INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Requests for Observer Status in the Committee on Sanitary

and Phytosanitary Measures

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This document lists the international intergovernmental organizations which have requested observer status in the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.^[1]

1  International Intergovernmental Organizations having observer status on a regular basis

        Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

        FAO International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)

        FAO/WHO Joint Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex)

        International Monetary Fund (IMF)^*

        International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

        International Trade Centre (ITC)

        World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

        United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

        World Bank^*

        World Health Organization (WHO)

2  International Intergovernmental Organizations having observer status on an ad hoc (meeting-by-meeting) basis

        African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group)

        African Union (AU)

        Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA)

        Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

        Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)

        Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS)

        European Free Trade Association (EFTA)

        Gulf Cooperation Council Standardization Organization (GSO)

        Inter-American Institute for Agricultural Cooperation (IICA)

        Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)

        Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

        Regional International Organization for Plant Protection and Animal Health (OIRSA)

        Southern African Development Community (SADC)

        West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)

3  International Intergovernmental Organizations whose request is pending

        Asian and Pacific Coconut Community (APCC)

        Center for Agricultural Bioscience International (CABI)

        Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

        Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

        International Cocoa Organization (ICCO)

        International Vine and Wine Office (OIV)

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