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18 November  2019 
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General Council  
9-11 December  2019    
 
 
WTO PENSION PL AN MANAGEMENT BOARD  
ELECTION OF A MEMBER  
PROPOSAL BY THE CHAI R OF THE GENERAL COU NCIL 
1. Article 4 of the Regulations of the WTO Pension Plan (WT/L/282) provides for a Management 
Board comprising, inter alia , a Chairman, four members and four alternates elected by the General 
Council.  
2. The Management Board is currently composed of the following  persons elected by the General 
Council:  
Chairman:  Mr. Robert Prochazka (Austria)  
 
Members:  Ms. Alicia Goujon (Mexico)  
 Ms. Darija Sinjeri (Croatia)  
 Ms. Kelly K. Milton (United States)  
 Vacant  
  
Alternates:  Mr. Faisal Al Nabhani (Oman)  
 Mr. Jean -Marc van  Dril (Switzerland)  
 Mr. Rodolfo Rivas (Israel)  
 Ms. Paula Chiung -Fang Hsu (Chinese Taipei)  
 
3. One vacancy in the WTO Pension Plan (WTOPP) Management Board has been announced due 
to the fact that Ms. Claudia Hernández has left h er post in Geneva and is there fore no longer available 
to serve as Member on the Management Board. Election would be for the remainder of the current 
three -year term and subject to renewal in 2020.  
4. On 17 September 2019  a communication was sent to all delegations with an invitation to 
communicate any expression of interest in serving on the Management Board by no later than Friday 
27 September 2019 . An overview of the role, including a description of the desired characteristics 
and the commitment involved was enclosed.  
5. Mr. Robert Prochaz ka, Chairman of the WTOPP Management Board has been consulting since 
27 September  with those individuals who expressed interest in serving on the Board. As a result of 
these consultations, a further communication was sent to all delegations on 9 October 20 19, in which 
it was announced that the following representative had agreed to have h is name put forward for 
election as a Member : 
 Mr. Rob Cook  (United Kingdom ) 
6. As also announced in the same communication, an additional opportunity for consultations 
with t he Chairman of the WTOPP was provided on 17 October  2019. Based on this process, my 
intention would be to propose the above name for election to the Management Board at the General 
Council meeting on 9-11 December  2019. I would invite those Members still wishing to do so, to 
submit any comments they might have regarding the proposed nomination to me by close -of 
business on 25 November  2019.  
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