RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/52/Rev.10
26 April 2002
(02-2401)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property Rights
INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Requests for Observer Status in the Council for TRIPS
Revision
Since the circulation of document IP/C/W/52/Rev.9, the Secretariat has received a request
from the African Intellectual Property Organization (Organisation Africaine de la Propriété
Intellectuelle, OAPI).  The present document updates the list of international intergovernmentalorganizations whose requests for observer status in the Council for TRIPS are pending
1:
African Intellectual Property Organization (Organisation Africaine de la Propriété
Intellectuelle, OAPI)African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO)
Conférence des Ministres de l'Agriculture de l'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre (CMA/AOC)
Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
International Office of Vine and Wine (Offi ce International de la Vigne et du Vin, OIV)
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
International Vaccine InstituteIslamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Latin American Economic System (SELA)
Organization of American States (OAS)
Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)Secretariat of the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration (SIECA)
South Centre
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
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1 Members wishing to consult relevant communicati ons sent to the Secretariat by intergovernmental
organizations are invited to contact Mr. Hannu Wager (Intellectual Property Division), office 3013.