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Mr. Esengul
Omuraliev, Head of the Kyrgyz's Republic's Inter-Ministerial Commission on WTO, signed the
protocol of accession following the adoption of the protocol by the General Council. The
Kyrgyz Republic will become a member of the WTO 30 days after it notifies the WTO
Secretariat that its national ratification proceedings have been completed. The
Kyrgyz Republic first applied for WTO membership in February 1996. A working party was
established in April 1996 and a first meeting was held in March 1997. Of the new republics
created after the dissolution of the former Soviet Union in 1991 and which are currently
seeking WTO membership, the Kyrgyz Republic is the first to have completed its
negotiations. The following 30 governments have requested to join the WTO. Their
applications are being considered by accession working parties: Albania, Algeria, Andorra,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cambodia, People's Republic of China, Croatia, Estonia,
Georgia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lithuania, Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Nepal, Oman, Sultanate of, Russian Federation, Samoa,
Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Chinese Taipei, Tonga, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu and
Vietnam(1)
(1)
In addition to the Kyrgyz Republic, the General Council agreed on 14 October to also adopt
the protocol of accession for Latvia. |
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