Arab Economic Council ~ Iraq calls for the adoption of Arabic as a working language in the World Trade Organization

"On the sidelines of the Arab summit conference of the 22 that Iraq has insisted to make the decision to being a member of an observer in the World Trade Organization, citing the need to introduce the Arabic language in the translation of terminology, laws and codes because of its great importance in the negotiation"

March 25, 2010

Iraq calls for the adoption of Arabic as a working language in the World Trade Organization

Participated in the Arab Economic Council meeting in Sirte, Libya

سرت ـ اسراء خليفة Esra Sert successor

Iraq stressed the importance of making the decision required the adoption of the World Trade Organization Arabic as a language of work in place. And Trade Minister Safa al-Din's net Sabah through its participation in the meeting of the Economic and Social Council Arab held yesterday in the Libyan city of Sirte

On the sidelines of the Arab summit conference of the 22 that Iraq has insisted to make the decision to being a member of an observer in the World Trade Organization, citing the need to introduce the Arabic language in the translation of terminology, laws and codes because of its great importance in the negotiation.

And that there is a major problem facing the adoption of this resolution and high finance, where the study notes provided by the senior officials in the Arab economy to the amount needed by the project is 15 million per year with an annual increase of 4 percent, because the conversion of all the terms of the Arabic language is not an easy thing As is known, English, French and Spanish are the languages supported in the WTO, noting that the regional states that have the Arab countries, such as specific language that you want to translate the documents should be translated at their own expense, and the League of Arab fears of lack of commitment by some Arab countries payments each year.

He added that the net of the Iraqi delegation was in accordance with all Council resolutions, but objected to the decision to green belts, and presented a project that there will be a feasibility study for the belts and the need to develop a plan and mechanism for financing the project was taken view of the Delegation was that the resolution.

It is said that Minister of Commerce met with a number of his Arab counterparts to emphasize the importance of increasing bilateral trade and economic cooperation with Iraq in particular, it is a country on the verge of investment activity scale.

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