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ORGANIZATIONWT/COMTD/W/22/Rev.5
21 July 2000
(00-3022)
Committee on Trade and Development
INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH OBSERVER
STATUS IN THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
Note by the Secretariat
Revision
At its meeting on 23 April 1998, the Committee on Trade and Development agreed to grant
observer status to the United Nations Development Programme.  The complete list of international
intergovernmental organizations having observer status in the Committee on Trade and Development
and the Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries is now the following:
I. INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS GRANTED
OBSERVER STATUS
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group)
Andean Group Secretariat*
Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM)*
Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC)*
Commonwealth Secretariat*
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)*
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)*
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)*
Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)*
Economic Commission for Latin Amer ica and the Caribbean (ECLAC)*
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)*
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)*
International Trade Centre (ITC)
Inter-American Development Bank*
International Grains Council (IGC)*
International Monetary Fund (IMF)*
Latin American Integrat ion Association (ALADI)*
Latin American Economic System (SELA)*
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)*
Organization of American States (OAS)*
Secretariat of the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration (SIECA)*
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
United Nations (UN)*
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)*United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
World Bank
                                                     
* Observer in the GATT 1947 Committee on Trade and Development.WT/COMTD/W/22/Rev.5
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II. INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS GRANTED AD
HOC OBSERVER STATUS ON A MEETING-BY-MEETING BASIS 1
Arab Maghreb UnionEconomic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS)
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
Inter-Arab Investment Guarantee Corporation
Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
Organization of African Unity (OAU)
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
South CentreSouth Pacific Forum (SPF)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
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1 Members wishing to consult the communications sent to the Secretariat by the international
intergovernmental organizations are invited to contact the Development Division, office 3006.