RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/GC/W/12
30October 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3327)
Original: English GENERAL COUNCIL
30October 1995
DRAFT DECISION ONCONDITIONS
OFSERVICE APPLICABLE TOTHE STAFF OFTHE WTO SECRETARIAT
Proposal bytheChairman oftheGeneral Council
"The General Council
Considering Article VIoftheAgreement establishing theWTO which provides thataWTO
Secretariat shallbeestablished,
Considering theMarrakesh Ministerial Decision onOrganizational andFinancial Consequences
Flowing from Implementation oftheAgreement Establishing theWTO,
Noting thattheWTO isasuigeneris organization established outside theUnited Nations system,
Having examined theproposal oftheDirector-General asregards salaries andpensions:
Decides asfollows:
1. thatitshallin1996 pursue itsreview ofthequestion ofsalaries, pensions andother
conditions ofservice onthebasis ofthetechnical work carried outintheCommittee
onBudget, Finance andAdministration, withaview toreaching adecision onthat
question atthelatest inthecontext oftheexamination ofthebudget proposals for1997;
2. that,pending completion ofthatreview, thearrangements governing conditions of
service intheICITO/GATT shallcontinue tobeapplied."