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On 3^rd March 2020, during a General Council held for this occasion, the WTO organized a working party for the accession of Curaçao to the WTO. The country of Curaçao is situated in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea and has a population of 163,000 people, Curaçao is a constituent country and separate customs territory within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Specifically, the request for separate WTO membership was fully supported by the Kingdom of the Netherlands. As the Dutch representative at the Council said: “Curaçao has been part of the original membership of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to GATT, and subsequently WTO, and with the request for membership as a separate customs union, Curaçao underlines its commitments to the WTO.” Conversely, on the same matter, also the WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo expressed his opinion: “I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Curaçao on the members’ acceptance of its application to accede to the WTO, so let me welcome Curaçao to this room. I wish Curaçao the best for a swift and successful accession process. I can also assure you that you can count on the Secretariat’s full support to make this a reality as soon as possible.”