The work would contribute to the preparations for the ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) , due to be held in November/December 1999 , only a few months before UNCTAD X , since many of the issues related to the Positive Agenda were relevant to the work of WTO . The work had included the organization of two ad hoc expert meetings and the preparation of the studies presented at those meetings , at which other organizations , notably WTO , the World Bank and the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO ( ITC ) , had taken a full part .