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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/W/35
15January 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0122)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Requests forobserver status intheCommittee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
Thisdocument liststheinternational intergovernmental organizations which haverequested
observer status intheCommittee onTechnical Barriers toTrade.1
I. International Intergovernmental Organizations thathavebeengranted observer status onan
adhocbasis
Food andAgriculture Organization (FAO)
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) *
International Monetary Fund (IMF) *
International Organization forStandardization (ISO)*
International Trade Centre (ITC) *
International Office ofEpizootics (OIE) *
Organization forEconomic Co-operation andDevelopment (OECD)
United Nations Conference onTrade andDevelopment (UNCTAD) *
United Nations Economic Commission forEurope (UN/ECE)
WHO/FAO Codex Alimentarius Commission *
World Health Organization (WHO)
II. International Intergovernmental Organizations whose requests forobserver status arepending
African, Caribbean andPacific Group ofStates (ACP)
European FreeTrade Association (EFTA)
Office international delavigne etduvin(OIV)
World Bank
1Members wishing toconsult thecommunications senttotheSecretariat bytheinternational
intergovernmental organizations areinvited tocontact Ms.Vivien Liu.
*Organizations thathadobserver status intheGATT TBT Committee.