0% 
  Grand Total 7,312   
 
 
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  Professional vacancies 
(32 posts) 
 
 
  Country / Cust. 
Territ. Numbe r % 
1 France 380 7.3% 
2 Spain 298 5.7% 
3 United States of 
America 272 5.2% 
4 India 239 4.6% 
5 Italy 215 4.1% 
6 Canada 164 3.2% 
7 Germany 152 2.9% 
8 Mexico 140 2.7% 
9 Brazil 136 2.6% 
10 Cameroon 109 2.1% 
11 Colombia 99 1.9% 
12 Argentina 97 1.9% 
13 Switzerland 95 1.8% 
14 China 87 1.7% 
15 United Kingdom 86 1.7% 
16 Senegal 81 1.6% 
17 South Africa 74 1.4% 
18 Bulgaria 71 1.4% 
19 Tunisia 69 1.3% 
20 Egypt 68 1.3% 
21 Pakistan 67 1.3% 
22 Turkey 62 1.2% 
23 Ukraine 58 1.1% 
24 Morocco 56 1.1% 
25 Belgium 55 1.1% 
25 Kenya 55 1.1% 
27 Japan 52 1.0% 
27 Romania 52 1.0% 
27 Venezuela 52 1.0% 
30 Uganda 50 1.0% 
31 Korea, Republic of 49 0.9% 
32 Netherlands 48 0.9% 
33 Nigeria 47 0.9% 
34 Philippines 46 0.9% 
35 Ecuador 44 0.8% 
35 Peru 44 0.8% 
37 Burkina Faso 43 0.8% 
38 Côte d'Ivoire 41 0.8% 
39 Australia 38 0.7% 
39 Democratic 
Republic of the Congo 38 
0.7% 
41 Greece 37 0.7% 
42 Zambia 35 0.7% 
43 Benin 33 0.6% 
43 Sweden 33 0.6% 
45 Not Specified 32 0.6% 
46 Bolivia 31 0.6% 
46 Hungary 31 0.6% 
46 Portugal 31 0.6% 
49 Zimbabwe 28 0.5% 
50 Czech Republic 26 0.5% 
51 Austria 25 0.5% 
51 Poland 25 0.5% 
53 Mauritius 24 0.5% 
53 Uruguay 24 0.5% 
55 Chile 23 0.4% 
56 Jamaica 21 0.4% 
56 Rwanda 21 0.4% 
58 Indonesia 20 0.4% 
59 Finland 19 0.4% 
59 Guinea 19 0.4% 
 
 
      Country / Cust. 
Territ. Numbe r % 
59 Malawi 19 0.4% 
62 Bangladesh 18 0.3% 
62 Togo 18 0.3% 
62 Trinidad and 
Tobago 18 0.3% 
65 Malaysia 17 0.3% 
65 Mali 17 0.3% 
65 Namibia 17 0.3% 
65 Slovak Republic 17 0.3% 
69 Botswana 15 0.3% 
69 Madagascar 15 0.3% 
71 Moldova 14 0.3% 
71 Thailand 14 0.3% 
73 Armenia 13 0.3% 
73 Congo, Republic 
of 13 0.3% 
73 Denmark 13 0.3% 
73 Dominican 
Republic 13 0.3% 
73 Ghana 13 0.3% 
73 Honduras 13 0.3% 
73 Macedonia, The 
Former Yugoslav 
Republic of 13 0.3% 
73 New Zealand 13 0.3% 
73 Viet Nam 13 0.3% 
82 Israel 12 0.2% 
82 Jordan 12 0.2% 
84 Ireland 11 0.2% 
84 Nepal 11 0.2% 
84 Singapore 11 0.2% 
84 Sri Lanka 11 0.2% 
84 Chinese Taipei 11 0.2% 
89 Guatemala 10 0.2% 
89 Guyana 10 0.2% 
89 Saint Lucia 10 0.2% 
89 Tanzania 10 0.2% 
93 Barbados 9 0.2% 
93 Costa Rica 9 0.2% 
93 Cuba 9 0.2% 
93 Haiti 9 0.2% 
97 Albania 8 0.2% 
97 Chad 8 0.2% 
97 El Salvador 8 0.2% 
97 Gabon 8 0.2% 
97 Gambia 8 0.2% 
97 Kyrgyz Republic 8 0.2% 
97 Mongolia 8 0.2% 
97 Norway 8 0.2% 
105 Croatia 7 0.1% 
105 Djibouti 7 0.1% 
105 Georgia 7 0.1% 
105 Latvia 7 0.1% 
105 Panama 7 0.1% 
110 Luxembourg 6 0.1% 
110 Nicaragua 6 0.1% 
110 Paraguay 6 0.1% 
113 Cambodia 5 0.1% 
113 Central African 
Republic 5 0.1% 
113 Fiji 5 0.1% 
113 Grenada 5 0.1% 
113 Hong Kong, 
China 5 0.1% 
   
