WORLD TRADE WT/L/113/Rev.4
24September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3783)
MEMBERSHIP OFTHE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
Revision
On23October 1996thenumber ofMembers oftheWorld Trade Organization willreach 125.
Thefollowing isthelistofMembers andtheirmembership iseffective asofthedates indicated:
Government Entry intoForce/
Membership
Antigua andBarbuda 1January 1995
Argentina 1January 1995
Australia 1January 1995
Austria 1January 1995
Bahrain 1January 1995
Bangladesh 1January 1995
Barbados 1January 1995
Belgium 1January 1995
Belize 1January 1995
Benin 22February 1996
Bolivia 13September 1995
Botswana 31May1995
Brazil 1January 1995
Brunei Darussalam 1January 1995
Burkina Faso 3June1995
Burundi 23July1995
Cameroon 13December 1995
Canada 1January 1995
Central African Republic 31May1995
Chad 19October 1996
Chile 1January 1995
Colombia 30April 1995
Costa Rica 1January 1995
Côted'Ivoire 1January 1995
Cuba 20April 1995
Cyprus 30July1995
Czech Republic 1January 1995
Denmark 1January 1995
Djibouti 31May1995
Dominica 1January 1995
Dominican Republic 9March 1995
Ecuador 21January 1996
Egypt 30June1995
ElSalvador 7May1995
European Community 1January 1995
Fiji 14January 1996WT/L/113/Rev.4
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Government Entry intoForce/
Membership
Finland 1January 1995
France 1January 1995
Gabon 1January 1995
Gambia 23October 1996
Germany 1January 1995
Ghana 1January 1995
Greece 1January 1995
Grenada 22February 1996
Guatemala 21July1995
Guinea 25October 1995
Guinea Bissau 31May1995
Guyana 1January 1995
Haiti 30January 1996
Honduras 1January 1995
Hong Kong 1January 1995
Hungary 1January 1995
Iceland 1January 1995
India 1January 1995
Indonesia 1January 1995
Ireland 1January 1995
Israel 21April 1995
Italy 1January 1995
Jamaica 9March 1995
Japan 1January 1995
Kenya 1January 1995
Korea 1January 1995
Kuwait 1January 1995
Lesotho 31May1995
Liechtenstein 1September 1995
Luxembourg 1January 1995
Macau 1January 1995
Madagascar 17November 1995
Malawi 31May1995
Malaysia 1January 1995
Maldives 31May1995
Mali 31May1995
Malta 1January 1995
Mauritania 31May1995
Mauritius 1January 1995
Mexico 1January 1995
Morocco 1January 1995
Mozambique 26August 1995
Myanmar 1January 1995
Namibia 1January 1995
Netherlands -FortheKingdom 1January 1995
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Government Entry intoForce/
Membership
NewZealand 1January 1995
Nicaragua 3September 1995
Nigeria 1January 1995
Norway 1January 1995
Pakistan 1January 1995
Papua NewGuinea 9June1996
Paraguay 1January 1995
Peru 1January 1995
Philippines 1January 1995
Poland 1July1995
Portugal 1January 1995
Qatar 13January 1996
Romania 1January 1995
Rwanda 22May1996
Saint KittsandNevis 21February 1996
Saint Lucia 1January 1995
Saint Vincent &theGrenadines 1January 1995
Senegal 1January 1995
Sierra Leone 23July1995
Singapore 1January 1995
Slovak Republic 1January 1995
Slovenia 30July1995
Solomon Islands 26July1996
South Africa 1January 1995
Spain 1January 1995
SriLanka 1January 1995
Suriname 1January 1995
Swaziland 1January 1995
Sweden 1January 1995
Switzerland 1July1995
Tanzania 1January 1995
Thailand 1January 1995
Togo 31May1995
Trinidad andTobago 1March 1995
Tunisia 29March 1995
Turkey 26March 1995
Uganda 1January 1995
United Arab Emirates 10April 1996
United Kingdom 1January 1995
United States 1January 1995
Uruguay 1January 1995
Venezuela 1January 1995
Zambia 1January 1995
Zimbabwe 3March 1995