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DECLARATION ONTHE RELATIONSHIP OFTHE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Ministers ,
Noting theclose relationship between theCONTRACTING PARTIES totheGATT 1947and
theInternational Monetary Fund, andtheprovisions oftheGATT 1947 governing thatrelationship,
inparticular Article XVoftheGATT 1947;
Recognizing thedesire ofparticipants tobasetherelationship oftheWorld Trade Organization
withtheInternational Monetary Fund, withregard totheareas covered bytheMultilateral Trade
Agreements inAnnex 1AoftheWTO Agreement, ontheprovisions thathavegoverned therelationship
oftheCONTRACTING PARTIES totheGATT 1947 withtheInternational Monetary Fund;
Hereby reaffirm that,unless otherwise provided forintheFinal Act,therelationship ofthe
WTO withtheInternational Monetary Fund, withregard totheareas covered bytheMultilateral Trade
Agreements inAnnex 1AoftheWTO Agreement, willbebased ontheprovisions thathavegoverned
therelationship oftheCONTRACTING PARTIES totheGATT 1947withtheInternational Monetary
Fund.