Organizational and Financial Consequences Flowing from Implementation of the 
Agreement Establishing the  
World Trade Organization  
Ministers,  
 Recognizing  the importance of the rôle and contribution to international trade of the World Trade Organization 
(hereinafter referred to as "the WTO"),  
 Desiring  to ensure the efficient functioning of the WTO Secretariat,  
 Recognizing  that implementation of the results of the Uruguay Round will expand the scope and complexity of the 
duties of the Secretariat and that t he resource implications thereof need to be studied,  
 Recalling  the statements made by previous Chairmen of the GATT CON TRACT ING PARTIES and the GATT 
Council drawing attention to the need to improve the terms and conditions of service, including salaries  and pensions, for the 
professional staff of the Secretariat,  
 Mindful  of the need for the WTO to be competitive in the conditions of service it will offer to its professional staff 
so as to attract the required expert ise, 
 Noting  the proposal of the Dir ector -General that, in setting WTO staff conditions of services, including salaries and 
pensions, due account be taken of those of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank,  
 Noting  Article VI of the Agreement establishing the WTO, in particular p aragraph  3 thereof empowering the 
Director -General to appoint the staff of the Secretariat to determine their duties and conditions of service in accordance with 
regulations adopted by the Ministerial Conference,  
 Recalling  that the mandate of the Preparatory Committee requires it to perform such functions as may be necessary 
to ensure the efficient operation of the WTO immediately as of the date of its establishment, including the preparation of 
recommendations for the consideration of the competent body  of the WTO, or to the extent necessary, the taking of decisions 
or, as appropriate, provisional decisions with respect to administrative, budgetary and financial matters assisted by proposa ls 
from the Secretariat,  
 Hereby agree  that the Preparatory Commit tee shall consider the organizational changes, resource requirements and 
staff conditions of service proposed in connection with the establishment of the WTO and the implementation of the Uruguay 
Round agreements and prepare recommendations and take decis ions, to the extent necessary, on the adjustments required.  
 