 
 RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/AFG/2 
2 December 2004 
 (04-5270) 
 Original:   English 
 
   
THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN 
 
Request for Accession Pursuant to Article XII
 
  
 The Director-General has received the following communication, dated 21 November 2004, 
from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Re public of Afghanistan with the request that it be 
considered at the earliest possible occasion.  
 
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 As you are aware the Transitional Islamic Stat e of Afghanistan submitted its application for 
membership of the WTO in April 2003. 
  On behalf of the Government of Afghanistan, I now have the pleasure of reaffirming our original application.  We are very keen for Afghanistan to be fully integrated in the international 
economic system.  As such we wish to request fo r our application to be c onsidered at the earliest 
possible occasion. 
 
 Please convey our renewed application and keenness to the membership of the WTO in 
accordance with your procedures. 
 
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