WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/MIN(05)/INF/7/Rev.2 
5 December 2005 
 (05-5776) 
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE 
Sixth Session Hong Kong, 13 – 18 December 2005  
 
 
PROVISIONAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
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(as at 1 December 2005) 
 
Revision  
 
 
I. MEMBERS (148) 
 
Albania Denmark Kenya Philippines 
Angola Djibouti Korea, Republic of Poland 
Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Kuwait Portugal 
Argentina Dominican Republic Kyrgyz Republic Qatar Armenia Ecuador Latvia Romania 
Australia Egypt Lesotho Rwanda 
Austria El Salvador Liechtenstein Saint Kitts and Nevis Bahrain Estonia Lithuania Saint Lucia 
Bangladesh European Communities Lu xembourg Saint Vincent and the 
Barbados Fiji  Macao, China  Grenadines Belgium Finland Madagascar Senegal 
Belize Former Yugoslav  Malawi Sierra Leone 
Benin  Republic of Macedonia Malaysia Singapore Bolivarian Republic of France Maldives Slovak Republic 
 Venezuela Gabon Mali Slovenia 
Bolivia The Gambia Malta Solomon Islands Botswana Georgia Mauritania South Africa 
Brazil Germany Mauritius Spain 
Brunei Darussalam Ghana Mexico Sri Lanka Bulgaria Greece Moldova Suriname 
Burkina Faso Grenada Mongolia Swaziland 
Burundi Guatemala Morocco Sweden 
Cambodia Guinea Mozambique Switzerland 
Cameroon Guinea-Bissau My anmar Chinese Taipei 
Canada Guyana Namibia Tanzania 
Central African Republic Haiti Nepal Thailand 
Chad Honduras Netherlands Togo Chile Hong Kong, China New Zealand Trinidad and Tobago 
China Hungary Nicaragua Tunisia 
Colombia Iceland Niger Turkey Congo India Nigeria Uganda 
Costa Rica Indonesia Norway United Arab Emirates 
Côte d'Ivoire Ireland Oman United Kingdom Croatia Israel Pakistan United States 
Cuba Italy Panama Uruguay 
Cyprus Jamaica Papua New Guinea Zambia Czech Republic Japan Paraguay Zimbabwe 
Democratic Republic of  Jordan Peru  
 the Congo    
                                                      
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 II. OBSERVER GOVERNMENTS (41) 
 
Afghanistan Holy See Saudi Arabia 
Algeria Iran Serbia 
Andorra Iraq Seychelles Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Sudan 
Bahamas Lao People's Democratic Republic Tajikistan 
Belarus Lebanon Timor-Leste 
Bhutan Liberia Tonga 
Bosnia and Herzegovina Libya Tuvalu Cape Verde Montenegro Ukraine 
Comoros Niue Uzbekistan 
Cook Islands Russian Federation Vanuatu Equatorial Guinea Samoa Viet Nam 
Eritrea San Marino Yemen 
Ethiopia Sao Tome and Principe     
 
 
III. OBSERVER INTERNATIONAL INTERGOV ERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (76) 
 
Advisory Centre on WTO Law (ACWL) African, Caribbean and Pacifi c Group of States (ACP) 
African Union (AU) 
Andean Community  Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development (AAAID) 
Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) 
Asian Development Bank (ADB) 
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) 
Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM) Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CAEMC) 
Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) 
Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)  
Commonwealth Secretariat 
Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of West and Central Africa (CMA/WCA) Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 
Cooperation Council for the Arab  States of the Gulf (GCC) 
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) 
Energy Charter Conference 
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) European Free Trade Association (EFTA) 
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 
Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) 
Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Co-operation (IOR-ARC) 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) 
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) 
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 
International Grains Council (IGC) International Labour Organization (ILO) 
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) 
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) 
International Textiles and Clothing Bureau (ITCB)  WT/MIN(05)/INF/7/Rev.2 
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 International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC) 
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) 
Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) 
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Latin American Economic System (SELA) 
Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) 
Latin American Organization for Fisheries Development (OLDEPESCA) 
Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) 
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Organization of Amer ican States (OAS) 
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) 
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) 
Permanent Secretariat of the General Treaty on Central American Econom ic Integration (SIECA) 
South Centre Southern African Development Community (SADC) 
Union du Maghreb Arabe (UMA) 
United Nations (UN) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 
United Nations Economic and Social Commissi on for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) 
United Nations Economic and Social Co mmission for Western Asia (ESCWA) 
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) 
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) United Nations Economic Commission for La tin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) 
United Nations Environment Programme  (UNEP) 
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) 
United Nations University (UNU) West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) 
World Bank 
World Customs Organization (WCO) World Food Programme (WFP) 
World Health Organization (WHO) 
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) 
World Tourism Organization 
  
IV. OTHER OBSERVERS 
Palestinian Authority 
 
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