WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/BFA/W/98
8 July 2003
(03-3686)
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration
DIVISIONAL REPORTING ON OBJECTIVES AND EXPENDITURE
2002WT/BFA/W/98
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SENIOR MANAGEMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL ----------------------------------------------------------------4
ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION ----------------------------------------5
WTO CONDOMINIUM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8
ACCESSIONS DIVISION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9
AGRICULTURE AND COMMODITIES DIVISION -------------------------------------------------- 12
COUNCIL AND TNC DIVISION --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16
DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH DIVISION ------------------------------------- 19
DEVELOPMENT DIVISION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19
ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS DIVISION ---------------------------------------------- 19
EXTERNAL RELATIONS DIVISION -------------------------------------------------------------------- 22
INFORMATICS DIVISION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26
INFORMATION AND MEDIA RELATIONS DIVISION -------------------------------------------- 28
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DIVISION -------------------------------------------------------------- 32
LANGUAGE SERVICE AND DOCUMENTATION DIVISION ------------------------------------ 37
LEGAL AFFAIRS DIVISION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40
MARKET ACCESS DIVISION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44
RULES DIVISION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52
STATISTICS DIVISION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57
TECHNICAL COOPERATION DIVISION -------------------------------------------------------------- 60
TECHNICAL COOPERATION AUDIT ------------------------------------------------------------------ 63
TEXTILES DIVISION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 65
TEXTILES MONITORING BODY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 68
TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT DIVISION -------------------------------------------------------------- 70
TRADE AND FINANCE DIVISION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 73
TRADE INFORMATION CENTRE AND LIBRARY ------------------------------------------------- 75
TRADE IN SERVICES DIVISION ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 78
TRADE POLICIES REVIEW DIVISION ---------------------------------------------------------------- 81
TRAINING INSTITUTE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 84
APPELLATE BODY AND ITS SECRETARIAT ------------------------------------------------------- 88WT/BFA/W/98
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Senior Management
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 1,780,700 1,694,218 86,482
Temporary Assistance 159,000 19,314 139,686
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
    Official 322,800 290,074 32,726
    Technical Cooperation 115,000 114,861 139
Representation and
    Hospitality 202,600 190,771 11,829
Total 2,580,100 2,309,238 270,862
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Office of the Director-General
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 1,314,100 1,211,314 102,786
Temporary Assistance 38,000 237,436 (199,436)
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment 911 (911)
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs 2,500 2,500
Missions
    Official 155,000 135,591 19,409
    Technical Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality
Total 1,509,600 1,587,753 (78,153)
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Administration and General Services Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 8,489,600 8,107,652 381,948
Temporary Assistance 1,451,100 3,622,528 (2,171,428)
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment 948,000 984,753 (36,753)
Expendable Equipment - 16,903 (16,903)
Contractual Services
  (b) Office Automation215,000 213,563 1,437
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs 464,500 497,504 (33,004)
Missions
    Official 49,000 48,586 414
    Technical Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality 1,200 789 411
Miscellaneous
    Training
    Insurance
    UN Bodies
Total 11,618,400 13,492,278 (1,873,878)
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Administration and General Services Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
(i) Ensure the efficient functioning of services in (a) all financial matters, including budget
preparation and control, accounting, and payroll, (b) human resources matters, (c) logistical
issues related to the physical facilities, and (d) missions and other travel arrangements:
• Carried out and monitored the cash flow of the Organization including recording of all
financial proceedings on a daily basis, and ensuring investment income.  Executed themonthly payment of salaries of some 800 staff members (regular and temporary) as
well as the subsistence allowances of staff on missions.  Pensions and medical
insurance premiums were collected and processed for the WTO Pension Plan and the
Van Breda & Co. International respectively.
• Insured and maintained as appropriate the Centre William Rappard, and replaced
equipment, furniture as well as general office supplies when necessary.
• Received and processed:  (a) contributions totalling CHF 135,442,702 from Member
countries to the WTO 2001 operating budget, (b) assessed contributions totallingCHF 509,997 from Observer countries in respect to the services received in 2002 from
the Secretariat.
• Received and processed the Extra-budgetary funds.
• Prepared the (i) Director-General’s Budgetary and Financial Report for 2001,
(ii) Divisional Reporting on Objectives and Expenditures for 2001 and (iii) Report on
Extra-Budgetary Funds for 2001.
• Assisted the WTO External Auditors in their auditing task.
• Prepared the 2003 Budget Estimates based on the inputs from the various Divisions.
• Managed efficiently the human resources:  of the Organization:  (a) filled 50 external
vacancies, and two internal vacancies, (b) developed, reviewed and implemented
personnel policies such as the performance award system, procedures for dealing withstaff members, complaints and grievances, part-time work and a pilot project for
working from home, (c) organized and implemented training programmes for the WTO
staff, (d) administered approximately 800 regular, fixed-term and short-term staff
members and 25 interns on an ongoing basis – contracts, remuneration, career
development, entitlements, social security, cessation of service, and counselling,(e) managed WTO-specific pensions arrangements, including organizing and servicing
meetings of the Management Board and Investment Committee of the WTO Pension
Plan.
(ii) Monitor the decentralization budget as well as the Extra-budgetary funds and provide timely
information to Divisions:
• Ensured that expenditures of the WTO Secretariat and the Appellate Body and its
Secretariat are effected in accordance with the budget approved by the WTO Members.
• Ensured that the Extra-budgetary funds were administered in the same manner as
regular funds.WT/BFA/W/98
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• Issued, on a quarterly basis, the budget status report to all Divisions and provided
clarification upon request from the latter.
(iii) Ensure the smooth administrative functioning of the Committee on Budget, Finance and
Administration:
• Organized 13 formal meetings and 2 informal meetings of the Committee on Budget,
Finance and Administration, including preparation of agendas and related documents tobe distributed to the meetings as well as reports of the meetings.
(iv) Provide information to the Senior Management to ensure a smooth and efficient functioning
of the Organization.
• Provided information, as and when required, to the Senior Management.
(v) Assure administrative and logistical support for regional technical co-operation activities.
• Given the enormous increase in the regional technical assistance activities held
between 2001 and 2002, 25 TA activities to 112, mainly due to the official
implementation of the Doha Development Agenda Program for Technical Assistance, it
was necessary to ensure that all administrative and logistical coordination were
administrated in the same manner as already provided in previous years.  Monthly
meetings were organized in order to better coordinate the services to be provided, to
solve administrative and financial follow-up per activity and per special case as well as
in order to keep staff well informed in both general and specific matters related to
administration and logistics.
• It was imperative to implement an internal Logistic Unit network to store all scheduled
TA activity files per month to better make internal management and follow-up of each
of the activities to be prepared and executed.  The implementation as well as the
continuous improvement of this internal network, permitted us to make daily
management efficiently in terms of data and to ensure that any person of the LogisticUnit could cope with any activity and at any time.
• The human resources provided to the Logistic Unit in 2002, two additional persons,
permitted to cope in due form with all the TA activities programmed and undertaken
during the year and to maintain close cooperation with the Technical Co-operationDivision as well as with all other WTO Divisions and external Institutions, Secretariats
and/or Organizations involved directly in the accomplishment of the Doha
Development Agenda Program for Technical Assistance.
• The Logistic Unit could ensure the efficient functioning of services in all administrative
and financial matters;  the preparation of TA budgets;  the preparation, control andnecessary follow-up of each of the regional activities;  the preparation and dispatch of
documentation and publications per activity;  the logistical issues mainly related to the
physical facilities such as bank matters, DSA and TE to be handed over to participants
in the field directly when taking part in missions.WT/BFA/W/98
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WTO Condominium
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 22,980,100 23,511,033 (530,933)
Temporary Assistance 134,550 0 134,550
B.  Administrative
Costs Communications 2,166,000 2,235,785 (69,785)
Building Facilities 3,819,100 3,549,448 269,652
Permanent Equipment 876,200 1,309,710 (433,510)
Expendable Equipment 561,030 514,615 46,415
Contractual Services
(a) Reproduction 95,000 75,351 19,649
(b) Office Automation 0 2,550 (2,550)
(c) Other 244,000 245,882 (1,882)
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs 1,661,000 1,840,286 (179,286)
Missions
    Official
    Technical900 0 900
Trade Policy Training Courses 662,600 460,193 202,407
Representation and
    Hospitality 21,200 19,412 1,788
External Auditors 50,000 18,909 31,091
Library 0 6,000 (6,000)
Ministerial 400,000 400,000 0
Unforeseen 100,000 48,000 52,000
ITC 15,113,850 14,654,857 458,993
Permanent Group of Experts 30,000 12,824 17,176
Other 73,000 65,788 7,212
Total 48,988,530 48,970,645 17,885
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Accessions Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 1,126,500 1,180,136 (53,636)
Temporary Assistance 36,300 - 36,300
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment 1,500 1,299 201
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services 1,500 989 511
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
    Official 5,000 4,378 622
    Technical
Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 386 414
Miscellaneous
Total 1,171,600 1,187,188 (15,588)
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Accession Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
(i) Pursue and facilitate the negotiations between WTO Members and states and entities
requesting accession to the WTO by encouraging their integration into the multilateral trading
system through the effective liberalisation of their trade regimes in goods and services.
1. Accession Working Parties
• Forty-one Working Party meetings were held, and 16 rounds of bilateral negotiations
organised by the Secretariat in Geneva.
• The accessions of FYR Macedonia and Armenia were completed.  Intensive
negotiations were held with Armenia and Turkey prior to the conclusion of Armenia's
accession to solve the issue with Azerbaijan and ensure a smooth accession.
• Particular emphasis was put on accelerating the accession process of LDCs, thereby
contributing to the effective implementation of paragraphs 9 and 42 of the Doha
Declaration.  The accessions of Cambodia, Nepal, Samoa, and Tonga were broughtclose to finalisation, with the objective to conclude or substantially conclude these
accessions by the Cancún Ministerial Conference.
• Work commenced in Working Parties on Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Lebanese Republic, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Yemen, FR Yugoslavia.
• Work advanced in Working Parties on:  Algeria, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation,
Ukraine, Viet Nam.  Important efforts were made in particular to give a new impetus to
the Russian accession process.  An ambitious roadmap, including a detailed schedule of
meetings for 2003, was designed in cooperation with WTO Members and approved at
the December meeting.
• Missions concerning Accessions were undertaken to 14 countries:  Algeria, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Libya, FYR Macedonia, Samoa, Sudan,Tajikistan, Chinese Taipei, Tonga, Uzbekistan and Viet Nam.  These were Missions in
the main concentrating on briefings concerning the accession process, preparing therequired documentation for Working Party meetings, and visits by the Chairpersons to
give impetus to the political process of accession.  They do not include Missions to
acceding countries also undertaken by the Technical Cooperation Division, and doesnot reflect demand for technical assistance on accession issues.
• Other participation in Missions was to ESCAP Regional Seminar, Georgia Regional
Seminar, WTO Conference in Finland, Conference in Saudi Arabia, and Conferences
on the Russian Federation and accession to the WTO.
2. General Work on Accessions
• Seminar on Accessions organised in co-ordination with Technical Co-operation
Division in July 2002.
• Work related to Doha Declaration leading to adoption of guidelines to facilitate LDC
accessions in co-ordination with LDC Sub-committee.WT/BFA/W/98
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• In parallel to the discussions held in the LDC Sub-committee, a new strategy was
initiated in cooperation with Members to effectively accelerate the accession process of
LDCs.  A greater emphasis was put on informal consultations in order to reduce the
number of Working Party meetings and it was agreed that action plans including clear
and detailed technical assistance requirements would be included in the draft WorkingParty Report.
• A new approach was also developed to try to unlock the accession processes of some
countries, such as Belarus and Kazakhstan.  Checklists of outstanding issues would be
prepared by the Secretariat prior to the drafting of a Factual Summary to give an
overview of where discussions stand and guide both Members and the acceding country
in the negotiation process.
• Upon request, direct technical assistance was provided from Geneva to a number of
acceding countries to help them put together the required documentation and enhance
the quality of documents submitted to the Working Party (such as Tajikistan, Bhutan).
(ii) Act as a focal point in the overall efforts of WTO Members to achieve an open and liberal
multilateral trading system with wider scope and coverage:
• Six meetings of the Informal Group on Accessions were held in order to prepare for
Working Party meetings.  Members were presented with a consolidated calendar of
accession meetings for approval and given the opportunity to informally discuss
strategies to be followed with regard to some accessions.  Preparation for this process
required consultations with members and acceding governments on an almost dailybasis.
• WTO Members continued to express appreciation for the co-ordination and
organisation of work on accessions, as well as on the concrete progress achieved on
advancing individual accessions.WT/BFA/W/98
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Agriculture and Commodities Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 2,043,300 1,944,853 98,447
Temporary Assistance 11,000 20,846 (9,846)
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment 12,700 10,793 1,907
Expendable Equipment - - -
Contractual Services
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
    Official 35,000 34,065 935
    Technical Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 290 510
Total 2,102,800 2,010,847 91,953
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Agriculture and Commodities Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
(i) To give effective assistance, as required and appropriate, in all matters related to the
negotiations on continuing the reform process in agriculture:
• The negotiations on agriculture are conducted by the Committee on Agriculture meeting
in Special Session.  In 2002, the Division serviced six formal and informal SpecialSessions and numerous technical consultations.  Related work included a wide range of
activities, such as frequent advice to the Chairman and delegations on procedural and
substantive matters;  the development of the work programme
March 2002-March 2003;  conceptualisation and preparation of comprehensive papersto guide the technical elaboration of detailed possible modalities for further
commitments, including rule-related elements, in the areas of market access, export
competition and domestic support;  processing and circulation of 66 job number
documents from Members;  drafting of six Special Session reports and preparation of
Chairman's reports to the formal Special Sessions and to the Trade NegotiationsCommittee;  participation in numerous informal consultations, etc.  In addition, the
Division prepared a number of detailed technical papers and outlines for possible rules
and modalities in a number of areas such as tariff quota administration, export credits
and food aid.  Furthermore, the Division prepared the Chairman's Overview paper of
the negotiations on agriculture that was circulated on 18 December.
(ii) To actively contribute to the effective implementation of the existing WTO rules and
commitments on agriculture, assist in enhancing the quality of implementation, and ensure
that the work of the Committee on Agriculture in all areas, including in particular the process
of multilaterally reviewing the implementation of the commitments, is organized and
conducted in an efficient manner:
• In 2002, the Division serviced, in close co-operation with the Chair, four regular
meetings of the Committee on Agriculture.  The activities included advice to the
Chairman and delegations concerning all aspects of the work of the Committee;  the
preparation of a revised Secretariat background paper for the purposes of the
Article 18.5 consultations;  the processing and issuing of 193 agriculture notificationsby Members;  the preparation of room documents and other Committee-related
documents and four summary reports of the Committee meetings;  drafting of Chairman
statements;  preparation of the annual report of the Committee, as well as the report to
the CTG in the context of China's Transitional Review Mechanism.  The Division
participated in and contributed to a series of informal consultations on implementation
under the auspices of the General Council, including drafting of a report to the General
Council concerning the follow-up to the relevant Doha recommendations onimplementation-related issues.
(iii) To actively contribute to the effective implementation of the Agreement on the Application of
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, addressing in particular the difficulties faced by
developing countries:
• In 2002, the Division serviced three regular meetings of the SPS Committee and four
informal meetings.  In line with the directive from the Doha Ministerial Conference, theDivision prepared a Programme for Further Work regarding the implementation ofWT/BFA/W/98
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Article 4 of the Agreement (equivalence), which was adopted by the SPS Committee in
March 2002.  The Division also prepared several papers dealing with the clarification of
different paragraphs of the Decision on the Implementation of Article 4.
• The Division revised its document summarizing all specific trade concerns raised in the
Committee, a substantive and popular docum ent which illustrates the use of the
Committee as a practical way to resolve trade problems.  Other documents prepared by
the Secretariat included a proposed format for the notification of equivalence
agreements (adopted by the SPS Committee);  a paper on technical assistance and
capacity building in the context of the SPS Agreement;  660 SPS notifications
(including corrigenda, addenda and revisions);  and several other Committeedocuments.
