Basic Instruments and Selected
Documents (BISD) is an annual publication compiling basic information on the WTO
and key WTO documents from a given calendar year.
The initial sections list WTO Members
and observers, and the Chairpersons of WTO bodies for the year in question. The
sections in the middle reproduce key WTO legal instruments, decisions and
reports issued by WTO bodies in the relevant calendar year. The final sections
list other WTO decisions, reports and selected WTO documents for the year in
question, by title and document symbol, without reproducing the text.
Hyperlinks in the electronic version
allow readers direct access to the relevant WTO documents. Editorial notes are
marked with a ¶.
Volume I - 2002: the 1995 volume of the WTO Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD) contains Protocols, Decisions and Reports adopted in 1995. It also contains selected documents related to the Uruguay Round negotiations. Certain documents have been numbered or renumbered to simplify indexing. WTO panel and Appellate Body reports, as well as arbitration awards, can be found in the Dispute Settlement Reports (DSR) series co-published by the WTO and Cambridge University Press.
Volume II - 2005: the 1996 volume of the WTO Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD) contains Protocols, Decisions Ministerial Declarations and Reports adopted in 1996. Certain documents have been numbered or renumbered to simplify indexing.
Volume III - 2005: the 1997 volume of the WTO Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD) contains Protocols, Decisions and Reports adopted in 1997. Certain documents have been numbered or renumbered to simplify indexing.
Volume IV - 2006: the 1998 volume of the WTO Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD) contains Protocols, Decisions and Reports adopted in 1998. Certain documents have been numbered or renumbered to simplify indexing. WTO panel and Appellate Body reports, as well as arbitration awards, can be found in the Dispute Settlement (DSR) series co-published by the WTO and Cambridge University Press.
Volume V - 2006: the 1999 volume of the WTO Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD) contains Protocols, Decisions and Reports adopted in 1999. Certain documents have been numbered or renumbered to simplify indexing. WTO panel and Appellate Body reports, as well as arbitration awards, can be found in the Dispute Settlement (DSR) series co-published by the WTO and Cambridge University Press.
Volume VI - 2006: the 2000 volume of the WTO Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD) contains Protocols, Decisions and Reports adopted in 2000. Certain documents have been numbered or renumbered to simplify indexing. WTO panel and Appellate Body reports, as well as arbitration awards, can be found in the Dispute Settlement (DSR) series co-published by the WTO and Cambridge University Press.
Volume VII - 2007: the 2001 volume of the WTO Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD) contains Protocols, Decisions and Reports adopted in 2001. Certain documents have been numbered or renumbered to simplify indexing. WTO panel and Appellate Body reports, as well as arbitration awards, can be found in the Dispute Settlement Reports (DSR) series co-published by the WTO and Cambridge University Press.
Volume VIII - 2007: the
2002 volume of the WTO Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD) contains
Protocols, Decisions and Reports adopted in 2002. Certain documents have been
numbered or renumbered to simplify indexing. WTO panel and Appellate Body
reports, as well as arbitration awards, can be found in the Dispute Settlement
Reports (DSR) series co-published by the WTO and Cambridge University Press
Volume IX - 2007: the 2003 volume of the WTO Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD) contains Protocols, Decisions and Reports adopted in 2003. Certain documents have been numbered or renumbered to simplify indexing. WTO panel and Appellate Body reports, as well as arbitration awards, can be found in the Dispute Settlement Reports (DSR) series co-published by the WTO and Cambridge University Press.
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Volume X- 2008: the
2004 volume of the WTO Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD) contains
Protocols, Decisions and Reports adopted in 2004. Certain documents have been
numbered or renumbered to simplify indexing. WTO panel and Appellate Body
reports, as well as arbitration awards, can be found in the Dispute Settlement
Reports (DSR) series co-published by the WTO and Cambridge University Press.
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Volume XI- 2008: the
2005 volume of the WTO Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD) contains
Protocols, Decisions and Reports adopted in 2005. Certain documents have been numbered or renumbered to simplify indexing. WTO panel and Appellate Body reports, as well as arbitration awards, can be found in the Dispute Settlement Reports (DSR) series co-published by the WTO and Cambridge University Press.
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Volume XII- 2008: the 2006 volume of the WTO Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD)
contains Protocols, Decisions and Reports adopted in 2006. Certain documents have been numbered or renumbered to simplify indexing. WTO panel and Appellate Body reports, as well as arbitration awards, can be found in the Dispute Settlement Reports (DSR) series co-published by the WTO and Cambridge University Press.
Note:
Volume X, XI and XII were published in 2008.
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