International intergovernmental organizations

General Council

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Trade Centre (ITC)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
United NationsUNO The main bodies of the United Nations are the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the UN Secretariat. All were established under the UN Charter when the Organization was founded in 1945. It has 193 members. (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Trade Policy Review Body

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank

International intergovernmental organizations having ad hoc observer status

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation (AITIC)

Council for Trade in Goods

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank
World Customs Organization (WCO)

Council for Trade in Services

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
International Trade Centre (ITC)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank

International intergovernmental organizations having ad hoc observer status
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Council for Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

African Intellectual Property Organization (Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle, OAPI)
African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank
World Customs Organization (WCO)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

International intergovernmental organizations having ad hoc observer status
World Health Organization (WHO)
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

International intergovernmental organizations having ad hoc observer status on a meeting-by-meeting basis

European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)

 

Committee on Anti-dumping practices

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank

International intergovernmental organizations having ad hoc observer status African, Caribbean and PacificPacific Australia and New Zealand Australia Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands New Zealand Norfolk Island Melanesia Fiji New Caledonia Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Vanuatu Micronesia Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru Northern Mariana Islands Palau Polynesia American Samoa Cook Islands French Polynesia Niue Pitcairn Samoa Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Wallis and Futuna Group of States (ACP)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Committee on subsidies and countervailing measures

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank

International intergovernmental organizations having ad hoc observer status
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Committee on Safeguards

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank

International intergovernmental organizations having ad hoc observer status
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Committee on Agriculture

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Grains Council (IGC)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
World Bank

International intergovernmental organizations having ad hoc observer status on a meeting-by-meeting basis
Inter-American Institute for Agricultural Cooperation (IICA)

Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

FAO International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
FAO/WHO Joint Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Trade Centre (ITC)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

International intergovernmental organizations having ad hoc observer status on a meeting-by-meeting basis

African Union (AU)
Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA)
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaAfrica Eastern Africa Burundi Comoros Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mayotte Mozambique Réunion Rwanda Seychelles Somalia South Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Middle Africa Angola Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé e Príncipe Northern Africa Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Sudan Tunisia Western Sahara Southern Africa Botswana Eswatini Lesotho Namibia South Africa Western Africa Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Islands Côte d’Ivoire Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Saint Helena Senegal Sierra Leone Togo (COMESA)
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
Gulf Cooperation Council Standardization Organization (GSO)
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Inter-American Institute for Agricultural Cooperation (IICA)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Regional International Organization for Plant Protection and Animal Health (OIRSA)
Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS)
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
West African Economic and Monetary Union / Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (WAEMU/UEMOA)

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)

Committee on Balance of Payments Restrictions

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank

Committee on Regional Trade Agreements

European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Organization of American States (OAS)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank

International intergovernmental organizations having ad hoc observer status on a meeting-by-meeting basis
Latin American Association for Integration (ALADI)

Committee on Trade and Development

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
ANDEAN Community
Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM)
Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CAEMC)
Commonwealth Secretariat
Cooperation Council for the Arab of States of the Gulf (GCC)
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
International Grains Council (IGC)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Trade Centre (ITC)
Latin American Economic System (SELA)
Latin American Association for Integration (ALADI)
Organization of American States (OAS)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Permanent Secretariat of the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration (SIECA)
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
United Nations Economic Commission for EuropeEurope Once the word came to be peculiarly associated with the transalpine formations of Latin Christianity, it became a cultural term as well as a geographic one. The word “European” merged with the word “Western” and there was a supposed “Western civilization” occupying the Atlantic region, colonizing the two continents and making contact with the Pacific. EU is a “union of states which lies between confederation and federation. Read more. (ECE)
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for AsiaAsia Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Eastern Asia China China–Hong Kong China–Macao China–Taiwan Japan Mongolia North Korea South Korea Southern Asia Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan British Indian Ocean Territory India Iran Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka South-Eastern Asia Brunei Cambodia East Timor Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam Western Asia Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Cyprus Georgia Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey United Arab Emirates Yemen and the Pacific (ESCAP)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
World Bank

International intergovernmental organizations having ad hoc observer status on a meeting-by-meeting basis
African Union (AU)
Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) (1)
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
Inter-Arab Investment Guarantee Cooperation (IAIGC)
International Coffee Organization (ICO)
Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
Pacific Islands Forum
South Centre
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Committee on Trade and Environment

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
Bioversity International (ex International Plant Genetic Resources Institute)
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Trade Centre (ITC)
Latin American Economic System (SELA)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Pacific Islands Forum
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
World Bank
World Customs Organization (WCO)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

International intergovernmental organizations having ad hoc observer status
Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC)

Committee on Market Access

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank
World Customs Organization (WCO)

Committee on import licensing

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank

Committee on Rules of Origin

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Textiles and Clothing Bureau (ITCB)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank
World Customs Organization (WCO)

Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP)
African Organization for Standardisation (ARSO)
Bureau International des Poids et des Mesures (BIPM)
CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality (CROSQ)
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Standardization Organization (GSO)
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Office of Epizootics (OIE)
International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
International Trade Centre (ITC)
Latin American Association for Integration (ALADI)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
WHO/FAO Codex Alimentarius Commission
World Bank
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank

 

Committee on Customs Valuation

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank
World Customs Organization (WCO)

Committee on Trade in Financial Services

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank

Working Party on GATS Rules

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank

 

Working Party on Domestic Regulation

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank

Committee on Specific Commitments

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank

Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Trade Centre (ITC)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
World Bank

Committee on Government Procurement

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Trade Centre (ITC)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products

International Trade Centre (ITC)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
World Customs Organization (WCO) (2)

Bodies established by the TNC

Committee on Agriculture, Special Sessions

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Grains Council (IGC)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
World Bank (WB)

Council for Trade in Services, Special Sessions

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
International Trade Centre (ITC)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank (WB)

IGOs invited on an ad-hoc/meeting-by-meeting basis
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Committee on Trade and Environment, Special Sessions

IGOs invited on an ad-hoc/meeting-by-meeting basis
Basel Convention
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Flora (CITES)
Montreal Protocol
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Rotterdam Convention
Stockholm Convention
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
World Customs Organization (WCO)

Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation

IGOs invited on an ad-hoc/meeting-by-meeting basis
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
World Bank (WB)
World Customs Organization (WCO)