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1.部长会议 WTO的最高权力机构是由成员主管外经贸的部长、副部长级官员或其全权代表组成的部长会议,至少每两年举行一次。部长会议具有广泛的权力,主要有立法权、准司法权、豁免某个成员在特定情况下的义务、批准非WTO成员国所提出的取得WTO观察员资格申请。 2.总理事会 在部长会议休会期间由全体成员代表组成的总理事会代行部长会议职能,可视情况需要随时开会,自行拟订议事规则及议程。 3.各专门委员会 部长会议下设专门委员会,以处理特定的及其他有关事宜,已设立贸易与发展、国际收支限制、预算财务与行政、贸易与环境等10多个专门委员会。
1. Ministerial Meeting The highest authority of the WTO is a ministerial meeting composed of members in charge of foreign trade and economic cooperation, deputy ministerial officials or their plenipotentiaries, at least once every two years. The Council of Ministers has a wide range of powers, mainly legislative power, quasi-judicial power, the exemption of a member’s obligation under certain circumstances and the approval of non-WTO member states for obtaining an application as a WTO observer. 2. The Presidency of the General Council, acting on behalf of all members during the adjournment of the Council of Ministers, may, as the case requires, meet at any time to formulate its own rules and agenda. 3. Special committees Ministerial meetings under a special committee to deal with specific and other relevant issues, the establishment of trade and development, the balance of payments constraints, budget finance and administration, trade and the environment more than 10 special committees.