International Trade Centre

Abbreviation| ITC
Predecessor| International Trade Information Centre
Formation| 1964; 62 years ago (1964)
Type| Intergovernmental organization
Legal status| Active
Purpose| To foster inclusive and sustainable economic development
Headquarters| Geneva, Switzerland
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ]  46°13′03″N 6°08′29″E﻿ / ﻿46.217429°N 6.141458°E﻿ / 46.217429; 6.141458

Region

| Worldwide
Methods| Education, Publications, Training, Knowledge dissemination
Fields| International development, Economic development

Executive Director

| Pamela Coke-Hamilton[1]
since July 2020

Parent organization

| World Trade Organization
United Nations

Budget (2017)

| CHF 116.24 million [2]

Staff (2017)

| 299 [2]
Website| www.intracen.org

The International Trade Centre (ITC) (French: Centre du commerce international (CCI)) is a multilateral agency which has a joint mandate with the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations (UN) through the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).[3]

The headquarters of the ITC are in Geneva, and the agency employs around 300 employees from over 80 different nationalities.[4]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Funding
* 3 Criticism
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## History

ITC is the successor to the International Trade Information Centre, which the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) established in 1964 to assist the exports of developing countries.[5] An agreement was reached between the GATT and the newly established UNCTAD to create a joint subsidiary in 1967. The International Trade Centre (ITC) was established on 1 January 1968.[6] The ITC has a joint mandate with the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations (UN) through the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The ITC is the focal point for trade-related technical assistance.[7]

## Funding

The work of the ITC is financed by a regular budget (RB) and its extra-budgetary resources (XB).[8] The RB is made of equal yearly contributions from the UN and WTO as part of the organizations' budget cycle. The XB is made of voluntary contributions to the ITC Trust Fund (ITF) from the private sector, international organisations, donor governments, and other kinds of groups which can last multiple years. The XB can be divided into Window I (W1) (un-earmarked or soft-earmarked contributions) and Window II (W2) (hard-earmarked contributions). For 2025, the RB consisted of US$46 million, W1 was $7.7 million, and W2 was $107.3 million, a total of $161 million.[9]

## Criticism

As a joint organization of the UN and WTO, the ITC also works to maintain and develop international trade. Criticism of the WTO's trade policies could also reflect in the ITC since their main clients are micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), business support organizations (BSOs), and the governments of developing countries. Within the Global South, these groups have often suffered due to the economic liberalization encouraged and required by international groups such as the WTO, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and World Bank Group (WBG). Since the ITC's strategic plans involve: leveraging the private sector, reaffirming a private sector focus, and access to finance,[10] criticisms of other current international trade organizations are also relevant.

In 2026 the US announced it was withdrawing from this organization, announcing that it is "redundant in their scope, mismanaged, unnecessary, wasteful, poorly run, captured by the interests of actors advancing their own agendas contrary to our own, or a threat to our nation's sovereignty, freedoms, and general prosperity".[11]

## See also

* United Nations
* World Trade Organization
* United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
* Trade and development

## References

1. ↑ ITC (2020). Retrieved 08 August 2020 from https://www.intracen.org/news/Pamela-Coke-Hamilton-named-new-head-of-International-Trade-Centre/
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 International Trade Centre Staff (May 2018). ﻿Annual Report 2017﻿ (Report). International Trade Centre. http://www.intracen.org/uploadedFiles/intracen.org/Content/About_ITC/Corporate_Documents/Annual-Report-2017-web.pdf. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
3. ↑ "International Trade Centre (ITC) | LDC Portal - International Support Measures for Least Developed Countries". https://www.un.org/ldcportal/content/international-trade-centre-itc.
4. ↑ "ITC | The United Nations Office at Geneva" (in en). https://www.ungeneva.org/en/about/organizations/itc.
5. ↑ GATT (1967), “Joint GATT/UNCTAD Trade Centre: Note by the Director-General”, L/2890 (6 Nov 1967), page 7
6. ↑ See General Assembly Resolution 2297, document symbol A/RES/2297(XXII).
7. ↑ "Our role in the UN and WTO9" (in en). 2017. http://www.intracen.org/itc/about/how-itc-works/our-role-in-the-un-and-wto/.
8. ↑ "ITC Funders & partners". 2025. https://www.intracen.org/funders-partners.
9. ↑ "ITC Operational Plan 2025". 2025. p. 4. https://www.intracen.org/file/operationalplan2025pdf.
10. ↑ "ITC Strategic Plan 2025". 2025. pp. 13. https://www.intracen.org/file/strategicplan20222025-webjune23pdf.
11. ↑ https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-trump-international-organizations-withdrawal-d704fb9b444dc9cf569865d391b544a6

