WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/L/534
25 August 2003
(03-4411)
NIUE
Request for Observer Status at the Cancún Ministerial Conference
The following communication, dated 21 August 2003, has been received from the Mission of
Niue to the European Communities with the request that it be circulated to Members and brought to
the attention of the General Council.
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As a member of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP), the European
Union has agreed to provide funding for the participation of Niue in the upcoming 5th WTO
Ministerial Conference to be held from the 10 – 14 September 2003 in Cancún, Mexico.
As a small and vulnerable nation the Government of Niue has taken particular interest in the
development agenda of this round of the World Trade Organization.
For this reason, the Government of Niue respectfully requests that they be given permission to
attend the 5th WTO Ministerial Conference, and to observe discussion relating to developing nations
and trade, with a view to further consideration being given to the accession to the WTO by Niue.
The Government of Niue would be represented at this meeting by the Minister of Trade and
Investment, Hon. Mr. Bill Motufoou, and Mr. Young Tony Kalauni, Director of Trade in Premiers
Office.
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