论世界贸易组织的法律地位

关贸总协定从严格的法律意义上讲并不是一个正式的国际组织，只具有准国际组织的性质。世界贸易组织克服了关贸总协定的先天不足，成为了正式的全球性的政府间国际经济组织。它具有独立的法律人格，享有由各成员国授予的实现其宗旨和执行其职能所必要的法律行为能力，在一定范围内的国际关系中，作为国际法主体，同主权国家或其他国际组织进行有效的交往。世界贸易组织及其职员和成员国的代表享有的特权和豁免与联合国专门机构特权和豁免公约所规定的原则相类似。深入研究世界贸易组织的法律地位问题，有利于更好地发挥其调整世界经济贸易关系的作用。

ON THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE WTO

The GATT has never been, in jure, and officially-estabished international orhanization ,but a defacto one. Having remedied the deficiencies of the GATT, the WTO has established itself as a global and intergovenmental international economic organization. It has legal personality, and is accorded by each of its Members such legal capacityas may be necessary for the exercise of its functions. the privileges and immunities to be accorded by a Member to the WTO, its officials and the representatives of its Members are similar to those stipulated in the United Nations Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialised Agencies.Studying the problesm of its legal status will help the WTO play a better role in regulating the international traderelations.