WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONTN/DS/W/44
11 February 2003
(03-0888)
Dispute Settlement Body
Special SessionOriginal:  English
CONTRIBUTION BY JAMAICA TO THE DOHA MANDATED REVIEW
OF THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING (DSU)
Communication from Jamaica
The following communication, dated 5 February 2003, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Jamaica.
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Further to our proposal in TN/DS/W/21, we pr opose the following addition to Article 3 –
General Provisions, and amendment to Article 4.11 of the DSU:
1. New Article 3(13)
A WTO Member has the right to determine the composition of its delegation in dispute
settlement proceedings.
2. Article 4.11
Whenever a Member other than the consulting Members considers that it has a substantial
trade interest in consultations being held pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article XXII of GATT 1994,
paragraph 1 of Article XXII of GATS, or the corr esponding provisions in other covered agreements
(4), such Member may notify the consulting Members and the DSB, within 10 days after the date of
the circulation of the request for consultations under said Article, of its desire to be joined in theconsultations.  Such Member shall be deemed to have a substantial trade interest and shall be joined
in the consultations . , provided that the Member to which the request for consultations was addressed
agrees that the claim of substantial interest is well-founded. In that event they shall so inform the
DSB. If the request to be joined in the consultations is not accepted, the applicant Member shall be
free to request consultations under paragraph 1 of Article XII or paragraph 1 of Article XXIII of
GATT 1994, paragraph 1 of Article XXII or paragraph 1 of Article XXIII of GATS, or the
corresponding provisions in other covered agreements.
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