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WORLD TRADE WT/GC/W/51
16January 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0139)
GENERAL COUNCIL
7February 1997
INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Requests forObserver Status intheGeneral Council
This document liststheinternational intergovernmental organizations which have requested
observer status intheGeneral Council.1
I. International intergovernmental organizations having observer status onanadhocbasis
Food andAgriculture Organization (FAO)*
International Monetary Fund (IMF)*
Organization forEconomic Co-operation andDevelopment (OECD)*
United Nations (UN)*
United Nations Conference onTrade andDevelopment (UNCTAD)*
World Bank*
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)*
II. International intergovernmental organizations whose requests forobserver status have notyet
been considered
African, Caribbean andPacific Group ofStates (ACP Group)*
Arab Monetary Fund*
Arab Maghreb Union
European Bank forReconstruction andDevelopment (EBRD)*
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)*
International Grains Council (IGC)
International Trade Centre (ITC)
International Textiles andClothing Bureau (ITCB)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Office International delaVigne etduVin
Organization ofAmerican States (OAS)*
Organization ofAfrican Unity (OAU)
Organization oftheIslamic Conference
Latin American Economic System (SELA)*
Secretariat oftheGeneral Treaty onCentral American Economic Integration (SIECA)*
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
1Members wishing toconsult thecommunications senttotheSecretariat bytheinternational intergovernmental
organizations areinvited tocontact Mrs. Denise Messulam (Council Division), office 2028.
*Observer intheGATT 1947 Council.