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ORGANIZATIONWT/GC/W/51/Rev.7
2 August 1999
(99-3258)
INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Requests for Observer Status in the General Council
Revision
I. INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS GRANTED
OBSERVER STATUS1
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)International Trade Centre (ITC)Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)United Nations (UN)United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)World BankWorld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
II. INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE
REQUESTS FOR OBSERVER STATUS HAVE NOT YET BEEN CONSIDERED
2
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group)∗
Arab Maghreb Union
Arab Monetary Fund*
Arab Trade Financing ProgramCooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
*
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
*
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)*
International Textiles and Clothing Bureau (ITCB)International Telecommunication Union (ITU)International Vine and Wine Office (OIV)Organization of American States (OAS)
*
Organization of African Unity (OAU)Organization of the Islamic ConferenceLatin American Economic System (SELA)
*
Secretariat of the General Treaty on Centra l American Economic Integration (SIECA)*
                                                     
1 The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have observer status as provided for in their
respective Agreements with the WTO (WT/L/195).
2 Members wishing to consult the communications sent to the Secretariat by the international
intergovernmental organizations are invited to contact the Council Division, Office 2025.
* Observer in the GATT 1947 Council.WT/GC/W/51/Rev.7
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South Centre
South Pacific Forum (SPF)United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)Western African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)World Health Organization (WHO)
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