01377pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001600040245008600056260000900142300001300151520101500164650001801179700002001197773002601217180718b2008   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aXu Yi-Chong  a`To be, but not to be seen': exploring the impact of international civil servants  c2008  ap.35-51.  aInternational civil servants (ICS) are largely excluded from the analysis of International Organizations (IOs) because states are assumed to be the determining force in shaping their behaviour. Even principal-agent and constructivist analyses often treat an IO's staff as a unit and are concerned primarily with states' capacities to control IOs. Examining the opportunities of ICS, rather than the choices of states, provides a better means of understanding the capacities of ICS to contribute to the operation of IOs, and especially when they participate in multilateral negotiations. We suggest that structure, competence, legitimacy and culture provide a framework for analysis ICS variable capacity. We use the Secretariat of the WTO, known as a `member-driven organization', to illustrate how ICS can play a critical role in achieving the IO's objectives. A word on our title. It comes from Esse, non videri in the original, as quoted by a director at the WTO in an interview in April 2003. - Reproduced.  aCivil service  aWeller, Patrick  aPublic Administration