Disambiguation evidence for General Council via surface form

"General Council (World Trade Organization)"


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Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "General Council (World Trade Organization)".

Predicate Object
abbreviation General Council of the World Trade Organization
surface form: WTO General Council
canAdopt interpretations of WTO agreements within its mandate
canEstablish subsidiary bodies
chairedBy General Council of the World Trade Organization
surface form: Chairperson of the WTO General Council
composedOf representatives of all WTO members
country Switzerland
decisionMakingMode consensus
established 1995
governs WTO work between ministerial conferences
handles accession decisions for new WTO members
handles administrative and budgetary matters of the WTO
hasAuthorityOver implementation of WTO agreements by members
hasFunction acts on behalf of the Ministerial Conference between sessions
hasFunction adopts WTO rules and decisions within its competence
hasFunction carries out functions assigned by the WTO Agreement
hasFunction oversees implementation of WTO agreements
hasFunction serves as forum for trade policy discussions among WTO members
instanceOf WTO body
instanceOf international organization organ
languageUsed English
languageUsed French
languageUsed Spanish
legalBasis Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
location Geneva
meetsAs Dispute Settlement Body
meetsAs Trade Policy Review Mechanism
surface form: Trade Policy Review Body
meetsAt World Trade Organization
surface form: WTO headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
meetsFrequency regularly throughout the year
membershipType one representative from each WTO member
monitors functioning of the WTO system
oversees day-to-day work of the World Trade Organization
overseesBody Dispute Settlement Body
overseesBody Trade Policy Review Mechanism
surface form: Trade Policy Review Body
overseesBody WTO councils and committees
partOf World Trade Organization
predecessor General Council of the World Trade Organization
surface form: GATT Council of Representatives
relatedBody Council for Trade in Goods
relatedBody Council for Trade in Services
relatedBody Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
reportsTo Ministerial Conference
surface form: WTO Ministerial Conference
role highest-level decision-making body in Geneva between WTO ministerial conferences
subjectArea international trade
subjectArea multilateral trading system
website https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/gcounc_e/gcounc_e.htm