OVERVIEW  4

Message from Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala  6

In the spotlight:

13th Ministerial Conference  10

Trade and climate change  14

Global trade developments and outlook  16

World trade success stories  20

Our year  24

WHAT WE STAND FOR  30

Fundamental principles  32

A brief history  34

WHAT WE DO  38

Joining the WTO  42

Trade negotiations and discussions  48

Implementation and monitoring  76

Dispute settlement  130

Supporting development and

building trade capacity  136

Outreach  154

In the Spotlight: Presidential

Lecture Series  160

In the Spotlight: Public Forum 2023  164

WHO WE ARE  184

WTO Secretariat  188

Budget, finance and administration  196

How the WTO is structured  200