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ORGANIZATIONWT/GC/W/207
21 June 1999
(99-2421)
General Council
INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
WITH OBSERVER STATUS TO TH E 1999 MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
Note by the Secretariat
Pursuant to paragraph 10 of the guidelines for observer status for international
intergovernmental organizations in the WTO, which are contained in Annex 3 of the Rules ofProcedure (WT/L/161), the international intergovernmental organizations that presently have observer
status to the 1999 Ministerial Conference are the following:
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
Andean CommunityAsian Development Bank (ADB)
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM)
Central African Customs and Economic Union (UDEAC)
Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE)Common Fund for Commodities (CFC)
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Commonwealth Secretariat
Convention on Biological  Diversity (CBD) (UN)
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)International Grains Council (IGC)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)International Textiles and Clothing Bureau (ITCB)
International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC)
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
Islamic Development Bank
Latin American Economic System (SELA)Latin American Integrat ion Association (ALADI)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Organization of African Unity (OAU)
Organization of American States (OAS)
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)Secretariat of the General Treaty on Central American Economic Association (SIECA)WT/GC/W/207
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South Centre
South Pacific Forum
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Environment Programme  (UNEP)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
World Bank
World Customs Organization (WCO)
World Food Programme (WFP)
World Health Organization (WHO)World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
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