World Trade Organization (WTO)
Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC)
Organización Mundial del Comercio
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Founded
1995-01-01
History
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Ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible by: administering trade agreements; acting as a forum for trade negotiations; settling trade disputes; reviewing national trade policies; assisting developing countries in trade policy issues, through technical assistance and training programmes; cooperating with other international organizations.
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On 25 Jul 1996, the Council adopted the procedures to grant Observer Status to international organizations. Organizations with Observer Status at General Council:
- B-XB0971 - FAO;
- F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (World Bank);
- F-XF2266 - International Monetary Fund (IMF);
- E-XE2639 - International Trade Centre (ITC);
- C-XC3023 - OECD;
- E-XE3381 - UNCTAD;
- A-XA3375 - United Nations (UN);
- B-XB3635 - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
At Trade Policy Review Body:
- D-XD0766 - EFTA;
- F-XF2441 - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD);
- FAO;
- IBRD/World Bank;
- IMF;
- OECD;
- UNCTAD.
Organizations in addition to the above with Observer Status in other councils and committees:
- F-XF0671 - Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS);
- D-XD8572 - African Union (AU);
- F-XD0055 - Andean Community;
- F-XF2177 - Arab Investment and Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (DHAMAN);
- F-XF1048 - Arab Maghreb Union (AMU);
- D-XD4579 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat;
- F-XF9551 - Common Fund for Commodities (CFC);
- C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat;
- F-XF3714 - Communauté économique et monétaire d'Afrique centrale (CEMAC);
- T-XT9211 - Convention on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity convention);
- T-XT7392 - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES);
- F-XD3462 - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
- D-XD3153 - Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO);
- F-XF1069 - Inter-American Development Bank (IDB);
- E-XE1083 - Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA);
- B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO);
- B-XB2812 - International Grains Council (IGC);
- B-XC2326 - International Organization of Legal Metrology;
- T-XT5116 - International Plant Protection Convention, 1951 (IPPC);
- B-XB2622 - International Telecommunication Union (ITU);
- E-XE6018 - International Textiles and Clothing Bureau (ITCB);
- F-XF4542 - Islamic Development Bank (IsDB);
- D-XD2879 - Latin American Integration Association (LAIA);
- D-XD3030 - OAS;
- B-XE2295 - World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH);
- C-XC4129 - Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC);
- F-XE5377 - Pacific Islands Forum;
- D-XD3154 - Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (OIRSA);
- E-XD0996 - Secretaria Permanente del Tratado General de Integración Económica Centroamericana (SIECA);
- F-XF4530 - Sistema Económico Latinoamericano (SELA);
- E-XE4956 - Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC);
- F-XF2522 - Southern African Development Community (SADC);
- D-XJ3949 - GCC Standardization Organization (GSO);
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- B-XE3386 - UNIDO;
- F-XF3713 - Union économique et monétaire Ouest africaine (UEMOA);
- F-XF2671 - Union internationale pour la protection des obtentions végétales (UPOV);
- E-XE6309 - United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL);
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
- E-XE4175 - United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);
- E-XE4177 - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP);
- E-XK1561 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC);
- B-XB3408 - Universal Postal Union (UPU);
- B-XB3548 - WHO;
- B-XB0462 - World Customs Organization (WCO);
- F-XE3543 - World Food Programme (WFP);
- B-XB2745 - UN Tourism.
Also invited on an ad-hoc basis:
- E-XE2653 - Secretariat of the Basel Convention (SBC);
- E-XE4537 - Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention;
- E-XE4513 - Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention);
- E-XK1276 - Secretariat for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Ozone Secretariat).
Member of: E-XJ0813 - United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS). Represented on: E-XE4062 - United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB). Has been represented in meetings of: K-XK2374 - Round Table on Sustainable Development at the OECD. Observer status with:
- ACP;
- Bioversity International;
- CBD;
- CITES;
- T-XT8909 - Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (UNCRTD);
- CSD;
- ECE;
- EFTA;
- FAO;
- IBRD/World Bank;
- IGC;
- IMF;
- E-XC3899 - International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT);
- F-XF1721 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD);
- ITC; Montréal Protocol; OECD;
- E-XK1312 - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR);
- Pacific Islands Forum;
- SELA;
- Stockholm Convention;
- UNCITRAL;
- UNCTAD;
- UNDP;
- UNEP;
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- UNFCCC;
- UNIDO;
- United Nations;
- UPOV;
- WCO;
- WHO;
- WIPO.
Publications
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- Commerce → Trade
- Law → Arbitration
- Law → Agreements
- International Relations → United Nations
- Policy → Policy
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF2527
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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