(iv) To support, as required, the implementation of the Ministerial Decision on Measures
Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on Least-Developed and
Net Food-Importing Developing Countries:
• The Division assisted in the annual monitoring exercise of the Decision by the
Committee on Agriculture, including by producing an updated paper on actions taken toimplement the Decision which served as the basis for this exercise.  On several
occasions, it provided advice to net food-importing developing countries related to theimplementation of the Decision.
• The Division serviced four meetings of the Inter-Agency Panel of financial and
commodity experts established by the Doha Ministerial Conference, with the
participation of the World Bank, the IMF, the FAO, the International Grains Counciland UNCTAD, "to explore ways and means for improving access by least-developed
and WTO net food-importing developing countries to multilateral programs and
facilities to assist with short-term difficul ties in financing normal levels of commercial
imports of basic foodstuffs, as well as the concept and feasibility of the proposal for the
establishment of a revolving fund in G/AG/W/49 and Add.1 and Corr.1".  The work
included, inter alia , advice to the Chair and panelists as well as drafting of the panel
report.
• In the context of the follow-up to the recommendations by the Inter-agency panel under
the General Council, the Division assisted in the organization and conduct of a series of
informal consultations by the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, including the
drafting of the Chairman's progress reports to the General Council.
(v) To provide effective and efficient services for dispute settlement  in the area of agriculture:
• The Division provided the Secretary to, and assisted otherwise, the panels on Canada
Dairy (second recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by New Zealand and the United
States), and on Japan Apples (complaint by the United States).  It assisted the panel on
US-Foreign Sales Corporations (recourse to  Article 22.6 DSU by the EC) and the panel
on Chile Price Band System (complaint by Argentina).
(vi) To provide technical assistance and cooperation:
• The Division complied with the WTO 2002 Technical Assistance Plan.
1  Additionally,
the Division responded to numerous specific requests from Geneva-based delegationsand capitals for technical assistance, including on transparency issues under the
                                                     
1 WT/COMTD/W/95/Rev.3.WT/BFA/W/98
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Agreements on Agriculture and SPS and on specific implementation problems in the
areas of market access, domestic support, export competition and SPS.  It also
responded to requests for technical assistance on fishery issues.  It made a series of
presentations in the framework of the WTO Trade Policy Courses and the Geneva
Week.  The Division organized a seminar on SPS-related capacity-building in Geneva,
prior to the November 2002 SPS Committee meeting.
• Building on the Doha Declaration, the Division engaged in a major effort to improve
the co-ordination of technical assistance and capacity-building activities among FAO,OIE, WHO, World Bank and the WTO.  In particular, the Division developed, in close
co-ordination with those organizations, a Concept Note and Guidelines for ProjectSelection, Criteria, and Evaluation for the newly established Standards and Trade
Development Facility (STDF).  The overall objective of the STDF is to strengthen the
capacity of developing countries in meeting international standards.
(vii) To support senior management and other Divisions in matters related to trade in agriculture,
forestry and fisheries products:
• As every year, significant resources had to be devoted to support of senior management
and the work of other Divisions (numerous briefings;  many substantive inputs into and
comments on documents prepared by other Divisions;  participation in internal
meetings;  administrative matters;  etc.).
(viii) To co-operate, as appropriate, with relevant international organizations, the private sector and
non-governmental organizations.
• Throughout the year, the Division received many visitors and responded to requests for
briefings, factual information, etc. from other intergovernmental organizations,parliamentarians, non-governmental organizations, representatives of farm and fishery
communities and agro-industries and other private sector entities.  It participated in, andmade presentations at 28 international meetings, conferences or workshops (it turned
down around 95 invitations, in many cases for lack of staff and/or financial constraints
rather than lack of interest).WT/BFA/W/98
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Council and TNC Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 1,413,000 1,400,344 12,656
Temporary Assistance 4,600 114,162 (109,562)
B.  Administrative
Costs Permanent Equipment 6,000 3,738 2,262
Expendable Equipment - - -
C.  Other Costs Contractual Services
    Office Automation
Official Missions 10,000 9,429 571
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 218 582
Total 1,434,400 1,527,891 (93,491)
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Council and TNC Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
The Division was formed in January 2002 by merging the previous Council and Ministerial
Sessions Divisions.  Accordingly, this evaluation relates to the 2002 objectives formulated in 2001 for
the two separate divisions
(i) To ensure the efficient management of the General Council in carrying out the functions of
the WTO and other specific tasks assigned to it by the WTO Agreements.
• This objective was fully realized, with the General Council not only functioning
efficiently but also reaching decisions on a number of outstanding and difficult issues.In particular, agreement was reached on the structure of bodies under the TNC and
principles and practices for their work;  a work programme for small economies;
document derestriction and on procedures for selection of Directors-General as well as
for appointment of Chairs of WTO bodies.  These decisions were the result of manyhours of informal consultations in which the Division worked closely with the
Chairman of the General Council.  In addition, the Division implemented the
Chairman's initiative to hold for the first time a one-day retreat for Permanent
Representatives in October.
(ii) To ensure the efficient management of the Di spute Settlement Body (DSB) in discharging its
responsibilities provided for in the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU).
• This objective was fully realized, with the organization of 23 DSB meetings (regular
and special together), two more than in 2001.  These meetings, for which the Division
carried out the preparation and management proceeded expeditiously and carried out theDSU requirements in full.  In addition, a number of informal consultations were
organized resulting in a decision by the DSB to guide the process of consultations
between the Chairperson of the DSB and WTO Members in relation to amendments tothe Working Procedures for Appellate Review.
• The division was also involved, together with the Legal Affairs Division, in the process
of the DSU negotiations.  This implied servicing of formal Special Sessions of the DSB
(two or three days per month), together with the preparation of relevant documents, as
well as participation in various informal meetings with different groups of delegations.
(iii) To ensure greater internal transparency and effective participation of Members in relation to
WTO developments in the General Council and DSB including through informal
consultations at plurilateral and multilateral levels.
• The successful conduct of the business of the two bodies and, in the case of the General
Council, consensus on an unprecedented range of significant decisions demonstrates
that consultative processes worked well in 2002.  Initiatives of the General Council
Chair implemented by the Division and aimed at providing greater transparency and
inclusiveness included efforts to improve use of new technologies, and to make better
use of Geneva Week to involve non-resident Members in Council (and TNC) business.
(iv) Undertake and co-ordinate, as appropriate, Secretariat follow-up of decisions and work
programme from the Fourth Session of the Ministerial Conference (including consideration of
objectives for the next Ministerial.WT/BFA/W/98
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(v) In particular, co-ordinate the establishment and operation of negotiating structures or other
mechanisms agreed by Ministers.
(vi) Promote communication and teamwork within Secretariat in pursuit of these objectives.
• These objectives were fulfilled with the prom pt establishment (within the deadlines set
by Ministers) of the Trade Negotiations Committee and the bodies set up under it, and
their progress during the remainder of the year.  The Division organized five TNC
meetings in 2002, plus a substantial number of informal consultations with delegations
and with Secretariat colleagues to prepare or follow up these meetings.
(vii) Advise and support senior management and Chairman of General Council (or other relevant
WTO officers) in connection with their responsibilities in these areas.
• In addition to its work in support of the General Council and DSB Chairs (noted above),
the Division took on in 2002 the new responsibility of advising and supporting theDirector-General in his role as Chairman of the TNC.  In this function it provided
briefing and advice, draft talking points and speeches, and organized informal
consultations in addition to organizing and servicing the meetings of the TNC.WT/BFA/W/98
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Development and Economic Research Division
Development Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 1,890,000 1,742,612 147,388
Temporary Assistance 27,000 149,045 (122,045)
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
    Official 26,700 26,676 24
    Technical Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 433 367
Miscellaneous
    GTAP/Sponsoring
    Other
Total 1,944,500 1,918,766 25,734
* Including higher category staff.
Economic Research and Analysis Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary
Temporary Assistance
B.  Administrative
Costs Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
C.  Other Costs Contractual Services
    Office Automation
Official Missions
Representation and
    Hospitality
Total
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Development and Economic Research Division
Economic Research Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
Objectives:
(i) Provide economic analysis of world trade developments within the Secretariat, to WTO
Members and the general public.  Trade analysis comprises both the actual current trade flows
as well as trade policy developments.
(ii) Maintain and develop links with the interna tional research community in order to be kept
informed with the ongoing research.  Provide accurate and timely information concerning the
WTO and the trading system to the research community.  One of the Division's functions is to
be a bridge between the WTO Secretariat and universities, think-tanks and researchers at
other international organizations .
Realisation of Objectives and Work Programme for 2002:
• The Economic Research Division, part of the Development and Economic Research
Division in 2002, successfully performed the range of functions laid out in its Work
Programme.  In addition to carrying out its responsibility for preparing significant partsof the Annual Report, the Division also completed preparation of a special study on
economic adjustment and a working paper on market access.  The Division was also
associated with the establishment of a professional journal, the World Trade Review,
jointly with Cambridge University Press.  The journal has been well received in
academic and policy circles.
• The Division did more by way of support work for operational parts of the Secretariat
than had been anticipated initially.  Background analysis was undertaken on trade andtechnology transfer, small economies, market access issues and trade and environment.
The Division also provided analytical background work on three disputes.  It alsocontinued to provide data and analysis to senior management.
• The Division continued to maintain research  links with universities and researchers in
other organizations, in some cases undertaking joint research activities.WT/BFA/W/98
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Development Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
Objectives:
(i) To intensify work on development related trade issues;  conduct seminars and meetings on
related issues as requested by the Committee on Trade and Development;  improve service to
non-resident Members and those with small missions in Geneva;  ensure that development
work in the WTO extends to all continents;  and intensify cooperation with other relevant
international organizations, including regional entities.
(ii) To revitalize work on regional trading agreements and their impact on the multilateral trading
system.
Realisation of Work Programme and Objectives for 2002:
• The Development Division (part of the Development and Economic Research Division
in 2002) had a very busy year.  The Committee on Trade and Development continued
its efforts to deepen understanding of trade and development linkages, and to contribute
to effective participation by developing countries in the trading system.  The Special
Session of the Committee on Trade and Development led a very intensive workprogramme on special and differential treatm ent, with no fewer than fifteen formal
meetings and a greater number of informal ones.  The Dedicated Session of the
Committee on Trade and Development on small economies also met several times to
carry out this aspect of the Doha Development Agenda.  The Division is also
responsible for servicing the Working Group on Trade and Technology.  These multipletasks went well beyond what had been anticipated, but the Division nevertheless fully
met the responsibilities it was given.  On the other hand, work on regional trading
arrangements was shifted to the Trade Policies Review Division at the beginning
of 2002.WT/BFA/W/98
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External Relations Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 1,050,400 928,538 121,862
Temporary Assistance 72,200 70,227 1,973
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment 1,500 1,299 201
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services 1,500 989 511
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
    Official 25,000 22,242 2,758
    Technical Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 800 -
UN and Other Bodies
Total 1,151,400 1,024,096 127,304
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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External Relations Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
1. Relations with Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)
• External Relations continued as the focal point in the Secretariat for coordination of
WTO representation at international conferences and meetings of other agencies.External Relations organized and coordinated visits to WTO by heads of various UN
agencies and other intergovernmental bodies.  External Relations contributed to reportsprepared by UN and IGOs and/or coor dinated inputs from other Divisions.
• External Relations organized the meeting of the Executive Heads of
WTO/UNCTAD/ITC held at WTO on 30 October 2002 to review and whenever
feasible enhance the cooperation between the agencies.  The Executive Headswelcomed such meetings and agreed to meet twice a year.  The next meeting will behosted by UNCTAD.
• External Relations assisted the Director-General's participation in various
intergovernmental meetings including the UN Conference on Financing for
Development held in Monterrey (Mexico), the World Summit for Sustainable
Development in Johannesburg, the OECD Ministerial in Paris in May, the APEC Trade
Ministers' Meeting in Puerto Vallarta in May, ITC's Executive Forum in Montreux inSeptember, and the November session of the UN Chief Executives Board in New York.
• External Relations participated in/observed meetings of various UN bodies and
specialized agencies including the High-Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP) of
the Chief Executives Board, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,and the informal network of NGO liaison officers from multilateral development
agencies.  External Relations also attended regular meetings of the OECD Trade
Committee.
2. Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
• Public Symposium:  A major, 3-day symposium with some 700 participants was held at
the WTO from 29 April to 1 May.  Entitled "The Doha Development Agenda andBeyond," the symposium featured WTO organized work sessions as well as sessions
organized by NGOs on topics of their choice.
• Numerous meetings between the DG and NGOs, both in Geneva and abroad, were
prepared or participated in.
• Organization of visits/meetings of NGO representatives and groups at WTO:
approximately 80 to 100 visits took place, either bilateral or involving other Secretariatofficials.  This number does not include the majority of contacts with/visits to other
Secretariat Divisions.
• NGO briefings:  seven regular NGO briefings were organized on meetings of the TNC,
the General Council and the CTE.
• WTO Introduction Days:  Local NGOs were invited for the first time to participate in
the so-called WTO Introduction Courses.  Over 50 % of the participants in the courses
were NGO representatives.WT/BFA/W/98
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• Participation in external seminars/workshops/symposia, organized externally:  35.  This
number does not include participation of other Secretariat colleagues in similar external
events.
• Information is provided through the activities stated above, in particular during visits
and through the NGO bulletin.  In addition, the WTO's Website has been revamped,including the NGO information pages.  It now provides among others downloadable
NGO position papers and an interactive and online chat facility.
• Numerous daily contacts:  information flows from and to NGOs through e-mail,
telephone and fax.
3. Relations with Parliaments and Parliamentarians
• External Relations prepared and/or participated in meetings involving the
Director-General, his deputies and parliamentarians (both in Geneva and in capitals);
assisted the Director-General's address to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council ofEurope in January;  assisted the Director-General's participation in the 3
rd Annual
Conference of the Parliamentary Network of the World Bank in Berne in May;  helped
organize meetings in September and Octobe r for the new Director-General with heads
of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and Inter-Parliamentary Union
(IPU);  organized the Director-General's di alogue in Brussels in September with the
European Parliament (EP).
• External Relations organized and coordinated visits to WTO by numerous
parliamentary delegations and committees;  participated in international meetings andseminars involving parliamentarians including a CPA Study Group on Parliaments and
the International Trading System held in St.  Lucia in February, a seminar organized by
the European Centre for Parliamentary Research in Prague in April, and regular and
special sessions of the IPU Council held in Geneva in September.
• External Relations attended meetings of the IPU/EP Steering Group in Brussels in May
and Geneva in October and assisted preparations for their Parliamentary Conference onthe WTO (to be held in February 2003);  provided advice and documentation to the
Steering Group;  organized WTO speakers.  As part of the WTO Symposium held in
Geneva in April, External Relations organized a special session on 'The WTO:  The
Role of Parliamentarians'.
4. Registry
• First phase of introduction of scanning (outgoing correspondence) in the Registry
Automation System (RAS) was completed in 2002.  The on-line facility for Directors to
consult official WTO outgoing mail was established successfully.
