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1 February 2001
(01-0508)

“The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ is now at your fingertips” — says Mike Moore at the launch of the new documents online database

Greater public access to the World Trade Organization (°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ) will be possible with the launch on 1 February 2001 of a new document database accessible through the Organization's recently re-designed website at www.wto.org.

“The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ is now at your fingertips,” said °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Director-General Mike Moore. “With over 100,000 official documents in English, French and Spanish, the new on-line database is part of the ongoing efforts to make the Organization more accessible and to make its work more transparent for a worldwide public. Anyone interested in international trade will find the new database an invaluable tool in their search for a deeper understanding of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ.”

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ website attracts an average of 250,000 users per month from over 160 countries. These users download thousands of documents and data from the site. The new on-line database has been designed specifically to further enhance user-friendliness, offering faster and more efficient tools to search for, and download, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ documents, including Member Governments’ proposals and official records of meetings.

New documents will be added to the database on a daily basis, continually supplementing the wide range of explanatory material available on the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ website as a whole.