RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/52/Rev.9
9 August 2000
(00-3260)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property Rights
INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Requests for Observer Status in the Council for TRIPS
Revision
Since the circulation of document IP/C/W/5 2/Rev.8, the World Health Organization (WHO)
has been granted ad hoc observer status in the Council for TRIPS.  Requests from the following
international intergovernmental organizations for ob server status in the Council for TRIPS are still
pending:1
African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO)Conférence des Ministres de l'Agriculture de l'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre (CMA/AOC)
Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
International Vaccine Institute
Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Latin American Economic System (SELA)
Office International de la Vigne et du Vin (OIV)Organization of American States (OAS)
Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Secretariat of the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration (SIECA)
South CentreUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
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1 Members wishing to consult relevant communications sent to the Secretariat by international
intergovernmental organizations are invited to contact Matthijs Geuze (Intellectual Property Division),
office 3013.