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.
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.