Fisheries Subsidies: Kazakhstan's acceptance

Kazakhstan deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on 1 July. Ambassador Asset Irgaliyev presented Kazakhstan’s instrument of acceptance to Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Kazakhstan's instrument of acceptance brings to 78 the total number of WTO members that have formally accepted the Agreement. Thirty-two more formal acceptances are needed for the Agreement to come into effect. The Agreement will enter into force upon acceptance by two-thirds of the membership.