TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. overview
of 2024 and outlook for 2025. 3
Overview of activities in 2024 (after the 13th
Ministerial Conference) 3
Outlook 2025. 4
II. developments
IN 2024 (post-MC13) 6
1 Accession Working Parties: An Overview
of Activities. 9
2 Working Party Chairpersons. 9
3 Transparency in the accession process. 10
3.1 Briefing on WTO Accessions to Members. 10
3.2 WTO Accessions Newsletter, press
release and social media. 10
3.3 Accessions Transparency Toolbox. 11
4 Technical Assistance and outreach.. 11
4.1 Technical assistance. 11
4.2 Outreach. 13
4.3 Partnerships. 14
III. State of play in Accession Working Parties. 14
1. Strategic focus. 15
2. Work in progress. 15
3 Reactivation. 15
4. Activation. 16
5. Inactive. 16
IV. Post-Accession.. 18
V. Trade
and Economic Performance of Article XII Members. 19
VI. Trade for Peace programme. 22
Pillar 1: Political Engagement and Partnerships. 22
Pillar 2: Public Dialogue and Outreach.. 22
Pillar 3: Research.. 23
Pillar 4: Training and Capacity Building.. 23
Annex 1 – Accessions Division Work Indicators
(2020-2024) 24
Annex 2 – Basic Economic Profiles of Acceding
GovernmentS and Article XII Members. 25
Annex 3 – Summary table of ongoing accessions. 28
Annex 4 - WTO ACCESSIONS WORKING PARTY CHAIRPERSONS. 29
Annex 5 - Accessions Negotiated Pursuant to Article
XII 30
Annex 6 – Timetable of Completed Accessions. 32
Annex 7 – Data on Trade Performance. 36
Annex 8 – accessions management. 38