 
   Country / Cust. 
Territ. Numbe r % 
113 Lebanon 5 0.1% 
113 Mozambique 5 0.1% 
113 Russia 5 0.1% 
121 Antigua and 
Barbuda 4 0.1% 
121 Azerbaijan 4 0.1% 
121 Burundi 4 0.1% 
121 Lesotho 4 0.1% 
121 Lithuania 4 0.1% 
121 Papua New 
Guinea 4 0.1% 
121 Serbia and 
Montenegro 4 0.1% 
121 Sudan 4 0.1% 
129 Angola 3 0.1% 
129 Iceland 3 0.1% 
129 Myanmar 3 0.1% 
129 Saudi Arabia 3 0.1% 
129 Slovenia 3 0.1% 
129 Syrian Arab 
Republic 3 0.1% 
135 Belize 2 0.0% 
135 Cyprus 2 0.0% 
135 Dominica 2 0.0% 
135 Eritrea 2 0.0% 
135 Estonia 2 0.0% 
135 Guinea-Bissau 2 0.0% 
135 Iran  2 0.0% 
135 Malta 2 0.0% 
135 Mauritania 2 0.0% 
135 Saint Kitts and 
Nevis 2 0.0% 
135 Saint Vincent and 
the Grenadines 2 0.0% 
135 Sierra Leone 2 0.0% 
135 Swaziland 2 0.0% 
135 Tonga 2 0.0% 
149 Algeria 1 0.0% 
149 Bahamas 1 0.0% 
149 Bhutan 1 0.0% 
149 Brunei 
Darussalam 1 0.0% 
149 Cape Verde 1 0.0% 
149 Ethiopia 1 0.0% 
149 Kazakhstan 1 0.0% 
149 Lao People's 
Democratic Republic 1 
0.0% 
149 Maldives 1 0.0% 
149 Niger 1 0.0% 
149 Seychelles 1 0.0% 
149 Solomon Islands 1 0.0% 
149 Suriname 1 0.0% 
149 Tajikistan 1 0.0% 
149 United Arab 
Emirates 1 0.0% 
149 Uzbekistan 1 0.0% 
  Grand Total 5,189   
 
 
 
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Professional vacancies excl. linguistic staff 
(28 posts) 
 
