World Trade Organization WT/CTE/COM/9 9 July 2001 (01-3406) Committee on Trade and Environment Original: English request for observer status by the International Tropical timber organization The following communication, dated 4 July 2001, has been received from the Assistant Director of Economic Information and Market Intelligence of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) requesting observer status for the ITTO in the Committee on Trade and Environment. The original letter can be consulted in Office 3025, Centre William Rappard. _______________ We are pleased to inform you that at its Thirtieth Session held in Yaoundé, Cameroon from 28 May to 2 June 2001, the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC), the governing body of ITTO, adopted, inter alia, Decision 7(XXX) on the Role of ITTO in International and Regional Organizations and Fora. By way of the decision, ITTO has been requested to pursue measures for effective ITTO invo