Committee on Trade and Environment - Request for Observer Status by the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC)

World Trade Organization WT/CTE/COM/11 3 October 2005 (05-4400) Committee on Trade and Environment Original: English request for observer status by the organization of arab petroleum exporting countries (Oapec) The following information has been received from the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) requesting observer status in the Committee on Trade and Environment. _______________ OAPEC's interest emanates from its role as a regional developmental organization. Its founding charter states that: "The principal objective of the Organization is the cooperation of the members in various forms of economic activity in the petroleum industry, the realization of the closest ties among them in this field, the determination of ways and means of safeguarding the legitimate interests of its members in this industry, individually and collectively, the unification of efforts to ensure the flow of petroleum to its consumption marke