The WTO deals with the rules of trade between nations. The WTO originated in 1948 as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
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Pascal Lamy
By WTO, I take it that you mean World Trade Organization. The WTO replaced GATT (General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs) on the 1st of January 1995.
The plural of secretary general is secretaries general.
general council - Mr.Shahid Bashir (Pakisthan)
The Commonwealth Secretary-General is Kamalesh Sharma.
Secretary General of UNASUR was created in 2010.
The WTO is governed by the head committee, The Ministerial Conference. It consists of representatives of all WTO members. The executive work of the WTO is performed by the General Council that is responsible to the Ministerial Conference. This Council also has representatives from all member countries. The General Council functions in two forms, first, as the Dispute Settlement Body and as the Trade Policy Review Body The General Council delegates its work to three other major bodies - namely the Councils for Trade in Goods, Trade in Services and Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property. Three more bodies have been established by the Ministerial Conference which report to the General Council. The Committee on Trade and Development and The Committee on Balance of Payments and The Committee on Budget.
Mike Moore, Director-General of the World Trade Organization and Ambassador Alejandro Jara of Chile, Chairman of the Special Session of the WTO Services Council,
Ahmed Noui is the Secretary General of the Government for Algeria.
Diallo Bathia is the Secretary General to the Government for Mauritania.