• Continue planning and forecasting developments in the IT sector with regard to the
RAS to ensure that the most appropriate technological means are used in developing
procedures for the scanning and electronic transmission of correspondence according tothe needs of the Secretariat, as well as establishing terms of reference and assisting in
the execution of the study with the Informatics Division and external consultants.  As a
result of the increasing concern regard ing the archiving situation within the
Organization, continued collaboration with the Stanford team responsible for the GATT
Archives Scanning Project, with a view to digitizing and organizing the GATT (andeventually the WTO) archives.WT/BFA/W/98
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5. Protocol
• External Relations is in charge of official relations with Members including the host
country and in that respect is the recipient of all the information regarding the
movements in the Missions.  The Division produced in 2002 three editions (including
two complete ones) of the Directory (March, September and October).  An external
consultant was employed to develop the Internet compatible version of the Directory,but did not have time to complete it.WT/BFA/W/98
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Informatics Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 2,181,900 2,114,852 67,048
Temporary Assistance 1,400,300 1,694,153 (293,853)
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment 1,285,825 580,417 705,408
Expendable Equipment 162,670 199,122 (36,452)
Contractual Services 1,770,380 1,747,059 23,321
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs 13,000 - 13,000
Missions
    Official 13,800 13,112 688
    Technical Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 - 800
Miscellaneous
Total 6,828,675 6,348,714 479,961
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Informatics Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
Objectives:
(i) To fulfil the core functions of the Division:  operation, management and enhancements of the
Information Technology infrastructure and systems, and provide the best user support and
training.
(ii) To maintain a secured IT environment and introduce encryption and digital signature
facilities.
(iii) To introduce IT facilities and services when and where required.(iv) To study, evaluate and quantify the IT requirements for Tele-working.(v) To complete the migration to Windows 2000 and Office XP.(vi) To provide additional services to Members, Staff and the Public through the WTO IT.
Realisation of the objectives:
• The Infrastructure was regularly enhanced and maintained in a proactive manner.  The
result was a very high percentage of network services availability (near 100%).  Nearlyall the proactive maintenance has been performed outside working hours.  Support calls
totalled a number of 8058.
• Following the final IT budget allocation and prioritisation of projects, all projects have
been successfully implemented.  A Trade-Related Technical Assistance Database withInternet access has been successfully developed.  The network in the new premises has
been designed and implemented including interconnection with CWR.  The Terms ofReference of the IT requirements for the Ministerial Conference in Cancún werefinalized.
• New working methods have been developed in line with the migration to the new
environment, based on Windows 2000 and Office XP.  The first phase of the Migration
was successfully completed.  However full deployment to all staff could only be started
in December 2002 due to blocking factors awaiting resolution from Microsoft.
Currently 200 staff members have been trained and migrated and the deployment iscontinuing at a rate of 16 staff members per week.
• A Teleworking pilot project was successfully conducted with staff members of the
Language Services and Documentation Division.
• The IT Security Officer position has been filled in September 2002 and the Policy is
currently being enhanced.WT/BFA/W/98
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Information and Media Relations Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 2,146,900 2,127,020 19,880
Temporary assistance 185,200 224,255 (39,055)
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment 10,000 14,857 (4,857)
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services 10,000 1,041 8,960
C.  Other costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
    Official 23,800 23,129 671
    Technical Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality 5,000 4,276 724
Miscellaneous
    Library - -
    Publications 193,000 199,076 (6,076)
    Information Activities 210,000 209,268 732
Total 2,783,900 2,802,921 (19,021)
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Information and Media Relations Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
Objectives:
(i) Acting on the mandate delivered by Member Governments, to use all means at our disposal to
better inform the public about the WTO through regular press contacts, public outreach
activities, a range of information and reference publications, and an ever-growing internet
service.
(ii) Explain clearly what the WTO does, how it functions and its mission for the future, focusing
this year on the follow-up to the Doha Ministerial conference and the Doha Development
Agenda.
Expected result:
• Greater public understanding of the WTO and an increase in support for an:  openness
to trade.  Increased support for the successful conclusion of the Doha Development
Agenda.
Assessment:
• There has been a significant change in the perceptions of the WTO by the public since
the launch of the Doha Development Round of negotiations in Doha, Qatar.  TheDivision has used all the communications means at its disposal to further inform and
influence that positive perception.  Media relations activities, the publications program
and the use of Internet tools have all been focused on delivering the messages of the
organization to a broader, more receptive public.  Among the confirmations we have ofthe effectiveness of our actions are:
- responding to the increase in media atten tion in WTO activities.  This increase is
related directly to the launch of negotiations in Doha and to a series of high
profile trade disputes.  IMRD has responded through greater number of briefings,
telephone interviews and increased use of email to send background notes;
- strong participation from journalists, particularly in the developing world, in the
IMRD organized WTO journalist seminars held each year in English, French and
Spanish;
- tremendous interest in the arrival of Dr. Supachai as Director-General.  IMRD
has responded by organizing more than 50 one-on-one interviews with the DG,
more than one dozen press conferences and over 20 broadcast interviews;
- the increased level of regular contacts  with the public, through 159 information
briefings held at the WTO with about 5,000 participants;
- an average of 5,000 email queries per month which have all received replies;- an online opinion survey with over 2,000 respondents who confirmed their
interest in WTO news and information;WT/BFA/W/98
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- the registration of over 600 journalists from around the globe in our news
contacts database;
- the self-registration of over 35,000 individuals in our email contacts database;
- the downloading by students and other from around the world of WTO
Publications, including over 100,000 copies of the International Trade Statistics,80,000 copies of the Annual Report, 72,000 copies of Trading into the Future.
(iii) Increase efficiency in the distribution of WTO information through the use of electronic
media, including the Internet, CD-ROMs and web streaming.
(iv) Further develop the WTO website to facilitate access by a growing number of users through
the use of the latest technologies for website maintenance and management.
Expected Results:
• Increase in the effectiveness of the website as a means for dissemination of WTO
messages and data, with a continuing increase in the number of users worldwide.
Assessment:
• The number of individuals using the WTO website has continued to increase at the rate
of about 10% per month.  There were over 6 million visitors to the website during 2002,an average of 500,00 per month, with a total of nearly 200 million hits for the year.  The
quantity of WTO publications, documents and news materials downloaded during theyear, is equivalent to hundreds of millions of pages.
• Improvements to the design and technical structure of the site have met with approval
by Internet users for the great ease it affo rds them in finding exactly the information
they need.  Use of the Contacts database has enabled us to communicate on a daily basis
by email with over 35,000 registered users who told us their fields of interest.  The
visitors to the site reside in about 170 countries.
• To facilitate access to WTO information by individuals with poor Internet access the
Division produced three new Computer Base d Training modules on CD-ROM, as well a
CD-ROM of the WTO website.  Over 3,000 of these CD-ROMs have been distributed
during the year in course of technical cooperation and information activities.
(v) Expand and build upon existing co-publishing agreements to increase dissemination of WTO
print and electronic publications, improve editorial control and quality, reduce costs for printing
and production.
Expected Results:
• A growing list of information, research and reference publications meetings high
standards for editorial content, style and presentation.
• A continuing reduction in the cost of producing and distributing WTO print and
electronic publications, mainly through the increased use of co-publishing agreements.WT/BFA/W/98
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Assessment:
• The Publications group produced about 120 books, brochures and CD-ROMs in
English, French and Spanish during the year.  A total of 30,647 books and CDs weredistributed free for technical cooperation and information purposes.  A total of about
16,500 WTO books and CDs were sold during 2002.
• The WTO saved about CHF 800,000 in production costs assumed by co-publishing
partners.  About 500,000 free, digital versions of WTO publications were downloaded
from the WTO on-line bookshop.WT/BFA/W/98
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Intellectual Property Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 1,815,700 1,602,477 213,223
Temporary Assistance 53,900 53,766 134
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services8,000 3,007 4,993
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
    Official 35,000 31,933 3,067
    Technical Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 691 109
Total 1,913,400 1,691,873 221,527
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Intellectual Property Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
1. Intellectual Property
(i) Provide efficient service to the TRIPS Council and to dispute settlement panels that may
arise.
• The level of activity in the TRIPS Council intensified considerably in 2002, with four
formal meetings as well as a large number of informal meetings.  One of the main areas
of work was the implementation of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement andPublic Health.  Consideration of this matter led to a TRIPS Council Decision extending
transition periods for least-developed countries and a General Council waiver on related
matters.  In the latter part of the year work was focused on the implementation of
paragraph 6 of the Declaration.  Much of the other work of the TRIPS Council was
related to the implementation of paragraph 12 of the Doha Declaration as it relates tooutstanding implementation issues, in particular in regard to extension of the protection
of geographical indications provided for in Article 23 for wines and spirits to other
product areas and issues relating to biotechnology, biodiversity and traditional
knowledge.  The Council also pursued work stemming from the implementation
decisions at Doha on non-violation complaints and the implementation of Article 66.2relating to the transfer of technology to least-developed countries.  During the course of
the year, the Council initiated reviews of the implementing legislation of a further six
Members and completed the reviews of 20 Members.
(ii) Service any other work on intellectual property matters that may result from the Doha
Ministerial Conference
• The Division serviced the Special Sessions of the TRIPS Council held to negotiate the
establishment of a multilateral system of notification and registration of geographical
indications for wines and spirits by the Cancún Ministerial Meeting, pursuant to
paragraph 18 of the Doha Declaration.  The Special Session held four meetings during
the course of the year.
(iii) Maintain and, if possible, increase assistance to WTO Members through technical
cooperation, in particular in conjunction with WIPO, and through the provision of
information/advice more generally.
• During the course of the year, the Division participated in 25 technical cooperation
seminars and similar events outside Geneva.  This included two major regional
workshops for least-developed countries organized jointly with WIPO pursuant to the
Joint Initiative launched by the Directors-General of WIPO and WTO in July 2001.
Division officers were also involved in other technical cooperation activities in Geneva
itself, such as the WTO training courses, briefing visiting groups from developing
countries and the usual discussions with individual delegates or visiting officials as well
as written correspondence.WT/BFA/W/98
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(iv) Maintain and develop lines of communication with other intergovernmental organizations, the
NGO community, intellectual property practitioners and the academic community so that they
have an adequate understanding of th e TRIPS Agreement and of WTO processes.
• During 2002, other IGOs and NGOs once more stepped up markedly their activities on
matters relating to the TRIPS Agreement, including on the relationship between the
Agreement and public health and on the relationship between the Agreement anddevelopment.  The Division has close working relations with a range of
intergovernmental organizations including WIPO, WHO, UNAIDS, UNHCHR,
UNECE, WCO, UPOV, the CBD Secretariat, FAO, OIV and a number of regional
industrial property offices such as ARIPO, EPO, OAPI and OHIM.  The Division
interfaces with many non-governmental organizations, both in Geneva and elsewhere,
including practitioners' organizations, industry associations, consumer and public
interest groups, and the academic community.
(v) Contribute to other Secretariat activities relating to intellectual property rights, including the
General Council implementation mechanism and preparations for the next ministerial meeting
• In addition to the work described above, the Division provided assistance and advice in
regard to the consideration of issues relating to the TRIPS Agreement and public health
in the General Council and in regard to the treatment of outstanding implementationissues and the negotiations on the notification and registration system for geographical
indications for wines and spirits in the TNC.  The Division assists and gives advice on
IP matters to other parts of the Secretariat, notably senior management and in
connection with environmental matters, accessions, development, electronic commerce
and trade policy review.
2. Competition policy
(i) Provide efficient service to the Workin g Group on the Interaction between Trade and
Competition Policy or such other work as might result from decisions to be taken at Doha.
• During the course of 2002, the Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and
competition Policy held one informal meeting and four formal meetings in order tocarry forward the work programme agreed in the Doha Declaration.  To facilitate this
work the Secretariat prepared a number of studies as well as detailed records and
reports.
(ii) Provide technical cooperation, in conjunction with UNCTAD and other intergovernmental
organizations where appropriate, and information/advice more generally to WTO Members.
• In 2002, the Division stepped up considerably the intensity of its technical cooperation
and capacity building activities, in the light of the provisions of paragraph 24 of theDoha Declaration.  The Division organized three regional workshops on trade and
competition policy, together with a Geneva symposium on this subject.  In addition, theDivision participated in six regional work shops or seminars organized by UNCTAD on
competition policy during the course of the y ear.  It participated in ten other technical
cooperation activities outside Geneva, some of them in cooperation with other
intergovernmental organizations, including UNCTAD, OECD, and OAS.  The Division
also contributed to technical cooperation activities in Geneva, including in regard to
WTO training courses, visiting groups from developing countries, NGO-organized
activities and the usual discussions with indivi dual delegates or visiting officials as well
as written correspondence.WT/BFA/W/98
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(iii) Maintain and develop lines of communication with other intergovernmental organizations,
business, the NGO community, the academic world, etc.
• The Division maintains close working relations with a range of intergovernmental
organizations with interests in competition policy, including UNCTAD, the WorldBank and the OECD, and communicates re gularly with certain non-governmental
organizations with interests in this area as well.  Staff also maintained direct contactswith academics and practitioners.
(iv) Contribute to other Secretariat activities on competition policy matters, including the
preparations for the next ministerial meeting.
• The Division contributed to the servicing of the preparatory work for the Doha
Ministerial as it related to competition policy matters and continued to provide advice
and assistance to senior management and other parts of the Secretariat on such matters.
3. Government procurement
(i) Provide efficient service to the work of the Working Group on Transparency in Government
Procurement and such other work as may result from decisions at Doha.
• During the course of 2002, the Working Group on Transparency in Government
Procurement held one informal meeting and three formal meetings in order to carry
forward the work programme agreed in the Doha Declaration.  To facilitate this work
the Secretariat prepared a number of studies as well as detailed records.
(ii) Provide efficient service to the Committee established under the Plurilateral Agreement on
Government Procurement and to dispute settlement panels that may arise.
• The Secretariat serviced the three formal meetings and three informal meetings that the
Committee on Government Procurement held in 2002.  Notable were an increase in theintensity of activities under the negotiations aimed at improving and expanding the
Agreement under Article XXIV:7 of the Agreement for which the Secretariat prepared
and maintained extensive documentation, as well as discussions with 15 WTO
Members who are in the process of acceding to the Agreement.
(iii) Provide technical cooperation and information/advice more generally to WTO Members.
• In 2002, the Division stepped up considerably the intensity of its technical cooperation
and capacity-building activities, in the light of the provisions of paragraph 26 of theDoha Declaration.  The Division organized two regional workshops on government
procurement, together with a Geneva symposium on this subject.  It participated in tenother technical cooperation activities outside Geneva.  The Division also contributed to
technical cooperation activities in Geneva, including in regard to WTO training courses,
visiting groups from developing countries, NGO-organized activities and the usual
discussions with individual delegates or visiting officials as well as written
correspondence.
(iv) Maintain and develop lines of communication with other intergovernmental organizations,
business, the NGO community, the academic world, etc.
• The Division maintains close working relations with a range of intergovernmental
organizations including the World Bank, the OECD, ASDB, IADB/INTAL and APEC.WT/BFA/W/98
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The Division also continues to keep in contact with the procurement community,
non-governmental organizations, lawyers associations, trade unions and the academic
community.
(v) Cooperate with other parts of the Secretariat on government procurement matters.
• The Division assists and gives advice on government procurement matters to other parts
of the Secretariat, notably senior management and in connection with the Working
Party on GATS Rules and trade policy review.WT/BFA/W/98
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Language Service and Documentation Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Professional* Salary 14,747,600 13,633,380 1,114,220
Temporary Assistance 8,440,450 12,001,490 (3,561,040)
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment 356,500 170,471 186,029
Expendable Equipment 635,000 571,698 63,302
Contractual Services
    Reproduction
    Office Automation1,326,000
83,5001,028,759
72,191297,241
11,309
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
    Official 15,000 14,896 104
    Technical Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 800 -
Total 25,604,850 27,493,685 (1,888,835)
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Languages Services and Documentation Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
Translation services:
(i) Objectives:  Keep abreast of work and prevent any recurrence of backlog with a view to
ensuring timely and simultaneous circulation of documents in the three working languages;
provide outsourced translators and TP operators with services and access comparable to those
available to in-house staff..
