DDG Wolff welcomes participants to two-week Seminar on WTO Accessions Rules

Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff welcomed 29 participants from 15 acceding governments attending the first Seminar on WTO Accession Rules from 4 to 15 February in Geneva. Speaking at a ceremony on 11 February, DDG Wolff highlighted the success of the accession process since the establishment of the WTO in 1995 and underlined the benefits membership brings to countries in terms of higher standards of living for their people. This is what he said:

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