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Korea, Romania, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka,
Switzerland, Tunisia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Zimbabwe.
10. The following States were also represented at the Working Group: Afghanistan, Albania,
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam,
Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chile, Congo, Croatia, the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary,
Iraq, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Mauritania,
Nepal, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, the Philippines, Portugal, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates,
United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and
Holy See.
11. The following non-member States were represented as observers: the Holy See, Palestine.
12. The following United Nations bodies were represented: United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD),
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
13. The following specialized agencies were represented: Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations (FAO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, World Trade
Organization (WTO).
14. The following intergovernmental organizations were represented: African Union,
International organization of la Francophonie, Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD).
15. The following non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and
Social Council were represented:
- General status: Europe-Third World Centre, Franciscans International, New Humanity, World
Federation of Trade Unions;
- Special status: Amnesty International, Anti-Racism Information Service, Asian Indigenous and
Tribal Peoples Network, Coalition against Trafficking in Women, Indian Council of South
America, International Commission of Jurists, International League for the Rights and Liberation
of Peoples, International Service for Human Rights, Union of Arab Jurists;
- Roster: Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Institute for Planetary Synthesis, International Federation
of Rural Adult Catholic Movements, Third World Network, World Association for the School as
an Instrument of Peace.
16. The following academic institutions and other organizations were also represented:
London School of Economics, University of New South Wales; 3D Trade-Human RightsEquitable Economy, Human Development Organization Sri Lanka.
E. Documentation
17. The Working Group had before it a number of pre-session and background documents to
inform its deliberations. A complete list of documents is attached at annex IV.
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