• These objectives have been achieved to a very high degree.  No structural backlog has
been allowed to develop, and documents have normally been circulated in a timelyfashion;  simultaneous circulation in the three working languages is the normal practice
except where it has been specifically requested that the original be circulated as soon as
available.  As part of its programme to enhance decentralised operations, LSDD
inaugurated in the first half of 2002 the Teleworkers Home Page on the Internet(<<http://telework.wto.org/> >
).  Through this gateway, outsourced translators and TP
operators have gained access to a number of facilities hitherto only available to their
counterparts at headquarters.  Prime examples of the new facilities are:  (a) WTO Term
(a new online trilingual terminology database containing nearly 9,000 terms and
updated monthly);  (b) Editorial manuals, rules and tips for producing WTO documents;(c) Linguistic resources including terminology updates;  (d) resources for
machine-assisted translation users;  and (e) text-synchronization technology via an
enhanced version of Documents On-line for Translators.
Documentation services:
(ii) Objective:  Provide improved services to Members, observers and the public at large, with
special emphasis on non-resident and small delegations.
• On 30 April 2002, document WT/L/449 was circulated to inform Members of the
creation of a new Website:  the Members Internet Home Page
(<<http://members.wto.org/> >).  The new Website, containing information and/or
compilations of data that are not available on the WTO Website, offers a wider
selection of services to Members and Observers.  It includes new sections on
Background information on the WTO, Membership, Observers, as well as the official
names and current chairpersons of WTO Bodies, Committees and Working Groups,
with an indication of associated document series.  It also provides access to an enhanced
version of Documents Online and to several databases dealing with market access
issues, schedules on services, terminology, etc.  A new departure in the site is thecreation of a section dedicated to WTO Meetings (see below).
Conference Services:
(iii) Objectives:  Improve planning of meetings;  streamline and facilitate registration procedures.
• During 2002 work continued on the improvement of conference services.  The
Members Website provides access to the weekly schedule of official WTO meetings
and also serves as a dissemination point for miscellaneous documents relating to
upcoming conferences, seminars, symposia and workshops organized by the WTOWT/BFA/W/98
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Secretariat.  On the internal front, studies were conducted on the relationship between
documents and meetings and on the feasibility of on-line registration.  Visits were
organised to sister organizations to gain inside information on the workings of online
registration facilities.  Given budgetary constraints, the results of this groundwork will
be spread over 2003 and 2004.  The new service "Documents for Meetings" will
become operational in early 2003.
Unforeseen Realisations:
• The Members' decision of 14 May 2002 on the "Procedures for the Circulation and
Derestriction of WTO Documents" (WT/L/452) required LSDD to reallocate resourcesand priorities and consequently to modify its work plan.  The so-called "Derestriction"
Decision resulted in the unforeseen modification of two applications:  the Document
Management System and Documents Online, and the modification and enhancement of
the communications module between the two.  This work, accomplished during 2002,enables the semi-automatic derestriction of documents on the basis of the five different
criteria established by Members.  In addition, it automatically moves documents being
derestricted from the Members Website to the public WTO Website.
Activities/Projects:
• Apart from continued work on several on-going projects during 2002, two areas dealing
with equipment deserve special mention.  Th e first and most important is the complete
overhaul of equipment for document reproduction carried out during 2002.  The second
is the introduction of digital technology for voice recording (translators and TP
operators).WT/BFA/W/98
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Legal Affairs Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 2,040,800 1,704,203 336,597
Temporary Assistance 52,100 169,184 (117,084)
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services5,000 2,715 2,285
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
    Official 15,000 6,786 8,214
    Technical Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 652 148
Miscellaneous
    Panels 1,337,000 1,169,586 167,414
    Library - 6,248 (6,248)
Total 3,450,700 3,059,374 391,326
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Legal Affairs Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
General considerations:
• As we have pointed out in previous annual assessments, two general points need to be
emphasized in respect of assessing the achievement of stated objectives in the LegalAffairs Division.  First, the work expected of and performed by the Legal Affairs
Division is almost entirely responsive , i.e., we stand ready to respond to requests for
legal information, advice and training from a variety of sources, especially dispute
settlement panels, the DSB and its chairman, Member delegations, the Director-Generaland Secretariat, and the public at large.  To this extent, it would be difficult to say that
we set our own objectives or that these change significantly over time.  Second, it
remains extremely difficult, given the nature of our work, to meaningfully quantify  the
extent to which we have attained our objectives.
• Our summary assessment is that we have fully met our "Objectives for 2002" as set out
at pages 87 and 88 of the "2002 Budget  Estimates" (WT/BFA/SPEC/63, Volume 2).
More specifically, the Legal Affairs staff have faithfully carried out the Legal Affairsand Depository functions set out in these objectives.  As in past years, we at times were
not able to comply with deadlines set out in the DSU for the circulation of the final
reports of dispute settlement panels;  however, where this occurred, it was due either, as
in the past, to the excessive length of the descriptive portions of these reports and the
resulting severe translation backlog experienced by LSDD, or to the complexity ofindividual cases for which panels determined to take additional time in their
deliberations.
• A more detailed assessment follows.
Legal Affairs Functions:
(i) Give legal advice to panels and generally support the drafting of panel reports in an appropriate
and speedy way:
• Legal Affairs staff serviced nine regular panels in the course of 2002, four of which were
completed.
• Legal Affairs staff serviced one Article 21.5 compliance panel in 2002, which was
completed.
• Legal Affairs staff serviced two Article 22.6 arbitrations in 2002, one of which was
completed.
• Legal Affairs coordinated the process of composition by agreement of the disputing
parties of five panels in 2002.
• Legal Affairs advised the Director-General in the composition of three panels in 2002.
• Legal Affairs staff serviced one mediation in the course of 2002.
• In early 2002, Legal Affairs set up a new Dispute Settlement Registry to handle all
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many of the administrative functions associated with panels.  After an initial test phase,
this DS Registry became fully operational.
(ii) Give legal advice to the Office of the Director -General, to the organs of the WTO and to other
divisions, including servicing the JAB Secretariat:
• Legal Affairs frequently provided legal advice to the Secretariat, including briefing notes
and informal advice to the Director-General, other senior management and more broadly
within the Secretariat;  a considerable amount of this advice was in connection with
follow-up to the Doha Ministerial Confer ence and in the framework for conducting
multilateral negotiations.
• On an intensive basis, Legal Affairs staff pr ovided detailed advice and assistance to the
Chairman of the Special Session of the DSB and to WTO Members in relation to theDDA-mandated negotiations on Improvements and Clarifications to the Dispute
Settlement Understanding.
• On a regular basis, we were called upon to provide significant legal advice to the DSB
and its chairman;  we also provided legal ad vice to the various committees serviced by the
Market Access Division, in particular the CTG and the Market Access Committee and
their chairmen, as well as to the GPA Committee and its chairman.
• In addition to legal advice on matters relati ng to the WTO agreements, with increasing
frequency we have been asked for advice on other legal issues, e.g., personnel matters,
cooperation agreements, supply contracts,  technical assistance agreements, etc.
• Legal Affairs advised the Secretariat and WTO Members on legal issues relating to
implementation of WTO obligations, and on the establishment of a legal framework for
multilateral negotiations on agriculture, services and other issues.
• One LAD official continued to serve as S ecretary to the JAB (four proceedings, all
completed);  another official continued as a member of the JAB;  one other official
provided legal advice to staff members ch allenging administrative decisions of the
Director-General;  and one official provid ed advice to the Director-General on staff
appeals to the JAB.  This same official also  advised the Director-General on three appeals
before the ILO Administrative Tribunal.  Thus, a significant amount of LAD resources
was devoted to administrative appeal matters.
(iii) Participate in technical assistance activities, ma inly in respect of training, and more generally
help fulfil the training mandate of Article 27.3 of the DSU:
• Legal Affairs staff participated extensivel y in special courses on dispute settlement,
regular WTO training courses, WTO techni cal cooperation missions, and other training
seminars and workshops, including in, e.g., Ha vana, Suva, Dakar, Seoul, Jakarta, Manila,
Brasilia, Taipei, La Paz, Tegucigalpa, Vienna, Pretoria, Washington, Bogota, Beijing,
Stellenbosch, Casablanca, Tunis, Nairobi , Banjul, Montevideo, Sydney, Bangkok,
Moscow.
• Legal Affairs staff also made presentations  to meetings of other organizations with
WTO-related activities, e.g., University of Clermont-Ferrand, Lauterpacht ResearchCentre, Sorbonne (Paris I), Japan Intern ational Cooperation Agency, Centre for
International Sustainable Development Law (Montreal), World Bank Workshop on Policy
Reform and Poverty Reduction in China (Beijing), European University Institute
(Florence), Kimberley Process (Interlake n), The TRIPS Council (Milan), and UN/ECE
Advisory Group on IP Protection (Moscow).WT/BFA/W/98
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• In October 2002, Legal Affairs recruited an additional legal officer to focus on technical
assistance and training activities mandated by the Doha Ministerial Declaration.
(iv) Prepare and publish the Analytical Index of WTO Agreements and other publications:
• Legal Affairs completed preparation of the First Edition of the WTO Analytical Index in
July 2002, covering the period January 1995 through June 2001.  Publication of this
major work is expected for March 2003.  The WTO will also make it available on
CD-ROM and free on-line.  Preparation of the first annual update is under way.
• To manage and facilitate legal editing tasks and related publication activities, Legal
Affairs recruited a Legal Assistant/Editor.
• Legal Affairs continued its responsibility for preparing and issuing documents in the DS
series.
• Legal Affairs staff prepared and circulated seven updated versions of the Update of
WTO Dispute Settlement Cases.
• In cooperation with the Informatics Division and an outside consultant, Legal Affairs
continued to work toward making the Dispute Settlement Database available on the
WTO Website.
• Legal Affairs continued to ensure part of th e editing and proof-reading functions for the
Dispute Settlement Reports in all three WTO languages.  Legal Affairs also provided
regular input on the preparation of the BISD series.
Depository Functions:
(v) Perform the depositary functions of the Director-General:
• Legal Affairs staff continued to ensure the depository functions of the Director-General,
preparing all treaty texts of protocols, certifications, procès-verbaux, etc;  registeringand notifying Members of all actions taken on legal instruments;  updating the Status of
Legal Instruments;  registering all legal instruments with the United Nations;  keepingthe membership list up to date;  and providing depository materials for inclusion in theBISD.WT/BFA/W/98
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Market Access Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 1,665,000 1,565,571 99,429
Temporary Assistance 25,000 108,697 (83,697)
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment 14,500 12,078 2,422
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services 1,500 - 1,500
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
Official 28,000 22,335 5,665
Technical Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 800 -
Total 1,734,800 1,709,481 25,319
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Market Access Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
To provide efficient service to the following WTO Bodies:
(i) Council for Trade in Goods:
• The attainment of the objectives for the CTG was closely linked to the activities of its
subsidiary bodies.  The Council oversaw the multilateral trade Agreements covering the
goods sector and took actions where required on issues raised by those bodies,
including examining and approving requests for waivers and waiver extensions,
adopting the terms of reference under which FTAs are to be examined in the CRTA and
taking note of Members' compliance with relevant notification obligations.  In addition,
the CTG continued its review of the operation of the TRIMs Agreement under Article 9,
carried out China's transitional review and the major review of the implementation of
the ATC during the second stage of the integration process.  Implementation-related
issues and concerns regarding TRIMs and textiles were also discussed in the Council.
• The Division further serviced the Council for Trade in Goods in its work on trade
facilitation.  The Council embarked on a Trade Facilitation Work Programme agreed
upon in March 2002, which was carried out in the course of four formal sessions,
addressing (i) GATT Articles V, VIII and X, (ii) the identification of trade facilitation
needs and priorities and (iii) technical assistance and capacity-building.  Twenty-one
submissions from Members, five background papers from the Secretariat and seven
written contributions from other intergovernmental organizations served as a basis for
discussion.  Work also included the provision of information and advice to delegations,
private parties and other Divisions on matters relating to trade facilitation.
(ii) Committee on Import Licensing
Receiving, processing and reviewing notificati ons received under various provisions of the
Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures:
• In 2002, the Division serviced two formal meetings of the Committee on Import
Licensing.  The activities included advice to the Chair and delegations concerning all
aspects of the work of the Committee;  the preparation of a Secretariat background
paper for the purposes of the Article 7.1 review of the implementation and operation of
the Agreement;  the processing and issuing of 106 licensing notifications by Members
and 32 other Committee-related documents;  a series of informal consultations with
delegations;  preparation of the annual report of the Committee;  and preparations for
the first review of the implementation of China's commitments in the import licensing
area pursuant to its Protocol of Accession.
Providing information and advice to acceding countries, delegations, private parties and other
Divisions in the Secretariat on matters relating to import licensing:
• The Division responded to numerous specific requests for briefings and factual
information from Geneva-based delegations and capitals, other intergovernmental
organizations, the private sector and other Divisions, for example in regard to the
preparation of notifications under the Agreement, on specific implementation problems
in the area of import licensing, on explanations of relevant WTO provisions, etc.  One
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in the area of import licensing.  The Division made several presentations in the
framework of the WTO Trade Policy Courses.
(iii) Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade on Information Technology Products:
• During 2002, the Committee held formal four meetings and two informal meetings.
Advance on the Non-Tariffs Measures Work Programme:
• The Committee continued to address this important aspect of its work at the formal
meetings of the Committee during the year.
• Work on the analysis and impact of the NTMs continued.  In this respect, a survey on
EMC/EMI was launched, a pilot-project workshop was planned, and a selectedbibliography was prepared.
• There were additional submissions identifying NTMs and further proposals on ways to
examine the economic and developmental impact of the NTMs.  The Committee
continued to examine these.
Review Product Coverage:
• The "review of product coverage" was addressed under 'other business' at each of the
Committee's formal meetings, but there was no formal conclusions of this work by the
Committee, nor any decisions in the formal work agenda.  It was noted that
consultations were on-going.
Review Classification Issues:
• The Committee continued to address this matter at the formal meetings of the
Committee during the year.
• An informal meeting of customs experts was held in May in order to advance the work
in this area.
Increase participation by adding new Members:
• One schedule was submitted to the Committee during the year for consideration.  The
Committee examined the proposal, but because of some concerns with implementation
of the commitments, the proposed participation has remained pending throughout the
year.  The Committee will revert to the outstanding matter in 2003.
Monitor and review implementation matters:
• The Committee reviewed the implementation of the ITA at each of its formal meetings
during the year.
• Four documents on the status of implementation were prepared and circulated so that
the matter could be kept under review by participants.
Review other matters relating to trade in information technology products:
• The Committee served as a forum for particip ants to raise any matter relating to the
Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Products.WT/BFA/W/98
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Organize a workshop on EMC/EMI:
• The workshop was originally envisaged for October 2002, but because participants
wanted to enhance the participation of developing-country participants, technical
assistance funding was needed.  As this request for funding was not envisioned at the
time of the 2002 TA Plan, it could not be funded in 2002.  It was therefore postponed
to 2003 so that funding could be obtained and is now scheduled and organized for
April 2003.
(iv) Rules of Origin
Carry out the Harmonization Work Programme on non-preferential rules of origin:
• The Committee on Rules of Origin held three negotiating sessions in order to carry out
the Harmonization Work Programme, resolving 19 outstanding issues.
• The integrated negotiating text was updated after each negotiating session.
• The General Council held two informal meetings and the Chair and Vice-Chair of the
Committee, at the request of the Chairman of the General Council, held five sessions of
informal consultations with the Members concerned.
Provide services to the Committee on Rules of Origin:
• The three sessions of the Committee were well prepared and successfully concluded.
• The minutes of these meetings are contained in G/RO/M/40-42.
• The informal consultations under the auspices of the General Council were successfully
carried out.
Provide information and advice to delegations, private parties and other divisions in the
Secretariat on matters relating to rules of origin:
• One national workshop mission was carried out during 2002.
• Responding to requests from various parties, relevant information was provided.
Attend meetings twice a year of the WCO Technical Committee on Rules of Origin in
Brussels:
• A staff member of the Division attended a meeting of the WCO Technical Committee
on Rules of Origin.
• The Technical Committee met only once in 2002 instead of twice as planned.
(v) Committee on Customs Valuation
Monitoring Members' legislation and implementation of the Agreement:
• During 2002, the Committee received 24 notifications regarding legislation and
implementation of the Agreement.  Two Decisions were negotiated and adopted
granting extensions of  implementation dates.
