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UNDERSTANDING THE WTO: THE ORGANIZATION
The Secretariat

The WTO Secretariat is headed by a Director-General. Divisions come directly under the Director-General or one of his deputies. This is the structure since 1 of October 2005.

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Director-General
Pascal Lamy
Biodata

Office of the Director-General: administrative support for (disputes) Appellate Body

Council and Trade Negotiations Committee Division:
General Council, Dispute Settlement Body, Trade Negotiations Committee (DDA), etc.

DDA Special Duties Division
Special focus on development assistance aspects of cotton and other selected Doha Development Agenda issues

Human Resources Division

Information and Media Relations Division

Deputy Director-General
Alejandro Jara        
Biodata   

 

Accessions Division:
negotiations to join the WTO

Economic Research and Statistics Division

Legal Affairs Division:
Dispute settlement, etc.

Rules Division:
anti-dumping, subsidies, safeguards, state trading, civil aircraft, etc.

Deputy Director-General
Valentine Rugwabiza
Biodata

 

Development Division:
trade and development, least-developed countries

External Relations Division:
relations with the UN, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, parliaments, and protocol matters

Technical Cooperation Audit

Trade and Finance and Trade Facilitation Division:
TRIMs, trade, debt and finance, balance of payments, links with IMF and World Bank, trade facilitation (simplification of trade procedures), trade and investment, etc.

Training and Technical Cooperation Institute

Deputy Director-General             Harsha Vardhana Singh
Biodata


 

Agriculture and Commodities Division:
agriculture, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, etc.

Trade and Environment Division:
trade and environment, technical barriers to trade, etc.

Trade in Services Division: GATS etc.

Deputy Director-General
Rufus Yerxa
Biodata
 

Administration and General Services Division:
budget, finance and administration

Market Access Division:
Goods Council, market access, tariffs, customs valuation, non-tariff measures, import licensing, rules of origin, pre-shipment inspection

Informatics Division

Intellectual Property Division:
TRIPS, government procurement, and competition

Language Services and Documentation Division

Trade Policies Review Division:
trade policy reviews, regional trade agreements


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