  Country / Cust. 
Territ. Numbe r % 
1 France 331 6.8% 
2 United States 
of America 271 5.6% 
3 India 238 4.9% 
4 Italy 207 4.3% 
5 Canada 160 3.3% 
6 Germany 152 3.1% 
7 Spain 144 3.0% 
8 Brazil 134 2.8% 
9 Mexico 128 2.6% 
10 Cameroon 109 2.3% 
11 Switzerland 90 1.9% 
12 China 87 1.8% 
13 United 
Kingdom 86 1.8% 
14 Colombia 79 1.6% 
14 Senegal 79 1.6% 
16 South Africa 74 1.5% 
17 Tunisia 69 1.4% 
18 Egypt 68 1.4% 
19 Bulgaria 67 1.4% 
19 Pakistan 67 1.4% 
21 Turkey 62 1.3% 
22 Argentina 58 1.2% 
22 Ukraine 58 1.2% 
24 Kenya 55 1.1% 
24 Morocco 55 1.1% 
26 Japan 52 1.1% 
27 Romania 51 1.1% 
28 Uganda 50 1.0% 
29 Belgium 49 1.0% 
29 Korea, 
Republic of 49 1.0% 
31 Netherlands 48 1.0% 
32 Nigeria 47 1.0% 
33 Philippines 46 1.0% 
34 Venezuela 44 0.9% 
35 Burkina Faso 43 0.9% 
36 Ecuador 42 0.9% 
37 Côte d'Ivoire 41 0.8% 
38 Australia 38 0.8% 
38 Peru 38 0.8% 
40 Democratic 
Republic of the 
Congo 37 0.8% 
40 Greece 37 0.8% 
42 Zambia 35 0.7% 
43 Sweden 33 0.7% 
44 Benin 32 0.7% 
44 Not Specified 32 0.7% 
46 Hungary 31 0.6% 
46 Portugal 31 0.6% 
48 Bolivia 30 0.6% 
49 Zimbabwe 28 0.6% 
50 Czech Republic 26 0.5% 
51 Austria 25 0.5% 
51 Poland 25 0.5% 
53 Mauritius 24 0.5% 
54 Chile 21 0.4% 
54 Jamaica 21 0.4% 
54 Rwanda 21 0.4% 
57 Indonesia 20 0.4% 
58 Finland 19 0.4% 
58 Guinea 19 0.4% 
58 Malawi 19 0.4% 
58 Uruguay 19 0.4% 
62 Bangladesh 18 0.4% 
     Country / Cust. 
Territ. Numbe r % 
62 Trinidad and 
Tobago 18 0.4% 
64 Malaysia 17 0.4% 
64 Mali 17 0.4% 
64 Namibia 17 0.4% 
64 Slovak 
Republic 17 0.4% 
64 Togo 17 0.4% 
69 Botswana 15 0.3% 
69 Madagascar 15 0.3% 
71 Moldova 14 0.3% 
71 Thailand 14 0.3% 
73 Armenia 13 0.3% 
73 Dominican 
Republic 13 0.3% 
73 Former 
Yugoslav 
Republic of 
Macedonia 13 0.3% 
73 Ghana 13 0.3% 
73 New Zealand 13 0.3% 
73 Viet Nam 13 0.3% 
79 Congo, 
Republic of 12 0.2% 
79 Israel 12 0.2% 
79 Jordan 12 0.2% 
82 Denmark 11 0.2% 
82 Nepal 11 0.2% 
82 Singapore 11 0.2% 
82 Sri Lanka 11 0.2% 
82 Chinese Taipei 11 0.2% 
87 Guyana 10 0.2% 
87 Honduras 10 0.2% 
87 Ireland 10 0.2% 
87 Saint Lucia 10 0.2% 
87 Tanzania 10 0.2% 
92 Barbados 9 0.2% 
92 Costa Rica 9 0.2% 
94 Albania 8 0.2% 
94 Chad 8 0.2% 
94 El Salvador 8 0.2% 
94 Gabon 8 0.2% 
94 Gambia 8 0.2% 
94 Guatemala 8 0.2% 
94 Haiti 8 0.2% 
94 Kyrgyz 
Republic 8 0.2% 
94 Mongolia 8 0.2% 
94 Norway 8 0.2% 
104 Croatia 7 0.1% 
104 Djibouti 7 0.1% 
104 Georgia 7 0.1% 
104 Latvia 7 0.1% 
104 Panama 7 0.1% 
109 Cuba 6 0.1% 
109 Luxembourg 6 0.1% 
109 Nicaragua 6 0.1% 
112 Cambodia 5 0.1% 
112 Central African 
Republic 5 0.1% 
112 Fiji 5 0.1% 
112 Grenada 5 0.1% 
112 Hong Kong, 
China 5 0.1% 
112 Mozambique 5 0.1% 
112 Paraguay 5 0.1% 
112 Russia 5 0.1% 
 
 
   Country / Cust. 
Territ. Numbe r % 
120 Antigua and 
Barbuda 4 0.1% 
120 Azerbaijan 4 0.1% 
120 Burundi 4 0.1% 
120 Lebanon 4 0.1% 
120 Lesotho 4 0.1% 
120 Lithuania 4 0.1% 
120 Papua New 
Guinea 4 0.1% 
120 Serbia and 
Montenegro 4 0.1% 
120 Sudan 4 0.1% 
129 Angola 3 0.1% 
129 Iceland 3 0.1% 
129 Myanmar 3 0.1% 
129 Saudi Arabia 3 0.1% 
129 Slovenia 3 0.1% 
129 Syrian Arab 
Republic 3 0.1% 
135 Belize 2 0.0% 
135 Cyprus 2 0.0% 
135 Dominica 2 0.0% 
135 Eritrea 2 0.0% 
135 Estonia 2 0.0% 
135 Guinea-Bissau 2 0.0% 
135 Iran  2 0.0% 
135 Malta 2 0.0% 
135 Mauritania 2 0.0% 
135 Saint Kitts and 
Nevis 2 0.0% 
135 Saint Vincent 
and the Grenadines 2 
0.0% 
135 Sierra Leone 2 0.0% 
135 Swaziland 2 0.0% 
135 Tonga 2 0.0% 
149 Algeria 1 0.0% 
149 Bahamas 1 0.0% 
149 Bhutan 1 0.0% 
149 Brunei 
Darussalam 1 0.0% 
149 Cape Verde 1 0.0% 
149 Ethiopia 1 0.0% 
149 Kazakhstan 1 0.0% 
149 Lao People's 
Democratic Republic 1 
0.0% 
149 Maldives 1 0.0% 
149 Niger 1 0.0% 
149 Seychelles 1 0.0% 
149 Solomon 
Islands 1 0.0% 
149 Suriname 1 0.0% 
149 Tajikistan 1 0.0% 
149 United Arab 
Emirates 1 0.0% 
149 Uzbekistan 1 0.0% 
  Grand Total 4,838   
 
  
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