• In the context of the mandate from Ministers in Article 12 of the Doha Ministerial
Declaration, the Committee met 7 times during the year to consider the outstanding
implementation-related issues and the mandate in paragraph 8.3 of the
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Committee on the former (G/VAL/49) and a report to the General Council on the latter
(G/VAL/50).  In the context of the report to the General Council, the Committee drafted
terms of reference for the Technical Committee on Customs Valuation to carry out a
technical examination of specific related issues.
• The Committee completed in 2002 China's Transitional Review in accordance with
Section 18 of China's Protocol of Accession.  It submitted its report on this Review to
the Council for Trade in Goods in G/VAL/48.
Discussing technical assistance needs of developing countries which have invoked delay
periods under Article 20 and Annex III of the Agreement;  and to determine a role for the
WTO in providing such assistance:
• The Committee continued its activities under the Work Programme adopted in 2001.
The Committee held a seminar on technical assistance in November 2002.  A main
objective of the seminar was to share national experiences both as donors or recipients
in implementation of the Agreement.  Countries which had benefited from technical
assistance, and countries which had specific needs could highlight their perspectives
which would be taken into account.
Assisting in technical cooperation missions to expedite implementation and co-managing a
programme on technical assistance for customs valuation:
• Members of the Division organized and participated in 17 national or regional technical
assistance activities on customs valuation during 2002.
Participating in World Customs Organization (WCO) meetings of the Technical Committee
on Customs Valuation:
• During 2002, the Division participated in the two meetings of the Technical Committee
on Customs Valuation and two meetings of the WCO High-Level Capacity-Building
Working Group.  In addition, the Division participated in a WCO symposium on
technical assistance.
Receiving and processing notifications of legislation:
• See above under first bullet.  The Division spent considerable time in November
negotiating a solution to a political problem between China and Chinese Taipei
concerning the latter's notification.
Monitoring and administering aspects related to the Agreement on Preshipment Inspection:
• Members were reminded that an Article 6 review of the Agreement is overdue.
However, Members have not yet agreed on commencing this exercise.  There has been
no action during 2002 under the Independent Entity.
(vi) Committee on Market Access:
The supervision of the implementation of Uruguay Round concessions relating to tariffs and
non-tariff measures, and of concessions by acceding countries.
• During its three formal meetings and eleven informal meetings, the Committee on
Market Access provided a forum for Members to raise issues concerning the
implementation of Uruguay Round concessions relating to tariffs and non-tariff
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Improving the efficacy of its work through ensu ring a) the submission of timely notifications
of quantitative restrictions and timely provision of trade and tariff information by Members;
b) the implementation of the decision on the establishment of loose-leaf schedules on goods
and the development of an electronic verification process;  both of which will provide
Members with the necessary information for such supervision.
• Regarding the supply of timely trade and tariff information by Members, the Committee
has been kept regularly informed as to the status of such submissions.  Efforts have
been made by the Secretariat to improve the situation.  For example, one action
undertaken was to establish IDB focal points in Geneva and capitals.  As a result of
which by March 2002, the Secretariat had the means to make direct contact with
compilers in 60 capitals in order to resolve technical problems as they arose.  In
addition, the Secretariat has conducted many technical assistance activities to further
improve the situation of such notifications, and the Committee has been kept informedof the Secretariat's efforts in this regard.
• No submissions were made pursuant to the Decision on the Establishment of
Consolidated Loose-Leaf Tariff Schedules.  However, work on the Consolidated Tariff
Schedules database has been progressing well.  So much so that the Committee agreed,in June 2002, to make the database available to all Members.
• Also in June 2002, the Committee agreed on the dissemination policy of the IDB and
the CTS database.
• Concerning the notification of quantitative restrictions (QRs) in 2002, 16 notifications
were received by the Secretariat of which 11 contained information on QRs which was
introduced to the QR database (PC fo rmat in ACCESS).  The remaining five
notifications specified that no QRs were maintained by the Member concerned.  Letters
were also sent to four Members requesting additional clarification and information on
their notifications.
Completing the transposition of schedules of concessions into the Harmonized System (HS):
• One schedule was transposed in 2002.
Completing the introduction and verification of the changes in the HS approved by the World
Customs Organization into WTO tariff schedules:
• In continuing with established practice, the Committee agreed to hold informal
meetings dedicated to the review of the HS96 situation based on an informal list
prepared by the Secretariat.  Three such meetings were held during 2002.  Such a
process has had the result of:  reducing the number of schedules subject to review
from 19 to 10.
• Additionally the Committee, pursuant to the procedures agreed to in document
WT/L/407, began the multilateral verification process for the introduction of HS2002
changes to schedules of concessions.  Twenty-four Members have submitted HS2002
documentation of which 5 were verified by the Secretariat.  One multilateral review was
held in 2002.
Reviewing the procedural issues identified with respect to modifications and rectifications of
schedules:
• The Committee did not examine these issues during 2002.WT/BFA/W/98
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Reviewing the situation of waivers granted in connection with the introduction of the HS and
introduction of HS changes to schedules:
• The Committee has kept the situation of waivers under review.  In this connection, in
March 2002 the Committee agreed to fifteen waivers being granted with respect to the
transposition of schedules into the Harmonized System and the introduction of HS96
changes to schedules of concessions.  The Committee also agreed to a "Collective
Decision" relating to the introduction of HS2002 changes to schedules of concessions
and to its extension in December 2002.
Continuing its close working relationship with the World Customs Organization, particularly
with respect to the introduction of future changes in the HS:
• The Secretariat attended the meeting of the Harmonized System Committee in
May 2002 in which it reported on the activities of the Committee on Market Access.
Implementing modifications to the Integrated Data Base in order to develop a database that
will facilitate the information-gathering and dissemination processes, thus improving the
analytical tools at the disposal of the WTO and its Members:
• Work in this direction has been continuing in the Secretariat.  The second release of the
IDB IAF prototype software was made available to Members in the latter half of 2002.
The new software release includes three additional reports (tariff and trade profiles,
principal products and principal suppliers) and downloading facilities for two reports
(tariff line detail and tariff and trade profiles).  The application has also been revamped
to improve response time.
Continuing to oversee the work on the Consolidated Tariff Schedules database:
• The Committee agreed to switch on the CTS database on 12 June 2002.  The
Committee was kept regularly informed about the status of the CTS database.
Addressing implementation-related issues and concerns:
• Although not part of the initial objectives of the Committee for 2002, it is worth noting
that the Committee has been working on two implementation-related issues and
concerns during 2002.  The conclusion of the Committee's work may be found in
reports made to the TNC and General Council in documents G/MA/118 and G/MA/119,
respectively.
(vii) Negotiating Group on Market Access
The Negotiating Group on Market Access for Non-Agricultural Products was established in
early 2002 to carry out the mandate set out in paragraph 16 of the Doha Declaration.  It has held five
formal meetings during the course of 2002.  In addition, a seminar on Market Access Issues was held
under its auspices.  The Negotiating Group also reached agreement on a programme of work as well
as a calendar of meetings until end May 2003.
(viii) Technical Assistance Activities
In addition to the above activities, and in order to further the work of the relevant committees,
the Market Access Division also carried out the following technical assistance activities in the
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2002 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MISSIONS
Subject Region Seminar Type Date Duration
Customs Valuation
Lithuania National January 1 week
Haiti National January 4 days
Tunisia National February 3 days
Ivory Coast National February/March 1 week
Ghana National March 1 week
Mauritania National April 5 days
Gabon National May 5 days
Turkey OIC Regional
ConferenceMay 2 days
Jordan Regional-Arabic
speaking countriesJune 2 weeks
Kyrgyzstan National July 5 days
Albania National September 3 days
Bahamas National December 1 week
Customs Valuation
and Trade Facilitation
Georgia National September 1 week
Bahrain National October 4 days
South Africa Regional- English
speaking African
countriesNovember 2 weeks
Market Access and
Trade Facilitation
Morocco National-WTO Trade
Policy CourseApril 1 day
Kenya Regional-WTO
Trade Policy CourseJuly 4 days
FYR
MacedoniaRegional-CIS
countriesAugust 5 days
Moscow Regional-CIS
countriesSeptember 1 week
Sri Lanka National October 1 week
India National October 1 week
St.  Lucia Regional–Caribbean
countriesNovember 3 days
Mauritius National December 3 days
Rules of Origin &
Import Licensing
Mauritius National July 3 days
Other/General Market
Access Issues
Ethiopia Regional-WTO
Trade Policy CourseJune 3 days
Vienna (twice) Regional October 2 days each
Sydney Asia Pacific
Regional SeminarOctober 1 weekWT/BFA/W/98
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Rules Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 1,905,600 1,870,328 35,272
Temporary Assistance 18,000 37,437 (19,437)
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment 8,000 1,769 6,231
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
    Office Automation
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
    Official 6,000 5,968 32
    Technical Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 695 105
Miscellaneous
Panels
Total 1,938,400 1,916,197 22,203
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Rules Division
Realisation of Objectives for 2002
Objectives 1, 7 and 8 (From WT/BFA/SPEC/63)
(i) Ensure efficient functioning of, and facilitate  on-going discussions and consultations in, the
WTO bodies serviced by the Division.
(ii) Support senior management and other Divisions in all matters relating to the rules area.
(iii) Undertake any tasks which may result from the Doha Ministerial Meeting.
• In 2002, the staff of the Rules Division organized and serviced some 50 formal and
informal meetings of the ten main and subsidiary bodies within its area of competence.2
Several of these meetings extended over more than one day, and all included thepreparation and circulation of underlying documentation and preparation of background
material for the use of the Chair, as well as minutes or reports of meetings.
• The regular work of these Rules bodies includes the conduct of negotiations involving
anti-dumping, subsidies (including fisheries subsidies) and countervailing measures, thereview of Members' notifications of domestic legislation and contingent trade remedy
actions, review of substantive subsidy notifications, and review of notificationsconcerning state-trading enterprises.  During the year 2002, some 27 new notifications
of legislation were reviewed, as well as 40 new and full subsidy notifications and
141 updating subsidy notifications.  The respective Committees also reviewed
73 semi-annual reports of anti-dumping and countervailing duty actions submitted by
some 38 Members, and 142 notifications with respect to safeguard actions (eachsafeguard investigation results in multiple notifications).  Fifty notifications with
respect to state-trading enterprises were reviewed during the year.
• In addition to their regular work, several of the Rules area bodies had significant
additional matters before them for consideration during 2002.  These included a number
of implementation related matters, which were discussed at some 77 sessions of
informal consultations among Members, together with the Chairs and assisted by the
Secretariat.  Numerous consultations and discussions were held concerning requests for
extension of the Article 27.4 transition period for phasing out of export subsidies, which
resulted in 53 decisions being taken by the Committee on Subsidies and CountervailingMeasures granting requested extensions.  The SCM Committee also completed its
review of countervailing measure provisions in the SCM Agreement, as mandated by
the Ministerial Decision on Implementation-Related Issues and Concerns.  The
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices completed its consideration of the
three-implementation issues referred to it by Ministers, resulting in the adoption of tworecommendations.  The Committee on Safeguards undertook consideration of oneimplementation issue, on which consensus was not achieved.
                                                     
2 The bodies serviced by the Rules Division are:  Negotiating Group on Rules, Committee on
Anti-Dumping Practices, Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, Committee on Safeguards,
Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft, Working Party on State Trading Enterprises, Permanent Group ofExperts, Informal Group on Anti-Circumvention, Working Group on Implementation of the Agreement onAnti-Dumping, and Working Party on Subsidies Notifications.WT/BFA/W/98
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• Division staff prepared a number of notes and background materials for senior
management on matters in the Rules area.
Objectives 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 (From WT/BFA/SPEC/63)
(iv) Monitor implementation of the WTO Agreements in the areas of anti-dumping, subsidies and
countervailing measures, safeguards, state trading and civil aircraft and actively assist in their
implementation.
(v) Provide all necessary implementation assistance, counselling and expert advice to Members
concerning the above Agreements.
(vi) Provide "hands on" expertise and technical assistance to trade remedy investigating authorities
in developing countries.
(vii) Actively participate in the WTO technical assistance programme.
(viii) Support other Divisions in all matters relating to the rules area.
• The Division continued its active programme of implementation and technical
assistance, and providing expert advice to delegations and national administrations in
the area of contingent trade remedies.  As servicing dispute settlement panels continued
to occupy a significant portion of the Division's workload, the Division found itself
unable to respond to all requests from Members, and was obliged to limit the number
and scope of its specific projects in this regard.  Nonetheless:
• Members of the Division undertook 29 technical assistance and training missions during
the year.  Of these, 13 were regional seminars for African (4), Latin American (3),Asian (1), Central and Eastern European (4), and Caribbean and Pacific Members (1),
covering multilateral subsidies disciplines, contingent trade remedies, notification
obligations, trade negotiations, and dispute settlement.  One was a specialized subsidies
notification seminar conducted in Geneva for capital-based officials of developingMembers.  Division staff conducted 15 countr y-specific training missions, in Africa (5),
Latin America (3), Asia (3), Central and Eastern Europe (1), Middle East (1) and
Caribbean/Pacific (2).  These covered multilateral subsidies disciplines, advanced
conduct of contingent trade remedy investigations, notification obligations, and
development of national legislation.  Not including travel and preparation time, whichwas considerable, Division staff devoted 115 work-days to technical assistancemissions.
• In the area of implementation assistance to individual countries, Division staff assisted
in preparing and/or reviewed draft legislations of four Members regarding contingent
trade remedies.
• Division staff responded to approximately 30 requests monthly for specific, detailed
advice on issues arising in the implementation and administration of anti-dumping,countervailing, and safeguards mechanisms, as well as requests for advice on fulfilment
of notification obligations, relating to both procedural and substantive issues in the
notification of subsidy programmes, state trading enterprises, and contingent trade
remedy actions, and requests for advice to countries in the process of accessionconcerning their obligations under the Agreements within the Division's area of
competence, including the separate process of accession to the plurilateral Agreement
on Trade in Civil Aircraft.WT/BFA/W/98
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• Members of the Division lectured on anti-dumping, subsidies and countervailing
measures, and safeguards as well as state-trading enterprises and developments in the
Rules Negotiations at the Trade Policy Courses held in Geneva over the course of the
year, presenting some 18 separate lectures.
• Division staff also spoke on these topics and on notification obligations, at the request
of the Technical Cooperation Division, to visiting delegations from Members' capitals
and countries in accession, as well as to individual representatives of Members.
• Division staff participated in the three-day UNCTAD Experts meeting on Financing
Technology for Small and Medium Enterprises in Developing Countries.
• Division staff completed work on the Handbook for anti-dumping investigations,
preparing it for publication by Cambridge University Press, anticipated in May of 2003.
• Division staff undertook the development of a model law for countervailing duty
investigations, which is projected to be completed by April 2003, and undertook workon a Handbook for countervailing measure investigations, which is anticipated to be
completed in 2003.
• Division staff continued upkeep and improvement of the divisional data-bases on
anti-dumping and countervailing actions, responding to an average of 2 requests per
week for statistical information on such actions.
• Division staff undertook the revision and upda ting of all training materials used in
presentation of technical assistance.  In addi tion, Division staff took part in the Training
for Trainers program, to improve their skills in preparing and presenting technicalassistance.
• Division staff also attended meetings of the OECD Group of Participants to the
Arrangement on Guidelines for Officially Supported Export Credits, to monitor
developments in response to WTO actions, and provide expert advice as requested.
Division staff also attended meetings of the Discipline Study Group and the High-Level
Group on Steel, which work is being related to the Rules Negotiations by Members.  Inaddition, Division staff attended a UNEP seminar on fisheries subsidies.
Objectives 6 and 7 (From WT/BFA/SPEC/63)
(ix) Provide legal officers and secretaries to WTO dispute settlement panels involving the rules
area Agreements.
