WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG/W/11/Add.3
28 September 2000
(00-3947)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Requests for Observer Status
Addendum
This document updates the list of international intergovernmental organizations which have
requested observer status in the Committee on Re gional Trade Agreements, contained in document
WT/REG/W/11/Add.2.
International intergovernmental organizations invited as observers
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)Organization of Amer ican States (OAS)
United Nations Conference on Tr ade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank
Requests by other international intergovernmental organizations
Arab Maghreb Union
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Economic Cooperation Organization
European Bank of Reconstr uction and Development (EBRD)
Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting
Inter-American Development BankLatin American Economic System
Latin American Integration Association (LAIA)
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League of Arab StatesOrganization of African Unity (OAU)
Organization for Economic Co-ope ration and Development (OECD)
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
West African Economic and Monetary Union
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1 LAIA has been granted observer status on an ad hoc  basis.