WADB
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West African
Development Bank (established - 14 November
1973)
note - also known as
Banque Ouest-Africaine de Developpement (BOAD) ; is
a financial institution of WAEMU
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WEB site -
http://www.boad.org/
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Aim - to promote regional
economic development and integration.
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Members - (7) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote
d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo
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WAEMU
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West African Economic
and Monetary Union (established - 1 August
1994)
note - also known as Union
Economique et Monetaire Ouest africaine
(UEMOA)
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WEB site -
http://dakarcom.com/econ_waemu.htm
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Aim - to increase
competitiveness of members' economic markets ; to
create a common market.
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Members - (8) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote
d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal,
Togo
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WCL
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World Confederation of
Labor
(established -19 June 1920
as the International Federation of Christian Trade
Unions (IFCTU), renamed 4 October 1968)
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WEB site -
http://www.cmt-wcl.org/
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Aim - to promote the trade
union movement.
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Members - (99 national organizations)
Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,
Aruba, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin,
Bolivia, Bonaire Island, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina
Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire,
Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Dominica, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, French
Guiana, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada,
Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti,
Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Italy,
Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein,
Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Malta,
Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico, Montserrat, Namibia,
Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan,
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,
Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts
and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra
Leone, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland,
Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, UK, US, Uruguay,
Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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WCO
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World Customs
Organization
see (CCC) Customs Cooperation Council
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WEU
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Western European
Union (established - 23 October 1954 /
effective - 6 May 1955)
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WEB site -
http://www.weu.int/
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Aim - to provide mutual
defense and to move toward political unification.
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Members - (10) Belgium, France, Germany,
Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal,
Spain, UK
Associate members - (3) Iceland, Norway,
Turkey
Associate partners - (10) Bulgaria, Czech
Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,
Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Observers - (5) Austria, Denmark,
Finland, Ireland, Sweden
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WFC
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World Food Council
(established - 17 December 1974)
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WEB site -
http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/wfc.htm
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Aim - to study world food
problems and to recommend solutions ; ECOSOC
organization.
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Members - there were 36 members selected
on a rotating basis from all regions ; subsumed by
the World Food Program and Food and Agriculture
Organization
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WFP
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World Food Program
(established - 24 November 1961)
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WEB site -
http://www.wfp.org/index.htm
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Aim - to provide food aid
in support of economic development or disaster
relief ; an ECOSOC organization
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Members - (36) selected on a rotating
basis from all regions
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WFTU
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World Federation of
Trade Unions (established - 3 October 1945)
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WEB site -
http://geneva.intl.ch/gi/egi/egi196.htm
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Aim - to promote the trade
union movement.
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Members - (125 and the Palestine
Liberation Organization) Afghanistan, Albania,
Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia,
Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Benin, Bolivia,
Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia,
Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa
Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El
Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France,
French Guiana, The Gambia, Ghana, Greece,
Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia,
Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
North Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon,
Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi,
Malaysia, Mali, Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico,
Mozambique, Nepal, New Caledonia, NZ, Niger,
Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea,
Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico,
Reunion, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre
and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia,
Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka,
Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania,
Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia,
Turkey, Turkmenistan,Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay,
Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen,
Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation Organization
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WHO
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World Health
Organization (established - 22 July 1946 /
effective - 7 April 1948)
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WEB site -
http://www.who.int/
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Aim - to deal with health
matters worldwide ; a UN specialized agency.
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Members - (191) Afghanistan, Albania,
Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda,
Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados,
Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei,
Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia,
Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the
Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire,
Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Djibouti, Dominica,Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea,
Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon,
The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece,
Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana,
Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya,
Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait,
Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho,
Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi,
Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of
Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ,
Nicaragua, Niue, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman,
Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea,
Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal,
Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and
Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and
Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra
Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon
Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka,
Sudan, Suriname,Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland,
Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga,
Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan,
Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay,
Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen,
Yugoslavia (suspended), Zambia, Zimbabwe
Associate members - (2) Puerto Rico,
Tokelau
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WIPO
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World Intellectual
Property Organization (established -14 July
1967 / effective - 26 April 1970)
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WEB site -
http://www.wipo.int/
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Aim - to furnish
protection for literary, artistic, and scientific
works ; a UN specialized agency.
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Members - (168) Albania, Algeria,
Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia,
Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Benin,
Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana,
Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central
African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the
Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El
Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia,
Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia,
Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras,
Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos,
Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi,
Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NZ,
Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan,
Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania,
Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San
Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia,
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka,
Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland,
Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and
Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda,
Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan,
Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia (suspended),
Zambia, Zimbabwe
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WMO
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World Meteorological
Organization (established -11 October 1947 /
effective - 4 April 1951)
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WEB site -
http://www.wmo.ch/
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Aim - to sponsor
meteorological cooperation ; a UN specialized
agency.
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Members - (185) Afghanistan, Albania,
Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,
Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The
Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus,
Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Caribbean
Territories, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma,
Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde,
Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China,
Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Costa
Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Djibouti,Dominica, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea,
Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, French
Polynesia, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany,
Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary,
Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Kenya, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait,
Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho,
Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, The
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar,
Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of
Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands,
Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, NZ, Nicaragua,
Niger, Nigeria, Niue,Norway, Oman, Pakistan,
Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania,
Russia, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and
Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra
Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon
Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka,
Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland,
Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga,
Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan,
Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Uzbekistan,
Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia
(suspended), Zambia, Zimbabwe
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WToO
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World Tourism
Organization (established - 2 January 1975)
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WEB site -
http://www.world-tourism.org/ows-doc/wtich.htm
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Aim - to promote tourism
as a means of contributing to economic development,
international understanding, and peace.
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Members - (133) Afghanistan, Albania,
Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia,
Austria, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina
Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central
African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the
Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial
Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France,
Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece,
Grenada, Guatemala,Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti,
Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,
Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya,
North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos,
Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, The Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi,
Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania,
Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua,
Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia,
Rwanda, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South
Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland,
Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey,
Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan,
Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Associate members - (4) Aruba, Macau,
Madeira Islands, Netherlands Antilles
Observer - (1) Holy See
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WTrO
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World Trade
Organization (established - 15 April 1994 /
effective -1 January 1995)
note - succeeded General
Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT)
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WEB site -
http://www.wto.org/
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Aim - to provide a means
to resolve trade conflicts between members and to
carry on negotiations with the goal of further
lowering and/or eliminating tariffs and other trade
barriers.
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Members - (134) Angola, Antigua and
Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin,
Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria,
Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada,
Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the
Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,
EU, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, The Gambia,
Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong,
Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, South Korea,
Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein,
Luxembourg, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,
Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia,
Netherlands, NZ, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway,
Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania,
Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone,
Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands,
South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname,
Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand,
Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda,
UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia,
Zimbabwe
Observers - (5) Azerbaijan, Laos,
Somalia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Applicants - (33) Albania, Algeria, Armenia, The
Bahamas, Belarus, Cambodia, Cape Verde, China,
Comoros, Croatia, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia,
Georgia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Lithuania,
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova,
Nepal, Oman, Russia, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi
Arabia, Seychelles, Tonga, Tuvalu, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Taiwan;
note - some of these countries applied to GATT
and are still under consideration for membership in
WTrO ; the following member of GATT had not become
a member of WTrO as of 1 January 1998 : Yugoslavia
(suspended)
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