    
 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/AB/WP/W/3* 
26 February 1997 
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WORKING PROCEDURES FOR APPELLATE REVIEW 
 
Communication from th e Appellate Body
 
  
 The following communication, dated 24 Februa ry 1997, from the Chairman of the Appellate 
Body addressed to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circ ulated to Members for 
information.  
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 This is to inform you that the Appellate Body , after consultations with you and the Director-
General,  pursuant to paragraph 9 of Article 17 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures 
Governing the Settlement of Disputes  and Rule 32(2) of the Working Procedures for Appellate Review  
(WT/AB/WP/1) (the " Working Procedures "), has amended Rule 5(2) of its Working Procedures as 
follows: 
 
5. Paragraph 2 is hereby repealed  and replaced with the following: 
 
(2) The first Chairman of the Appellate Body shall have a term of office of two years.  Ther eafter, the term of  office of the 
Chairman shall be one year.  In order to ensure rotation of the 
Chairmanship, no Member shall serve as Chairman for more than one term consecutively. 
  Accordingly, the Appellate Body Members have extended my term  as Chairman until 
7 February 1998. 
 
 A revised version of the Working Procedures will be circulated shortly to Members of the 
World Trade Organization. 
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*NOTE CONCERNING DOCUMENT NUMBER:  This Communication was originally issued on 
26 February 1997 as document WT/AB/WP/2.  For technical reasons (explained in WT/AB/WP/W/9), it has 
been re-issued on 4 January 2005 as document WT/AB/WP/W/3. 