* v
* t
* e

United Nations

* António Guterres, Secretary-General
* Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General
* Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, General Assembly President

UN System|

| Charter|

* Preamble

|

Principal organs|

* Secretariat
* Secretary-General
* Deputy Secretary-General
* Under-Secretary-General
* General Assembly
* President
* International Court of Justice
* Statute
* Security Council
* Members
* President
* Economic and Social Council
* President
* Trusteeship Council

Secretariat Offices
and Departments|

* Headquarters
* Envoy on Youth
* Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
* Geneva
* Palace of Nations
* Nairobi
* Vienna
* Economic and Social Affairs
* Political and Peacebuilding Affairs
* Dag Hammarskjöld Library
* Safety and Security
* Palestinian Rights
* Peace Operations
* Internal Oversight
* Legal Affairs
* Developing Countries
* Sport for Development and Peace
* Disarmament Affairs
* Outer Space Affairs
* Partnerships
* Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
* UN organizations by location
* Sexual Violence in Conflict

Programmes and
specialized agencies

* Culture of Peace
* FAO
* ICAO
* IFAD
* ILO
* IMO
* ITC
* IPCC
* IAEA
* MINURSO
* UNIDO
* ITU
* UNAIDS
* SCSL
* UNCTAD
* UNCITRAL
* UNCDF
* UNDGC
* UNDP
* UNDPO
* peacekeeping
* UNEP
* OzonAction
* UNEP/GRID-Arendal
* UNEP-WCMC
* UNESCO
* UNFIP
* UNFPA
* UN-HABITAT
* OHCHR
* UNHCR
* UNHRC
* UNICEF
* UNICRI
* UNIDIR
* UNITAR
* UN-Oceans
* UNODC
* UNOPS
* UNOSAT
* UNRISD
* UNRWA
* UNSDG
* UNSSC
* UNU
* UNU-OP
* UNU-CRIS
* UNV
* UN Women
* UNWTO
* UPU
* WFP
* WHO
* WIPO
* WMO

Members
and observers|

* Full members
* Founding members
* Security Council Permanent members
* Permanent representatives to the UN
* list
* General Assembly Observers
* European Union

History|

* League of Nations
* charter
* organization
* members
* Four Policemen
* Declaration by United Nations
* Peacekeeping missions
* history
* timeline
* Universal Declaration of Human Rights
* Human Rights Day
* Enlargement

Resolutions|

* Security Council vetoes
* General Assembly
* 66th
* 67th
* Security Council
* Cyprus
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Lebanon
* Nagorno-Karabakh
* North Korea
* Palestine
* Syria
* Western Sahara

Elections|

* Secretary-General (2016)
* International Court of Justice 2011
* General Assembly President (2016)
* Security Council (2016)

Related|

* Bretton Woods system
* Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
* Criticism
* Delivering as One
* Flag
* Honour Flag
* Four Nations Initiative
* Genocide Convention
* UN Global Compact
* International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
* International Criminal Court
* International Day of Peace
* International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World
* International Years
* Interpreters
* UN laissez-passer
* Military Staff Committee
* Official languages
* Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
* Peacekeeping
* Ralph Bunche Park
* United Nations Postal Administration
* Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice
* Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Mandela Rules)
* Treaty Series
* UN Advisory Committee of Local Authorities
* UN Day
* Millennium Declaration
* Summit
* Development Goals
* Security Council veto power
* UN reform
* Security Council reform
* UN Art Collection
* Security Council mural
* UN Federal Credit Union
* UN Mandate
* UN Memorial Cemetery Korea
* University for Peace
* Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
* Woodrow Wilson Memorial
* World Federation of United Nations Associations

Other|

* Outline
* United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights
* United Nations Radio
* UN television film series (1964–1966)
* In popular culture
* Model UN

* v
* t
* e

World Trade Organization

System|

* Accession and membership
* Appellate Body
* Dispute Settlement Body
* International Trade Centre
* Chronology of key events

