GATT Digital Archives Project Progress Report

(September 2, 1999 noon)

 

Overall Statistics:                

Pages scanned:  165,000

Total file size: 18 Gigabytes

CD-ROM disks pressed: 30

 

 

LOCATION

COLLECTION

ITEMS [1]

 

 

IDENTIFIED

REGISTERED [2]

SCANNED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legal Affairs

Certified Protocols

192

192

192

 

Country Files

75

36

25

 

Director General

3

3

3

 

Dispute Settlement Mechanism

50

50

22

 

Free Trade Agreements

12

2

0

 

GATT Institutional Mechanism

6

6

1

 

Notifications & Rectifications

12

12

0

 

Waivers

4

4

4

 

Maggio files

65

0

0

 

Linden & Van Tuinen files

180

180

0

 

Miscellaneous

108

78

31

 

Subtotal:

707

563

278

 

 

 

 

 

Market Access

Bilateral Agreements

149

149

8

 

Looseleaf Schedules

97

97

2

 

Miscellaneous

7

7

0

 

Subtotal:

253

253

10

 

 

 

 

 

Documentation [3]

COM.TEX

3

3

3

 

COMII/III

20

20

10

 

INT

4

4

4

 

LDC

4

4

4

 

MCDP

1

1

1

 

SPECIAL

12

12

11

 

SECRET

51

51

51

 

Miscellaneous

40

4

4

 

Subtotal:

135

99

88

 

 

 

 

 

External Relations

Registry Archives

1063

77

37

 

 

 

 

 

Information &

Media Relations

Rockwell Files

4

4

4

 

Chronological Photos

27

27

0

 

Subtotal:

31

31

4

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

2189

1023

417

 

Analysis by WTO Division

 

 

DIVISION

PERCENT AVAILABLE

PERCENT ARCHIVED

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accessions

0%

0%

Agriculture and Commodities

0%

0%

Director General

0%

0%

Documentation & Translation

100%

90%[4]

Economic Research & Analysis

0%

0%

External Relations

100%

5%[5]

Legal Affairs

98%

50%[6]

Market Access

100%

5%[7]

Rules

0%

0%

Textiles

0%

0%

Trade and Environment

0%

0%

 

 

 

 

 

 



[1] “Items” fall into one of several categories:  boxes, binders or folders containing collections of documents; soft or hardbound volumes; or sets of loose sheets.

[2] Brief description of the item was entered by an archivist in the project database.

[3] Includes collections from the Library and Documents Systems Sections.

 

[4]Includes documentation not found in microfiche collection, including SECRET, SPEC, LDC, COM.TEX, COMII and COMIII series documents

[5]Includes Registry Archives, made available to the project August 17

[6] Includes protocols, country files, subject files, pre-1992 accessions files, panel files, and private papers of the heads of the division

[7] Includes bilateral lists and offers, pre-Uruguay Round looseleaf schedules, accession files and special series