ACCESSIONS:
How to become a °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ member
All members join the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ as a result of negotiations. Information on the negotiation process can be found here. Further information on the mandate, legal provisions, the accession process and technical explanations are provided below.
The mandate, legal provisions and guidelines
- Browse the legal provisions on becoming a member of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
- 2002 Guidelines on Least-developed country (LDC) accessions (WT/L/508 & WT/L/508/Add.1)
- Report on Chairperson-led Facilitation on the Accessions of Lao PDR and Yemen (WT/COMTD/LDC/W/54)
- For information on the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Sub-Committee on LDCs, click here
- Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration
- Accessions and the Doha Development Agenda
Information on the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ accession process
- °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Secretariat technical notes on accession procedures
- °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ accessions: the first steps
- For ‘Best practices in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ accession negotiations’ see Section V of the 2011 Annual Report on Accessions by the Director-General
- °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ accession process at a glance
> For an interactive diagram on the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ accession process, click here
- Basic information on becoming a member of (“acceding to”) the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
Links to the section of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Guide “Understanding the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ” on how to join the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
- An explanation on how to become a member of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
> Current list of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ membership
- Architecture of an Accession Package/“Terms of Accession/Membership”
Technical explanations
- Accession Jargon Buster
User guide to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ accession jargon
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