WORLD TRADE WT/L/223
1July1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2759)
CONDITIONS OFSERVICE APPLICABLE TOTHE STAFF
OFTHE WTO SECRETARIAT
Decision adopted bytheWTO General Council and
ICITO Executive Committee on1July1997
TheWTO General Council andICITO Executive Committee,
Noting thataWTO Secretariat shallbeestablished pursuant toArticle VIoftheAgreement
Establishing theWTO,
Considering theMarrakesh Ministerial Decision onOrganizational andFinancial Consequences
Flowing from Implementation oftheAgreement Establishing theWTO,
Recalling thattheWTO isasuigeneris organization established outside theUnited Nations
system,
Recalling alsotheDecision adopted bytheGeneral Council atitsmeeting on7,8and13
November 1996thattheGeneral Council shallin1997continue itsconsideration oftheDraft Decision
of18September 1996, withaview toreaching afinalconclusion by30June1997, aswellasthe
decisionadoptedbytheGeneralCouncilon6March1997establishingtheWorkingGrouponConditions
ofService Applicable totheStaffoftheWTO Secretariat anddefining itsterms ofreference.
Noting theprogress made bytheWorking Group withregard toallaspects ofconditions of
service, andtheoptions which arebeing proposed bydelegations,
Decide ,without prejudice tothefinaldecision ontheconditions ofservice tobeapplied to
thestaffoftheWTO Secretariat, asfollows:
1. thattheDirector-General, inhiscapacity asExecutive Secretary oftheICITO, shall
complete by31August 1997detailed consultations withtheUnited Nations JointStaffPension
Fund ontheprecise terms andconditions which would apply intheevent oftermination of
ICITOmembershipintheFund,includinginparticularthemethodtodeterminetheproportionate
share ofassets tobereturned totheICITO under article 16oftheRegulations oftheFund,
2. thatasecond opinion onthecalculations oftheWTO consulting actuary withrespect
totheproposed Pension Planshallbeprepared byanactuary designated bytheChairman of
theGeneral Council inconsultation withtheChairman oftheWorking Group andsubmitted
totheChairman oftheGeneral Council by31August 1997,
3. thattheGeneral Council shallconsider thematter further notlaterthanOctober 1997
anddecide upon theappropriate action tobetaken.