WORLD TRADE WT/L/192
28October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4474)
Original: English
LAOS
Request forobserver status atthe1996 Ministerial Conference
Thefollowing communication, dated 22October 1996, received fromtheMinistry ofForeign
Affairs oftheLaoPeople 'sDemocratic Republic, iscirculated toMembers.
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Iamwriting toenquire ifLaosisabletoobserve theup-coming World Trade Organization
(WTO) Ministerial Conference tobeheldinSingapore inthefirsthalfofDecember, 1996.
Asyoumaybeaware, along withitspreparation formembership inASEAN, Laos isalso
making every effort inlearning about WTO, GATT andother aspects ofinternational economics and
freetrade forthesakeofitsprospective economic globalization. Considering theconference tobe
thebestopportunity tolearn about thissubject, weintend, therefore, tosendaneconomic delegation
(likely tobeheaded bytheLaoTrade Minister orLaoSenior Economic Official Meeting 's(SEOM)
Leader) toattend theconference asanobserver.