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LIST OF WTO ACCESSIONS WORKING PARTY CHAIRPERSONS  
Revision  
No. Government  Date Working 
Party established  WP Chairperson  
1.  Algeria  17 June 1987 Vacant  
2.  Andorra  22 October  1997 N.A.* * 
3.  Azerbaijan  16 July 1997 H.E. Mr. Alparslan ACARSOY (Türkiye)  
4.  The Bahamas  18 July 2001 H.E. Ms. Nadia THEODORE  (Canada ) 
5.  Belarus  27 October  1993 Pending  
6.  Bhutan  6 October  1999 H.E. Dr. Desirée SCHWEITZER (Austria)  
7.  Bosnia and 
Herzegovina  15 July 1999 H.E. Ms Anita PIPAN  (Slovenia ) 
8.  Curaçao  3 March 2020  H.E. Mr. Matthew WILSON  (Barbados)  
9.  Equatorial Guinea  5 February  2008 H.E. Dr. José R. SÁNCHEZ -FUNG (Dominican Republic)  
10.  Ethiopia * 10 February  2003 Ms Rebecca FISHER LAMB  (United Kingdom ) 
11.  Iran 26 May 2005 Pending  
12.  Iraq 13 December  2004 H.E. Mr. Saqer Abdullah ALMOQBEL (Kingdom of Saudi 
Arabia)  
13.  Lebanese Republic  14 April 1999 Mr. Etienne OUDOT DE DAINVILLE  (France)  
14.  Libya  27 July 2004 N.A.**  
15.  Sao Tomé and 
Principe * 26 May 2005 N.A.**  
16.  Serbia  15 February  2005 H.E. Mrs. Margit SZŰCS  (Hungary ) 
17.  Somalia * 7 December 2016  H.E. Ms. Nina TORNBERG  (Sweden)  
18.  South Sudan*  13 December 2017  H.E. Dr. Ahmed Ihab GAMALELDIN (Egypt)  
19.  Sudan*  25 October  1994 Mr. Naoki HIKOTA  (Japan)  
20.  Syrian Arab Republic  4 May 2010 N.A.**  
21.  Turkmenistan  23 February 2022  N.A.**  
22.  Uzbekistan  21 December  1994 H.E. Mr. Seong deok YUN  (Republic of Korea)  
* Least -developed country  (LDC)  
** The Chairperson is appointed after the circulation of a Memorandum on the Foreign Trade Regime by 
the acceding government . 
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