RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONS/C/W/144
15 May 2000
(00-1978)
Council for Trade in Services Original:  English
COMMUNICATION FROM GHANA
Acceptance of the Fifth Protocol
The attached communication has been received from the delegation of Ghana with the request
that it be circulated to Members of the Council for Trade in Services.
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The Mission is pleased to inform you that Ghana's Instrument of Acceptance of the Fifth
Protocol to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (the Financial Services Protocol) was signed
on 17 April 2000 by the President of the Republic of Ghana.  The document is, therefore, being sent
through the diplomatic pouch to the Mission and would be deposited with the Legal Division of the
Secretariat as soon as it is received.  Meanwhile, a copy of the document, though not quite legible, isattached for your perusal.
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Since the document is expected to be receiv ed before the next meeting of the Services
Council, the Mission would like to request that an item entitled "Re-opening of the Fifth Protocol to
the GATS for acceptance – Request by Ghana" be put on the agenda of the next meeting of the
Council, tentatively scheduled for 29 and 30 May 2000, to enable the Ghana delegation request for the
re-opening of the Protocol for Ghana's acceptance.  A draft decision could be prepared forconsideration simultaneously, if appropriate.
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1 This document is available with the Trade in Services Division for consultation.