(x) Support other Divisions in all matters relating to the rules area.
A major and consistently large proportion of the Division's workload is related to dispute
settlement.  On average, at least half of all WTO dispute settlement panels are in the Rules area.
Division staff served as secretary and legal officer to 13 panels established or operating during 2002acted as secretary to one panel ( US-FSC Article 22.6 Arbitration) and assisted or advised other
divisions on issues within the Division's competence concerning 6 panels (Chile-Price Bands, Canada
Dairy, US-§129(c) of the URAA, US-Certain Steel Products, US-Steel Safeguard, and
Argentina-Peaches ) and 1 arbitration ( Canada-Aircraft Article 22.6 arbitration ).  The work of these
panels involved more than 40 meetings with panellists and with parties, most of which extended overseveral days, and the preparation of numerous memora nda concerning various issues to be considered
and resolved and drafting and preparation of descriptive parts and reports, as requested by the
panellists, as well as internal meetings, particularly in cases where Division staff assisted other
divisions.  Reports were issued in the Panels involving Canada-Export Credits, Canada-Export
Credits Article 22.6 Arbitration, Egypt-Rebar from Turkey, US-Steel Plate from India, US-CVDs onWT/BFA/W/98
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Corrosion Resistant Steel from Germany, US-F SC Article 22.6 Arbitration, US-Byrd Amendment,
US-Preliminary Determinations on Softwood Lumber, EC-Bed linen Article 21.5.  Work was begun or
underway on the Panels involving EC-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings, Argentina-Poultry,
US-Sunset Review on Steel from Japan, EC-Provisional Safeguard on Steel, US-Final CVD on
Softwood Lumber.  Division staff also assisted Members in composing five panels over the course
of 2002, involving three-five meetings in each case, an d resort to appointment by the Director General
in three cases, requiring additional meetings and preparation.WT/BFA/W/98
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Statistics Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 3,381,700 3,179,768 201,932
Temporary Assistance 197,600 226,233 (28,633)
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment 58,275 42,443 15,832
Expendable Equipment - 859 (859)
Contractual Services
    Office Automation 51,300 30,035 21,265
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
    Official 20,000 17,606 2,394
    Technical Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 703 97
Miscellaneous
    UN Bodies
Total 3,709,675 3,497,648 212,027
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Statistics Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
The Division's overall objectives for 2002 were to (a) provide technical advice, assistance and
support to Members, the Secretariat and the general public;  (b) provide effective, timely, quality trade
and trade-related statistics;  (c) and play an active role in inter-agency efforts to improve
co-ordination, co-operation and collaboration in the field of statistics.
Realization of objectives
(a) Technical advice, assistance and support to Members, the Secretariat and the general
public
• The Division responded to numerous requests for statistics from WTO Committees,
Members, other WTO divisions and the public.  For example, in support of theNegotiation Group on Market Access, the Division prepared a number of tariff-related
documents, such as WTO Member's Tariff Profiles, data and software availability anddetailed statistics on environmental goods, and actively supported the Chairman on
statistical issues.  As concerns the negoti ations on Agriculture, the Division contributed
to two documents on tariff and other information available for agricultural products and
on the types of reports for agricultural products that could be produced from the
Integrated Data Base (IDB) and the Consolidated Tariff Schedules data base (CTS).The Division also made presentations at the  Service Council’s WTO Symposium on
Assessment of Trade in Services  and the WHO Assessment on GATS and Trade in
Health Services.  Statistical support for committee work was also provided to the Rules
Division, Administration and General Services Division and the Appellate Body.
• Regarding the development of the infrastructure for tariff negotiations, there was further
improvement in the coverage of Members' participation in the IDB, resulting from
increased technical assistance activities and Members’ greater awareness of the
importance of the data base for tariff negotiations.  The maintenance, updating and
dissemination of the CTS database was incorporated into the regular work programme.The CTS database files were released to Members for the first time via the Internet and
CD-ROM.  All individual CTS files were standardized, thereby allowing for integration
into one SQL Server database.  Work began on the IDB/CTS link.
• On the software side, the Division developed and released to Members and the
Secretariat three incremental versions of the IDB Internet Analysis Facility (IAF)prototype software.  Several demonstrations of the IAF were held both in Geneva and on
technical co-operation missions to introduce the facility and to receive feedback onrequirements.  Software applications for CTS verification, SQL database and Internetloading and the IDB/CTS link were also prepared.
• On IDB/CTS technical assistance, eight national and four regional workshops were
undertaken in 2001, up from three regional and three national workshops in 2001.  In
addition, numerous hands on workshops were given to Geneva-based delegations.  The
Division also participated in the Geneva-based Tariff Seminar, in the first DDA course
in Vienna and in a regional workshop on trade negotiations skills held in Malaysia.WT/BFA/W/98
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(b) Statistics
• In 2002, the Division continued to contribute timely, high quality trade statistics to
various WTO reports, documents and publications.  With respect to WTO publications,
the Division's International Trade Statistics Report (ITS) was issued electronically
six weeks prior to the printed publication.  New policy-relevant data (e.g. trade of
least-developed countries;  trade in merchandise and major services sectors for Chinaand Chinese Taipei) were introduced.  An analysis of the impact on trade resulting from
the 11 September attacks was also provided.
• For the first time, summary statistics on Members' bound and applied tariffs were issued
via the WTO Members' Tariff Profile document.
• The Statistics external Web-site was re-designed with a view to increasing public
awareness for WTO's policy-relevant statistical data.  Further improvements are
planned.
(c) Inter-agency co-ordination, co-operation and collaboration
• The Division participated actively in the meetings of the ACC Sub-Committee on
Statistical Activities;  the Inter-Agency Task Forces on International Trade Statistics
and Trade in Services Statistics;  the Conference of European Statisticians;  the OECDTrade Statistics meeting;  the OECD Working Party on Globalization;  and the Joint
OECD-Eurostat Meeting of Experts on Trade-in-Services Statistics.
• The Division co-ordinated the inter-agency effort to develop a Common Data Set on
aggregate merchandise trade by country.  The aim of the Common Data Set is to
eliminate duplication between agencies, to reduce the reporting burden on nationalstatistical agencies, and to provide users at large with consistent, coherent data.
• The "Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services" was finalized in
co-operation with other international organizations and is now available on the Web.
• The Division co-ordinated the inter-agency ef fort in respect to the compilation of the
trade indicators developed to monitor the implementation of the United Nations
Millennium Declaration Goals.WT/BFA/W/98
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Technical Cooperation Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 2,326,300 2,293,517 32,783
Temporary Assistance 201,900 223,309 (21,409)
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment 12,500 15,810 (3,310)
Expendable Equipment - - -
Contractual Services
    Office Automation -1,343 (1,343)
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
    Official
    Technical Cooperation-
1,000,000-
997,500-
2,500
Representation and
    Hospitality 1,800 1,602 198
Total 3,542,500 3,533,080 9,420
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Technical Cooperation Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
The objectives set for the Technical Cooperation Division in 2002 can be grouped into four
main categories.  The first deals with discrete activities within the Coordinated WTO Secretariat
Annual Technical Assistance Plan for 2002.  The second category covers funding for WTO technical
cooperation and capacity building (TC/CB) activities.  The third category deals with
activities/measures undertaken within the more diffuse efforts of contributing to the fuller
participation of developing and least-developed countries, and economies in transition in the
multilateral trading system (MTS) through human resource development, institutional capacitybuilding, and increased public awareness of the multilateral trading system.  The fourth category
covers the implementation of the New Strategy for Technical Cooperation.
(i) Implementation of WTO Annual TA Plans
• The TCD secured the passage and Members' endorsement of the first ever WTO Annual
TA Plan (WT/COMTD/W/95/Rev.3).  This was a major achievement post-Doha,particularly in light of the extensive TC/CB commitments contained in the DDA.  It laid
the basis for an acceptable report by the Director-General in accordance withparagraph 41 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration.
• 514 activities were agreed by Members in the 2002 WTO TA Plan.  481 TA activities
(94%) were undertaken during 2002.
• The implemented activities covered in specificity particular objectives stated for 2002.
These ranged from activities under the IF, the JITAP, for non-residents as well as
regional and national workshops, seminars and technical missions (details are containedin document WT/COMTD/W/101/Add.4).
• The WTO TA Plan for 2003 was endorsed by the CTD in November 2002 (document
WT/COMTD/104/Rev.2, Add.1/Rev.2 and Add.2).
(ii) Funding for WTO TC/CB
• Inadequate funding plagued WTO technical cooperation over several years.  Funding
had been ad hoc, unpredictable and insufficient.  A basic objective was to solve thisin 2002, to enable the adequate and timely implementation of the commitments
pursuant to the DDA.
• As a result of the Pledging Conference organized by the TCD on 11 March 2002,
CHF 30 million were pledged for WTO TC/CB over several years, including
CHF 25 million for 2002.  As a future objective, the organization must act to ensure
predictability and adequacy of funding.  This is a major objective.
(iii) Measures for the integration into the MTS of developing and least-developed countries, and 
economies in transition
• The major achievement in 2002 was the conclusion of two agreements/decisions,
namely (i) the adoption, pursuant to paragraph 42 of the DDA, of the LDCs work
programme by the Sub-Committee on LDCs on 12 February 2002
(WT/COMTD/LDC/11);  and, (ii) the guidelines for LDC Accessions, adopted by theWT/BFA/W/98
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General Council on 10 December 2002 (WT/L/508).  These two decisions
immeasurably advanced LDCs' integration into the multilateral trading system.
• Within the Sub-Committee on LDCs, following consultations, including those assisted
by the Secretariat, four developed countries announced duty-free, quota-free market
access opportunities for all or essentially all products exported by LDCs.
• The TCD increased its level of responsibility and engagement in servicing the informal
outreach groups, namely (i) the WTO African Group;  (ii) the WTO LDCs Consultative
group;  and, (iii) the ACP Group.
• Fourteen WTO Reference Centres were established in 2002.  At the end of year, over
80 developing and least developed countries, and economies in transition and18 regional integration secretariats have at their disposal at least a WTO Reference
Centre.  Of great significance was the arrangement established with SITA to provide
more reliable access to WTO on-line resources through the internet, at no cost to the
beneficiary LDCs.
• For the first time, two meetings of Geneva Week were organized back-to-back with
substantive meetings of standing WTO bodies.
• To assist the integration of economies in transition into the MTS, the TCD organized
in 2002 two Ministerial Trade Conferences in Tbilisi, Georgia on 21-22 May forCentral Asian and Caucasus countries (W T/COMTD/42) and in Zagreb, Croatia on
11-12 June for Central and South East Europe (WT/COMTD/41 and Corr.1).
(iv) Implementation of the New Strategy for WTO Technical Cooperation
• Because of the pressure and intensity of activities in 2002, the Secretariat was not able
to conduct the review of the New Strategy for WTO Technical Cooperation as
mandated by paragraph 20 of the New Strategy.WT/BFA/W/98
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Technical Cooperation Audit
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 193,300 193,204 96
Temporary Assistance 19,200 27,678 (8,478)
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment 4,000 1,996 2,004
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
    Office Automation 1,000 - 1,000
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
    Official
    Technical Cooperation 60,000 60,479 (479)
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 216 584
Total 278,300 283,572 (5,272)
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Technical Cooperation Audit
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
• TCA provided feedback to Members on the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance and
sustainability of WTO's technical assistance (TA) programme.  The main vehicle for this was
the annual report for 2001 (WT/COMTD/W/97).
• The methodology for evaluating TA continued to be refined, and guidelines to this end were
issued to the secretariat.
• Feedback was provided to providers of TA in the secretariat on ways of improving quality.WT/BFA/W/98
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Textiles Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 654,200 654,180 20
Temporary Assistance 11,400 14,193 (2,793)
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
  (b) Office Automation 1,000 820 180
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
    Official 16,300 16,268 32
    Technical Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 - 800
Miscellaneous
Total 683,700 685,462 (1,762)
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Textiles Division
Achievement of the Objectives of the Textiles Division for 2002
(i) Provide counselling and technical advice on textiles matters and on the implementation of the
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing to WTO Members and countries in the process of
accession.
• Discussions were held and technical information was provided to a number of interested
developing country Members with respect to  the provisions and operation of the ATC.
This advice also covered textile-related activities in other agreements (e.g. rules of
origin, anti-dumping, etc.) in relation to:
(a) the major review of the implementation of the ATC in the second stage
(1998-2001) which was completed by the Council for Trade in Goods in
July 2002;
(b) a range of issues in relation to the pr ogress being made in the ATC's integration
process;  what might be expected in the remaining years (2002-2004);  and, in the
longer term, the possible impact on trade patterns after 2004.
• Discussions were also held with countries in the process of accession in relation to their
obligations under the ATC and the benefits accruing to them as a result of the market
access liberalization under the ATC.
(ii) Servicing the Textiles Monitoring Body.
• The Secretary of the TMB is an officer of the Textiles Division;  other Divisional staff
are also involved in support work for the Body.  The TMB met ten times in 2002, in
some cases for more than one day.
(iii) Provide service to DSU panels, in cooperation with the Legal Division.
• There were no panels in 2002 related directly to the ATC.  The Division continued to
monitor closely the panels involving textile and clothing products on which trade policy
measures were applied under other agreements.
(iv) Maintain close liaison with other WTO Divisions and participate in WTO training and
technical cooperation functions.
• The Division maintained relations with other Divisions in a number of areas touching
upon textile related matters.  Particularly close liaison continued to be maintained withMarket Access Division (textile rules of origin, tariffs, Negotiating Group on Market
Access for non-agricultural products, as well as the completion of the major review of
the implementation of the ATC in the CTG), and Rules Division (anti-dumping,
subsidies, safeguard cases involving textiles).
• The Textiles Division participated in the trade policy courses organized by the Training
Institute presenting lectures on the provisions and functioning of the ATC and
developments in international textile and clothing trade.WT/BFA/W/98
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• In the area of technical cooperation, in 2002 the Textiles Division organized regional
seminars held in Costa Rica, Senegal, South Africa, and Thailand;  participated in
inter-governmental conferences in Cambodia,  Egypt, Lesotho and Vietnam, plus two
non-governmental conferences in India a nd the United Kingdom.  It also made
presentations at the Regional Trade Policy Course held in Kenya.
(v) Maintain a broad knowledge base on developments in world textiles and clothing trade and
government policies and actions in this area.
• In addition to the specific responsibilities relating to the implementation of the ATC,
the Textiles Division maintains a broad knowledge base of trade policies and domestic
economic/social policies of textile trading countries, based on information from
different publications and from Internet sources.  Trade statistics were assembled and
interpreted to identify changes in trading patt erns that affect Members, for use in all of
the above activities of the Division.
(vi) Provide information and advice to intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations,
trade associations and academics.
• In 2003, the Division worked with inter-governmental organizations (ITC, UNCTAD,
ESCAP, ITCB, ICAC) on both general textile trade matters and on technicalcooperation activities.  It also maintained close cooperative relationships with private
sector organizations, in particular with regional and international trade associations,informing them of developments in the implementation of the ATC and in overall WTO
activities.  The Division maintained contact with academics, commenting on papers
they were preparing and exchanging views on the progress in the ATC.WT/BFA/W/98
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Textiles Monitoring Body
* Including higher category staff.Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 314,500 314,485 15
Temporary assistance 8,000 6,747 1,253
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment - - -
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
C.  Other costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
    Official
    Technical Cooperation8,000
3,2007,876
-124
3,200
-
Representation and
    Hospitality 17,000 12,789 4,211
Total 350,700 341,896 8,804WT/BFA/W/98
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Textiles Monitoring Body
Assessment on reaching the stated objective for 2002
(1) Objectives: Ensure the efficient functioning of the Textiles Monitoring Body (TMB) by
providing full service to it in carrying out its tasks under the Agreement on
Clothing (ATC).
