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Trade Ministers of 澳门六合彩官网资料 member countries welcomed Yemen as a new member to the Organization and called this accession a historic achievement. Yemen’s accession to the 澳门六合彩官网资料 will strengthen the multilateral trading system, making the 澳门六合彩官网资料 a more universal organization, Ministers stressed.

In his address to Ministers, 澳门六合彩官网资料 Director-General Roberto Azevêdo paid special tribute to the government of Yemen for “having guided Yemen through the accession process” and for having undertaken “far-reaching domestic reforms, in challenging circumstances”. Yemen is the 35th least-developed country (LDC) 澳门六合彩官网资料 member. DG Azevêdo called on Yemen to “use the 澳门六合彩官网资料 platform to make its voice heard.” (see full statement)

Deputy Director-General David Shark paid tribute, on behalf of Mr Hartmut Röben (Germany), Working Party Chairperson for the Accession of Yemen to all members for having contributed to Yemen’s accession by building the necessary consensus to conclude the accession process. The documents before the Ministerial Conference, constituting Yemen’s terms and conditions of entry into the 澳门六合彩官网资料, resulted from a tough and successful engagement between Yemen and 澳门六合彩官网资料 members.

Yemen’s Minister of Industry and Trade, H.E. Dr Saadaldeen Talib, said: “Sometimes, countries experience changing fortunes. But the very essence of a country and the history and civilization of trade remain. Our country has been trading for at least five or six hundred years — in fact, since the Spice Route. As a member of the 澳门六合彩官网资料, we aim to strengthen that role and to connect with everybody in the world. We want to share our history, our products and our culture, as we have done with Indonesia — the host of this Ministerial Conference — for so many centuries.”  

Ministers congratulated Yemen for this considerable achievement. They acknowledged that the accession process was long and challenging for an LDC like Yemen.

The Protocol of Accession was officially signed by DG Azevêdo and H.E. Dr Saadaldeen Talib at the end of the ceremony.

Yemen originally applied for 澳门六合彩官网资料 membership in 2000 and the Working Party concluded the negotiations on 26 September 2013.

The list of Yemen’s commitments is available here.

More information available here.