Issues|

* Criticism
* Doha Development Round
* Singapore issues
* Quota Elimination
* Peace Clause

Agreements|

* General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
* Agriculture
* Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
* Technical Barriers to Trade
* Trade-Related Investment Measures
* Trade in Services
* Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
* Government Procurement
* Information Technology
* Marrakesh Agreement
* Doha Declaration
* Bali Package

Ministerial
Conferences|

* 1st (1996)
* 2nd (1998)
* 3rd (1999)
* 4th (2001)
* 5th (2003)
* 6th (2005)
* 7th (2009)
* 8th (2011)
* 9th (2013)
* 10th (2015)
* 11th (2017)

People|

* Roberto Azevêdo (Director-General)
* Pascal Lamy
* Supachai Panitchpakdi
* Alejandro Jara
* Rufus Yerxa

Members|

* Afghanistan
* Albania
* Algeria
* Angola
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Armenia
* Australia
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Barbados
* Belize
* Benin
* Bolivia
* Botswana
* Brazil
* Brunei
* Burkina Faso
* Myanmar
* Burundi
* Cambodia
* Cameroon
* Canada
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Chile
* China
* Colombia
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Costa Rica
* Ivory Coast
* Cuba
* Djibouti
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* Egypt
* El Salvador
* Eswatini
* Fiji
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Georgia
* Ghana
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Hong Kong1
* Iceland
* India
* Indonesia
* Israel
* Jamaica
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Liechtenstein
* Macau1
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Mongolia
* Montenegro
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Nepal
* New Zealand
* Nicaragua
* Niger
* Nigeria
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Panama
* Papua New Guinea
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Russia
* Rwanda
* St. Kitts and Nevis
* St. Lucia
* St. Vincent and the Grenadines
* Samoa
* Saudi Arabia
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Singapore
* Solomon Islands
* South Africa
* Sri Lanka
* Suriname
* Switzerland
* Tajikistan
* Taiwan2
* Tanzania
* Thailand
* Togo
* Tonga
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* United Arab Emirates
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* Vietnam
* Yemen
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

| European Union|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* United Kingdom

|

1. Special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China, participates as "Hong Kong, China" and "Macao China".
2. Officially the Republic of China, participates as "Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu", and "Chinese Taipei" in short.

* v
* t
* e

International trade

Terminology|

* Absolute advantage
* Balance of payments
* Balance of trade
* Capital account
* Comparative advantage
* Current account
* Export-oriented industrialization
* Fair trade
* Foreign exchange reserves
* Globalization
* Import substitution industrialization
* Net capital outflow
* Outsourcing
* Tariff
* Trade justice
* Trade war
* Trading nation

Organizations
and policies

* International Monetary Fund
* UN Conference on Trade and Development
* World Bank Group
* World Trade Organization
* International Trade Centre
* International Chamber of Commerce
* Bilateral investment treaty
* Economic integration
* Incoterms
* ATA Carnet
* Free-trade zone
* Special economic zone
* Trade agreement
* Trade barrier
* Trade bloc

Political economy|

* Free trade (Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Repeal of the Corn Laws)
* Mercantilism
* Protectionism (Economic nationalism, Autarky)

Regional organizations|

| Americas|

* Andean Community of Nations
* Caribbean Community
* Central American Integration System
* Mercosur

|

Asia-Pacific|

* Association of Southeast Asian Nations
* Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
* South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

Europe, Central Asia, and North Asia|

* Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia
* Eurasian Economic Union
* European Union Customs Union

Middle East and North Africa|

* Arab Customs Union
* Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

Subsaharan Africa|

* East African Community
* Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
* Southern African Customs Union
* West African Economic and Monetary Union

Exports by product|

* Aircraft & Spacecraft
* Aircraft parts
* Aluminium
* Cars
* Car parts
* Coal
* Coffee
* Computers
* Copper
* Corn
* Cotton
* Diamonds
* Electricity
* Engines
* Gas turbines
* Gold
* Integrated circuits
* Iron ore
* Natural gas
* Oil
* Petrol
* Pharmaceuticals
* Ships
* Steel
* Telecommunications equipment
* Telephones
* Trucks
* Wheat
* Wine

* Category
* Commons

0.00

(0 votes)

Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International Trade Centre. Read more

|

Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Organization:International_Trade_Centre&oldid=4186251"
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template