Assessment: The TMB held ten formal meetings in 2002 and addressed a significant
number of issues (integration programmes;  restrictions maintained on
imports of newly acceded Members;  the related administrative arrangements,
etc.).  The TMB conducted a thorough and detailed examination of all these
matters, often seeking further clarifications and information from theMembers concerned which helped to clarify important aspects of the issues
involved.  In order to assist it in discharging its responsibilities, the TMB was
provided with continuous support by the Chair and the Secretariat involving
both substantive and administrative aspects.  As a result, the TMB was able
to comply with the relevant requirements of the ATC in a timely manner.
(2) Objectives: Assist the TMB, in particular in the conduct of its examination of any
disputes that can be referred to it by the WTO Members.
Assessment: No formal dispute was referred to the TMB in 2002.  In exercising
surveillance of a recommendation adopted in a dispute case in late 2001, the
TMB was able to obtain information from the Member concerned that it
would implement the recommendation in question.  Furthermore, a number
of controversial issues resulting from divergent views and perceptions of the
Members directly concerned were also examined by the TMB even thoughthese issues did not amount to a dispute under the applicable provisions of the
ATC.  Relying also on the assistance provided by the Chair and the
Secretariat, the TMB was able to address all these issues, make the necessary
findings and observations and reach conclusions whenever such conclusions
were warranted.
(3) Objectives:  Providing assistance to the TMB in preserving transparency on all matters
related to its activities.
Assessment: Providing support to TMB members and their alternates in the preparation
and conduct of the TMB meeting included the preparation of drafts for the
various reports of TMB meetings.  These drafts contained a detaileddescription of the TMB's examination, findings, observations and conclusions
regarding each of the issues reviewed and formed a reliable basis for the
TMB's adoption of its reports by consensus.  The Secretariat also ensured that
the reports as well as all other notifications and communications addressed to
the TMB were processed and circulated to all WTO Members for theirinformation in a timely manner.  Every effort, therefore, has been made to
ensure and preserve transparency on all matters related to the activities of the
TMB.WT/BFA/W/98
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Trade and Environment Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 1,283,400 1,297,752 (14,352)
Temporary Assistance 32,500 58,462 (25,962)
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment 9,800 5,739 4,061
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services - 498 (498)
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
    Official 50,800 51,007 (207)
    Technical Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 622 178
Miscellaneous
    Other/ISO 58,900 44,148 14,752
Total 1,436,200 1,458,228 (22,028)
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Trade and Environment Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
1.           Trade and Environment
Objectives:
(i) To give the best possible service to the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) in
pursuing the work programme agreed by Minister.
(ii) To promote a better understanding of WTO rules among environment officials, as well as in
"civil society".  This applies also to WTO rules as they relate to matters covered by, or under
negotiations, in Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs).
(iii) To provide technical assistance
Realization
• Since the Doha Ministerial Session, the CTE work has split into two separate tracks:
(i) the negotiating track (Paragraph 313) conducted in the CTE Special Session
(CTESS), and, (ii) the regular work of the CTE (Paragraphs 32 and 33), conducted
under the CTE Regular.
• The CTESS work in 2002 spanning over four meetings, were guided by paragraph 32 of
the Doha Ministerial Declaration.  The last of these meetings was an information
session held with the participation of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs).
• CTE Regular restructured its work so as to better reflect the mandate contained in the
Doha Declaration, and not three times during 2002.
• The objectives stated in bullets two and three were implemented through a programme
of technical assistance with the organization of seven regional seminars for developing
countries.  The WTO Secretariat invited two government officials from the countries oftheir region, one from the Ministry dealing with WTO issues and another one from the
Ministry or agency dealing with the environment.  The main objective of this practice
was to promote a better understanding of WTO rules among environment officials as
well as to brief trade officials of the countries concerned that cannot follow the work of
the CTE in Geneva.
• The division also participated in the organization of the Symposium for NGOs that was
held in May 2002.
• The staff of the division participated also in a series of Technical Assistance activities
in coordination with UNCTAD and UNEP.
2.           Technical Barriers to Trade
Objectives
(ix) To give the best possible service to the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade.
                                                     
3 Paragraph numbers refer to the Doha Minist erial Declaration unless otherwise stated.WT/BFA/W/98
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(ii) To provide technical assistance.
Realization
• The TBT Committee held three Committee meetings in 2002.
• The Secretariat assisted the development of a demand-driven TBT-relate technical
assistance programme as confirmed and mandated by Ministers at Doha.  Aquestionnaire to assist developing countries to identify and prioritize their TBT needs
was prepared and 50 responses were received and compiled.
• It assisted to carry out the mandate provided by Ministers to address the outstanding
implementation issues as well as the annual transitional review mandated in the
Protocol of Accession of th e People's Republic of China.
• It assisted to carry out the work programme of the Committee as a result of the Second
Triennial Review.
• As a result of the mandate given to the Director-General by Ministers to continue his
cooperative efforts with relevant organizations to assist effective participation of
developing countries in international standardization activities, five regional workshopswere organized.
• In 2002, 24 regional and national seminars, workshops and technical missions on TBT
matters were undertaken.
• Thirty-four working documents and 616 various TBT notifications were prepared and
issued.WT/BFA/W/98
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Trade and Finance Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 961,600 888,169 73,431
Temporary Assistance 5,300 4,137 1,163
B.  Administrative
Costs Permanent Equipment
Expendable Equipment
C.  Other Costs Contractual Services
  (b) Office Automation
Missions
    Official 53,200 52,264 936
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 478 322
Total 1,020,900 945,048 75,852
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Trade and Finance Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
The Trade and Finance Division's 2002 objectives were realised in a fully satisfactory manner
by:
• servicing the WTO bodies responsible for subject areas falling within its responsibilities
and keeping management informed of developments:
- Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures (three formal and
two informal meetings);
- Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions (five formal and one informal
meetings;
- Working Group on the Relationship betwee n Trade and Investment (four formal
and one informal meetings);
- Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance (four formal and four informal
meetings).
• providing specific briefing material to the Director-General and senior management, as
and when requested, on the state-of-pay of the various subjects falling within the ambitof the Division.  This included, inter alia , providing the Director-General with regular
briefs prior to his going on Mission, and with monthly Economic Briefs which wereprepared in collaboration with the Research and TPR divisions.  In addition, theDivision was also requested to provide th e Deputy Director-General with Speaking
Notes for his participation at various meetings held outside the WTO.
• providing relevant material to (Chairman's Note, Speaking Note, and Minutes), and
servicing formal and informal meetings of the Council for Trade in Goods where a great
deal of the work on TRIMs (transition periods and the implementation mechanism) was
dealt with following decisions taken by the General Council.
• providing technical assistance to delegati ons, including in the area of trade and
investment, as foreseen by the programme of activities under the Doha DevelopmentAgenda.  In this connection, and in collaboration with UNCTAD, the Divisionorganized and participated in six national seminars, four regional seminars, and fourGeneva-based Workshops, one Workshop being organized also in collaboration withthe Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).  The Division also participated in
four technical assistance Traini ng Courses organized by UNCTAD.
• continuing to develop the WTO's cooperation with the IMF and World Bank, including
through exchanging information and advice, organizing joint seminars under the"Coherence" mandate, and participating in World Bank and IMF meetings of interestand significance to the WTO ( inter alia  Spring and Annual meetings of the
International Monetary and Finance Committee and Development Committee;meetings of the IMF Executive Board Liaison Committee with the WTO;  IMFExecutive Board meetings on "World Economic Outlook";  and WB meetings on"Leveraging Trade for Development" and "Global Prospects for DevelopingCountries").  Much of the IMF/WB work related to the Doha Work Programme and
took place under the auspices of the Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance.
• participating in several other meetings (semin ars/workshops) on the subject of trade and
investment organized by Non-Governmental  Organizations and the private sector.WT/BFA/W/98
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Trade Information Centre and Library
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 1,057,800 1,054,907 2,893
Temporary Assistance 70,800 168,945 (98,145)
B.  Administrative
Costs Permanent Equipment 9,500 30,456 (20,956)
Expendable Equipment
C.  Other Costs Contractual Services
  (b) Office Automation 21,800 10,687 11,113
Missions
    Official 10,000 2,360 7,640
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 53 747
    Library 583,500 579,942 3,559
Total 1,754,200 1,847,349 (93,149)
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Trade Information Centre and Library
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
A. Trade Information Centre (TIC)
Objective:
(i) To improve the flow of information between the WTO and its Members, Observers and others
wishing to join the Organization thus ensuring  their full participation in the multilateral
trading system, through the design and implementation of new information strategies basedon the application of state-of-the-art technologies.
Assessment:
• In line with the above objective, a project on Internet connectivity was launched
coordinated by the Informatics Division.  Some 71 missions meeting the definition of
least-developed, more capacity-constrained and non-resident Members and Observers
were contacted.  The project entails the WTO to be responsible for the installation costs
and for the monthly fees associated with the operation of an ISDN line for a
thirty-six-month period beginning with the operation of the high-speed line.  Since
many of these missions are already making use of the GDCNet facilities offered by ITUwhich are being terminated;  the first priority was to connect missions with no access tothe Internet.
• A second project developed in close collaboration with the Language Services and
Documentation Division was the new Internet Website for Members.  The original site
was created some years ago to provide Members with information not otherwise
accessible via the public WTO Website, i.e. restricted documents, internal documents,
specific data resources, etc.  The new site is organized by sections corresponding to the
different databases available to Members (e.g. Documents Online, Integrated Data
Base, Market Access Schedules);  gives information on publications, notifications andWTO terminology;  offers a schedule of official WTO meetings;  and also serves as a
dissemination point for miscellaneous documents relating to upcoming conferences,
seminars, symposium and workshops organized by the WTO Secretariat.
• As a first step in the development of an integrated package of services and products to
be offered by the WTO, including its different databases, an internal Special Interest
Group on the Coordination of Services and Content was established.  To assist in the
discussion, a matrix was developed identifying the different elements (services andproducts offered by WTO) categorized according to their accessibility (i.e. Intranet,Members' Website, telework site, and public forum).
• Regarding the proposal to develop a package of data through push technology
containing topical information closely matching the needs and priorities of selected
target groups, the project had to be delayed because of budgetary constraints.
• Finally, the establishment of a physical centre to assist primarily least-developed
countries and capacity-constrained missions in Geneva was also delayed because of the
lack of available physical space in the CWR.WT/BFA/W/98
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B. Library
Objective:
(i) To give public access to the WTO Library catalogue and services on the WTO Web site,
thereby enhancing the profile of the WTO Library by giving it a more effective role in therelationship of the WTO with governments, particularly governments of developing countries
and economies in transition, and with civil society including universities and other academic
organizations.
Assessment:
• Access through the Internet by governments and the wider public to the Library
catalogue and services was not possible at this time because of technical problems
relating to security rules for access to the WTO Web site involving substantial
unforeseen expenditures which were not provided for in the WTO budget.  However, all
of the scheduled updating, cataloguing and computerization of the Library collectionswere carried out as foreseen.
• As a follow-up to the 2001 Report on the Functioning of the Library and the Services
Provided, funds were made available to initiate renovations to the Library.  The last
renovations date back to 1977.  A comprehensive plan was developed incorporatingnew lighting, painting, carpeting, the expansion of the WTO network for additional
electronic devices and a new "cyber-space" with six computers, and the doubling of the
working space for visitors by redistributing the collections of books.  The work oncecompleted will result in a vast improvement in working conditions.WT/BFA/W/98
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Trade in Services Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 1,904,900 1,749,194 155,706
Temporary Assistance 106,900 85,069 21,831
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment 18,000 11,944 6,056
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
  (b) Office Automation
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
    Official 35,600 34,732 868
    Technical Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 800 -
Total 2,066,200 1,881,739 184,461
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Trade in Services Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
The objectives of the Division have been fully obtained in 2002.  They have been essentially the
same as in 2001.  The year 2002 was the third year in the new round of negotiations on services.  Among
other things that entailed an intensive technical assistance programme involving all members of the
Division.  In total, 90 missions have been conducted during 2002, of them 58 were for technical
assistance.  Most technical assistance missions are conducted by two staff members.  The Division has
also organized four seminars in Geneva, on:  the GATS and the ongoing negotiations, assessment of trade
in services, movement of natural persons (mode 4), as well as a workshop on the scheduling ofcommitments and the drafting of initial offers.
The negotiations are on new commitments in all services sectors as well as on new disciplines
under the GATS including the clarification of some aspects of the Agreement itself.  They are taking
place in the Special Session of the Council for Trade in Services and involve all of the four subsidiarybodies.  The Services Division provided support for all of these bodies, in total 41 formal and 23 informal
meetings have been organized during 2002.  The Division also provides Secretariat support and legal
advice to panels dealing with services disputes.  In 2002, a panel was established for the dispute between
the US and Mexico on telecommunications.
The Council for Trade in Services, the Special Session of the Council for Trade in Services and
other subsidiary bodies established under the GATS held the following meetings:
• The Council for Trade in Services (Regular), six formal and two informal meetings;
• The Special Session for Council for Trade in Services, six formal and seven informal
meetings;
• The Committee on Financial Services, five formal and one informal meetings;
• The Committee on Specific Commitments, five formal and three informal meetings;
• The Working Party on Domestic Regulation (in developing disciplines under Article VI:4),
six formal and two informal meetings;
• The Working Party on GATS Rules (in developing disciplines relating to Subsidies and
Government procurement of services, and on safeguards if negotiations on that subject are
not completed by December 2000), eight formal and nine informal meetings.
In addition, the Division also:
• Provided support for the Working Parties on Accession of new Members in relation to
services.
• In 2002, the members of the Division have participated in six training courses each
involving a three and a half day services segment.
• Members of the Division have carried out other forms of public explanation of the GATS,
and provided advice and assistance to Geneva-based delegations as well as Capital-basedexperts.
• Monitored the implementation of the GATS in terms of notifications and implementation
of existing and new commitments.WT/BFA/W/98
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• Consolidated the schedules of commitments, resulting from all previous services
negotiations, of all WTO Members (except US, EC and India) and converted them into
Word files so that delegations could use them for the submission of initial offers by
31 March 2003.
• Provided support to and briefed senior management on all matters relating to services.
• Maintained and extended contacts with private sector organizations.
The results of the work of the Division are mainly represented in significant progress, essentially
through technical work towards the objective laid down in Article XIX - i.e. the achievement of aprogressively higher level of liberalization.  In some areas of rule-making, however, which are seen by
Members as facilitating the negotiation of specific commitments, the deadline for the negotiations on
safeguards has been extended 15 March 2004.  The date of completion of the review of the Air Transport
Annex has yet to be decided by Members.
The results of work in the area of technical assistance is reflected in fuller participation in the
negotiations and in all aspects of trade in services by developing countries, especially the smaller and less
developed among them.WT/BFA/W/98
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Trade Policies Review Division
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 4,034,300 3,447,727 586,573
Temporary Assistance 17,000 269,432 (252,432)
B.  Administrative
Costs
Permanent Equipment 20,000 15,034 4,966
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
  (b) Office Automation 5,000 640 4,360
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
    Official 281,200 281,287 (87)
    Technical Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality 800 108 692
Total 4,358,300 4,014,228 344,072
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Trade Policies Review Division
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
As noted in WT/BFA/SPEC/03, the Objectives  of the Trade Policies Review Division
(TPRD) are to prepare and service the meetings of the TPRB, including the Secretariat reports on therelevant Members and the DG's Annual Overview of trade policy developments;  participate in the
preparation of the WTO Annual Report;  and participate in technical cooperation activities,
particularly those relevant to mainstreaming trade into economic policy-making, especially with
respect to the IF.  Subsequent to the issuance of WT/BFA/SPEC/63, TPRD also became the focal
point on matters related to the relationship between the WTO and regional trade agreements (RTAs),
with the objective of servicing the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) and, for the
negotiations on RTA disciplines and procedures as mandated in the Doha Ministerial Declaration, theNegotiating Group on Rules.
