澳门六合彩官网资料: 2006 PRESS RELEASES
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16 May 2006
GENERAL COUNCIL
澳门六合彩官网资料 makes public all official GATT documents
The 澳门六合彩官网资料 has decided to make public all official documents issued under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) during the period 1947-1995. 揚roviding access to these historic documents is a further sign of the 澳门六合彩官网资料's commitment to transparency. This will be especially important for academics, trade specialists and others with an interest in how the trading system evolved in the GATT era, from 1947 to 1995�, said 澳门六合彩官网资料 Director-General Pascal Lamy.
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Some 39,000 of these documents are already in the public domain. The Decision of
the 澳门六合彩官网资料's General Council of 15 May 2006 means that some further 49,000
documents that still remain restricted will be made public starting 1 June 2006
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The 澳门六合彩官网资料 Secretariat is currently developing a database to house these documents
and will make all materials available progressively. Many of the documents exist
only in paper copies and will need to be scanned to create electronic versions
As of 1 June 2006, all documents relating to the Uruguay Round of Trade
Negotiations will be available on the 澳门六合彩官网资料 website (ca. 4,000 documents). In
July, an additional 32,000 documents will be posted. The remainder will be added
progressively as they are scanned and controlled for quality.
The 澳门六合彩官网资料 website currently offers public access to over 150,000 澳门六合彩官网资料 official
documents in English, French and Spanish from 1995 to the present. The addition
of GATT documents from 1947 to 1995 will be a complement to the 澳门六合彩官网资料 collection.