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Ambassador Dacio Castillo (Honduras)
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
15 OBSERVER STATUS FOR INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
15.9. The representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia said that his country, as a member of the GCC, welcomed the delegation of the GCC. He expressed his gratitude to the whole Membership for granting observer status to it on an ad hoc basis. There was a need for further cooperation between the WTO and other IGOs in order to enhance the current and future work at the TRIPS Council and other WTO bodies, where their participation, interventions and statements to date represented the desired kind of co-operation. He expressed support for the request of the South Centre to be granted an observer status on an ad hoc basis.
IP/C/M/72