RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/GC/W/424
27 November 2000
(00-5201)
General Council
7 and 8 December 2000
COMPOSITION OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD OF THE WTO PENSION PLAN
Proposal by the Chairman of the General Council
1. Article 4 of the Regulations of the WTO Pens ion Plan provides for a Management Board
comprising, inter alia , a Chairman, four members and four alternates elected by the General
Council, each for a term of office of three years.
2. The Management Board is currently composed of the following persons elected by the
General Council:
Chairman: Ambassador Jaegil Lee (Korea)
Members: Mr. Roberto Carvalho Azevedo (Brazil)
Mr. Mark Linscott (USA)Mr. Michael Stone (Hong Kong, China)
Mr. Peter Van der Gaast (Netherlands)
Alternates: Mr. Hakki Akil (Turkey)
Mr. Andrew Johnston (United Kingdom)
Mr. Matthew Nwagwu (Nigeria)
Ms. Laurence Wiedmer (Switzerland)
3. The Chairman of the General Council has been informed that Mr. Akil and Ms. Wiedmer are
no longer available to serve on the Management Board.  Following consultations, he wishes
to propose the following candidates for election, to hold office during the remainder of the
above three-year term, expiring on 28 March 2002:
Alternate: Mr. Jean-Marc Mignon (France)
Alternate: Mr. Stig Traavik (Norway)
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