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9 January 2020  
(20-0236) Page: 1/1 
  Original: English  
 
TWELFTH SESSION OF THE MINIS TERIAL CONFERENCE  
REQUEST FOR OBSERVER  STATUS BY PALESTINE  
The following communication, dated 6 January 2020 , has been received from the Permanent 
Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations with the request that it be brought to the 
attention of the General Council.  
 
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I have the honour to request the admission of Palestine as an Observer to the Twelfth Ministerial 
Conference of the World Trade Organization to be held in Nur -Sultan, Kazakhstan, from 8  to 
11 June 2020.  
 
Participation by Palestine as an Observer at the Ministerial Conference would help to set the stage 
for policy -making for integration into the multilateral trading system and eventual accession to the 
WTO, in the context of efforts at re covery from prolonged economic decline.  
 
While trusting that you would include this item on the agenda of the Council's forthcoming meeting 
and that it would be accorded the highest consideration by all Members, I avail myself of this 
opportunity to renew to your Excellency the assurances of my highest esteem and consideration.  
 
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