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ORGANIZATIONWT/GC/W/51/Rev.6
22 January 1999
(99-0234)
INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Requests for Observer Status in the General Council
Revision
I. INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS GRANTED
OBSERVER STATUS1
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)International Trade Centre (ITC)
Organization for Economic Co-ope ration and Development (OECD)
United Nations (UN)United Nations Conference on Tr ade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
II. INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE
REQUESTS FOR OBSERVER STATUS HAVE NOT YET BEEN CONSIDERED
2
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group)∗
Arab Maghreb UnionArab Monetary Fund
*
Arab Trade Financing ProgramCooperation Council for the Arab  States of the Gulf (GCC)
*
European Bank for Reconstr uction and Development (EBRD)*
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)*
International Textiles and Clothing Bureau (ITCB)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
International Vine and Wine Office (OIV)
Organization of Amer ican States (OAS)*
Organization of African Unity (OAU)
Organization of the Islamic Conference
Latin American Economic System (SELA)*
Secretariat of the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration (SIECA)*
South Centre
South Pacific Forum (SPF)
                                                     
1 The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have observer status as provided for in their
respective Agreements with the WTO (WT/L/195).
2 Members wishing to consult the communications sent to the Secretariat by the international
intergovernmental organizations are invited to contact the Council Division, Office 2025.
* Observer in the GATT 1947 Council.WT/GC/W/51/Rev.6
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)United Nations Industrial Deve lopment Organization (UNIDO)
Western African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
World Health Organization (WHO)
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