WT/COMTD/W/22/Rev.8  
 
24 March 2016  
(16-1708)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Trade and Development    
 
INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH OBSERVER 
STATUS IN THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT 
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT 
Revision 
 At its 98th Session on 16 March 2016, the Committee on Trade and Development agreed to 
grant observer status to the Intergovernmenta l Standing Committee on Shipping (ISCOS). The 
complete list of international intergovernmental organizations having observer status in the 
Committee on Trade and Development and the Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries is now the following:  
1  INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTA L ORGANIZATIONS GRANTED OBSERVER 
STATUS 
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group) 
Andean Group Secretariat
* 
Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM)* 
Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC)* 
Commonwealth Secretariat* 
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)* 
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)* 
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)* 
Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)* 
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)* 
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)* 
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)* 
Intergovernmental Standing Committee on Shipping (ISCOS) International Trade Centre (ITC) 
Inter-American Development Bank
* 
International Grains Council (IGC)* 
International Monetary Fund (IMF)* 
Latin American Integration Association (ALADI)* 
Latin American Economic System (SELA)* 
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)* 
Organization of American States (OAS)* 
Secretariat of the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration (SIECA)* 
Southern African Development Community (SADC) United Nations (UN)
* 
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)* 
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) World Bank 
                                               
* Observer in the GATT 1947 Committee on Trade and Development. 
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  2  INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTA L ORGANIZATIONS GRANTED AD HOC 
OBSERVER STATUS ON A MEETING-BY-MEETING BASIS1 
Arab Maghreb Union 
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) 
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Inter-Arab Investment Guarantee Corporation 
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) 
African Union (AU) Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) South Centre 
Pacific Islands Forum  
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) 
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 
  
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1 At the 49th Session, the Common Fund for Commodities (C FC) was granted ad hoc observer status, on 
a meeting-by-meeting basis, only for the agenda item relating to the declining terms of trade for primary 
commodities. At the 72nd Session, it was agreed that the item concerning commodity issues would be discussed 
at future meetings only if a Member so requests. Acco rdingly, the Committee would consider inviting the CFC 
as an observer for such meetings.