Resolved, therefore, to develop an integrated, more viable and durable multilateral trading system encompassing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the results of past trade liberalization efforts, and all of the results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations,
Determined to preserve the basicprinciples and to further the objectives underlying this multilateral trading system。
总的来说，WTO的宗旨包括以下五个方面：
第一，提高人类生活水平、保证充分就业、促进收入与有效需求的持续增长；
第二，扩大生产，扩大货物贸易和服务贸易；
第三，以可持续发展为目标，最合理的配置世界资源，同时注意对环境的保护和养护；