To these ends, for the TPRB, in cooperation with Members, a programme of Reviews was
established, with provision also made for TPRD work for the TPRB programme for 2003 (with the
Members involved noted in WT/BFA/SPEC/63);  the DG's Annual Overview was planned, for TPRB
discussion in early-December and for its subsequent substantive incorporation into the WTO Annual
Report for 2003;  and a plan of technical cooperation (for, in chronological order, Malawi, Mauritania,
Zambia, Maldives, Honduras, Burundi and the Sout hern African Customs Union countries (Botswana,
Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland) Niger and Senegal) was detailed in conjunction with
TCD.  On RTAs, a programme of work was established, in consultation with the Chair, for the CRTA,
and as well for the RTA aspects of the Negotiating Group on Rules, also in consultation with the
Chair and Members;  a Seminar on Regionalism and the WTO, open to all Members, was planned for
April 2002;  and a programme of technical cooperation was drawn in cooperation with TCD.
The expected results of the work plan was the timely and efficient completion of the
programmes for both the trade policy reviews and the RTA involvement of TPRD.
Results
(i) The TPRB programme was completed as scheduled, with the exception of the Review of
Haiti.  In the latter case, the Review was completely prepared but at the last moment, with all
arrangements in place, the Haitian delegation was not able to attend.  Thus, in 2002,
15 Reviews were successfully completed and the Haitian Review was prepared but not
finalized.  These reviews entailed 30 meetings.  In  preparation of the reviews, including those
scheduled for 2003, there were 28 missions.
(ii) The DG's Annual Overview of Developments in the International Trading Environment was
completed as scheduled;  the drafting of the Overview benefited from comments from other
relevant divisions.  The Overview was discussed in the TPRB, as scheduled, on
11 December 2002.
(iii) In cooperation with TCD, mainstreaming/TPR seminars – in the Members as noted above –
were held as scheduled.  The seminar in Senegal was marked by the fact that the Central Bank
for the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) financed the participation of
WAEMU members other than Niger and Senegal, both of are were scheduled for reviews
in 2003 and were thus financed by the WTO.  In addition, TPRD put on a TPR/mainstreaming
seminar in conjunction with Geneva Week, in October 2002.WT/BFA/W/98
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(iv) On the RTA aspects of TPRD's work, there were three meetings of the CRTA, held as
scheduled.  In this context, the TPRD prepared and issued three systemic papers
(WT/REG/W/44-46) for discussion in the CRTA.  There were also three formal and five
informal meetings on the RTA component of the Negotiating Group on Rules under the
DDA;  the Division prepared an issues paper for the Group ("Compendium of Issues related
to Regional Trade Agreements, TN/RL/W/8 and Rev.1), which subsequently became thebasis for further work by the Group on RTAs.
(v) The planned "Seminar on Regionalism and the WTO" was successfully held on
26 April 2002.  In preparation, the Division prepared a paper "Landscape:  Regional Trade
Integration under Transformation".
(vi) In cooperation with TCD, the Division also undertook nine missions on RTA matters,
including national seminars in China and Kyrgyzstan and Stability Pact ministerials in
Bulgaria and Croatia.WT/BFA/W/98
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Training Institute
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 1,063,600 914,642 148,958
Temporary Assistance 425,800 345,943 79,857
B.  Administrative
Costs
Building Facilities
Permanent Equipment 35,000 33,627 1,373
Expendable Equipment
Contractual Services
  (b) Office Automation 76,320 110,385 (34,065)
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs
Missions
        Technical 20,000 20,000
Trade Policy Training 2,717,400 2,475,551 241,849
    Courses
Representation and 19,000 11,473 7,527
    Hospitality
Total 4,357,120 3,891,621 465,499
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Training Institute
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
1. Broad Objectives:
• WTO training activities aim at assisting recipient countries in their understanding and
implementation of agreed international trade rules and to contribute towards human
resource development.  This objective is achieved by the organization of several
trade-policy courses or training activities of various length and scope, mostly in Geneva,
for officials mainly from developing countries.
• These courses aim at widening the participants' understanding of the multilateral trading
system and international trade law, and of the activities, scope and structure of the WTO,in order to allow them to improve the effectiveness of their work in their own
administrations.
• Other objectives for 2002 were to pursue the numerous programmes initiated since the
creation of the Institute in June 2001, such as the distance-learning, trainers-training and
university-networking projects, and over the recent years, such as the continuous
fine-tuning of both the internal and external evaluation processes for all the Institute's
activities and of the didactic material.
• Another important objective was to seek to maintain and improve wherever possible the
quality of the training delivered in the context of the considerable expansion of itsactivities since June 2001.  This expansion had resulted from, on the one hand, the
regrouping, under the Institute's umbrella, of activities formerly carried out by other
divisions, and, on the other, the December 2001 Members' decision to double the
number of regular Trade Policy Courses already delivered by the Institute.
2. Introduction:
• At the time the objectives of the Training Institute were prepared in mid-year 2001, not all
the elements of its programme were known.  More detailed objectives for 2002 had been
set on the basis of the work programme that was established through the enlarged mandate
of the former Training Division, irrespective of whether the funds would be secured for all
the planned activities.  However, that programme had not foreseen the December 2001decision by the Members to double the number of regular three-month trade policy courses
in Geneva and the Director-General's April 2002 decision to hold two such courses in
Africa.  It should be pointed out that the Institute was confronted with a constantly
changing mandate throughout 2002 and that several periodic adjustments had to be made
to the programme.
• The following reflects, therefore, the results and assessments of the activities that were
conducted once they had been agreed and funded at various dates in the courses of 2002.
3. Results achieved:
In 2002 the Institute organized and conducted:
• four regular three-month Trade Policy Courses in Geneva for 115 participants;
• two similar courses in Africa Nairobi and Casablanca for 51 participants;WT/BFA/W/98
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• two introductory courses specifically addressed to LDCs for 45 participants;
• three specialized courses on Dispute Settlement rules and procedures for 85 participants
of whom 20 officials from LDCs;
• a new form of course on trade negotiations skills for 23 participants in response to
demands for training in this area;
• three periodic open-ended WTO Introduction Days which attracted over 100 attendants;
and
• a pilot internet-based introduction course on WTO over six weeks for 64 participants as
part of the distance-learning services being developed.
• For all the above-mentioned courses, the Training Institute was involved in:
• Pre-Course administration:  selection of participants, travel and visas
administration, and the organization of accommodation of participants;
• Course administration proper:  delivery and administration of the course
programme (scheduling of lectures, coordination of practical work,
organization of simulations, etc.);  and
• Post-Course administration:  evaluation of the course and preparation of
reports thereon as well as maintaining contacts with trainees after they leave
Geneva both in the context of ex-post evaluation and follow-upprogrammes.
Also in 2002 the Institute further:
• organized training-for-trainers three-day courses for about 170 WTO staff members
involved in the delivery of TA or training activities in Geneva or in the field.  Thecourses were held at the Masters Training Institute in Ferney-Voltaire for groups of ten
officials at a time;
• initiated cooperation with several universities and other institutions of learning in
curriculum development on WTO and trade-related issues;
• pursued its objective of improving and streamlining didactic materials and enhancing
training techniques with a view to improving the overall effectiveness of the trainingdelivered.
Note:
• As neither the Joint Advisory Board on Training nor the Association of Former
Participants to GATT/WTO TPCs met during 2002, the Institute did not have to service
these bodies.
4. Assessment:
• It is firmly believed that the Institute exceeded its objectives, albeit with considerable
strain on human resources, and thanks to the utmost dedication of the Institute's staff.
Of the three additional posts that had been allocated by the Members through theBudget, two were filled late in the year and the other could not be filled before the end
of 2002.  The latter situation was partly responsible for the large amount of unclaimed
overtime work that had to be done by the existing staff.  Also, in September 2002, theWT/BFA/W/98
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takeover of and initial coping with the two new state-of-the-art training rooms financed
by the Members complicated matters at first, but this has been overcome since.
• As can be seen from the figures provided above, close to 300 individuals were trained
satisfactorily well, it is believed, in various trade policy courses, not counting the
attendants of the three WTO Induction Days.
• The Institute successfully incorporated the two short courses for LDCs in Geneva.  The
same can be said about the three workshops on dispute se ttlement in Geneva.  These two
types of activity had been inherited from other Divisions that used to carry them out.
• The training-for-trainers course for WTO officials was keenly attended and attracted
unanimously the best feedback.  As a result of the ongoing progressive implementation bythese officials of the lessons learnt in these courses, the quality of the training delivery both
in Geneva and in the field can be seen to gradually improve.
• The course on trade negotiations skills in English that was open to current negotiators on a
first-come-first-served basis attracted considerable interest from all parts of the worldincluding French- and Spanish- speaking countries.  In light of its success, it is, therefore
intended to repeat the experience in 2003.
• As to the development of further distance learning projects, the pilot Internet-based course
is still being evaluated and the course is being thoroughly reviewed in the light of theexperience and comments received.  The response to the project was mixed and a serious
attempt is currently being made to improve its content and presentation (user-friendliness).
• As to developing, coordinating and rationalizing the WTO's relations with Universities and
institutions of learning, the absence of any dedicated funding limited considerably the
Institute's response to potential partners in terms of concrete projects.  However, a database
of academic institutions was established and is now operational, while work continues in
parallel on the updating the WTO Roster of external WTO experts that had been inherited
from the Technical Cooperation Division.  Moreover, extensive contacts have been made
that should facilitate the implementation of activities in 2003 and beyond.  It should be
mentioned that, although they were sui generis  projects, the two African courses and the
special course on negotiations skills were jointly organized with universities and otheracademic institutions.
• Concerning the development of a harmonized package of training materials on the
WTO, time was lacking in 2002, but the project is now actively underway.WT/BFA/W/98
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Appellate Body and its Secretariat
Part Section Budget Expenditure Balance
A.  Work years* Salary 2,041,000 1,983,079 57,921
Temporary Assistance 36,000 52,254 (16,254)
B.  Administrative
Costs Communications 6,500 6,712 (212)
Building facilities 13,000 13,790 (790)
Permanent Equipment 47,200 26,871 20,329
Expendable Equipment 17,700 9,043 8,657
Contractual Services 15,000 17,414 (2,414)
C.  Other Costs Staff Overhead Costs 7,000 8,006 (1,006)
Missions
    Official 10,000 3,586 6,414
    Technical Cooperation
Representation and
    Hospitality 1,000 632 638
Miscellaneous
    Appellate Members
    Library 3,400 6,961 (3,561)
    Public Information
activities
    Other 618,200 638,860 (20,660)
Total 2,816,000 2,766,939 49,061
* Including higher category staff.WT/BFA/W/98
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Appellate Body and its Secretariat
Assessment on reaching the stated objectives for 2002
(i) To enable the Appellate Body to hear and d ecide appeals from panel reports pursuant to the
provisions of the DSU.
In the year 2002, the Appellate Body Secretar iat assisted the Appellate Body in its
consideration of the following ten appeals:
Appeals:
Carried over from 2001:
• United States – Section 211 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 1998 ;
• United States – Tax Treatment for "Foreign Sales Corporations" , Recourse to
Article 21.5 of the DSU by the European Communities ;  and
• United States – Definitive Safeguard Measures on Imports of Circular Welded Carbon
Quality Line Pipe from Korea .
Filed in 2002:
• India – Measures Affecting the Automotive Sector;
• Chile – Price Band System and Safeguard Me asures Relating to Certain Agricultural
Products;
• European Communities – Trade Description of Sardines;
• United States – Countervailing Duties on Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel
Flat Products from Germany;
• United States – Countervailing Measures Concerning Certain Products from the
European Communities;  and
• Canada – Measures Affecting the Importation of Milk and the Exportation of Dairy
Products, Second Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by New Zealand and the UnitedStates .
Filed in 2002, and carried over into 2003:
• United States – Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 .WT/BFA/W/98
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(ii) To continue to provide an efficient, independe nt Secretariat to service and assist the Appellate
Body in its functions.
• In the context of a high number of appeals and arbitrations of increasing complexity, the
Secretariat has continued to provide efficient and independent administrative and legal
support to the Appellate Body in considering appeals from panel reports;
• Three new lawyers' positions were added to the Secretariat complement to enable it to
continue to provide efficient and independent administrative and legal support to the
Appellate Body;
• The Secretariat assisted three new Appellate Body Members to integrate into the
Appellate Body;
• The Secretariat prepared numerous research papers and assisted Appellate Body
Members in the preparation of speeches and publications.
(iii) To manage a growing caseload effectively and efficiently, while maintaining a high level of
quality in the output of Appellate Body Reports.
See (i) and (ii) above.
(iv) To carry out, effectively and efficiently, other responsibilities (e.g. arbitrations under
Article 21.3(c) of the DSU) assigned by WTO Members to the Appellate Body or its
Members.
• The Secretariat assisted Appellate Body Members with the review of and consultations
with WTO Members regarding certain amendments to the Working Procedures for
Appellate Review ;
• The Secretariat assisted individual Members of the Appellate Body who were appointed
for the following three arbitrations under Article 21.3(c) of the DSU:
Arbitrations:
Carried over from 2001:
• United States – Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Products
from Japan .
Appointment of Arbitrator in 2002:
• United States – Definitive Safeguard Measures on Imports of Circular Welded
Carbon Quality Line Pipe from Korea4;  and
• Chile – Price Band System and Safeguard Measures Relating to Certain
Agricultural Products  (carried over into 2003).
                                                     
4This arbitration proceeded through the hearing ph ase but was settled the day before the award was
scheduled to be issued.WT/BFA/W/98
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Technical Cooperation Missions :
The following Technical Cooperation mission s were carried out by the Appellate Body
Secretariat staff in 2002:
• Beijing, China (Health Implications of China's Accession to the WTO);
• Asuncion, Paraguay (Short Trade Policy Course on WTO Agreements);
• Bangkok, Thailand (four missions to Bangkok were undertaken during the year)
(WTO/ESCAP Trade Policy Course on WTO and the Multilateral Trading System forDeveloping Economies;  Regional Dispute Seminar;  WTO Agreements and the Doha
Development Agenda);
• Rabat, Morocco (Trade Policy Course on Dispute Settlement;  Development Dimension
of the Doha Agenda);
• Montevideo, Uruguay (Regional Seminar on Multilateral Trade Negotiations on
Agriculture);
• Kingston, Jamaica (Regional Seminar on WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures and
Practices and Negotiations on DSU Reform);
• La Paz, Bolivia (Trade Policy Seminar on WTO Agreements and Regional Seminar on
Multilateral Trade Negotiations on Agriculture);
• Tegucigalpa, Honduras (Seminar on Dispute Settlement);
• Vienna, Austria (Regional Seminar on Dispute Settlement);
• Pretoria, South Africa (Regional Seminar on Dispute Settlement);
• Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (First WTO, ECA and AFDB Trade Policy Course for African
Countries on Dispute Settlement);
• Dalian, China (Seminar on Policy and Regulatory Issues under the Frameworks of the
WTO);
• Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (National Seminar on WTO and WTO
Agreements);
• Paramaribo, Suriname (National Seminar on WTO and WTO Agreements);
• Bridgetown, Barbados (Seminar on Notifications in the WTO System);  and
• Nairobi, Kenya (Dispute Settlement Course).
Speeches/Publications:
• "Arbitration within the WTO" (European Union Institute, Florence, "Improvements and
Clarifications of the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding");  and
• "WTO Dispute Settlement:  An Overview" (Sixth Annual Conference of the World
Trade Law Association, London:  "The WTO at the Crossroads:  A year after Doha").WT/BFA/W/98
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Conferences :
The following conferences were attended by the Appellate Body Secretariat staff in 2002:
• Salzburg, Austria ("Global Economic Institutions:  Change Dialogue and Public
Policy");
• London, England (two missions to London were undertaken:  Second Annual WTO
Conference:  "Dispute Resolution and th e WTO Constitution", and Sixth Annual
Conference of the World Trade law Association:  "The WTO at the Crossroads:  A yearafter Doha");
• Florence, Italy (European Union Institute, "Improvements and Clarifications of the
WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding").
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