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ORGANIZATIONWT/GC/W/51/Rev.9
4 February 2000
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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-ope ration and Development (OECD)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Tr ade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank
World Intellectual Prope rty Organization (WIPO)
II. INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE
REQUESTS FOR OBSERVER STATUS HAVE NOT YET BEEN CONSIDERED2
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group)∗
Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
Arab Monetary Fund  (AMF)*
Arab Trade Financing Program (ATFP)
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Cooperation Council for the Arab  States of the Gulf (GCC)*
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
European Bank for Reconstr uction and Development (EBRD)*
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)*
International Textiles and Clothing Bureau (ITCB)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
International Vine and Wine Office (OIV)
Islamic Development BankLatin American Economic System (SELA)
*
League of Arab StatesOrganization of Amer ican States (OAS)
*
Organization of African Unity (OAU)
                                                     
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.9
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Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
Secretariat of the General Treaty on Centra l American Economic Integration (SIECA)∗
South Centre
South Pacific Forum (SPF)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Industrial Deve lopment Organization (UNIDO)
West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
World Customs Organization (WCO)
World Health Organization (WHO)
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∗ Observer in the GATT 1947 Council.