World Trade Organization WT/CTE/COM/15 11 November 2011 (11-5842) Committee on Trade and Environment Original: English COMMUNICATION FROM THE BASEL CONVENTION AND THE ROTTERDAM CONVENTION ON OBSERVER STATUS The following communication addressed to the Chairperson of the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) has been received on 10 November 2011 from the Executive Secretary of the Basel Convention and the Rotterdam Convention concerning observer status in the CTE. _______________ I have the honour to refer to the airgram of 13 October 2011 (WTO/AIR/3822) pertaining to the forthcoming meeting of the WTO CTE, to be held on 14 November 2011 in Geneva. Pursuant to Decisions RC-1/15 and RC-4/10 of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (SRC), the SRC has applied for observer status with the CTE, both in special and re