181. The Chairman recalled that the Ministerial Conference, at its Fifth Session on 11 September 2003, had approved the accessions of Cambodia and Nepal to the WTO (WT/MIN(03)/18 and WT/MIN(03)/19). They were the first two least-developed countries to join the WTO pursuant to Article XII of the WTO Agreement, i.e. through the full WTO working party process. The Protocols of Accession were now subject to the ratification of their respective Parliaments. Thirty days after the Secretariat received an official notification of a ratification, the country concerned would become a Member of the WTO.
