RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/GC/W/63
27June1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2672)
CONDITIONS OFSERVICE APPLICABLE TOTHE STAFF
OFTHE WTO SECRETARIAT
Draft Decision
TheWTO General Council andICITO Executive Committee,
Noting thataWTO Secretariat shallbeestablished pursuant toArticle VIoftheAgreement
Establishing theWTO,
Considering theMarrakesh Ministerial Decision onOrganizational andFinancial Consequences
Flowing from Implementation oftheAgreement Establishing theWTO,
Recalling thattheWTO isasuigeneris organization established outside theUnited Nations
system,
Recalling alsotheDecision adopted bytheGeneral Council atitsmeeting on7,8and13
November 1996thattheGeneral Council shallin1997continue itsconsideration oftheDraft Decision
of18September 1996, withaview toreaching afinalconclusion by30June1997, aswellasthe
decisionadoptedbytheGeneralCouncilon6March1997establishingtheWorkingGrouponConditions
ofService Applicable totheStaffoftheWTO Secretariat anddefining itsterms ofreference.
Noting theprogress made bytheWorking Group,
Decide asfollows:
1. thattheDirector-General, inhiscapacity asExecutive Secretary oftheICITO, shall
complete by31August 1997detailed consultations withtheUnited Nations JointStaffPension
Fund ontheprecise terms andconditions which would apply intheevent oftermination of
ICITOmembershipintheFund,includinginparticularthemethodtodeterminetheproportionate
share ofassets tobereturned totheICITO under article 16oftheRegulations oftheFund,
2. thatasecond opinion onthecalculations oftheWTO consulting actuary withrespect
totheproposed Pension Planshallbeprepared byanactuary designated bytheChairman of
theGeneral Council inconsultation withtheChairman oftheWorking Group andsubmitted
totheChairman oftheGeneral Council by31August 1997,
3. thattheGeneral Council shallconsider thematter further inSeptember 1997anddecide
upon theappropriate action tobetaken.