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WORLD TRADE WT/GC/W/51/Rev.3
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INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Requests forObserver Status intheGeneral Council
Revision
I. International intergovernmental organizations granted observer status1
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 havenotyet
beenconsidered2
African, Caribbean andPacific Group ofStates (ACP Group)*
Arab Monetary Fund*
Arab Maghreb Union
European Bank forReconstruction andDevelopment (EBRD)*
European FreeTrade Association (EFTA)*
International Trade Centre (ITC)**
International Textiles andClothing Bureau (ITCB)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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 Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
World Health Organization (WHO)
1TheInternational Monetary Fund andtheWorld Bank haveobserver status asprovided forintheirrespective
Agreements withtheWTO (WT/L/195).
2Memb erswishingtoconsultthecommunicationssenttotheSecretariatbytheinternationalintergovernmental
organizations areinvited tocontact theCouncil Division, office 2025.
*Observer intheGATT 1947 Council.
**TheITCisoperated jointly bytheWTO andUNCTAD, thelatter acting onbehalf oftheUnited Nations.