WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy congratulated the Advisory Centre on WTO on the occasion of its 10th Anniversary and noted that it ''has assisted developing and least-developed countries with some 40 WTO disputes, provided training to over 200 delegates, and responded to an ever-growing need for legal advice”.

He said that there is “no doubt that in the years to come, the Centre will continue to play a central role in ensuring that all members can benefit from one of the WTO’s most enduring achievements — a secure and predictable dispute settlement system”.

Mr Lamy pointed out that “by ensuring that the legal benefits of the WTO were shared among all Members, the Advisory Centre contributes to the effectiveness of the WTO legal system, in particular its dispute settlement procedures, and to the realisation of the WTO’s development objectives.”