RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/SYR/1
30 October 2001
(01-5332)
Original:  English
ACCESSION OF THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Request for Accession Pursuant to Article XII
The Director-General has received the following communication dated 10 October 2001 from
the Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade of the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
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The Syrian Arab Republic was a founding memb er of GATT, but for many years it has not
attended GATT meetings.  Now, however, my Government is interested in joining the World Trade
Organization under Article XII of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the WTO and I hereby
submit an official request for Syria to be considered for full membership.
I would greatly appreciate it if you would ki ndly inform me of the necessary documentation,
which our request entails to be considered for membership.
The Decision of the Syrian Government to join the WTO expresses its belief in the Charter of
this Organization and its determination to endorse and implement the obligations outlined in the
Charter.
I hope my country's request will be given a positive consideration, please accept, your
Excellency, my best wishes and my sincere hope for future cooperation as a full Member of the World
Trade Organization.
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